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Study hours can be misused but there does need to be some acknowledgement that joining a GLO may impact even the best student's study habits. Where is becomes "hazing" is if you only require it of new members and not of initiates, no matter what their GPA. Study hours can become another 'activity' if you are requiring a single, inconvenient location or if study hours become social hours (some folks can study with 20 sisters around, some can't and they should not be penalized because they need solitude to concentrate)
Where a GLO can assist their new members academically is by mentoring them... helping them select courses (telling them the things that campus advisors won't), role modeling appropriate time management and study skills (yes, this can be done in a group setting but might be more effectively done one on one) and of course rewarding success. Let's face it, do your floor mates give you a warm fuzzy everytime you get an A or B? I'm sure your sisters will!
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