If Hazing is Wrong, what's a better alternative?

[AOEforme]

What do you hope to gain by making your NMs do pushups, chores, laps?

Our NM program (as I believe all official NM programs do) has a purpose for each required section.

-- Interviews with active sisters: Learn more about the active sisters within your organization.
-- Candidate Class Project: Develop a candidate class philanthropy, while learning leadership and planning an event of your own. Good for management and cultivating the values of my organization
-- Quizzes and Final Exam (which can be retaken as many times as need be): learn the fundamentals of the organization
-- Sexual Assualt and Alcohol Education Classes
-- Pledge Retreat: bonding with actives and candidates.
-- etc.

How does demeaning your NMs achieve the ideals and objectives of your organization?

That's why I'm anti-hazing: not just because it's demeaning and dangerous, but because it accomplishes nothing towards making your NM a human being worthy of your organization's letters.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by AOEforme

Watching someone beat the crap out of my pledge class is not going to make me love and respect them and feel a bond of brother/sisterhood. Just my two cents.

The OP made very clear that he is not talking about beating up on pledges.