It seems that chapters at SUNY schools tend to haze. One of my sisters goes to a SUNY school, and the things she had to do were crazy! They got reported to their Nationals about their hazing (luckily, they didn't get in a lot of trouble, since they are a good chapter with a lot of positive contributions to the school and their National). I wasn't really hazed (unless you count small-ish things like signing pledge books hazing, which National found out about and repremanded us! It was a way for the new members to meet all the sisters! geez.
) and my sister at U-Maryland experienced zero hazing.
then again, this is an article from a school paper about Greek life at THAT school, and it is clearly the author's opinion. It doesnt portray Greeks in the best light, but maybe the Greeks at that particular school dont portray themselves in the best light either...
Articles like this are only relevant at this particular school, since obviously different chapters at different schools have different new member programs, even if following National guidelines to a T. I wouldn't get too worked up about it unless you go there, and if you do, the Greek system there needs to work to shed this negative image.