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Originally posted by AXiD670
Okay, I'm going to play devil's advocate for a second. Just for the sake of argument, couldn't the testing of initiated members also be considered hazing? We talk on this board about how you can haze active members too...wouldn't requiring active members to achieve a certain score on the test be an example of this? If the actives don't achieve a certain score, then there is a negative consequence (in this example, the loss of member points).
Thoughts?
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I don't think this is the case. We require members to have a certain GPA, and if they do not meet those standards, there are negative consequences. Personally, I don't see this as being any different.
I like the idea of taking away member points. If you give the test to the entire chapter, but the initiated members know that nothing will happen to them if they fail, but there is a negative consequence for only the new members, I would still consider that hazing.
Edited: It does matter, I think, how many member points it might be. Not being initiated is a serious, drastic consequence. If only, say, 5 member points are deducted, and those can be made up by doing an extra study hour... well, that seems unfair.
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