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Originally posted by DoggyStyle82
The wake up call is that hazing, the divisions that intake has caused in organizations and chapters, lawsuits, and the lustre of being Greek, has all gotten worse since the elimination of above ground pledging. Contrary to popular belief, pledging was much safer 15 to 20 years ago.
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I must respectfully diagree with this statement. Pledging was NOT safer 15-20 years ago when it was "above ground" because "under ground" hazing still occured. The difference between now and then is the technology that makes the reporting of it more widespread now. We just didn't hear about it then the way we do now and in fact situations were purposely kept quiet. There were deaths, maimings, etc. then that led to the abolishment of pledging. HBCUs were threatening the removal of all BGLOs.
My point is really this--as long as you have hazing, it does not matter whether the process is called pledging, MIP, or whatever. It does not matter if the process is one day, three weeks or six months. It does not matter if Intake is done nationally, regionally or locally. These situations will continue to happen.
And I agree with your statement that there is really nothing the national orgs can do to stop it as long as there are people willing and ready (on both sides) to get their haze on.
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