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fratdaddy2010 04-14-2011 04:05 PM

The Truth about Pledgeship
 
I just want to shed some light on the real situation facing fraternities in the South and especially Texas. I know that some moderator might delete this because the essence of this issue does not want to be realized. Although fraternities say that they do not "haze" anymore, this is a huge myth. I was told that I was rushing a fraternity that did not condone hazing, and guess what, the first meeting they are checking us for wires and then it comes. 8 weeks of hell, including an actual hell weekend. This is a serious issue, and the national organizations are turning there back. I know that every IFC fraternity at my University "educates" as they say now there pledges and I dont care if people dont believe it, it is the truth. Furthermore, I am of a firm belief now that education between pledge brothers builds that sense of brotherhood that you cannot obtain with a different process. Lets face it, the common roots of fraternities hazed, and today it is not nearly as harsh as it was back then, however, it still exists. Does anyone have any thoughts on this, and also, does anyone want to anonymously admit that their chapter educates? I hope this is a beneficial forum for this highly important issue in greek life.

preciousjeni 04-14-2011 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by fratdaddy2010 (Post 2046751)
I just want to shed some light on the real situation facing fraternities in the South and especially Texas. I know that some moderator might delete this because the essence of this issue does not want to be realized. Although fraternities say that they do not "haze" anymore, this is a huge myth. I was told that I was rushing a fraternity that did not condone hazing, and guess what, the first meeting they are checking us for wires and then it comes. 8 weeks of hell, including an actual hell weekend. This is a serious issue, and the national organizations are turning there back. I know that every IFC fraternity at my University "educates" as they say now there pledges and I dont care if people dont believe it, it is the truth. Furthermore, I am of a firm belief now that education between pledge brothers builds that sense of brotherhood that you cannot obtain with a different process. Lets face it, the common roots of fraternities hazed, and today it is not nearly as harsh as it was back then, however, it still exists. Does anyone have any thoughts on this, and also, does anyone want to anonymously admit that their chapter educates? I hope this is a beneficial forum for this highly important issue in greek life.

O_o

Moving along...

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LatinaAlumna 04-14-2011 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by fratdaddy2010 (Post 2046751)
I just want to shed some light on the real situation facing fraternities in the South and especially Texas. I know that some moderator might delete this because the essence of this issue does not want to be realized. Although fraternities say that they do not "haze" anymore, this is a huge myth. I was told that I was rushing a fraternity that did not condone hazing, and guess what, the first meeting they are checking us for wires and then it comes. 8 weeks of hell, including an actual hell weekend. This is a serious issue, and the national organizations are turning there back. I know that every IFC fraternity at my University "educates" as they say now there pledges and I dont care if people dont believe it, it is the truth. Furthermore, I am of a firm belief now that education between pledge brothers builds that sense of brotherhood that you cannot obtain with a different process. Lets face it, the common roots of fraternities hazed, and today it is not nearly as harsh as it was back then, however, it still exists. Does anyone have any thoughts on this, and also, does anyone want to anonymously admit that their chapter educates? I hope this is a beneficial forum for this highly important issue in greek life.

LOL!! Sorry, that part just killed me over here...

preciousjeni 04-14-2011 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by LatinaAlumna (Post 2046754)
LOL!! Sorry, that part just killed me over here...

You didn't get checked for wires when you came to your first pledge meeting? SKATER! :p

LatinaAlumna 04-14-2011 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by preciousjeni (Post 2046757)
You didn't get checked for wires when you came to your first pledge meeting? SKATER! :p

Only because wireless devices were not around when I pledged. But they did check to make sure I did not have one of these in my backpack:

http://www.heyokay.com/images/Ghetto%20Blaster.jpg

knight_shadow 04-14-2011 04:29 PM

We were just told to bring toner *confused*

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To the OP -- this isn't news. We know that some chapters of some organizations still haze. I would advise against saying "ALL THE FRATERNITIES HAZE," though, as you only had experience with one.

Read through the Risk Management thread.

preciousjeni 04-14-2011 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by knight_shadow (Post 2046762)
We were just told to bring toner *confused*

Ummm, so about that... *backs out of thread*

DeltaBetaBaby 04-14-2011 04:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fratdaddy2010 (Post 2046751)
I just want to shed some light on the real situation facing fraternities in the South and especially Texas. I know that some moderator might delete this because the essence of this issue does not want to be realized. Although fraternities say that they do not "haze" anymore, this is a huge myth. I was told that I was rushing a fraternity that did not condone hazing, and guess what, the first meeting they are checking us for wires and then it comes. 8 weeks of hell, including an actual hell weekend. This is a serious issue, and the national organizations are turning there back. I know that every IFC fraternity at my University "educates" as they say now there pledges and I dont care if people dont believe it, it is the truth. Furthermore, I am of a firm belief now that education between pledge brothers builds that sense of brotherhood that you cannot obtain with a different process. Lets face it, the common roots of fraternities hazed, and today it is not nearly as harsh as it was back then, however, it still exists. Does anyone have any thoughts on this, and also, does anyone want to anonymously admit that their chapter educates? I hope this is a beneficial forum for this highly important issue in greek life.

Let me see if I have this straight...your fraternity hazes, and you think this is awesome. Is there a question in there somewhere?

knight_shadow 04-14-2011 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by preciousjeni (Post 2046766)
Ummm, so about that... *backs out of thread*

*gasp* Don't judge me!

Monarca7 04-14-2011 05:22 PM

Ok I'm calling Troll here LOL

Monarca7 04-14-2011 05:25 PM

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Originally Posted by LatinaAlumna (Post 2046759)
Only because wireless devices were not around when I pledged. But they did check to make sure I did not have one of these in my backpack:

http://www.heyokay.com/images/Ghetto%20Blaster.jpg

Looks like my old block when I was young in NYC before I moved to Jersey ...guy might be a realtive... Tio tico?

dnall 04-14-2011 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby (Post 2046770)
Let me see if I have this straight...your fraternity hazes, and you think this is awesome. Is there a question in there somewhere?

That was my response as well. I would dispute that it is more prevalent in the South or Texas. But whatever. The checked for wires thing was pretty funny.

TGTKPinkWhalepq 04-14-2011 06:17 PM

I can agree that hazing exists widely throughout the the South but not necessarily in the most severe forms. For example, I can say that most of the chapters on my campus haze in some form or another, having pledged one group and knowing several guys in the other chapters.

Just because it exists in one region doesn't mean that it isn't a problem or even as bad of a problem elsewhere. It would be interesting to see a study comparing statistics of chapters closed in the Southeast to other regions for hazing.

DrPhil 04-14-2011 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by dnall (Post 2046789)
I would dispute that it is more prevalent in the South or Texas.

I would also dispute that.

People go based on personal experiences, what they see (and how they interpret it), and/or word of mouth (pillow talk and loose lips sink ships). Those don't mean much at the aggregate-level.

DeltaBetaBaby 04-14-2011 09:40 PM

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Originally Posted by DrPhil (Post 2046846)
I would also dispute that.

People go based on personal experiences, what they see (and how they interpret it), and/or word of mouth (pillow talk and loose lips sink ships). Those doesn't mean much at the aggregate-level.

I like, "the plural of anecdote is not data," myself.


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