When people think of hazing at college campuses many people think of the 1970's movie Animal House. In a comedic scene, pledges get hit repeatedly with wooden paddles. This misconception about hazing has spread across college campuses nationwide. The truth is hazing is an issue about which all students need to learn. "Each year during college fraternity and sorority pledgeships across the country, incidents of violence and mental cruelty are reported to law enforcement officials and campus administration" (Wolf). Hazing continues today due to the fact that most students think of hazing as the norm, fraternities have different views about hazing, and these organizations have different initiation methods.
In order to end hazing, we must learn about what happened in the past and what is still going on in fraternities today. Hazing is a practice that has been around ever since the time of slavery. Only recently has this practice been found by courts to be unethical and banned from college campuses. People today still generalize fraternities with hazing, but few know anything more about it than what they see on the news. At the university level, hazing is basically any action that "denies a person of his or her individual rights" (Duggan and Taylor). Hazing can range from petty chores such as picking up trash, to actions which cause: "physical discomfort, embarrassment, harassment or endangerment" (Duggan and Taylor). Many extreme hazing cases reported involve the use of "a weapon to threaten or inflict harm," or a "use of alcohol and/or drugs" (Duggan and Taylor). Granted, almost every initiation method can be picked apart to involve some minor form of hazing, but it's the outright servitude that needs to be stopped. As a culture we have risen above race and ethnic discriminations, physical beatings of children, and other horribly abusive tasks. As long as this medieval ritual exists we are no better off than we were a few centuries ago.
Pros/Cons Chart Hazing Pros Cons 1. Hazing issues a sense of unity. 1. ... Hazing is a societal problem. ... Consequences: We should petition and increase education about hazing and about the consequences of hazing. ... Hazing can also lead to anger and hatred. ...
This survey showed students would acknowledge a wide range of hazing-type behaviors, but were most often reluctant to label them "hazing." ... Most hazing is done out of fun and games. ... People will haze regardless. ... By some it is believed that hazing is never going to be completely stopped, so alternatives just to major hazing should be used. ... Hazing means many different things to different people. ...
Hazing Athletes: A Benefit or a Burden Although hazing athletes has been thought to exist only in fraternities and the military, it is also becoming an insidious problem in athletics, especially for high school and college students. A survey conducted by Alfred University, of 325,000 athletes at ...
Hazing, Is it all that bad? ... Transition: You may think that hazing is a form of brainwashing I. ... In order to keep secret these rituals people tend to use a form of hazing. ... There are more forms of harmless hazing than there are of the dangerous kind. ... It is absolutely true that hazing is illegal in most states a. ...
Hazing occurs in many groups, but none are as common as in fraternities. ... Examples of activities that are considered hazing include two major types: subtle hazing and harassment hazing. ... Hazing has become a very dangerous activity on college campuses. ... He was subjected to hazing on more than one occasion. ... There also needs to be better education about hazing, stricter laws to prevent hazing, and more intervention by administrators (StopHazing.org). ...
Ammons, will keep his position during an investigation into a student death believed to be a result of hazing despite Governor Rick Scott's orders to suspend Ammons. ... Students then came forward to the band director, Julian White, stating that Champion had been punched repeatedly during a hazing ritual (Alvarez). Bria Hunter, another band member, came forward shortly after to retell her own experience with hazing. ... White, the band director, allowed police access to several reports documenting student suspensions for hazing. ... Alumni, who have received bad rap for not taking a st...
According to a national survey entitled Initiation Rites in American High Schools conducted by faculty members at Alfred University in New York, hazing is prevalent among American high school students, and all students who join groups are at risk of being hazed. ... Let's begin by taking a closer look at the cycle of coverage since high school hazing hit the news in 1981. ... According to the Lexis-Nexis sample, the first television mention of high school hazing occurred on January 1, 1991, on "CBS This Morning". ... Radio and television mentions were generally brief incident reports...
