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Originally posted by ktsnake
What damasa says.. and he gets them from the same place that I do.. There's a Yahoo group that shares greek-related articles.
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Another good source is Google News. You can put in any term (try hazing, frat, or sorority) and up pops a nationwide - even worldwide - summary with links to hazing stories.
Hoosier's background comes from a mucho hazing chapter, in the days when all chapters did it. He was a leader in the campus IFC anti-hazing efforts, and when he was editor of his fraternity's magazine included an anti-hazing (or positive alternative) article in every issue.
You asked "why do guys endure this?" In my experience, it's peer pressure, and few are personally strong enough to resist. Are you watching MTV's fraternity show. The pledge master says "drop and do push-ups, and count 'em out loud" and all the pledges do. If he said "take off your clothes, and run around the block" to prove you love the fraternity, they would all do it.
I also think some anti-fraternity campus administrators have gone overboard with discipline. An example is the campus dean who got an email of a two-year old picture, and felt he could punish today's chapter for something that happened then. I think the anti-fraternity people are using anti-hazing to advance their cause.