First of all I would like to state that my sorority does not haze. We can't make pledges do anything that we wouldn't do. The hazing policy is included as a part of their pledge book. They know their rights and are told to speak up if anything we ask of them is questionalbe. Secondly, if you are dumb enough to be put through a lot of unnecessary bull**** (physical & emotional abuse) to become a member of an organization, wake up and smell the coffee!! True brothers/sisters shouldn't have to do that to you in order for you to form a bond.
I personally don't think that 3am donut runs, serenading, scavenger hunts, and things like that are hazing. I do see that they are events in which people have to work together or be together and they have a chance to work on their sisterhood/brotherhood.
When it comes to hazing I am not a very happy person. Back in the fall of 1997 we had 15 pledges. One of the other sororities didn't like the fact that we got more girls than they did so they brought us up on 14 charges of hazing...coincidently a made-for-tv movie about sorority hazing came out right before this event. I believe it was called "Dying to Fit In" or something like that. (I hate those stupid movies) Thank god all of our pledges stuck up for us. If they hadn't we would have probably been kicked off of campus.
Anyway, I believe their is good, fun hazing and then there is bad hazing. You shouldn't have to be subjected to the bad hazing to make your greek life experience memorable.
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