Related Studies and Literature Local Related Literature In joining a fraternity‚ one must undergo the initiation rites better known as hazing. Some dismiss hazing as a parochial issue‚ to be dealt with only by the universities and academies involved. But in his article “Hazing should concern us all”‚ Juan Alvin Tiamson submits that it should concern us all. He wrote that by now‚ hazing particularly the violent kind has invaded most of our institutions. It is now prevalent in schools even in police
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I am a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc. and being apart of this lifetime bond we pride ourselves in service centered on better the institution we attend and the neighboring communities. This semester my brothers and I have participated in multiple community service experiences‚ but what I particularly would like to speak about is a service that I am currently putting together. This service would involve my fraternity brothers and I volunteering time on Saturdays at the New Orleans YLC. What
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freshman make the decision of whether or not they will rush a sorority or a fraternity. In their decision making process‚ they weigh the pros and the cons and make their final decision‚ with thousands deciding to rush. This decision sets of their next four years. Scholars and parents of the children who decided to rush watch to see how that decision affects the rest of those student’s lives. In their study‚ “Fraternities‚ Sororities and Binge Drinking: Results from a National Study of American Colleges
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Firstly‚ Gladwell and Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity‚ Incorporated both emphasize on the importance of hard work in ones life. Gladwell uses his 10‚000 hour rule as his example of what hard work means. Becoming a brother of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity‚ Incorporated takes an immense amount of struggle and sacrifice. The emphasis of hard work further continues once one is in the bond. Being able to
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and shame. It is a ritual that has been tolerated in the United States society for many‚ many years. Hazing is a unsafe activity that can lead to someone being seriously hurt or possibly killed. This article has some serious concerns about fraternities and sororities negative conduct leading to males and females initiated into these groups; being injured or dying from some idiotic stunt that they have
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Case Study #1 The American Civil Liberties Union of Utah‚ on behalf of the Main Street Church‚ has filed a complaint against Brigham City’s “Free Speech Zone” Ordinance. The suit claims that the city’s ordinance violates the rights granted to all U.S. citizens by both the state of Utah’s and the United State’s constitutions. According to the ordinance‚ a city permit is required for essentially any type of expression in a public forum; this is inclusive of all city parks‚ streets and sidewalks
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Delivered in twenty-three minutes‚ David Foster Wallace’s 2005 commencement speech at Kenyon College had an audience of a few hundred. However‚ in the years which followed‚ the transcription of Wallace’s speech became an internet phenomenon‚ coursing through millions of email boxes and introducing the writer to people unfamiliar with his complex fiction. "Thanks to the enthusiasm" of people who knew nothing about Wallace’s work‚ and the "magic of the cut-and-paste function‚" Tom Bissell remarks
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In discussions of Greek-letter organizations like fraternities‚ one controversial issue has been the question of how masculinity contributes to hazing‚ and‚ more specifically‚ how ideas about masculinity contribute to the differing hazing rituals in black and white fraternities. On the one hand‚ some Greek-letter organization scholars – such as Tyra Black‚ Joanne Belknap‚ and Jennifer Ginsberg – have compared black and white fraternities and argue that masculinity plays a similar role in the hazing
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The Fraternity and Sorority Life Relations Office aims to foster academic success‚ brotherhood/sisterhood‚ civic engagement‚ and leadership within Georgia Southern University’s campus. They are open Monday through Friday from 8am to 5pm and is located in the Russell Union. They watch over the 37 chapters which are represented by the interfraternity council‚ Multicultural Greek Council‚ National Pan-Hellenic Council‚ and the Panhellenic Association. Membership into these organizations provides
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College fraternities have been an important and ever popular element in American culture. Many male college students participate in fraternities‚ but the horror of fraternities is not located within the number of students participating‚ but within what goes on inside frat houses. Fraternities are an epicenter for negative behavior such as misogyny and rape culture. Many people are blind to the true consequences fraternities present. Misogyny and rape culture bring forth problems in and out of the
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