i agree with some past posts and being that i work in higher ed WITH ALL student organizations, i think the university should take actions against those that hazed. At my campus (and the one i used to work at) it was against the code of conduct to haze any student, regardless of whether it was in an organization. there are also harrassment statues, and the behavior seems like it could be considered harassment (not being a lawyer nor being from LA, hard to know what their laws say). we also have something about students treating eachother with respect.
i would be on the a** of the administration here if they just sat around and said "we can't do anything b/c they're not a student organization". bull.
it would have been nice if some of the steps nationals have taken to reduce/eliminate hazing were noted. we try and try, but we can't police students all the time. as adults, they are going to do whatever they want. we have to hope and pray that they have been educated well enough about hazing, alcohol & drugs so that no one will get hurt or die.
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