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Originally posted by exlurker
Cattle prods? CATTLE PRODS? You know what I'm thinking about?
There must be great guys at W&L who don't like hazing, and I hope things get turned around there.
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Well, the cattle prod thing was about 5-6 years ago now. The fraternity that did that was kicked off for a year and is now back. Their reputation did not suffer one bit and they draw lots of guys every year. They pull a lot of weight on our campus for various reasons. I'm not saying that they still cattle prod their pledges, but I wouldn't be especially surprised, considering that I hang out at the low-key houses and I know what goes on there...
There are some houses that don't haze as harshly. I know several houses that mostly do early morning runs and physical calisthenics and the like. And have their pledges dress up, carry around ridiculous items, etc. While I would never want my sorority to do those kinds of activities, in terms of W&L fraternity culture I feel like they're pretty harmless. Those are mainly the places I hang out. But the "best" houses (I use that term very loosely because I don't consider those houses as the best) are pretty intense in terms of pledgeship.
I'm not going to comment on any specific houses in terms of hazing, but I would say it's a very accepted fact of life.
In contrast, our sorority system is almost hazing-free, I'd say. We prize that here.
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