Drinking during pledging?

[WhiteRose1912]

Originally Posted by flopchop

It may go unnoticed or it may be unintentional, but there is a certain degree of hazing in every education process.

No.

Originally Posted by jazing

That is hazing. Study hours while not at class is far from it.

Just because something has a positive result doesn't mean it's not hazing. We're only allowed to require study hours for members who are below our minimum grade standard. Some organizations are okay with it as long as everyone must meet the requirement.

[DeltaBetaBaby]

Originally Posted by WhiteRose1912

Just because something has a positive result doesn't mean it's not hazing. We're only allowed to require study hours for members who are below our minimum grade standard. Some organizations are okay with it as long as everyone must meet the requirement.

If most of your pledges are first-semester freshmen, then they can be viewed as not yet having met your minimum grade standard. Your requirement can be phrased as "members/pledges without an established college GPA higher than X must do study hours". It's a fine distinction, but I really don't know of any instances where a group got in trouble for having pledges do study hours.