Thread: UConn Hazing
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Old 06-07-2014, 11:28 PM
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Dr Phil, it's not as simple as someone just wanting to make some noise. My points about being from Hawaii (and thus being introduced to sorority life at a later age with little context) speak to *why* she felt the situation at SAE was a big deal. And that's why she called the police and went to the media.
Do you know how many people in this country join fraternities and sororities having had little to no experience with Greek life prior to them going through recruitment? A lot. I'm one of them. Being from Hawaii has nothing to do with this.

However, I do agree that this argument may have some merit in this situation:

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And if she felt that this "hazing" was part of a bigger, ongoing, pervasive problem at UConn she might have felt obligated to shine a spotlight on it to help eradicate that kind of behavior.
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