ABSTRACT

This chapter highlights the hazing perspectives of people from different organization affiliations, race/ethnicity, and gender to challenge the idea that hazing happen only in black fraternities and sororities and mainly in men's organizations. It includes anonymous narratives about personal hazing experiences and the author's own experiences. During the 1988 and 1989 college football seasons, the author was part of the trombone section in the marching band at a large public university in the Midwest. As with many college groups, alcohol was a major part of band culture. Hazing is something the author heard a lot about as an athlete being recruited to go to Division I schools. From the college a cappella group to a local fraternity house, students live in anxiety as they eagerly seeking acceptance and some semblance of a sense of belonging. As a brother of Sigma Lambda Beta International fraternity, the author had the opportunity to learn and experience firsthand what hazing is.