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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Apparently it is a "tradition" at SSSAS for the seniors on the boys' lacrosse team to shave the heads of the freshman boys (buzz cuts, designs, silly shapes, etc.).  This is defended by the Head Coach, also the Athletic Director.  I would call that hazing, not tradition.  Why is it being allowed?  It calls into question the values and philosophy of the institution as a whole.[/quote]

Please get a grip. Every school does it. The freshman see it as a badge of honor that they made varsity. It does not call into question values or philosophy. It bonds the boys on the team.[/quote]

Interesting -- no denials, just a defense (and attack against the original post).  Amazing how many people are rallying around what seems to be, at best, a misguided practice that sends a dubious message.  And did you really type out the equivalent of "everyone does it?"  Hazing has been justified for years by "badge of honor" type arguments and "everyone does it" or "everyone goes through it."  (That's the kind of thinking that, taken to an extreme, led to that band member being beaten to death a couple years ago in the Florida A&M hazing incident, and has led many states and municipalities to adopt criminal anti-hazing statutes.)

This wouldn't bear scrutiny in a public school and this is one occasion where the "independence" of an independent school is not a positive.  Hope those inquisitive Washington Post reporters are monitoring the site -- good story on "lax culture" here, it appears (or do people only care if something happens at Landon)?

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