Vermont overcomes hazing scandal, back in Frozen 4

By Howard Fendrich and Joseph White

"Page 2 of the NCAA handbook 'Building New Traditions: Hazing Prevention in College Athletics' defines hazing this way: 'Any act committed against someone joining or becoming a member or maintaining membership in any organization that is humiliating, intimidating or demeaning, or endangers the health and safety of the person...'"

"A study released last year by two University of Maine professors--and supported by the NCAA--found that 74 percent of respondents who were students on varsity athletic teams experienced some form of hazing..."

"Tracy Maxwell, executive director of Colorado-based hazingprevention.org, credits the [University of Vermont] for the way it dealt with the aftermath of the scandal."

"'What was perhaps unique about it was that the school really took a strong stand: They canceled the season. I can't imagine that happening with one of the teams in the Final Four or in college football,' Maxwell said. 'They took it very, very seriously. My sense is they probably don't have a problem with hazing with the hockey team any more because they handled it so well...'"

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