Study: Hazing Hits Half of College Students Belonging to Organizations

[Kevin]

This story illustrates the big problem with "hazing" which is identified in about half the threads in this subforum -- that we have no clue what the actual definition of the word is.

Getting drunk in college or playing drinking games is "hazing"? I think about 99% of our rule books probably would agree. Would very many of us see a table at a party, or a room full of people playing "Captain Dickhead" or something like that and call that hazing? I really doubt it.

There's a disconnect between the definition and reality in my opinion. If I were in charge, I'd really want to nail the definition down a bit better, and try to make it universal between organizations, or at least within umbrella organizations.