Since my sophomore year in high school‚ I have always wanted to join a fraternity. First‚ I think it is a great experience for students to witness the greek culture as they attend college. In addition‚ the shows‚ parties‚ and other activities really excite me. Finally‚ not only does all the fun excite me‚ but a fraternity is also a brotherhood. Therefore‚ I think it is a great idea to join a fraternity. In an article entitled “University Greek Life”‚ Lucier discusses that
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REPUBLIC ACT No. 8049 AN ACT REGULATING HAZING AND OTHER FORMS OF INITIATION RITES IN FRATERNITIES‚ SORORITIES‚ AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND PROVIDING PENALTIES THEREFOR Section 1. Hazing‚ as used in this Act‚ is an initiation rite or practice as a prerequisite for admission into membership in a fraternity‚ sorority or organization by placing the recruit‚ neophyte or applicant in some embarrassing or humiliating situations such as forcing him to do menial‚ silly‚ foolish and other similar tasks
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Hazing: The Right Form of Brotherhood? Brotherhood‚ according to Merriam Webster dictionary‚ is the condition or quality of being brothers. It is an association of men‚ a fraternity or union‚ united for common purposes. But this brotherhood has its conditions. Members have to go through “hazing” which serves as a ritual which involves humiliating‚ abusing‚ and harassing as a way of initiating a person into the group. If brotherhood is what these groups are for‚ then why do hazings
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would say "frat boys." This is one of the stereotypes associated with fraternities. The immediate assumption is that members of a fraternity are all tools‚ douche bags‚ or any other insult one can think of; this being the general opinion of a normal college student. I am sure there are many exceptions to this stereotype and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity of America is one of them. Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia is a fraternity based on the mutual love of music (McDuffie). The object of this report
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Kaitlin M. Boyle ran a study in the pursuit of explaining why certain men gravitate towards high-risk fraternities and how being a member in this fraternity subculture enforces hostility and abuse toward women. Boyle uses a social psychological approach to compare the individual attitudes‚ which is the fraternity subculture and their behaviors toward women. Many rapes happen in a fraternity house‚ usually after a party or an athletic event. Most of the men use myths to justify the rape accusation
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understanding‚ and even bolster ideas of entrepreneurship (Glass 12). Eventually‚ these scholarly societies would give rise to social societies‚ which have developed into today’s fraternities and sororities. Each fraternity and sorority has a unique executive structure for each college or university‚ but also a national entity. Fraternities and sororities each have their own developmental curriculum and guidelines that each member must learn and follow‚ but academics still hold to be the most important priority
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and also hints at the corruption of the whole system. Frats and sororities have been becoming more independent of the colleges they reside in‚ and because of this they are allowed to hide the uglier parts of greek life. In fact‚ sororities and fraternities deal with housing costs that help universities. It is possible that universities do not want to deal with assault problems in their schools because frats and sororities are difficult to deal with and they already pay some of the housing costs.
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Alpha‚ Delta Sigma Theta‚ and Zeta Phi Beta. The NPHC now consist of nine international Greek fraternities and sororities. This includes: Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc‚ Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc‚ Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc‚ Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc‚ Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc‚ Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc‚ Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc‚ Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Inc‚ and Iota Phi Theta Fraternity Inc. The NPHC was later incorporated in 1937‚ under the laws of the state of Illinois. In
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Deciding which college to go to is one of the hardest decisions for a senior in high school to make. Some people know where they want to go right away because they are either huge fans of the college‚ got a full ride scholarship there‚ or maybe liked the program for their major at that particular college. High school seniors must do a lot of research on the colleges they like so that they can narrow down their choices. The research they must do is to look for how much it will cost to get in to the
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treated differently. In the midst of the traditional activities accompanying the start of school is rush‚ in which students who wish to join a Greek-letter organization attend functions to learn about and select from the different houses and the fraternities and sororities decide which students they would like to become members. A natural question for someone such as myself‚ is what impact does participation in Greek life have on individuals ’ attitudes and behaviors‚ both in the short and long term
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