I used to post alot on greekcentral.com's greeklife forum and this topic came to light once or twice. Anyone that has done research on hazing, I think even stophazing.org would support this, has found that hazing is not a greek problem but a societal problem, period. Hazing occurs in athletic teams, highschools, the military, as well as other organizations. If the only strong argument for dissolving the greek system is hazing, that is a very weak one to me. The reason why hazing is being associated only with greeks is because it is what people want to hear and it's what the media gives them whenever the chance arises. How many news articles can you find about hazing in other areas? So does that mean it doesn't occur? Hazing is a major problem, but I'm sorry, greeks don't do it all that much. On another angle, how many of these other groups that haze contribute to the community through volunteer services, philanthropy, fundraising, etc.? I'm not a fan of statistics but I do recall the arrow pointing in our direction on that one. Overall, to dissolve greeks because some create bad attention is discriminatory. Even, for argument's sake, your school has just one "good" fraternity, what message will you be sending if you dissolve them for doing nothing wrong? Goodluck with your debate.
RUgreek
[This message has been edited by RUgreek (edited July 21, 2000).]
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