I definitely believe there is a difference between a
trial and
hazing. While I don't believe in destroying people, emotionally or physically, I believe that we are letting New Members/pledges down by not testing them in preparation for the way Greeks are tested on a daily basis.
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In most cases, I imagine political correctness has more to do with those judiciary decisions than common sense...Nonetheless, administrators continue to admonish the practice and hammer those unfortunate enough to get caught. That's wrong. Forced drinking is never acceptable. Anything activity that puts a person in clear danger is unacceptable. And any activities which have no beneficial outcomes and serve merely to humiliate or scare another are unacceptable, because those are just the things which put people in the hospital and give sports teams and the Greek system bad reputations. On the contrary, those things which may be hard but have a a purpose and conclude with success have their rightful place among us.
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I agree wholeheartedly! It seems very odd to me that we are collegiate GLOs (my comment works only for collegiates - I'm not commenting on non-collegiates because I don't have any experience) but we don't use classroom-type situations to teach our New Members/pledges. When you're in class, you have tests which you either pass or fail. In some classes, you might be able to retake the test, but often with stipulations, or you might simply flunk altogether. You have to sit through long lectures and you are expected to KNOW the information. If you do not know it, you are not a good student. (And, if you do not know your GLO's info, you are not a good member.)
In P.E. type courses, you are expected to work out your body. There will always be exceptions where there are people who are unable to complete and exercise and are excused. That's fine.
Nowhere in school classes - except in ridiculous circumstances with evil professors - are you degraded, beaten, made to do anything harmful (drink too much, eat bad foods, etc.), made to exercise until you are sick - nothing! So, why, as collegiate orgs, would we ever condone such activities?