"We wouldn't want to embarrass ourselves, nor cause a tragedy like the one at MIT and other various colleges," he says.
Instead, the student says, the initiation involves "research projects" involving public service in the Latino community.
"We don't shave heads," he adds. "We wear a shirt and tie and work on projects together. Through working together, that's where we build up friendships."
According to Elizabeth A. Hanselman '99, a member of the Harvard Chapter of Kappa Alpha Theta, the sorority also has a "very strict no hazing policy."
Members of several sports teams also say alcohol does not play a role in their initiations.
For example, at the initiation to a male varsity athletic team held in winter the night before an