~2006 Hazing - Historical Perspective

[KramerCat91]

Three hazing scandals broke in 2006:

• Women's soccer. There was underage drinking, force kissing and forced lap dances. The team was suspended mid season and some players were suspended for parts of the next season. The coach resigned. It seems that the assistant coaches continued to coach in the next season. See https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/story?id=2102450&page=1 ; https://www.northwestern.edu/newscenter/stories/2006/05/soccer_mobile.html; https://dropkickeddream.weebly.com/northwestern-hazing.html
• Willy the Wildcat. New students auditioning for Willie were fake kidnapped. All the current Willies were terminated and placed on probation. Willie did not appear in several games. https://dailynorthwestern.com/2006/...-news-nu-admits-hazing-in-two-more-programs/; https://www.northwestern.edu/newscenter/stories/2006/05/soccer_mobile.html
• Men's swimming. The hazing involved underage consumption of alcohol, new team members swimming in Lake Michigan when the NU beach was closed and other “inappropriate behavior,” A training trip to Hawaii was canceled. The team was forced to perform community service and placed on probation. Some swimmers were punished individually. https://dailynorthwestern.com/2006/...-news-nu-admits-hazing-in-two-more-programs/; https://www.northwestern.edu/newscenter/stories/2006/05/soccer_mobile.html

The norm in 2006 seems to be that students leading the hazing were punished. When will we see the same here?

P.S. I only vaguely remembered the soccer scandal and thought I would Google it and discovered the Willy and swimming scandals.

 

[CoralSpringsCat]

Three hazing scandals broke in 2006:

• Women's soccer. There was underage drinking, force kissing and forced lap dances. The team was suspended mid season and some players were suspended for parts of the next season. The coach resigned. It seems that the assistant coaches continued to coach in the next season. See https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/story?id=2102450&page=1 ; https://www.northwestern.edu/newscenter/stories/2006/05/soccer_mobile.html; https://dropkickeddream.weebly.com/northwestern-hazing.html
• Willy the Wildcat. New students auditioning for Willie were fake kidnapped. All the current Willies were terminated and placed on probation. Willie did not appear in several games. https://dailynorthwestern.com/2006/...-news-nu-admits-hazing-in-two-more-programs/; https://www.northwestern.edu/newscenter/stories/2006/05/soccer_mobile.html
• Men's swimming. The hazing involved underage consumption of alcohol, new team members swimming in Lake Michigan when the NU beach was closed and other “inappropriate behavior,” A training trip to Hawaii was canceled. The team was forced to perform community service and placed on probation. Some swimmers were punished individually. https://dailynorthwestern.com/2006/...-news-nu-admits-hazing-in-two-more-programs/; https://www.northwestern.edu/newscenter/stories/2006/05/soccer_mobile.html

The norm in 2006 seems to be that students leading the hazing were punished. When will we see the same here?

P.S. I only vaguely remembered the soccer scandal and thought I would Google it and discovered the Willy and swimming scandals.

Swimming!?!? Good grief. Any former swimmers on here that can speak to this ?

 

[FeralFelidae]

Swimming!?!? Good grief. Any former swimmers on here that can speak to this ?

I'm trying to remember. Is it swimming you wanted to get rid of or just diving?

 

[CoralSpringsCat]

I'm trying to remember. Is it swimming you wanted to get rid of or just diving?

Both. Make it club like men’s fencing.

 

[IGNORE2]

Swimming!?!? Good grief. Any former swimmers on here that can speak to this ?

Lol. Nope. Not interested.

 

[IGNORE2]

Both. Make it club like men’s fencing.

Suppose you feel the same about the football club now…

 

[KramerCat91]

Why didn't the punishments in 2006 deter hazing in football? Did locker room "hijinx" diminish for a while?

 

[FrancisSearle75]

I don't think you can predict what will happen today using the outcomes from 2006. The political and cultural environment of 2023 is very different from that of 2006.

 

[Pulmocat]

Swimming!?!? Good grief. Any former swimmers on here that can speak to this ?

Don't know anything about the swimming team hazing at northwestern.

I swam in high school. We had locker room shenanigans every year I was there.

One particular tradition was to corner the freshman before the intrasquad meet (freshman v. Sophomores v. Juniors v. Seniors) which was widely attended by students, parents, cheerleaders because it was so hilarious.

The freshman were held down if needed and painted with oil based house paint. They had boobs balls, penises, targets and stuff like that painted on them.

Lockers for freshman weren't allowed to be locked so their suits ... classic speedos were taken out of their lockers and were replaced by ridiculously large suits provided to the team captains by their parents. They would invariably fall of when they dove into the pool.

1980-1984 was when I was there.

This is where my perspective comes from.

I bet just about everyone who participated in a team sport where guys spent 4 hrs a day together killing themselves at practice back in those days has many very similar stories

 

[KramerCat91]

I don't think you can predict what will happen today using the outcomes from 2006. The political and cultural environment of 2023 is very different from that of 2006.

If the punishments in 2006 were not enough to stop hazing then it makes sense to ratchet up the punishments....

 

[GlideCat]

Both. Make it club like men’s fencing.

Men's fencing was a hybrid called "Varsity Club" before Title 9. We got varsity letters and were given the same abilities as all other varsity athletes as regards getting out of class for scheduled sporting events. Back in that time period, those abilities to get out of class were very limited.

 

[phatcat]

Out of deep respect for Cappy and his pinned post, I won't go off the rails about how much worse these allegations are than a lot of the grab ass we are have chronicled here.