A girl can end up in the same sorority that her mother pledged years ago, and many sorority sisters end up bei *Hazing is where members are forced to perform various embarrassing or self-objectifying acts. A guy I used to row with had a pretty crazy novice initiation at his old club. Try these fun drinking games, including the best drinking games for two, and party drinking games with shots, movie trivia, and cards. On the last ones birthday we blindfolded him and walked him around campus, made him crawl up some stairs, and just messed with him for about an hour until we led him to a … mean girls! We are all Christians and dont do anything actually harmful or disgusting, but like to make things interesting. Safety is No Trivial Pursuit: Be Proactive about Hazing. Some definitions of hazing … Prepare to get buzzed. Our fraternity joined with a larger sorority for our hazing. Ideas for safe team building rituals. Sororities may get a bad rap (hazing! *Many of the hazing rituals and traditions are gender focused. Sororities are a part of American university life, and many have been around for decades. Hazing is any action taken or any situation created intentionally that causes embarrassment, harassment or ridicule and risks emotional and/or physical harm to members of a group or team, whether new or not, regardless of the person’s willingness to participate. 13 Of The Most Terrifying Sorority Hazing Stories. Excerpt: as some of you may or may not know, its time for a Spring Pledge Class for our frat, can any of you guys or girls think of some good hazing ideas? ), but there are currently more than 325,000 undergraduate women involved in Greek life across … Whether you are entertaining the idea of an initiation for the freshmen on your team, club, or for the class as a whole, there are plenty of safe ideas to choose from. Please join this discussion about Hazing Ideas, please help within the Chat & Conversation category. Take time out to learn about what kids are doing as means of team building, and step in where it seems as though it could be physically or emotionally damaging. Create an initiation event that is entertaining without offending or physically hurting anyone. Every so often it pops up in the headlines and usually for reasons that are tragic and detrimental for those involved. What other concepts or ideas do you have to create a safe environment around fraternity hazing/rites of passage? Hazing can lead to injuries, arrests, lawsuits, and in worst case scenarios, death. Despite many universities and Greek organizations across the country adopting anti-hazing regulations, hazing still happens more often than we’d like to admit. Me and two of my good friends in college have a tradition of some prank/hazing on each others birthdays. 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