onsidering the peer pressure and desire to belong to the group.“If you have to ask if it's hazing, it is. If in doubt, call your advisor/coach/national office. If you won't pick up the phone, you have your answer. Don't B.S. yourself. If you haze, you have low self-esteem. Possible physical injury - many people have physical weaknesses of which sometimes even they are unaware. If injury occurs, current officers, the university, and the organization can be sued and held liable.”“Can create the attitude that pledgeship is a hardship, not an educational period, and that initiation is the end of one's work for the organization instead of the beginning. This can create a general lack of participating and/or interest in the membership.”“In programs with a lack of sufficient sleep and strenuous activities designed to make the pledge less cognizant of what is really happening, the new initiate can be robbed of the true meaning and appreciation of the formal ceremony. Also, as scholarship is supposed to have priority, these programs can in fact be very detrimental to one's academic achievement. Failure to stop hazing will result in death...”One may argue that the main reason National Headquarters of Greek Organizations banned hazing is due to the legislation passed in various states and a liability arises when a local chapter participates is risky initiation behaviors. The counterpoint to the argument is the times are changing and if the principles and values published, adopted and believed by the fraternity are indeed true, then hazing is an unnecessary part of the Greek experience. One aspect I immediately see between the arguments of pro and anti-hazing are that the proponents of hazing, which are addressed later, are those that have “been through” the experience of the acts defined and subjectively interpreted as hazing. The main problem I personally have with those who speak out against haz...
