Delta Delta Delta Closes Penn State Chapter (Hazing, Risk Management)

[ZTAngel]

Originally Posted by kddani

I can tell you that sororities with heavy hazing cultures do win awards such as that, at schools everywhere. It's funny how hazing can be well known among various chapters, but the school officials either don't know anything about it or turn a blind eye until forced to deal with it for some reason or another.

I agree. I know that fraternities are a different ballpark in terms of rules but the concept is still the same. There were two fraternities on my campus who were very strong. They constantly won awards from both the school and their nationals, donated lots of money to their individual philanthropies, and had prominent alumni sitting on school executive committees or were executives at local companies (meaning they donated lots of money to the fraternity and school). Both the school and nationals turned a blind eye to the public hazing and risk management issues these fraternities were continually involved in. It wasn't until some major incidents happened that both the school and nationals finally relented and yanked the charters.