It’s one thing to have fun and games, but to keep things from going to far, laws have to be enacted, Bost said. It could stop (the hazing) before it’s even started and becomes a problem.

Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity student Tadgh Davis, a senior in general agriculture from Martinsville, said he thinks the bill is just good politics and will not effect hazing in fraternities.

There isn’t much hazing that goes on at this school, but if fraternities are hazing now when it is already illegal, they’re going to keep doing it but keep it quiet, Davis said.

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Joe Jones, a junior in journalism from Seneca and a member of Alpha Tau Omega, said hazing is not popular at SIUC.

You hear stories of hazing at other universities but nothing really happens here, Jones said.

Troy Butler, a junior in primary care medicine from Vernon Hills and a Theta Xi member, said hazing happens more than people think.

More goes on than what people know or think about, Butler said. This is a relatively small Greek system here. Stuff that goes on in the (fraternity) house stays in the house.

Harriet Wilson Barlow, associate director of student development, said there has not been a problem of hazing at SIUC.

(Hazing) is not something we look the other way about. If there is a problem (the University) deals with it, Wilson Barlow said. We had one case of hazing last year but it was in a nonfraternal association.

No students have been charged with hazing in the last three or four years, according to Terry Huffman, interim coordinator of student judicial affairs.

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I couldn’t say if (hazing) happened or not, Huffman said. Students could be charged with fighting or disobedience when it may be hazing.

Two freshmen said hazing is one thing that might turn them away from joining a fraternity.

I’m from Chicago and I don’t want to be embarrassed by nobody, Ben Henry, a freshman in marketing from Chicago.

Letting someone beat me up to be in their group that’s stupid, James Stucky, a freshman from Chicago, said. If I find one that’s not demeaning to my pride, I’ll join one.