Hazing, swirleys, and guys from Gary

Recently a young man died because of "hazing", an initiation procedure of varying degrees of meanness done to the new guy, or in college, the freshman. That caused me to think of an incident from my youth.

I was a young man from a very tough neighborhood in Gary, Indiana. I learned about the hazing process when I attended Olivet Nazarene College, now called Olivet Nazarene University. Olivet is a christian liberal arts college located in Bourbonnais, Illinois, USA. 
At Olivet College, the initiation was called a swirly. The head of the freshman was stuck in a toilet, and the toilet was flushed, creating a swirling effect; hence the name. When confronted with a threaghtening group, many freshmen went willingly. Some were forced.

Guys from Gary were normally not initiated. Our tough city background normally frightened the hazers away. But this year one group decided to take on what they thought was the toughest one (I have no idea how they made that judgement!) to be sure every freshman was hazed.
In a brave attempt, 10 guys tried to give me a swirly. They stormed my room and threw a blanket over me to keep me from hitting them. The blanket didn't stop my hands from finding one of the 63 nerve points I had learned of in judo classes, specifically the Achilles heel, and pinching them sharply.
2 or 3 athletic young men screaming and jumping back in pain was a wonderful deterrent for the rest of the group. I was not initiated.
There were 6 freshmen that were NOT initiated. Five of them, including myself, were from Gary, Indiana. The 6th one claimed to be from Gary.

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