Leonel Torres (Group #1) BUS3 80 09/08/14 Case Brief Case Name: Hernandez v. Arizona Board of Regents, 172 Ariz. 244; 866 P.2d 1330; 1994Ariz. LEXIS 6 Arizona Supreme Court, 1994. Facts: A fraternity from the University of Arizona gained new members to their organization, on August 27, 1988. The fraternity was accustomed to serving alcoholic beverages to those members who help fund the drinks.
A soror is entitled to attend the three Rites of passage of any chapter, granted that she is properly attired. Sorors under disciplinary action are not entitled to attend induction and Initiation. The secrets, passwords, signs and grips are never written but are transmitted by word of mouth from one Delta to another. All sorority insignia should be worn properly, respectfully, and in good taste. Membership in Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. is a lifetime commitment.
The purpose of this paper is to review and analyze student cultures in the book Pledged: The Secret Life of Sororities, by Alexandra Robbins. The book provides a glimpse of the historically white national sorority system and investigates their secret group behavior. In the United States and Canada, approximately 800 institutions host social Greek Life on their campuses (Long, 2012). These chapters within the Greek Life system promote the ideals of scholarship, leadership, service, and friendship. However, in the Robbins’ book and narrative of a sorority illustrates sorority life and negative realities of that system, such as rush, bid, racism, pledging, initiation, Greek Week, breaks-up and sexual assaults.
Bad education performance can be the cause of members of a Fraternity and Sorority dealing with insecurity, self-image, and psychological issues. The process of joining the Greek life is challenging, students get specifically recruited and enter what it’s called a rush. Rush is known to be popular ritual among the organizations where members get to know each other more. Fraternities and sororities will host and promote parties and many would go through initiation process to become a member. According to “Here’s
Are college Greek members more than likely to binge drink and use drugs? Ashlei N. Stevens wrote an article in 2011 titled, “Greek Members Are More Likely to Binge Drink and Use Drugs”. Ashlei Stevens is a writer for Spartanburg Herald-Journal, she has also written for the New York Times. According to Ashlei Stevens, binge drinking and drug abuse has become more prevalent throughout the Greek chapter on college campuses. Fraternity and sorority members are at times viewed as lively students known for their keg parties, and a recent study suggest this could be true.
Can you imagine what your life would be like if you hadn’t decided to join Phi Mu Delta? What life lessons, friendships, and memories would you have missed out on? Many brothers showed their love for the fraternity by sharing all the reasons they cherish their membership. These are the stories that remind us just how important the fraternity is and prove
You sit on the couch of your living room when you decide that you want to watch some television. You flip through all of the channels and cannot seem to find anything that sparks an interest. When, suddenly you see going across the screen in bold print “Local Fraternity/Sorority in trouble”. Trouble is what most of America sees Greek Life as. To say that they have not earned the reputation of being troublesome is an understatement.
Some people who are doing the hazing or bullying sometimes do not even realize they are doing it. They also think that its only slight physical but not realizing the emotional aspect of being hazed or bullied. There is a story about a Soldier named Danny Chen who took his life due to hazing. His five superiors looked at Danny Chen as weak. He had a few issues like falling asleep on guard duty and forgetting his helmet.
1. Lisa Wade explores the culture of sex within college campuses and how it has impacted the lives of the students she has researched in her book American Hookup: The New Culture of Sex on Campus. A major issue that she probes is the fact that her students are lonely and not in a physical way, but rather a mental way. The presence of hookup culture is causing students to feel out of place, unempowered, and objectified based on their traits. This peer pressure is undoubtedly inflicting objective harm causing students to feel unhappy (Wade 18).
I felt safe knowing that the sororities were strict with hazing and were very welcoming. I noticed the
“People ask why I am in a sorority & I try to explain all the things a sorority is that they cannot see. A sorority is more than letters on a sweatshirt, I say. More than traditional songs, a gold pin, rituals, & obligation, or a way of life.
Focus groups were based on drinking trajectories during college and sorority status. While women of all drinking levels reported feeling pressure to drink “heavily” because of the favorable impression they could make on their male peers, primarily women who were frequent binge drinkers throughout college felt that “drinking like a guy” described their own drinking behaviors. While women reported that being able to “drink like a guy” provided them with a sense of equality with their male peers, analysis of the transcripts suggests that “drinking like a guy” had less to do with gender equality and more to do with the emphasizing women’s (hetero)Sexuality. Findings are discussed in terms of how “heavy alcohol
Meeting new people and volunteering around one’s community, sets up connections that will benefit one in the future. Individuals that are against Greek life clearly do not take into the fact that Greek members meet new people all the time. Whether it’s meeting someone through somewhere one is volunteering, or just meeting one of their brothers or sisters from another school, one is always meeting someone new. Greek life provides students with a network of peers who will know them by their names. The students that are not a part of Greek life have a disadvantage.
Here at the University of Oklahoma, Greek life is a huge part of campus living. Our Greek system has major influence over our students and the atmosphere of the school. Last March, a Fraternity on campus made national news, for a video that was filmed off campus, and not with relations to the university. Was the university at fault for the racist song to be sung and for it to be videoed? Most people would say no, but OU got more backlash for this than the students who created it.
Some might say that the use of alcohol is common place and nothing more than a stepping stone in the ritual of being a college student. The problem is the consequences of binge drinking and excessive drinking should not be accepted as “ritual” or common place. Some consequences are extremely problematic and not only impact the individual but have lasting consequences for the college environment in a global sense.
