National Hazing Prevention Bingo - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.

1. Example: Sleep depravation
2. Fact: 55 percent of college students involved in clubs, teams and organizations experience hazing.
3. Warning Signs: Avoiding friends and family
4. Myth: Hazing is a problem for ONLY fraternities and sororities
5. Warning Sign: Weight-loss; exhaustion; or sudden changes in appetite, sleep habits, or appearance
6. Excuse: It build's character
7. Excuse: "They want to do it, so it's okay"
8. Fact: Hazing can happen to anyone in any org / team/ club
9. Myth: Hazing is good for the greek community
10. Excuse: “it’s tradition…”
11. Example: Illegal activities such as requirement to steal local items as part of a scavenger hunt
12. Excuse: “We’re not forcing anyone to join our club/group/team. If they don’t want to go through this, they don’t have to sign up/try out/join…”
13. Warning Sign: Anxiety and odd behavior
14. Myth: Hazing does not happen anymore
15. Example: Beatings, paddling, or other physical acts against new or potential members
16. Warning Sign: Sudden changes in behavior after joining an organization, club, or team
17. Example: Forced or required consumption of alcohol
18. Example: Personal servitude
19. Myth: Hazing is no more than foolish pranks that sometimes go awry
20. Warning Signs: Exhaustion
21. Example: Forced ingestion of food, drinks, substances, etc.
22. Myth: Hazing builds unity.
23. Excuse: "Its Mandatory"
24. Fact: A significant number of hazing incidents and deaths involve alcohol consumption
25. Warning sign: New members leaving campus with brothers / sisters
26. Fact: 36 percent of students say they would not report hazing primarily because "there's no one to tell,"
27. Fact: In 95 percent of cases where students were hazed, they did not report the events to campus officials
28. Examples: Forced physical activity
29. Myth: Hazing is normalized in Greek Life
30. Fact: More than 79% of NCAA athletes report coming to college with a prior hazing experience from high school or middle school.
31. Excuse: "We all do it"
32. Fact: Hazing occurs in middle schools, high schools and colleges
33. Warning Sign: Unexplained injuries or illnesses
34. Warning Signs: Bruises
35. Excuse: "We do it to everyone"
36. Fact:1.5 million high school students are hazed each year
37. Fact: Both male and female students report a high level of hazing
38. Excuse: "What happens behind closed doors stays behind closed doors"
39. Warning Sign: Secrecy, avoidance, or stress surrounding new member activities
40. Excuse: It’s difficult to determine whether or not a certain activity is hazing — it’s such a gray area sometimes.
41. Fact: Nine out of ten students who have experienced hazing behavior in college do not consider themselves to have been hazed.
42. Fact: 82 percent of deaths from hazing involve alcohol.
43. Warning Sign: Desire to leave the organization, club, or team without giving any explanation
44. Excuse: “People will get much worse in the real world anyway...”
45. Example: Forced Tests and competitions
46. Fact: Two in five students say they are aware of hazing taking place on their school or campus
47. Warning Signs: Change in appearance.
48. Example: Humiliation of new or potential members
49. Example: Forced activities for new recruits to ‘prove’ their worth to join
50. Warning Signs: Drop in academics
51. Myth: As long as there’s no malicious intent, a little hazing should be O.K
52. Myth: If someone agrees to participate in an activity, it can’t be considered hazing