hazing
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Remedies Cornell eventually introduced included banning freshmen from attending Greek parties during their first semester and shortening the pledging period from eight weeks to four to reduce opportunities for hazing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
The Madison Police Department arrested the fraternity’s president and vice president because hazing is illegal in the state of Wisconsin.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
The kitchen scenes are a combo platter of boot camp, frat house hazing ritual and kung fu movie.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
“I saw it as affectionate hazing and acceptance into the group.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
We got the presidents of the sorority as our “big sisters,” which meant that throughout pledging, we escaped a lot of the hazing.
From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers
The Rival Pitchers A Story of College Baseball A faithful picture of college life of to-day, with its hazings, its grinds, its pretty girls and all.
From Dorothy Dale in the City by Margaret Penrose
Historic revivals of hunting urge make an interesting recital of religious inquisitions, witch-burnings, college hazings, persecution of suffragettes, of the I.W.W., of the Japanese, or of pacifists.
From An American Idyll The Life of Carleton H. Parker by Cornelia Stratton Parker
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