Our study found that nearly three-fourths of the high school students said that they suffered one or more negative consequences. There were the obvious physical consequences, such as beating injuries and alcohol overdoses, but there were many negative emotional effects that were especially troubling. Negative feelings such as anger, embarrassment, humiliation, guilt and sadness were common emotional consequences to being hazed. The first step would be to see if your local school district has an anti-hazing policy for all the school groups, as well as any organization your child participates in, such as scouting and church groups. I would suggest going to the stophazing.org Web site.
Additional information is provided there.
Many, many parents have contacted us since our press release on Monday, telling us horror stories that their children have endured within this past year. Hazing is extremely prevalent, but not talked about. I direct the counseling center here at Alfred University, and the death of Chuck 25 years ago certainly made our school very sensitive to this topic. National fraternities know it's not in their best interest for hazing to be associated with their organizations. TIPS is one program that has been helpful.