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I think people allow themselves to be hazed for a couple of reasons:
1) Peer pressure
2) Desire to belong and fit in/prove oneself/be popular and accepted
3) Desire to people please and conform to the majority
4) Initimidation and feeling like there's no way out
5) Fear of being ostracized and alone, and being ridiculed even more for "failing"
6) Fear of not being good enough/fear of failure....
.... even when what they're being asked to do is morally, socially or just plain legally (in some instances) wrong. I can't imagine another instance where you'd willingly consume your own regurgitated dinner!
While I agree that these alleged incidents may not have happened if there had been university and alumnae advisory support/administration, I disagree with the article's subtle inference that this would not have happened within an on-campus or national group. There are plenty of inter/national chapters out there in the news soiling the Greek image, one notorious headline at a time.
I don't support the events that allegedly occurred within Tri-Phi, but I also don't like the way the article tried to paint locals as a renegade option to joining an inter/national.
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