2. Causes embarrassment, harassment, or
ridicule
Risks emotional and or physical harm
To members of an organization or a team
To new members or not
Regardless of the persons willingness to
participate
3. “Hazing, defined as an act which endangers
the mental or physical health or safety of a
student, or which destroys or removes public or
private property for the purpose of initiation,
admission into, affiliation with, or as a condition
for continued membership in a group or
organization. The express or implied consent
of the victim will not be a defense. Apathy or
acquiescence in the presence of hazing are not
neutral acts; they are violations of this rule.”
4. 7 Social Fraternities at UConn
At least 2 Fraternities Still Haze
There could be more…
5. John: 7th Semester Senior
Name andAffiliation requested to be left anonymous
Initiation Night: hazing tradition where
brothers beat pledges with paddles until the
paddles are cracked.
6. “I remember I couldn’t sit for four days after
that night,” Smith said. “We went through
some really rough nights during my pledge
period, but that was the worst.We were
basically h a z e d for eight hours straight
with no break that night.”
7.
8. “I just felt like I could do anything in the
world because I survived hazing.”
“I think Hazing is
V E R Y beneficial.”
9. Inter-FraternalCouncil President Michael
Gotkin is disturbed at Smith’s views as well
as his Fraternities a A CT I O N S
“It Disgusts me to think that kids on campus
are getting emotionally and physically
abused.”
10. “I see a lot of chapters stuck in traditions.
Because they were hazed, they think they
have to haze their new members as well.
Just because you were disrespected doesn’t
mean you should continue the disrespect of
others and yourself.”
- Inter-Fraternal President, Michael Gotkin
Brother of the Sigma Chi Fraternity
12. RITUAL
Non-hazing
Sacred
to chapter Nationally
Ex: repeating a creed
before every chapter
meeting
TRADITION
Activity the chapter has
been doing for years but is
not an actual part of the
organization’s by-laws
Ex: Smith’s Chapter beats
pledges on initiation night
13. 2008: Smith’s Fraternity was caught hazing
New member “snitched”
Director of Fraternity and Sorority Life,Todd
Sullivan, put Fraternity on Social Probation
Social Probation: chapter can not partake in
any Greek-affiliated social, scholarship, or
philanthropic events
14. “THERE HAS BEEN AT LEAST
ONE HAZING-RELATED DEATH
ON A US COLLEGE CAMPUS
SINCE 1970.”
82% of deaths from hazing involve alcohol
- University of Connecticut Greek Life Office
15. CARSON STARKEY, 18
California Polytech University
Blood alcohol level between 0.39
percent and 0.44 percent when he was
found dead after a night of hazing
Legal Limit = 0.8
CBS News Story
18. Pledges can have hidden pasts that make
them highly susceptible to hazing
Mix hazing with their “baggage” and risks
increase e x p o n e n t i a l l y
Hazing can lead to severe depression and
low self-esteem
-Terry Maxwell
Executive Director Hazingprevention.org
19. 1.5 million high school students are
hazed each year. 47% of students came
to college already having experienced
hazing.
- Univeristy of Connecticut
20. STUDENTS THINKTHEY’RE INVINCIBLE, AND
THEY’RE NOT. THEY HEAR HORROR STORIES
ABOUT HAZING DEATHS BUTTHEY EASILY
SEPARATETHEMSELVES AND SAY “THAT
COULD NEVER HAPPENTO ME.”
I DON’T KNOWWHAT ITWILLTAKE FOR
STUDENTSTO FINALLY REALIZETHAT HAZING
IS A REALAND D A N G E R O U S CRIME.
