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HAZINGWhen is Enough, Enough?
Jenny HurwitzJ2001-002
Hazing is any act that:
Causes embarrassment, harassment, or ridicule
Risks emotional and or physical harm
To members of an organization or a team
To new members or not Regardless of the persons
willingness to participate
UCONN’S NO-HAZING POLICY “Hazing, defined as an act which endangers
the mental or physical health or safety of a student, or which destroys or removes public or private property for the purpose of initiation, admission into, affiliation with, or as a condition for continued membership in a group or organization. The express or implied consent of the victim will not be a defense. Apathy or acquiescence in the presence of hazing are not neutral acts; they are violations of this rule.”
What is REALLY going on?
7 Social Fraternities at UConn
At least 2 Fraternities Still Haze
There could be more…
John Smith’s Story: Intiation Night
John: 7th Semester Senior Name and Affiliation requested to be left anonymous
Initiation Night: hazing tradition where brothers beat pledges with paddles until the paddles are cracked.
John Smith’s Story
“I remember I couldn’t sit for four days after that night,” Smith said.
“We went through some really rough nights during my pledge period, but
that was the worst. We were basically h a z e d for eight hours straight with no break that night.”
Smith’s Fraternity’s Cracked Paddles
Smith on Hazing:
“I just felt like I could do anything in the world because I survived hazing.”
“I think Hazing is V E R Y beneficial.”
Other Fraternities Disagree:
Inter-Fraternal Council President Michael Gotkin is disturbed at Smith’s views as well as his Fraternities a A C T I O N S
“It Disgusts me to think that kids on campus are getting emotionally and physically abused.”
Pattern of Disrespect
“I see a lot of chapters stuck in traditions. Because they were hazed,
they think they have to haze their new members as well.
Just because you were disrespected doesn’t mean you should continue the disrespect
of others and yourself.”
- Inter-Fraternal President, Michael GotkinBrother of the Sigma Chi Fraternity
Why Do Students Still Haze?“students have
trouble diferenciating Fraternity Rituals
fromFraternity Tradition’’
-UConn’s Todd SullivanDirector of Fraternity and Sorority Life
Ritual vs. Tradition
RITUAL Non-hazing Sacred to chapter Nationally
Ex: repeating a creed before every chapter meeting
TRADITION Activity the chapter
has been doing for years but is not an actual part of the organization’s by-laws
Ex: Smith’s Chapter beats pledges on initiation night
PUNISHMENT FOR THE CHAPTER
2008: Smith’s Fraternity was caught hazing
New member “snitched” Director of Fraternity and Sorority
Life, Todd Sullivan, put Fraternity on Social Probation
Social Probation: chapter can not partake in any Greek-affiliated social, scholarship, or philanthropic events
The Scary Truth
“THERE HAS BEEN AT LEAST ONE HAZING-RELATED
DEATH ON A US COLLEGE CAMPUS SINCE 1970.”
82% of deaths from hazing involve alcohol
- University of Connecticut Greek Life Office
What Does Hazing Look Like?HAZING VICTIM
CARSON STARKEY, 18 California Polytech University
Blood alcohol level between 0.39 percent and 0.44 percent when he was found dead after a night of hazing
Legal Limit = 0.8 CBS News Story
MEET THE PERPETRATORS:3 YEARS PROBATION AND 45 DAYS IN
COUNTY JAIL
RUSSELL MARTIN TAYLOR HAITHEM MUTHANA IBRAHIM
3 YEARS PROBATION 120 DAYS IN COUNTY JAIL
ZACARY WESTEN ELLISADAM EDWARD
MARSZA
Hidden Harms of Hazing
Pledges can have hidden pasts that make them highly susceptible to hazing
Mix hazing with their “baggage” and risks increase e x p o n e n t i a l l y
Hazing can lead to severe depression and low self-esteem
-Terry Maxwell Executive Director Hazingprevention.org
Hazing is not Limited to Fraternities
1.5 million high school students are hazed each year. 47% of students came to college already having experienced hazing.
- Univeristy of Connecticut
When will it End?
STUDENTS THINK THEY’RE INVINCIBLE, AND THEY’RE NOT. THEY HEAR HORROR
STORIES ABOUT HAZING DEATHS BUT THEY EASILY SEPARATE THEMSELVES
AND SAY “THAT COULD NEVER HAPPEN TO ME.”
I DON’T KNOW WHAT IT WILL TAKE FOR STUDENTS TO FINALLY REALIZE THAT
HAZING IS A REAL AND D A N G E R O U S CRIME.
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