Hazing History

torr · #1 02-03-2010, 01:42 PM

Hello Everyone.

My name is tori, im a senior and currently doing my senior project on hazing. Im going against it for several reasons. I need some backround information on hazing back in the days. I cant seem to find any info but i read on here some where that it started back in WW2. Is there any more info out there that would help me with my Research Paper? I would kindly appriciate it. And please if you do find something or know something, please add a source.

Thanks again!

DrPhil · #2 02-03-2010, 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by torr

Hello Everyone.

My name is tori, im a senior and currently doing my senior project on hazing. Im going against it for several reasons. I need some backround information on hazing back in the days. I cant seem to find any info but i read on here some where that it started back in WW2. Is there any more info out there that would help me with my Research Paper? I would kindly appriciate it. And please if you do find something or know something, please add a source.

Thanks again!

(I'm really bothered by the errors in this post.)

Hello, Tori. There is a plethora of research accessible via scholarly search engines that your school has access to. Google also has a lot of information but tread lightly because anyone can create a website. If you find something on a website that is not an actual article, look for the citations and read the actual references.

33girl · #3 02-03-2010, 01:51 PM

Much of the information on hazing that you will find online is reactionary and very opinionated, lacking in facts. READ A BOOK.

DrPhil · #4 02-03-2010, 02:10 PM

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Originally Posted by 33girl

READ A BOOK.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgcZN...eature=related

33girl · #5 02-03-2010, 02:14 PM

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Originally Posted by DrPhil

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgcZN...eature=related

They played this on the Soup last weekend and I LOLed.

agzg · #6 02-03-2010, 02:49 PM

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Originally Posted by DrPhil

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgcZN...eature=related

R-E-A-D-A-B-O-OKAYYYYYY!

Psi U MC Vito · #7 02-03-2010, 02:10 PM

Wouldn't your library be a better source then a random website?

Kevin · #8 02-03-2010, 02:55 PM

If you need a good lead, you might try talking to real people about their own hazing experiences. Everyone has organized alumni associations, so if what you're after is anecdotal stuff, one of these alumni associations could probably get you in touch with some of their more aged alumni.

MysticCat · #9 02-03-2010, 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by torr

I cant seem to find any info . . . .

Then I have to wonder how hard you're looking.

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but i read on here some where that it started back in WW2.

Just one example of why you shouldn't trust everything you read on a random website. You'll also read on here that Alpha Chi Omega's badge is on the moon and that all but 3 (maybe 4 now?) US Presidents since 1825 have been members of fraternities.

GreekChat is just full of inaccurate information.

DrPhil · #10 02-03-2010, 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by MysticCat

GreekChat is just full of inaccurate information.

This is a peer reviewed and scholar refereed site where we cite and excite.

naraht · #11 02-03-2010, 04:52 PM

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Then I have to wonder how hard you're looking.

Just one example of why you shouldn't trust everything you read on a random website. You'll also read on here that Alpha Chi Omega's badge is on the moon and that all but 3 (maybe 4 now?) US Presidents since 1825 have been members of fraternities.

GreekChat is just full of inaccurate information.

For the US presidents, it *really* depends on how you count. Do you count Masons? Do you count receiving Honorary membership well after college (including as President) like Obama? Do you count Service Greeks like Clinton?

Randy

Psi U MC Vito · #12 02-03-2010, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by naraht

For the US presidents, it *really* depends on how you count. Do you count Masons? Do you count receiving Honorary membership well after college (including as President) like Obama? Do you count Service Greeks like Clinton?

Randy

Wait Obama is Greek? Since when? Also i don't see how it is possible for all but 4 presidents to have been Greek since 1825 since that is when the first fraternity was founded. ((Not counting Phi Beta Kappa)).

MysticCat · #13 02-03-2010, 05:06 PM

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Originally Posted by naraht

For the US presidents, it *really* depends on how you count. Do you count Masons? Do you count receiving Honorary membership well after college (including as President) like Obama? Do you count Service Greeks like Clinton?

Oh, don't encourage anyone.

The claim is just plain wrong. (And I'm pretty sure that no one making the claim was thinking about Freemasonry; they're thinking about college fraternities.)

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Also i don't see how it is possible for all but 4 presidents to have been Greek since 1825 since that is when the first fraternity was founded. ((Not counting Phi Beta Kappa)).

That's because it's not possible -- hence my using it as an example of inaccurate information one can read on GC (or sadly on chapter websites and in chapter recruitment info).

Psi U MC Vito · #14 02-03-2010, 05:07 PM

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Originally Posted by MysticCat

Oh, don't encourage anyone.

The claim is just plain wrong. (And I'm pretty sure that no one making the claim was thinking about Freemasonry; they're thinking about college fraternities.)

That's because it's not possible -- hence my using it as an example of inaccurate information one can read on GC (or sadly on chapter websites and in chapter recruitment info).

ActuallyI googled it and I found a clarification that makes more sense. it says all but 4 presidents born since 1825 were Greek.

DaemonSeid · #15 02-03-2010, 03:29 PM

Hazing is bad.

The end.