Police: 8 students identified in Garfield High School hazing

SEATTLE -- Police say they have identified eight Garfield students involved in a hazing incident that involved 100 students off-campus. The students are between the ages of 16 and 17. No charges have been filed.

"It’s kind of embarrassing for our school,"  Joy Bridges, a sophomore at Garfield, said. "I don’t want people to think we’re bad when we have a really good school."

Students at Garfield are still talking about the Friday night hazing incident, also called "froshing," because it involves upperclassmen harassing freshmen. The hazing took place near the school at the Washington Park Arboretum.

 "There was alcohol involved," said Seattle schools spokeswoman Teresa Wippel.

Freshman were forced to wear diapers, were paddled and also had eggs thrown at them. Garfield's principal, Ted Howard, had been tipped off to the incident, and led police to the scene where it quickly broke up.

Ian Calvert, another Garfield student, said, "When I was a freshman I got hazed and I thought it was pretty fun -- the seniors were including me in the community."

There are concerns that the hazing has become more violent and the district has strict anti-hazing policies. Those caught can be suspended and the incidents will be reported on student's college applications.

"It shouldn’t continue to happen because it causes all this attention and everybody’s thinking Garfield’s a bad school," Cunningham said.