I don't think Al clearly identified Norman Pollard, who talked repeatedly. He's part of the Alfred U hazing study of athletics, which was very flawed. For example, an athlete was considered 'hazed' if he had to report to campus earlier than other students.
If the seven rookies, and the 14 upperclassmen on the soccer team, reported to campus and started practice two weeks before classes start, all 21 kickers were 'hazed' by Pollard's and Alfred's study. If you consider that soccer, football, cheerleaders, band, and other sports all start practice early, it makes your hazing numbers distorted.
All of Alfred's studies are suspect, in my opinion.
Pollard was part of a web chat in 2000 - here's the url:
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http://www.cnn.com/COMMUNITY/transcr...0/9/1/pollard/
September 1, 2000
Posted at: 1:05 p.m. EDT
(CNN) – Hazing -- dangerous or humiliating group initiation rites -- was once thought to be limited to college campuses and the military. However, in a study released August 28 by Alfred University, hazing is widespread among high school students seeking acceptance in various school-related and extracurricular groups.
Dr. Norman Pollard, director of the Counseling and Student Development Center at Alfred University since 1992, is co-investigator on "Initiation Rites in American High Schools." Dr. Pollard was a member of the advisory committee for Alfred University's 1999 study of hazing by member NCAA intercollegiate athletic teams. He has been a frequent speaker on hazing to various professional organizations and has presented several workshops on hazing prevention at colleges and universities.