The Truth about Pledgeship

[fratdaddy2010]

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]

Originally Posted by fratdaddy2010

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]

Originally Posted by fratdaddy2010

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]

Originally Posted by LatinaAlumna

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!

[LatinaAlumna]

Originally Posted by preciousjeni

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

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:

[Monarca7]

Originally Posted by LatinaAlumna

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:

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

[knight_shadow]

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]

Originally Posted by knight_shadow

We were just told to bring toner *confused*

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

[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by preciousjeni

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

*gasp* Don't judge me!

[DeltaBetaBaby]

Originally Posted by fratdaddy2010

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?

[dnall]

Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby

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.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by dnall

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]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

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.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby

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

For the record, if this was a designed study on hazing, singular and plural anecdotes could be used as qualitative and quantitative data. That doesn't mean that what is found at the individual-level can instantly be aggregated and generalized, which is what I was saying.

[Monarca7]

Ok I'm calling Troll here LOL