[hinckley buzzard]

There is good empirical social psychological research demonstrating that a hazing experience as the price of joining a membership group enhances the perceived value of that membership, and strength of subsequent loyalty. Human nature.

By defeating the hazing tradition you also opted out of much of what makes group membership worth working for in the first place. Sort of like joining a football team and then refusing to let yourself be blocked or tackled with the ball.

[redgolum]

So these kid being kept naked and taped together in the basement was the reason the fraternity is a good thing?

We rebuilt the deck and remodeled the bathrooms. Great bonding activity without the homo erotic crap.

Honestly, after the changes my class made, the fraternity has become a lot stronger. It is now one of the better and larger ones at Iowa State.