Does your HQ *really* want to know about hazing?

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Delt, its not that unbelievable. My point wasn't that Sigma Nu couldnt be a good fraternity without hazing (although I think hazing does help), but rather that they wouldnt be a good fraternity if they were one of the "Absolutely no hazing" chapters. There is a difference between fraternities who don't really haze much, and those who make it the focal point of their rush process. Now the following is a generalization, but I've also witnessed it to be true on several campuses...The fraternities who base their entire pledge program on no-hazing, generally attract the weakest candidates (here in the south). The guys we look for, as I've said before, are those who know something about fraternities and how we operate. Southern guys from good families usually know about rush and pledging and hazing, and therefore know that it isn't as bad as certain people and the media portray. Thus, they generally go to the top or middle tier fraternities, who usually do some sort of hazing. The kids who are attracted to the no-hazing fraternities are often unfamiliar with fraternities, from outside the south, and their family has no tradition of going greek. Thus, they are seeking more of a "greekchat," if you will, type of fraternity. They would rather be made brothers immediately, and have no desire to go through the journey that is pledging in the south. The no-hazing thing, in my experience, has often been used by struggling chapters to attract numbers. So what I'm saying is that among major southern universities, the chapters which loudly proclaim that they don't haze, are generally attracting people we don't want, and are generally having a tough time to start with.