hazing
... participated in a hazing ritual which involved drinking handles of Ten High whiskey and chasing it with Carlo Rossi wine after they were blindfolded and left in the middle of the woods. Also, On February 10, 1997, a Clarkson University freshman, along with other pledges, was instructed to drink hard liquor out of a large bucket. Attempting to impress the members of the fraternity, the 17-year-old drank until the members carried him upstairs. He was found dead the next day from choking on his own vomit The incident that really started the hazing awareness movement was the death of Chuck Stenzel in 1978. He was a member of the Klan Alpine fraternity at Alfred University and his death was cause by alcohol poisoning. The pledge members were locked in the trunk of a car and given a pint of Jack Daniels, a 6-pack of beer and a quart of wine and were told to consume it all by the time the car stopped. Later, the pledges were forced to drink even more at the fraternity house until many passed out. When Chuck passed out, he was carried upstairs and left on a mattress where he died soon afterward. There is a another case of severe hazing where in 1985 two freshmen at Ohio State University were brought to the dungeon of their prospective fraternity house after breaking the rule requiring all pledges to crawl into the dining area prior to Hell Week meals. Once locked in the house storage closet, they were given only salty foods to eat for nearly two days. Nothing was given to drink. Instead, each member was given a plastic cup in which they could drink their own urine. These incidents are clear examples of when initiation processes are taken too far and become hazing. Hazing also exists in sports organizations as well. In a survey conducted by Alfred University and the NCAA found that around 80% of college athletes had been exposed to some type of hazing. Some stated that they were required to participate in drinking contests while others said that they had to participate in humiliating events. Many schools have rituals in which rookies or freshmen are required to have certain jokes or pranks played on them, but many of the players going to the schools already know this and its usually all in fun unless the rituals are too over the top. There was one incident reported by ESPN in 2000 at the University of North Dakota State where the wrestling coach resigned and six players were suspended after a player complained of being sexually assaulted with a broomstick. Police also found that wrestlers engaged in practices called trademarking, where wrestlers were hit, usually on the back while sweating, which would leave a welt. Another practice the wrestlers used was drinking, which is a distractio...