Blog #11

Hazing is considered illegal but the fraternities and sororities still manage to take it underground and continue to do so therefore whether hazing should be allowed or done is out of questions. The debate falls between the rights and wrongs of these hazing rituals. Is hazing even though considered illegal, has any benefits to the pledges? and also questions like : can hazing in greek lettered socities distinguished amongst its advantages and negative consequences? My case would basically be to reveal that hazing is done regardless of its illegality, but extreme caution and limits should be enforeced on these hazing rituals in order to prevent death risks or other physical and mental dangers involved with the pledges' health. The debate in the previous post basically was is ther wrongs and rights of hazing and if yes who defines them but at this time I dont think personally that scholars whould be able to define the criteria that differentiates between good and bad hazing. My frame work is going to be based upon my new reserach question of why do college fraternities and sororities manage to haze besides the detrimental consequences or may be a question like every hazing ritual has a meaning and purpose to it, are these rituals intended to physically or mentally harm their pledges? the sources that would help ,e frame my case would be Nuwer Hank s book : ' Wrongs of Passage ' and the Star ledger article on the recnt Sigma Gamma Rho incident and also Michael Grandillo s article ' Social fraternities and sororities ' cited earlier in one of the blogs. Moreover, the interview that i will take with the OFSA officer could serve as a helpful primary source.