Hazing

The Fraternity strictly prohibits hazing. Your university’s rules and state laws do as well. Please consult your school’s own hazing policy. Often hazing is very broadly defined. Clearly a pledge should never be asked to do anything conflicting with his obligations to God, his country, or himself, nor should he be publicly embarrassed. No assigned duty should be for the personal benefit of an individual member. Drinking of any alcoholic beverage in any quantity should never even be implied as an act necessary really "to belong" to the Fraternity. Providing an alcoholic beverage to one underage is illegal in every state; furthermore, providing alcohol to one visibly intoxicated, regardless of age, is legal grounds for a lawsuit if that individual were to become involved in or were to cause an accident. A chapter should be able to justify every requirement made of a pledge to his parents, his spiritual adviser, the faculty, the Theta Tau Executive Council, and the district attorney.