Sorority and Fraternity Hazing within Universities

Used of extreme hazing police making a shocking discovery in the basement of this house it’s a story you saw first on five those students found stripped to their underwear duct-taped together twenty Texas State University students have been arrested for hazing or failure to report hazing so many we couldn’t

Even fit them all on one screen here police say Zeta Tau Alpha members picked up pledge girls drove them over to the Sigma Nu fraternity of apartment where they were told they were blindfolded told the stripped of their underwear and then forced to drink alcohol to the

Point where some became sick today we learned about the concept of alcohol enemas also apparently called by the kids butt chuggin I’m not kidding around the country fraternities and sororities are the epitome of brotherhood and camaraderie Greek organizations pride themselves on creating a family-like atmosphere and forming bonds between

Members that will last a lifetime as a family Greek organizations participate in thon sponsored blood donations and tutor children for over a hundred years Greek life has been a thriving tradition at Penn State however some of these traditions are currently under heavy scrutiny fraternity and sorority initiation rituals have been known to

Include heavy alcohol consumption sexual experiences in socially humiliating tasks these forms of hazing can have damaging effects on the individuals who partake and can even be life-threatening there’s a broad scale of hazing from socially embarrassing to potentially dangerous fraternities and sororities use these initiation rituals in order to

Create a bond within the pledge class the desire to be a part of Greek life drives these students to complete bizarre tasks designed by the upperclassmen Greek life hazing extends beyond the Penn State campus according to the national study of student hazing done at the University of Maine 55% of

College students involved in student organizations experienced some kind of hazing however 95 percent of cases where students identified their initiation experiences as hazing did not report this to higher authority most of the students declined to report hazing because they do not want to get their brother or sister hood in trouble they

Also feel that these experiences have made them feel like part of a group or because they view this as a normal rite of passage but what is hazing Sylvania state law defines hazing as any action or situation which recklessly or intentionally in dangers the mental or physical health or safety of a student

Many common hazing activities include drinking games and large amounts of alcohol verbal and physical humiliation and watching or performing various sexual activities one of the most common forms of hazing is drinking pledges are forced to consume large amounts of alcohol in a short period of time this

Type of alcohol abuse has led to many hospitalizations in cases of alcohol poisoning hazing with alcohol puts the pledges in extreme danger and is one of the most dangerous forms of hazing however it is the most common over 50% of hazing incidents include alcohol consumption many students are unaware of

The consequences of alcohol and this leads to frequent abuse among Greek life organizations I was definitely not educated enough when it came to how called poisoning or anything like that before this and I wish I had been I never went to a party or an event and you know saw people getting really

Hammered and just like I never would even think like someone better watch them like you know they you know they might not make it three Penn State students are currently under investigation for a hazing incident that occurred last April former Penn State student Asha Trowell was forced to eat

An entire jar of mayonnaise and hot sauce thrown in her face behavior she expected during the initiation into the little sister group of the Omega sci-fi fraternity this however was followed by three hours of brutal beatings by two older members of the group the next day she went home and visited the emergency

Room with black eyes a swollen face and many bruises all over her body she nearly had to have surgery on her liver and spleen the entire process was supposed to push pledges to their mental and physical limits there’s hazing and then there’s hazing and there’s fun things where you go sing

In the middle of campus or something but then there’s beating people up just isn’t acceptable students themselves seem to be having differing views on hazing and initiation activities many students do not think that hazing is a good idea or even effective at all members of Greek life

In penn state say that they feel just as close with their pledge class without the use of hazing in my fraternity no tolerance policy for hazing even though our fraternity does not haze we have a lot of events with our brothers we do community service events and many

Events are on campus that are bonding experiences I do not think that we would be closer if we did hazed hazing creates tension between the fraternity classes and it ultimately grows the brothers further apart other students are concerned about the physical and mental effects that hazing can cause on students one student anonymously

Recollects on an experience she had as a sorority pledge even though a lot of people deny it hazing actually does happen they made us take a bunch of shots until we blacked out it took us to this random party and gave us a certain number of guys that we had to hook up

With that night in fact many students see initiation activities as bonding experiences with their fraternities and sororities they feel the initiations into their chosen frat or sorority brings the brothers and sisters closer together by enduring public humiliation or being pushed out of their comfort zones pledges bond with each other and

Gain a respect for the older members of their organization I think hazing does create a stronger bond between the pledges because when you’re all put in a bad situation together yet to come together to get out of that situation and there’s no other way you can get that kind of bonding in

Connection what do we have to do to become betas on this pledge board our 50 tasks that you and your class brother must complete by semesters in not all hazings at fault beatings and alcohol poison common traditions among Greek organizations is to have their pledges sing songs about their particular house

Or clean up after a party these activities cause no harm to the participants but still serve as a fun bonding experience for incoming members initiation activities are a part of the fabric of Greek life at Penn State and across the country no one denies that harmful hazing is sometimes a part of

These initiations but extreme examples of emergency room visits and alcohol poisoning are certainly not the accepted norm [Applause]

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