On my campus, our sorority is not the biggest nor most popular, but is viewed as one of the most secretive, with the tightest closed doors. We don't reveal any part of our ritual to anyone. We also have a national no-hazing policy, and are both the first and the loudest to say it. We are proud of our traditions, which have remained the same since the start of our sorority. We are also proud that WE DON'T HAZE. we don't feel that it is necessary, nor right. You can and should have a brotherly/sisterly bond by sharing ritual, the most special part of your GLO. Ritual should be the bond that brings your pledges/new members/members/alum together again and again. When I pledged, if anyone had asked to to do anything that I didn't like, or tried to tell me hazing was ok, I would have dropped right then. As an Alumnae, I still feel the same way. I won't try to tell those who believe hazing is ok that they are wrong. I would just say that I am sorry. I'm sorry that you couldn't enjoy the bonds of brotherhood/sisterhood without resorting to something as degrading, harmful (not necessarily physically) and sad, as hazing.
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