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Definition: Hazing by definition is an
activity that a high-status member orders other members to engage in or
suggests that they engage in that in some way humbles a newcomer who lacks
the power to resist because he or she wants to gain admission into a
group. Hazing can be noncriminal, but it is nearly always against the
rules of an institution, team or Greek group. It can be criminal, which
means that a state statute has been violated. This usually occurs when a
pledging-related activity results in gross physical injury or death. There
is, of course, hazing simply for the sadistic pleasure of an individual
hazer or some hazing organizations, as well as hazing meant to exclude
a potential member or drive away an existing member such as the Zeta Beta
Tau hazing of Ben
Klein at Alfred University that played a role in his suicide. The
Klein case shows us where hazing is actually better termed bullying. One
of the common causes of deaths by hazing is what I call reckless hazing:
hazers, in the misguided name of tradition, flaunting all good risk
management principles to have a potential new member “earn” membership.
The drowning deaths of Chad
Meredith at the University of Miami and Gabe
Higgins for the Texas Cowboys spirit group at the University of
Texas are good examples of “reckless hazing.” --Hank Nuwer
About Moderator
Hank Nuwer:
Twitter handles are HAZING and NUWER
A Franklin College journalism professor whose academic specialty is hazing
education, he has been "on a virtual one-man crusade to eliminate hazing"
since 1975, according to sociologist Michael Kimmel, the author of
Guyland.
Most recently, Nuwer
has published a literary novel suitable for adults and young adults about
two Basque immigrant herders called Sons
of the Dawn: A Basque Odyssey, treating topics varying
from hazing in the Old West to the horrific bombing of Guernica, Spain. He
is also the author of The Hazing Reader, High School Hazing,
Wrongs of Passage: Fraternities, Sororities, Hazing and Binge Drinking,
and Broken Pledges: The Deadly Rite of Hazing. A graduate of
Buffalo State College and Anne
Frank fellow holder, he holds an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters for
his work on hazing, bullying and unhealthy drinking. He has delivered
lectures on hazing (most recently performing his one-man play) at more than
130 colleges, including Cornell, Dartmouth, Penn State, University of
Oregon, University of Michigan and Chico State University.
Hank Nuwer, Associate Professor; Author of "Sons of the Dawn: A Basque
Odyssey" and "The Hazing Reader"
Franklin College Pulliam School of Journalism
101 Branigin Blvd.
Franklin, Indiana 46131
hnuwer@franklincollege.edu