Hazing

... Hazing Hazing is subjecting newcomers to abusive or humiliating tricks and ridicule. Hazing has always been seen as a secretive campus activity when it comes to fraternities and pledging. As a result, Dr. Mark Taff stated in his article that, "..a series of 168 cases of injuries and deaths related to fraternity hazing activities occurred in the United States between 1923 and 1982". Young college men are being hospitalized and even worse, dying, just for a couple of friends that give them a sense of belonging. The major causes of hazing are the students' wanting a sense of belonging in a big college campus, the college's infrequent knowledge of what occurs in fraternities, and the unwillingness of fraternities to change tradition. Since hazing has been around for more than a century, one cannot expect the practice of hazing to stop all together. It will probably take years before hazing

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