Hazing Is Wrong

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 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

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

Conforming into hazing has shown an impact on a former group of pupils in Florida. Hazing is defined as “a species of brutal horseplay practised on” new students attending a class (Oed.com). On November 2011, new band member Robert Champion Jr was hazed to death. Champion was enrolling to become a new band student at the Florida A&M University. The routine of the band initiation involved running “down the center of the bus while being punched, kicked and assaulted by senior” band members (Source D 2). The students who enacted this are now being charged with manslaughter. This situation exemplifies the detrimental effects of conformity. All the “twelve former students” conformed to the ritual of hazing and attempted to haze Champion. This attempt

We have a problem with hazing. There is people around the world who are rude and mean to other people. There has been so many incidents with hazing. This can get so bad people can actually suicide. Hazing is usually but not always in sports. Like in the Ohio State band they had an issue with hazing and this kid was always upset. Nobody cares about people that are upset though. Hazing needs to stop now.

Sunnydale University was just informed of their acceptance into the second consortium cohort for StopHazing which will launch in 2016. The Hazing Prevention Consortium is a “multi-year research-to-practice initiative led by StopHazing, Inc. to build an evidence base for hazing prevention on college campuses in the U.S. and beyond” (source). The university is excited to be part of a consortium comprised of select colleges and Universities across the U.S. that strive to eliminate hazing and committed to launching a comprehensive approach to prevention. StopHazing advocates to use a combined use of a core set of hazing prevention strategies that can be specifically tailored to specific campus contexts built upon understanding of campus history,

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

A funeral of a boy no older than 21, parents crying and 5 members of the boy’s fraternity standing in handcuffs, no longer able to live out their life as normal adults due to a vapid, dense mistake they made trying to make the boy in the casket earn his way into their group. “It brings unity and strengthens the bond between the members of the group”, “ I was hazed so they should be hazed too”, “I did not think that was hazing”, the Most common excuses hazers give when they are confronted for their mistakes. Though many college students were hazed during their years attending college it is not a mandatory “rite of passage” for any new members of an organization to endure. Though many people think of hazing as a harmless activity that makes

The captain can remind teammates of the hazing prevention workshop and suggest a progressive team dinner where each senior member of the team provides a food course. (Heibert & Klatt, 2001, p. 170-2; p. 17)

Hazing has caused deaths, dangerous injuries, and society’s attention. A. There has been at least one death every year because of hazing. B. Internal injuries have taken place C. Beatings, scarring, and bruises have been the norm for many fraternities and sororities. D. Many people rethink the joining of certain colleges/sororities/fraternities because of their background. E. Many laws in different states have been passed to make hazing illegal.

In 2007, seventy-four percent of varsity athletes, seventy-three percent of social greek letter organizations, sixty-four percent of club sports teams experienced hazing. (Most frequently Reported Membership Hazing Experiences among College Students, 2007). The number has risen tremendously since then. Not a single person tries to help anymore. If only people would realize what hazing does to others. Many people try to ignore it all. No one wants to admit that their child has committed something like this. In all honesty not a single human on this earth can say they have never been hazed or bullied in some shape, form, or fashion. Hazing needs to stop if it does not stop suicide rates will go up, there will be more injuries and depression due to hazing. Hazing is very dangerous, harmful, and disrespectful.

Hazing can switch out from a "little harmless" prank to a very dangerous and prodigious situation. Just because it looks good on the outside doesn’t make it the same on the inside. A lot of people look at hazing as a fun activity where most people doesn’t really enjoy it but being harmed. The victims would most likely take part because they usually want to join a social group or want to fit in. For instance, some have taking hazing to a higher initiation level of humiliation which likely to end up to a point of physical abuse. According to Black Haze : Violence, Sacrifice, and Manhood in Black Greek-Letter Fraternities by Ricky L. Jones, "almost 94 percent of the black cases involved physical abuse—with all four deaths caused by physical hazing"(Jones 5). As you can see the dilemma is growing bigger and bigger. This problem is not only in college but even in high school, "Every kind of high school group was involved in hazing, including 24 percent of the students involved in church groups"(Jones 2). A friend of mine, Ashley, was mentioning to me back in her high school days to try out for the school dance team was almost a form of hazing. It wasn’t as bad as when trying to go in into a fraternity or sorority group but it was very similar. She had to do certain things just to prove

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 has grown to become a major social problem. Recent incidents have been documented in marching bands, religious cults, and other types of clubs. Reports of hazing

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.