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