NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #27/NN_1992_27.iso/spool/soc/college/4909

Text File | 1992-11-17 | 4.0 KB | 74 lines

Newsgroups: soc.college
Path: sparky!uunet!charon.amdahl.com!pacbell.com!ames!stanford.edu!rock!taco!jagreath
From: [e-mail] (JOSEPH ALAN GREATHOUSE)
Subject: Re: Fraternal Reality From a Greek
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Originator: [e-mail]
Lines: 51
Sender: [e-mail] (USENET News System)
Reply-To: [e-mail] (JOSEPH ALAN GREATHOUSE)
Organization: North Carolina State University, Project Eos
References: <[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 06:19:24 GMT


In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Ted Frank) writes:
Newsgroups: soc.college
Path: taco!rock!concert!uvaarpa!caen!uwm.edu!linac!uchinews!ellis!thf2
From: [e-mail] (Ted Frank)
Subject: Re: Fraternal Reality From a Greek
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Sender: [e-mail] (News System)
Reply-To: [e-mail]
Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations
References: <[e-mail]>
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 92 19:18:45 EST
Lines: 21

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] writes:
>Well, Well.  (etc.)

>I'm curious why it is every pro-frat argument trots out the same tired old
>storyline ("you're just not in a frat", "we do a lot of philanthropy",
>"we've been around since 1776", "everybody joins a frat", "we never haze",
>"anybody who doesn't like frats watches too much Animal House") often
>with the exact same wording.  It's just plain eerie.  I've seen almost
>this exact same post in campus newspapers on two different coasts, and
>this is the third or fourth time I've seen it on the net.  Is it part
>of the standard brainwas^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hpledging process?

Let's see.  Brainwashing.  Ted Frank.  Correlation? Perhaps.  Elimination of
the pledging process is a gimmick, not a solution to the problem of hazing in
Fraternities.  ZBT and TKE have eliminated their pledging program.  They have
tried to convince the world that the gimmick they have implemented is the only
solution.  It isn't.  The only solution to hazing is a dedicated group with a
singular purpose:  to remove hazing from the New Members' program.  Hazing
itself is separationist tactic designed so that the initiated members can
"dehumanize" the pledge class as a seperate entity and abuse them without
remorse.  I find it disturbing that any man in a Fraternity who truly believes
in what his Fraternity stands for can allow anything like this to happen to a
person who he intends to call "Brother."  It is equally disturbing that ZBT
and TKE have chosen to run away from the problem instead of face it.  I believe
that there should be a limit on the time that a New Member Education Program
should last before initiation (8 weeks is plenty of time to educate new members
and reeducate older members on the principles of the Fraternity).  But one
week after accepting a bid to initiation is not the answer.

>It's a remarkable effort at misdirection and mischaracterization. Yeah,
>fraternities do a lot of good.  But they also do a lot of bad.  And the
>bad they do can be easily alleviated by going co-ed and eliminating the
>pledging process without at all interfering with the good that fraternities
>do.

A bland assertion, Ted.  But fortunately, it is only an opinion.

--
**************************************************************************
*                                                                        *
*  Joseph A. Greathouse            *  All opinions are solely mine.      *
*  Theta Chi Fraternity            *  A non-hazing, leadership-oriented  *
*  Delta Rho Chapter               *  organization, promoting Alma Mater *
*  North Carolina State University *  and the concept of a Helping Hand. *
*  Final Score:  Wolfpack 31 - Wahoos 7  Go Pack!!!!                     *
**************************************************************************