If a whole chapter is doing something together, like bid day shirts, singing, etc, it's not hazing, because it's everybody. It becomes an issue when you single out the new members as different or "lesser" than the initiated members. As I've said numerous times before on this board, if the "harmless" activities hadn't been changed and twisted in activities that were demeaning, embarassing or harmful, then there wouldn't be all these rules. They were, repeatedly, they still are, far too frequently. Zero tolerance and red flag activities will remain as long as any abuses are present.
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