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44 Stories About College Hazing

College hazing has been around for years. As long as fraternities and sororities have had pledges, there has been hazing. Most colleges and universities have banned hazing. Many people have gotten hurt or worse from these rituals. Although they have been banned, they still are taking place. Any college freshman and their parents should be aware of this when considering joining a fraternity or sorority. Here are 45 articles concerning these hazing practices to help you be more informed. Being educated about these procedures could help prevent a tragedy.

1. The Lowdown - Here is an article about one person’s experience and what to watch out for in hazing.
2. Binge Drinking During Hazing - Learn the dangers of binge drinking and it’s popularity in hazing rituals.
3. Reaching even high school - Hazing issues have even gotten around before they reach college campus.
4. Why do we haze - Take a look at one girl who went through a week of hazing and trying to find the answer on why haze at all.
5. Any price - Some people want to make friends so badly they will do anything, including hazing.
6. Hazing - Learn here what constitutes as a hazing ritual and what to watch for.
7. Law Suit - Read about a case where a suit is being filed against fraternity for injuring a student during hazing.
8. Top 10 - Here are the top 10 worst hazing scandals and incidents related to hazing.
9. 2007 - A list of a few of the hazing incidents involving athletes and the cases surrounding them in 2007.
10. Members Suspended - Members of a fraternity suspended after hazing accusations.
11. Sorority Scandal - Hazing rituals of a sorority including gravedigging and branding of the pledges.
12. Hazing defined - Here you will find an article explaining the differences between hazing and just being accepted to a group.
13. Suspended - A sorority is suspended when accused of hazing rituals.
14. Suit filed - Here is story of a law suit filed against a Vermont university over hazing incident.
15. Bonding or humiliation - A recent study on trying to uncover if hazing is a a ritual about bonding with friends or just about humiliation.
16. Freshman Experience - Here is one blogger’s story of his and a friends orientation/hazing into their schools.
17. Four Students - Here is a report of four students charged in the death of a fellow student during hazing.
18. Sorority Charged - One sorority charged in hazing due to dictating what their pledges could eat.
19. Sorority hazing - The truth as told by a college student about sorority hazing and what goes on.
20. Charges pending - Here is an article about one sorority where members were arrested because of hazing incidents.
21. Zero Tolerance - This blogger gives their views and experiences with hazing.
22. Hazing site - Here you can view articles and information about hazing incidents and what happened to those involved.
23. Time to stop - One writer talks about it is time to stop after a hazing has taken another life.
24. Still going on - Although there is a ban on hazing, these fraternities are still involved
25. Going to far - Here a blogger takes a look at hazing and how far our kids are going with it.
26. Hazing Revealed - This fraternity reveals the hazing rituals.
27. Not always bad - Although believed to be bad, not all hazing incidents turn out to be bad or humiliating for the pledges.
28. Lawsuit - A family has sued the university due to hazing incidents.
29. Hazing - Learn what hazing truly is and to watch out for your children.
30. Mississippi - One sorority, once referred to as “gangster Phi”, has been accused of hazing rituals.
31. Hazing types - Here is a list of a few types of hazing incidents that have happened at Cornell.
32. Two students died - Here is the story of two students that died as a result of two different hazing incidents.
33. Child dies after hazing - Here a family files charges after their child dies during a hazing incident.
34. Freshman scared - Freshman are still nervous after a student dies in a hazing incident.
35. Alcohol poisoning - Student dies during hazing ritual drinking alcohol.
36. Suit filed - Law suit filed after freshman dies from alcohol.
37. Laws - A few of the cases that have been filed due to hazing and the laws pertaining to them.
38. Cheerleaders - Here about one case of hazing on a cheering squad.
39. Fraternities and Sororities - Learn the truth behind them and where they stem from.
40. Parents Sue - Parents have filed a case in the death of their child due to a hazing incident.
41. Hazing - Here is the definition of hazing and some ideas of what it involves from some of the Greek organiZations.
42. Suspension - After hazing incident, one fraternity faces suspension for four years.
43. Pranks - Read here about whether hazing is just harmless pranks or is it truly much more dangerous.
44. 2.5 Million Lawsuit - Father files a law suit over his son’s hazing death.