“Who in the hell is so stupid to allow themselves to be beaten by a 2x4 so they can be in a marching band???”
Who the heck is stupid enough to beat someone with a 2x4 as a prank?
A single blow from a 2x4 could crush someone’s skull or break a bone. What idiot picked up a 2x4 and said to themselves “this would be good for hazing”?
Google
band & hazing
and you will see that it is not limited to Southern U.
Here’s a severe injury:
http://marchingsport.com/m/?p=192
“Former FAMU band member wins $1.8 million verdict in hazing suit
December 2, 2004
A former Florida A&M University marching band member who was badly beaten during a 2001 hazing incident won a $1.8 million verdict in a civil battery case.
Marcus Parker, now 21, was beaten so badly with a paddling board during a Marching 100 initiation that one of his kidneys temporarily shut down.
He has been through four surgeries, and will likely require a kidney transplant, said his lawyer David Frank.”