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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]

That's not hazing. That's a rite of passage. There's a huge difference. Hazing is humiliating and dangerous. You're talking about hair removal.

Is it your supposition that shaving the head of new military recruits is hazing?

Rethink your views and shut up before you make an ass out of yourself.[/quote]

You might read post 10:4 check out the posted link on hazing from the National Federation of High School Sports.

Hazing rituals are often permitted to occur because they are seen as rites of passage.  As to your analogy, the military does regard it as hazing if service members shave the heads of another service member.  If this is done by other athletes on the team, it is not equivalent to an action taken by an official military organization (subject to Congressional oversight at that).  Civilian groups such as fraternities imposing "military style" discipline (e.g. pushups) is also a classic of hazing.

(I would think that the above-quoted post was satirical or intentionally meant to cast SSSAS in an even worse light, but I'm afraid it is genuine.)[/quote]

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