Blog # 10 The Debate

There are numerous hot debates on the topic of hazing especially at Rutgers after the recent hazing incident involving sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Inc. My personal view on hazing is based upon my own experiences while i was pledging. Every hazing ritual has a meaning toward it and is supposed to be meant to bring out charcater development, time management skills, enhancement of team work and leadership potentials and also other personality development and networking skills. But hazing is considered illegal in most states, then what allows fraternities and sororities to still manage to haze their pledges underground? and negative consequences of these hazing rituals have been repoted and Nuwer Hank portrays all the people who died from hazing and the interviews iof their families and its effects on them. But is it every hazing ritual thats is hazardous to pledges' mental and physical health or is it just hazing rituals taken to extremes and not peromed merely to perform the long going tradition but as a source of entertainment. i need to get a source that provides a better phrase than " source of entertainment". Moroever another debate couled be raised as to question if hazing bad period, or is there forms of hazing: the good moderate ones that is not harmful and that can be acceptable and bad hazing which often damages the pledges' psychological and physical health and should be dealt with stringent measures.