Hazing In High School

In February 2017, Tim Piazza died as a result of hazing within his fraternity. In the article “Death at a Penn State Fraternity”, Caitlin Flanagan summarizes the death and events beforehand that made the death occur. She also gives insight as to other occurrences in other fraternities along with at Penn State. Throughout the article, Flanagan seems to rely on life being valuable and that life should not be cut short for social reasons within one’s control. Caitlin Flanagan provides meaningful commentary to help others realize the dangers affiliated with hazing and other “social norms”.

Reitman acquires information that in 2010, a first year student by the name of Andrew Lohse, pledged to a fraternity called Sigma Alpha Epsilon which disclosed the traditions of Greek hazing. The article elaborately describes the acts of hazing new pledges must face. “One brother recalls the night some of the pledges were served a scramble of vomit and eggs, known as a ‘vomlet’” (356). Lohse unveiled all of the hazing events that he had been involved with for nearly two years, until it had become clear that

Students involved in clubs, fraternities, sororities, and organizations experience hazing. In fact, 55% those college students involved in clubs, teams and organizations experience hazing. Hazing is any action taken or any situation created intentionally that causes embarrassment, harassment or ridicule and risk emotional, or physical harm to members of a group or team, whether new or not, regardless of the person’s willingness to participate. Hazing can occur in high school, intercollegiate, or even professionally. As an individual, you have to know what is hazing. What is going over the edge? Am I doing anything illegal? Or is this causing emotional or physical distress or stress to myself or to others? Hazing, even though its tradition,

Hazing is a very serious issue throughout America. Hazing, by definition, is any action or

The movie, Burning Sands, is an exploration of the seriousness of hazing on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). In connection to class discussion, Burning Sands is an analysis of the complexity of social influence within fraternities on a HBCU’s campus. Burning Sands follows the journey of five pledges (possible future members of the fraternity) in their final week of pledging for the fraternity, Lambda Phi (fraternity created for the movie). The “Big Brothers” (members already a part of the fraternity) complicate the final week of pledging with severe and cruel mistreatment. The pledges must decide if inclusion into Lambda Phi is worth the risk of losing dignity and pride. In the movie, Lambda Phi exert social influence on

Hazing in universities across the nation has become an increasingly dangerous ritual that is seemingly becoming more difficult to put an end to due to its development into an "underground" activity. Though a regular activity in the seventies, hazing, a possible dangerous act of initiation to a group, has now become an activity that is banned in thirty-nine states (Wagner 16). However, this ritual has not been stopped or become less severe. In fact it is becoming more dangerous. Since it has been banned, with many colleges imposing their own penalties against those participating in it, many fraternities and sororities have pursued this activity in an underground fashion. Since these groups have gone underground, some victims of these

The alleged facts that gave rise to the plaintiff’s case was that during the University of Virginia’s (UVA) Men Swim team introduction or ‘welcome week’, the plaintiff along with other freshmen UVA swimmers were subjected to hazing that included acts such as, physical and mental abuse, force of obsessive alcoholic beverage intake, false imprisonment, and threats of sodomy against the freshmen swimmers. According to the plaintiff, if the underclassmen did not comply with any of the requests or duties that the upperclassmen told the underclassmen swimmers to complete, they were forced into dangerous and life threatening acts. However, when the head coach was informed about the heinous acts being performed by the upperclassmen, the coach simply informed the plaintiff that he could practice separately from the team. Unfortunately, the coach informed the plaintiff practicing during a different time from the rest of the team would not guarantee protection from any future attacks. These acts against the plaintiff from the upperclassmen of swimmers on

Hazing in universities across the nation has become an increasingly dangerous ritual that is seemingly becoming more difficult to put an end to due to its development into an “underground” activity. Though a regular activity in the seventies, hazing, a possible dangerous act of initiation to a group, has now become an activity that is banned in thirty-nine states (Wagner 16). However, this ritual has not been stopped or become less severe. In fact it is becoming more dangerous. Since it has been banned, with many colleges imposing their own penalties against those participating in it, many fraternities and sororities have pursued this activity in an underground fashion. Since these groups have gone underground, some victims of these

Your probably thinking, well isnt bullying the same thing. Well they kinda are, but there is a difference between the two. The definition for bully is a person who uses strength or power to harm or intimidate those who are weaker. On the site Hazing Prevention.org, they say the only real difference between hazing and bullying is that bullying usually involves singling out an individual at anytime and bullying them as a means to exclude them. Hazing, on the other hand, involves including people by having them “earn” their way into a group or onto a team. There are 10 Top of the Worst Hazing Ritual that Elite Day found. Number 10 was Raped by a Sharpie which is sexual penetration with a Sharpie. Number 9 was Cocaine or Dildo which is used within Sororities, it is when the girl has to either use a dildo in front of your “sisters” or take hit of Cocaine.

Hazing is a method of humiliation performed on new members of fraternities and occasionally sororities (Morton Interview). Examples include forcing people to drink alcohol against their will, consume unpalatable or spoiled foods, perform excessive amounts of strenuous exercises, and many other unsafe activities (DeSantis 171). This tradition of embarrassing new members “affects any group of people with a hierarchical membership or a structure where you have people who are trying to gain entry to an organization” (Cohen Interview). This unhealthy custom “snowballs” each year, meaning sophomore members hazed last year will most likely haze this years’ freshmen (Cohen Interview). Hazing can become hazardous and even life-threatening very quickly. An example is the death of Maxwell Gruver, a freshman fraternity pledge at Louisiana State University. As part of an initiation game called “Bible Study,” Gruver had to recite the Greek Alphabet from memory; if he messed up, he had to chug hard liquor and was pelted with hot sauce and mustard (Willen). Gruver passed away the next day at a nearby hospital. His blood-alcohol level of .495 was more than six times the legal intoxication level in most states (Willen). Most fraternity deaths involve alcohol, but other dangerous acts occur as part of hazing. According to C. Ross Jr, author of The Divine Nine: The History of African American Fraternities and Sororities, "In white organizations, the problem [with hazing] is alcohol. In black, it's violence" (qtd. in Krieger). On campuses such as Texas State University, MGC and NPHC fraternities do not have houses, so issues with alcohol is not a concern (Morton Interview). Instead, humiliating pledges takes the form of beating, punching, kicking, etc. for as long as a month (Krieger). Regardless of the involvement of alcohol or violence, students in both fraternities and sororities find their mental and

I am researching the issue of hazing on college campuses in Greek fraternities. My position is advocating for stronger hazing legislation on campuses to prevent others from commiting crimes of hazing against their “brothers”. In fraternities, many experience hazing or witness it and do nothing about it or enjoy the amusement. If people keep ignoring the signs, more lives will be lost as the count is only growing of high profile cases across college campuses. Hazing effects can turn people’s lives upside down as I learned last year from the death of my close friend at LSU. From personal experience, hazing takes lives away from people way too quickly and ends all hopes of a peaceful future.

Burning Sands is a movie that illustrates the power of social influence through fraternities and hazing. Here is a proposal of five theories to use to explain how members of fraternities exert social influence on their pledges. Social Dominance Theory suggests that members in a fraternity will convince the pledges to want to join the fraternity based on the social benefits the fraternity will provide. The Heuristic-Systematic Model defines two routes of information processing: systematic and heuristics. “Sufficiency principle” and “impression motivation” are factors in the Heuristic-Systematic Model that describes how pledges will use heuristics to accept hazing as the initiation process for a fraternity. Cognitive Dissonance exist when pledges

When I was in high school I was among those students that were referred as nerds and, therefore, I was not popular back in those years. After passing through all those problems back then, I have a good experience with the problems students encounter in high school and my topic will be the issues of high school hazing (Sage & Eitzen, 2013). I came across this problem back in school when I watch my colleagues in high school being arrested. The students were arrested and charged with hazing as well as sexual contact connected to an investigation taking place for months in the school. The main purpose for choosing this topic will be to inform the stakeholders on the issue of hazing and implement the relevant policies towards this issue. Hazing

Often times hazing is a big problem we see occurring in our society. Whether it is occurring within a sports team, sorority, school, friends, or even a group of co-workers, we hear about it on a relatively frequent basis. Often times hazing stories are justified by the person committing the act of hazing and over dramatized by the media. Conducting a full study on whether hazing actually exists and the multiple ways it exists can help members of our society to further understand the implications of the action. Throughout this study the definition of hazing has been explored as well as superfluous examples to prove hazing is prominent in our society and laws and actions taken against

Hazing can take place anywhere whether it be high school, college, sports, or fraternities. Other terms used for hazing are “hell week”, “help week”, and “initiation”. When one is trying to determine whether or not the situation is considered hazing there are many signs he/she could look for. Some examples include the following questions: is alcohol involved?, are there any risk of emotional or physical abuse?, and is there a risk of injury? (University of North Carolina Wilmington). If the answer to any of these is yes, then it would be considered some form of hazing. A study taking place at Alfred University shows that 1.5 million high school students have experienced some form of hazing. Forty-eight percent of students who belong to groups have reported to experiencing hazing behavior. These incidents can range anywhere between alcohol abuse to forcing one to commit a crime. Victims of hazing may hide the truth, whether they be embarrassed or they risk the chance of getting in a lot of trouble. While you may not notice it at first there are always signs to look for when searching for hazing activity. Some signs include excessive fatigue, wearing odd clothing, isolating themselves, skipping or missing class, and feeling depressed. Many parents are not aware of their child experiencing hazing activity. Although, now many of victims have decided to speak out about there encounters.