* Paddling or stiking in any manner
* Marking or branding
* Requiring the carrying of items such as rocks, helmets, books, paddles, etc.
* Preventing/restricting normal personal hygiene
* Treating a person in a degrading manner
* Causing indecent exposure
* Requiring uncomfortable, ridiculous, or embarrassing dress
* Preventing/restricting class attendance or sleep
* Requiring New Members to practice periods of silence
* Dropping food (eggs, grapes, liver, etc.) into the mouths of new members
* Forcing alcoholic beverages on an individual who does not wish to drink or who has no wish to drink the quantity provided
* Required eating of raw onions, spoiled food or the drinking of any liquids not normally used
These are only a few of the many activities that can be construed as hazing. Some activities are easily categorized as hazing. Others may not be so easily classified. If you are not sure, consider the following questions:
Is this activity an educational experience?
Will this activity increase the respect for the organization?
Would you be willing to allow parents or University officials to witness the activity?
Does the activity have value in and of itself?
Hazing is "any action taken or situation created, whether on or off fraternity premises, to produce mental or physical discomfort, embarrassment, harassment, or ridicule." Brothers must not haze new members, and similarly, new members must not haze brothers!! Hazing is not the way to express to another that you will, one day, call him a "brother."
