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