0 OPINION Page 4 Thursday, October 16, 1980 The Michigan Daily Edited and managed by students at The University of Michigan Swimming with Anderson By Robert Drinan Vol. XCI, No. 37 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Editorials represent a majority opinion of The Daily's Editorial Board __.,. The hazing incident . Recipe for a little fun on the Michigan hockey team: Take one freshman team member; force him to drink gin, vodka, and beer; strip him naked; shave him completely from the neck down; cover him with jelly; dump him into the trunk of a car; and leave him nearly unconscious outside in the freezing weather. For added mirth, subject several other freshmen team members to all or part of the same treatment. On Sunday night, the recipe was followed closely by at least fifteen members of the 35-player hockey team. To the cooks' surprise, however, the final product exploded. One victim of .the ritual hazing-per- formed every year on new team mem- bers-was left naked in freezing weather for more than an hour, drop- ped outside Markely Hall, and could have died of hypothermia had he not been discovered by friends and pulled inside the dorm. There are not words to fully express the hideousness of this act. There are not thoughts to begin to understand how college students can so brutally molest anyone in the name of fun. There are few punishments that can adequately fit the crime. Perhaps the most incomprehensible aspect of this hazing incident is why the freshman has refused to press carges against his assailants and