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33girl - I understand what you mean. Some people don't think they are hazed, some do, and others don't care. A lot of the things she mentioned are hazing, both physical and psychological. So even if she didn't feel hazed or even care, the process she described fit the definitions of hazing.
AOX81 - If it was a group on my campus, I'd likely do what you did. However I am not positive which campus she is from. I know which campuses she is not from, since some are still in school due to the quarter system. But you are so right that eyes and ears are everywhere. I doubt she thought that anyone in Anchorage had heard of her group. I am glad those girls depledged and also reported their experience, that takes a lot of character.
XOMichelle - I am trying to come up with a good analogy but all mine stink. If they don't feel they are hazed, whether they are or not, until they think they are being hazed, it won't matter what you or anyone else says. You voiced your concerns and you really can't do much else. I would have likely done the same thing. The sad thing is that it will continue even if someone gets hurt/maimed/killed because the hazers and the hazed don't find anything wrong with it, or don't want to rock the boat.
LXAAlum - I wasn't ever planning on reporting it. I don't know the particular chapter she is from. I made the post because it was a case of someone not realizing that they are not as anonymous as they think.
I just got back form lunch with the same two friends, and the subject came up again. We were still kind of stunned that she told her friend the whole process, and all the details. My understanding of many non NPC groups is that the whole process is not something to be discussed with nonmembers. It is private like ritual, and isn't something one would discuss with outsiders, let alone in public. Obviously not every group is the same, but she was using terms like line sisters and crossing, so that is where I made the connection.
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