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Originally posted by JupiterTC
I'm one of the charter members of the Elon marching band, and the second person to become drum major. We are a fairly small band, about 95 people, and we know each other really well. We have NO tolerance for hazing, because band is a co-curricular class and not an extracuricular organization. At most universities, marching band is an academic course and should be treated as such. A strong band director and student leadership can prevent hazing.
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Just because you have a strong band director and good leadership doesn't mean you won't have hazing. Granted you have about 95 people in your band. WHich is awesome for a new band. Congrats!!
However, once you get to a larger size like this school is...you'll see that a lot of stuff is out of control at times. I sat on the Band Advisory Council and while our band was really good about not hazing....it still occurred outside of practice hours. And that's hard to deal with.
And I had the best band director in the whole world in high school and that didn't stop a trumpet player from busting his ear drum b/c Full Metal Jacket was popular amoung the seniors that year.
I was very lucky and had a senior boy that took care of me. So my "hazing" alongside one of my good girlfriends was having the senior boys cover us in chocolate syrup and whip cream on a 95 degree day. That wasn't bad....but I'm very lucky. The boys had to run laps in their underwear till they puked or begged not to run anymore. *also they had to run by the football like this*
I'm not saying this should be tolerated. It shouldn't... its just really hard to control over 100 people who go to several different parties and don't all live in a house together. *Unlike most fraternities do*
But I think the band community as a whole hazes much more than any GLO's do. But that's just my opinion. I could be totally wrong.
