...and my sorority considered scavenger hunts, of any kind, a form of hazing which could be punished with expulsion. I think non-Greeks would be surprised how strict hazing rules can be (and how little you have to do to be kicked out).

I have a similarly vengeful stomach, but like you said sometimes dessert is worth the stabbing stomach pains later on (or at least this is what I tell myself when eating said dessert). It amazes me, however, how many people try to police what I eat, especially since I try to keep it on the DL as much as possible…

Why are they always standing so awkwardly far apart? Did they secretly hate each other and plan to crop the other person out at journey's end? Or is that just what hipsters do these days?

Only ONE get out of jail free card? Well now we know you're lying.

My friends are still going to hang out with me; I just won't have to go to chapter.

I think this article would have been much more balanced if she had researched and included information about NPC or Alpha Phi's own hazing policies. There seems to be a lot of misconceptions surrounding what type of hazing activities can get you kicked out, and what is considered hazing under state/criminal law (two…

Ya, I think that a lot of people are reading "hazing" and imagining her gleefully beating other girls with paddles or something. In my sorority, calling new members "pledges" (among other benign things) was considered hazing!

Since she was only booted from the sorority as opposed to criminally charged, it's unlikely that her hazing met the requirements for criminal charges. The NPC (National Panhellenic Council) defines hazing more broadly than the law: "The definition of hazing includes acts that embarrass, humiliate, degrade or…

For the record, you don't have to do much to get kicked out of a sorority for hazing these days. Alpha Phi is a member of the NPC (National Panhellenic Council) which has a zero tolerance policy (I'm not sure about her sorority's internal policies, but they are likely strict as most panhels are). You could make…

Ya, what Bears said. There are loads of hazing rituals that in no way endanger the physical safety of pledges. And in terms of her being punished by the sorority itself, the infraction really could have been quite light. Hazing in my sorority amounted to one night of being "tied together" (as in gently tied by the…

Strangely, this was also my first thought upon reading this. I love finding validation in the comments! (Although maybe we were both influenced by that article about our good friend Tridevil from Tampa...). Second-runner up for Canada's Florida has to be Gatineau-Hull, though.

No kidding. I feel like for such a wee one, "surprise, no beard!" isn't that different from "surprise, no ears!" or something equally morbid.

My parents had great foresight and made my two year old brother watch my dad shave off his beard, so as to avoid this kind of terror (if I didn't know the story, I doubt I would be that smart)

I dunno, I feel like her perfect match is the guy that sees this and answers back in full detail + a similar list of demands. Not sure said gentlefellow exists, but hey, she wants what she wants (which, it appears, is to not actually have to date anyone from OKCupid...to which I say, who can blame her?)

That...is dedication.

I can understand her burning desire for access to their FB, but girl's gotta play it cool. My best friend has waded into online dating lately, and has put my super stalker online powers to good use (basically the only practical application I have found thus far for my PhD in the humanities...actually). So far I have…

Snaps for this. Calling it "a Facebook" was the worst thing about this entire post.

In theory I think you're right, but I don't think I could ever bring myself to send back a dish for a sprinkle of salt. I wonder how many people smuggle it in in their purse...?

Well, then they should have a "taste first" rule before they break out the S&P shakers. But one chef's opinion of the "right" amount of salt in a dish isn't enough to keep all customers happy (or probably even all other chefs happy). And chef's work hard on food that the customer is ultimately paying for, so really…

It's interesting that you point out here the difference between his white men were racist in this/many other instances (direct racial profiling/violence, etc.), whereas the white women's racism (and some men as well, I'm assuming) is more indirect, i.e. shirts which ultimately support a racist act/are therefore…