[23830] in APO-L
Re: [APO-L] Scavenger Hunts
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Shana :o))
Thu Jul 31 17:06:37 2003
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 15:07:12 -0500
Reply-To: "Shana :o)" <ShanaAllie@FINCHCMS.EDU>
From: "Shana :o)" <ShanaAllie@FINCHCMS.EDU>
To: APO-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU
Amazing....I came out from hiding to comment on something!!!!
It was my understanding that scavenger hunts were only considered hazing if:
1) they are a required event for membership
2) they force or encourage members to do things they don't want to do
3) they force or encourage members to do things that aren't legal
I know many schools that do scavenger hunts that are fun and not even close to
hazing....if you bring back things like flyers that prove you were there or
the things you bring back are easily found and don't have to be swiped.
Therefore, I think digital cameras would be fine as long as the participants
weren't asked to photograph themselves doing something that meets the above
criteria.
An example I have is a chapter where they wanted to get the new freshmen more
familiar with parts of campus and they had silly clues about different
buildings and the teams just had to bring back something that indicated that
building, like a chemistry club flyer to show they had been to the science
building. They had a lot of fun and the winner got a cute little prize. This
was actually done as a rush activity and everyone loved it.
Another I have is a type of scavenger hunt where instead of bringing things
back there was one clue everyone started with. This clue then brought them to
the next clue, and so on until they got to the end where there was a social
event waiting for everyone. This used the idea of problem solving in groups
and the fun of hunting without having to worry about bringing anything back or
doing anything someone might object to. I think that people just need to use
their heads and they can figure out what is and isn't hazing!
Ok....back to my hole in the ground.
:o) Shana Allie Vore
>===== Original Message From Randy Finder <naraht@DRYCAS.CLUB.CC.CMU.EDU>
=====
>I know scavenger hunts are a concept often related to Hazing in
>Fraternities, but with the drop in cost of digital cameras, I wqas
>wondering what people thought of the following in APO.
>
>1) Friday evening fellowship event at a sectional/regional. Teams(5-6) are
>made up from attendees, trying to spread chapters across teams as much as
>possible. Digital Cameras are given to each team...
>
>2) Similar except in chapter made up from big/little brother or trees
>within the chapter.
>
>3) Pledges vs. brothers (Chairman of the Advisor Committee makes up list
>to be fair)
>
>One reason that I ask is that the section on Hazing in the Risk Management
>Policy mentions Scavenger Hunts as being banned and strangely enough the
>way its written, Hazing is not limited to things in the pledging process.
>
>I've found at least one chapter that runs an annual scavenger hunt between
>teams in the chapter and a section conference a couple of years ago that
>had one...
>
>
>YiLFS
>Randy
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