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Originally posted by justamom
Maybe this isn't important to everyone, but "my" boys are really talking about te hazing. I don't know what you policy is. I do know that these guys are so "tight" that they want closeness and
guys who are "real". They also don't want to get the tar beat out of them.
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JAM,
Just caught the headline on your post since I don't generally check the Rush threads. Don't know where "your" boys (what does that mean?) are going to school or what fraternity they're interested in -- or if they have a preference at this point.
You've heard this all before, but just be sure to check out the chapter with their national office and with the Greek Affairs office on their campus. If I kept hearing rumors of hazing, I might steer clear of any given chapter.
Might even check with a couple of the sororities on campus to see what they've heard.
Something else that just occurred to me. If the campus newspaper is online and has a search function, you might do a search under the fraternity name and see if any stories -- good or bad -- pop up. I checked Delt out on the search engine on the Ohio University website (the university one, not the newspaper), and found a couple of disturbing things. Fortunately, they were years ago -- after my time, but not close enough to current to be worrisome.
Remember that sometimes the hazing stories they hear are really old news -- the stuff of which urban legends are made. You know, walking 3 miles to class in the snow uphill both ways. If there are particular stories, there should be a way to substantiate them.
Hope I'm not stepping into an ongoing saga here.
Finally, the first time anyone lifts a finger toward them, they should bail the heck out. It's not worth it.
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