Fraternity hazing

and getting to meet new people but others look forward to pledging to a sorority or fraternity. Pledging to a sorority or fraternity means making a life long commitment with people who then become your said brothers and said sisters, but with pledging comes hazing. Hazing is humiliating and, in most cases, dangerous initiation rituals, but it is a typical thing that happens when someone pledges. Although hazing is a tradition and has always been a part of pledging, it shouldn’t be part of the process

- Hazing and the Effects It Has On College Life Introduction – Hazing continues to harm individuals who are only seeking acceptance into a desired group. I. The requirements that the group considers needed in order to join. A. “Special” initiations/requests that go from ordinary to strange and dangerous. 1. Students must cause harm to their own body. a. Binge drinking has been popular and taken place many times (Alcohol Positioning). b. Sexual attacks, or self-attacks have been placed upon students

In the words of Hank Nuwer, “Hazing is an extraordinary activity that, when it occurs often enough, becomes perversely ordinary as those who engage in it grow desensitized to its inhumanity.” Hazing is a prevalent activity, common in many different types of groups. Hazing not only has negative short-term psychological and physical effects, but negative long-term effects as well. Hazing is an act of abusing, degrading, humiliating, and endangering a life of a person expecting to join or participate

Blake Hampton Mr. Coleman English-102 April 16, 2009 College Hazing Students come into college wanting to have fun and to meet new people. There is no better way to interact and find new friends than to join a fraternity. Fraternities come with a high cost though. Hazing is one of the biggest concerns on college campuses these days. 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

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

Dangers of Hazing Hazing is defined as “any activity expected of someone joining or participating in a group that humiliates, degrades, abuses, or endangers them, regardless of a person’s willingness to participate” (Chaney). It is a ritual on many college campuses, especially in Greek life, forcing the students to do acts like, binge drinking, humiliation, sexual acts, and more. It is a very dangerous act that could include traumatic injuries like beating, drowning, and could even result in

incorrectly answered a question about the fraternity. During this process, he was blindfolded and his hands and feet were tied. His blood-alcohol level was four-times the legal driving limit in New York. In the article “Safe and Sound” there was another incident ‘Florida A&M University (FAMU), which was under fire a few years ago for an incident in which a member of the school’s marching band was killed during hazing.’ Also in the other article ‘High School, Where Hazing is Amazing’ it says that 10 students

Fraternity and sorority organizations have been established on the basis of brother/sisterhood and the well-being of the college and community. But over the past couple of decades frats and sororities have dimmed the lights that shine on their positive activity and have intensified the speculation of the negative activities that go on behind closed doors. Because of hazing, its effects, and consequences , we have come to a point where these types of organizations should be terminated. Hazing includes

Belonging and Individuality in Sylvia Plath’s Initiation There is no shortage of media encouraging adolescents to ‘be themselves’, promoting self-worth regardless as to what others think. And yet while many may be fed this message throughout music and film, rarely ever is it conveyed to have a lasting effect on one’s personal views quite like Initiation. Sylvia Plath’s short story follows the development of insecure and vulnerable Millicent Arnold, a girl who longs to be part of her high school sorority

The story begins on the day of the Aptitude test, a specific test that helps members of a futuristic society, choose a faction out of the five faction Abnegation (the selfless), Amity (the kind and peaceful), Dauntless (the brave and fearless), Erudite (the intelligent), and Candor (the honest). Sixteen year old Beatrice Prior is warned not to inform anyone about her test result not even her family, because she is divergent. On the day of the choosing ceremony, the day all sixteen year olds decide