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To get rid of hazing, clarify what people really think is acceptable behavior and redefine what it means to be loyal

  • Written by Catherine A. Sanderson, Poler Family Professor and Chair of Psychology, Amherst College
imageStudents often have the wrong idea about what their peers think is acceptable.Anastasiia Korotkova/iStock via Getty Images

My husband and I spent a late August day several years ago settling in our oldest child, Andrew, for the start of his first year at college. We went to Walmart to buy a mini fridge and rug. We hung posters above his bed. We...

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