Horrific College Hazing Rituals That Forever Changed Everyone Involved.

#1 The Crab Pot

Pledges for Pi Alpha Kappa at Tulane University, were put under boiling water for the most physically enduring pain they'd ever had. The brothers used boiling water containing pepper spray and a "crab boil" seasoning mixture containing cayenne pepper to pour over their victims' backs. The ten "brothers" responsible got into some pretty hot water. The pledges that sucked it up and didn't scream ended up with second and third-degree burns all over their backs, buttocks and groins.

#2 Step Up On The Public Body-Critiquing Train.

Alexandra Robbins, author of the book "Pledged: The Secret Life of Sororities," had one woman with the courage to report to her the humilating hazing experience of being forced to stand naked in front of an entire fraternity. When she got up onto the bench, the fraternity would give public critiques by yelling out the parts of her body that needed "work".

After talking to one of the women that endured this type of scrutiny and humiliation just to become a part of some social group, she said, "This happened in the '90s and almost a decade later she still had emotional scars."

#3 Pick A Tool....

It seems harmless enough at first, pledges have to answer trivia questions and drink straight vodka when they got the question wrong. Just a normal, run-of-the-mill drinking game, right? However, when they got enough wrong, they were presented with a Sharpie, a knife, a hammer and a dildo, with the threat that one of those objects would violate them.

#4 Salt Water Shots And Vomit Omelettes.

In 2009, a frat at Dartmouth college was dinged for driving blindfolded pledges off campus and making them drink shots of salt water before entering a kiddie pool full of condiments and vomit. One pledge, Andrew Lohse, claimed that he was forced to eat an omelet made of vomit before chugging a cup of vinegar.

#5 All You Can('t) Drink Buffet.

Imagine drinking surgical anesthesia. Not so fun for the body, is it? A freshman at California Polytechnic State University, died of alcohol poisoning while pledging Sigma Alpha Epsilon. The boy, at his time of death, had a Blood Alcohol Level of .44. Just to put it into perspective, that is more than 5 times the legal limit for driving and actually exceeds the levels of the effects of surgical anesthesia. The worst part is that it was done in less than two hours.

#6 These Things Should Really Just Not Be Anywhere On Campus.

Sharpie rape, the actual sexual penetration not the unwanted stray mark, seems to be all the rage on college campuses. Sororities haven't cornered the market on it.

In 2002, seven football players from Methodist College in North Carolina were arrested on hazing charges for restraining a freshman, stripping him of his underwear, writing all over his butt and smacking it numerous times.

The worst part is that to "seal the deal," as it were, the player with the most ironic position-name, Antonio Wilkerson (wide receiver for the team) sexually assaulted the freshman athlete with a Sharpie marker after everything had been said and done.

He, along with the other Methodist players involved, were suspended after their November 14 arrests and did not partake in the team's final game; unfortunately, because getting benched, or even sitting down, was probably the last thing on the victim's mind.

#7 That's A Paddlin'

Paddling is what some may think a classic. Though it's what's most commonly associated with the ancient tradition of hazing. Paddling sounds funny, but is still one of the worst. In fact, many have gone to the hospital with severe bodily injuries due to the violent act.

This infliction of harm upon each other is often meant to strengthen the bonds between the victim and group (don't ask how that works), but often it's just plain harm. One girl reported to The Star-Ledger that she was told the beatings would "humble" her and build love and trust between the sorority sisters.

However, after seven nights of beatings and being struck a total of 201 times, the pledge went to the hospital because she was no longer able to sit due to the blood clots and welts all over her buttocks.

There are an amazing amount of other reported incidents, also. Here a just a couple more. Two Florida A&M fraternity brothers were given two years in prison for paddling a pledge with wooden canes.

One of the Kappa Alpha Psi members was paddling the pledge while the other member was an encourager (in the grimmest sense), urging the pledge to take the paddling and reviving him when he passed out. Aw, what a good brother.

While it seems harmless here are some of the results, it can cause blood-clots, kidney damage, blood in urine, Rhabdomyolysis, and death in many cases when symptoms go unnoticed.

#8 The Elephant Walk.

Looks like more sexual harassment reports are coming to fraternities! First off, raise your hand if you know what an elephant walk is! In case you didn't, let's learn.

According to the Urban Dictionary, there are many forms of the "Elephant Walk".

1) A group of males walks in a straight line, each person putting one thumb in their mouth and the other thumb inside the anus of the male in front of them.

2) A group of males walks in a straight line holding onto the (erect) penis of the males behind and in front of them.

3) A group of males walks in a straight line holding onto the (erect) penis of the males in behind them while putting one thumb into the anus of the males in front of them.

Any of these iterations does NOT sound like an effective mode of transportation, or a fun way to spend any afternoon.

#9 Line Up For A Fresh Round Of Body Shaming, Girls!

Boob Ranking is a favorite torment in sororities. In this procedure, the sisters forced pledges to strip off their shirts and bras in a cold room, and then line up in order of breast size.

This is mostly because what this did was reinforce insecurities that the girls were probably already saying to themselves.

The older "sisters" would then make fun of them and play mental games with their vulnerable and helpless victims.

#10 Blackmail Of Your Choice: Sexual Humiliation or Illegal Activities!

Sororities are just as sexually cruel, if not infinitely more so, than fraternities. Looking at this list, it's apparent that the women in sororities are more interested in emotional and social humiliation than the males. Males tend to angle towards the physical feats of strength or disgustingness. Both (freely) exercise public humiliation, but the levels of both differ and definitely run deeper in female circles. FOR EXAMPLE...

The Hazing Prevention Center, one of the leading non-profit organizations working to eradicate hazing, receives hundred of emails from traumatized victims of sorority and fraternity hazing. One e-mail was from a girl who reported that she had to either use a d***o in front of all her "sisters," or take a hit of cocaine.

So it's either your morals...or your morals? Or your common sense verses...your common sense? It's a toss-up, but an elicit drug that can cause permanent brain damage and is HIGHLY illegal or sexual, social, public humiliation? Which would you choose?

#11 Exercises in Feces and Urine

There's nothing that says brotherly love more than feces and urine. Although it is said that many frats force their pledges to drink urine, few documented examples beyond just hearsay have surfaced with discreet details (at least as far as college hazing rituals go... military hazing rituals are a whole OTHER can of worms).

An incident took place at Hartwick College where pledges of Alpha Chi Ro were forced to carry feces-covered rocks through a forest and do push-ups and up downs in urine-soaked garbage. It's worse than it sounds.

The garbage also contained glass and dirty diapers.

The basement was in the house of Peter Torabkhan, who along with two other guys were charged by state police at Oneonta with first-degree hazing (a criminal offense nowadays).

Another man, Yury Pertsovsky, who was not a student at Hartwick, was also charged with second-degree aggravated harassment for making threatening phone calls to the freshman who reported the incident.