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