The College Hazing That Changed Life: Critical Essay

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To slightly turn away from the more recent cases of hazing, lets look now at quite possibly the most obvious argument against this brutal practice, but one that people seem to be blissfully ignoring in the face of what they call tradition. Hazing is clearly outdated. Those who seem to be endorsing the practices are failing to see that our society is progressing and evolving. Why is the action of hazing still endorsed by people and ignored in many universities when its negative effects have been so widely publicized over centuries? Why is hazing still happening today in places where youd think the majority hold a forward-thinking mentality, being millennials, quite like my peers here today? And why are they so insistent on continuing practices that draw them further away from our growing society and closer to those weve left behind? Hazing practices go back to the founding of Platos academy in 387 B.C., though back then it was known as mentalism. I strongly believe that such actions should have been left in 387 B.C, Plato himself likened the acts to those of wild animals, criticizing the practical jokes played by unruly young men that injured the hazed and citizens who got in the way (taken from a passage in Nuwers 1999 book, Wrongs of Passage: Fraternities, Sororities, Hazing, and Binge Drinking). I must pose the question again, why, if Plato himself critiqued the practice, has stronger action not been taken against hazing in the countless years since it existed?

Of course, many would say action has been taken, for hazing is technically banned in 44 states of the United States of America and The University of New England has accepted the 25 recommendations from the Australian Human Rights Commission and is planning on implementing them. But as I mentioned earlier, these have no effect, whatsoever, hazing goes underground, it tries to stay hidden until a terrible incident occurs. Thats why the perpetrators of such a grueling and clearly barbaric practice need to be stopped, this is, as I have reiterated, the only way to end such a disgusting practice and the only way to properly change the way people think about these actions. Fraternities and sororities should be disbanded. Intense and harsh security should be put in place in residential colleges, so that students dont have just lock [their] doors when [theyre] asleep (ABC, Wed 28 May 2019) to avoid being dragged into a brutal act of hazing.

If organizations such as fraternities are not disbanded then people will continue to suffer abuse and they will be left to lie in their own blood and vomit, whilst their supposed friends stand laughing a mere meter away when their friend is clearly in sight about to die. If we dont take immediate action against these organizations and deadly practices, Im afraid there will be plenty more Timothy Piazzas in the future.

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