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How’s this for a random post.

If you have not visited the blogsite “Bad Jocks,” – “Where COPS meets SportsCenter,” you are missing an adventure into the shallow end of the gene pool.

Bad Jocks: http://www.badjocks.com/, should not be visited by those with a heart condition. Then again, if you are judicious as to what links you click on the site is okay for the faint at heart.

I heard the site mentioned on television in reference to the current media frenzy over hazing incidences. I don’t recall what station or program.

First the humor. Check out: Atlanta Hawk on Motorcycle on You Tube.

But back to the serious and sad on Bad Jock; the 64-dollar question is if folks are going to engage in behavior such as hazing, why do they post pictures on the Internet?

I’m looking at the post dated: “Who Did Something Stupid Today? - Updated May 19 2006.”

The site does not appear to use permalinks…

The section that caught my eye was: “It's Here! BadJocks ‘End-of-the-School-Year Initiation Picture Blowout Bonanza’”

Unfortunately, the Christian-based college I attended from 1971 – 1973, Elon College – now Elon University, made the “Dirty Dozen.”

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It's Here! BadJocks "End-of-the-School-Year Initiation Picture Blowout Bonanza"- You've waited patiently since Monday for our "Dirty Dozen," (initiation pictures from twelve colleges across the USA) that we've found online over the past few weeks. We wish we could say this is all there is out there, but that's not EVEN CLOSE to the truth. Given enough time and money we could probably post 100 sets like these, maybe more.

Why? Well, first off, it's time to reveal the source for these, and all of our other initiation pictures: Webshots.com.

Did you know that if you put in the term "initiation" into their search tool, you'll get more than 135,000 images. 135,000!!!

Granted, not all of those are sports (most are those damn A/V geeks), so try just "soccer initiation."

The result: almost 2800! "Lacrosse initiation or lax initiation?" More than 2200 combined.

And the list goes on and on for every sport you can imagine. Some are just one picture of some guy with his head shaved like a monk, wearing nothing but women's panties with a half-empty 40 ouncer duct taped to his hand . . . others are entire sets that document a whole evening of fun.

Here's the Dirty Dozen.
1) Catholic University Women's Lacrosse Team Initiation 2006
2) Quinnipiac University Men's Baseball Initiation 2006
3) University of California, Santa Barbara Lacrosse Initiation 2004
4) Wake Forest Women's Volleyball
5) Fordham University Women's Softball Team Initiation
6) Elon University Men's Baseball Initiation 2005-2006
7) Fairleigh Dickinson Women's Softball Initiation 2004
8) James Madison University Women's Club Soccer - Double Play of the Day: Two different years from same team
9) Kenyon College Men's Baseball Initiation 2005
10) Princeton University Cheerleading Initiation 2005
11) Union College Women's Soccer Rookie Night 2004
12) University of Michigan Men's Lacrosse Initiation Pictures for both 2003 and 2004 - Another two-fer!

And this update from our hazing expert, Dr. Susan Lipkins:

Can Hazing Be Prevented?

We may never eradicate hazing, however, we can reduce the amount and intensity of hazings. To do this many programs need to be developed. I have proposed, along with Karen Savoy, of MASH (Mothers Against School Hazing) a NATIONAL HAZING PREVENTION ACT which would provide money to fund:
1. an agency to define, monitor, and investigate hazing
2. several university-based research programs that would create curriculum to train coaches and other leaders of groups, and that would be used with students from age 13-adulthood
3. create a federal law that would deter hazing
For further information please visit my website: http://www.insidehazing.com

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On the page:

http://www.badjocks.com/archive/2006/catholic-university-womens-lacrosse.htm

I don’t recommend going to the page, but anyway, in the right margin alongside the series of pictures depicting the Catholic University’s Women’s Lacrosse Team entitled: “Catholic University Women's Lacrosse Team Initiation Party 2006 - I'm in Love with a Stripper” is listed a number of links that attempt to provide some intellectuality to the subject of hazing:

Hazing Picture FAQ
by Dr. Susan Lipkins

Why are these photos so significant?

Why is it important to highlight the photos from Northwestern?

Why do teams post their initiations on the internet?
How does hazing happen? Do the colleges know about these activities?
What do college coaches and athletic directors do to prevent hazing?
If hazing is embedded in the culture of sports then how can the colleges or coaches change it?
Who is responsible for hazing prevention?

What should the public/audience do?

Isn't some hazing acceptable?

What is hazardous hazing?

How can adults know when a hazing will skid into the hazardous zone?

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