Student Organization

This meeting that I'm writing about iswhere the entire Greek community at Carolina met in order to hear several speakers and representatives of the IFC. This meeting did take place many weeks ago but I found it quite interesting and something that many would like to hear about. The theme of organization of the Greeks and IFC was hazing. Hazing for anyone that doesn't know ia where somone is abused verbally, physically, and emotionally by another person in order to gain respect or entry into some group, typically a fraternity or maybe a sports team. In the meetings two vidoes were shown. The first one was about a young man that was forced to consume massive amounts of liqour before it could come home. Once he was brought back to the fraternity house he passed out and people preceded to write and draw all over him. After he hadn't woken up for hours and it was noticed that he wasn't breathing and the paramedics were called. In the time before the ambulance got their, the fraternity brothers tried to erase the markings on his body to save their skin. He eventually died. The second video described a young man who was a freshmen at MIT trying to fit in. He went to a party with some people and drank a large amount of alcohol after never having any for his entire life. He basically just wanted to fit in so he drank but soon he passed out and the others dismissed it and laid him on a couch with no supervision. Eventually he died on that couch and the boys that supplied alcohol and held the party were sued for a million dollars and kicked out of school. These two stories really hit me and several others about the severe consequences of fraternity life and hazing.

The meeting hopefully helped the Greeks took take lessons from the videos and the admonition from the IFC. Hazing is certainly a practice that is out the door. No longer can students be abused so severely because it can kill their grades, social life, and even take away a life. Hazing can be performed in other sense in that Greeks must hve their pledges learn the history of their fraternities and do less severe acts like maybe just driving and cleaning. The speakers all taught us these new ideas for pledges. This meeting too taught how fragile human life can be and that everyone needs to always be on alert at parties or when alcohol is involved. A death destroys one life but also a family's, friends', and those that are responsible. The speakers did well in teaching and informing that hazing cannot continue to be so severe and dangerous. Things in Greek life and even any party night must be dealt with more carefullyand responsibly.