recruitment numbers and reputations

[justamom]

There have been some interesting and valid posts on both sides of this topic. I have to say my own opinion boils down to the value the school-community-region-you name it-puts on the Greek system in general.

Like Carnation said-there will always be incidents of hazing, and at LSU some of the sororities do haze. It is a matter of degree, but it is also subject to the "desire" of the PNMs to gain membership. In the south, Greek Life is a big deal, so even though girls know XYZ cracks eggs over your head and pours mustard on you (NOT a DG practice, but yes this did occur in one of the houses considered to be strong), it is accepted. If one girl hears this and decides NOT to rush, there are 20 others standing in line who will. This doesn't reflect on the "quality" of the girl, it's more like "We don't haze" (wink-wink) and the girl KNOWS there will be some kind of incident that could be defined as hazing. Still, if a house is strong along with the entire system, potential hazing of "pledges" is overlooked by all. Recruitment is so huge at some schools, if hazing causes 50-100 girls to drop or not even sign up, it's no biggie.........to them.