Comments on: Suspended Sorority is Just Plain Sick http://www.collegebound.net/blog/2009/09/01/suspended-sorority-is-just-plain-sick/ Welcome to The CollegeBound Network Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:11:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Barbara http://www.collegebound.net/blog/2009/09/01/suspended-sorority-is-just-plain-sick/comment-page-1/#comment-12679 Barbara Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:57:29 +0000 /blog/?p=1429#comment-12679 I, too, pledged a sorority that did not haze, so stories like this make me sick. However, there are colleges that do have a much better handle on their Greek organizations than Colorado State does, and these kinds of things are kept in check. What upsets me even more is this: don't these pledges know how to say "no"? I understand dropping out as a pledge can be embarrassing, but so is having friends who would subject you to this kind of torture. That's not sisterhood at all. I, too, pledged a sorority that did not haze, so stories like this make me sick. However, there are colleges that do have a much better handle on their Greek organizations than Colorado State does, and these kinds of things are kept in check.

What upsets me even more is this: don’t these pledges know how to say “no”? I understand dropping out as a pledge can be embarrassing, but so is having friends who would subject you to this kind of torture. That’s not sisterhood at all.

]]> By: Amanda http://www.collegebound.net/blog/2009/09/01/suspended-sorority-is-just-plain-sick/comment-page-1/#comment-12196 Amanda Wed, 02 Sep 2009 13:26:50 +0000 /blog/?p=1429#comment-12196 I hear this kind of story all the time. A sorority girl, myself, it does disgust me that those types of things occur. I am not naive to it, because I do know it exists. However, I was not hazed by my sorority and doubt that I would have continued on had such a thing occurred. However, I think it's tough to say what you would do in a situation if faced with it. While you think you know what you'd do, it's always easier on the outside looking in. I would compare the situation of walking away and reporting the sorority to a bad relationship. The people looking from the outside can't understand why this person can't walk away from the relationship. I'm not in any way defending the actions of this or any other hazing sorority, but it just makes me so sad to hear these things. I guess the lesson here is to watch out who you trust and to remember that although college is a fun time with friends, it's also about academics and personal growth. I hear this kind of story all the time. A sorority girl, myself, it does disgust me that those types of things occur. I am not naive to it, because I do know it exists. However, I was not hazed by my sorority and doubt that I would have continued on had such a thing occurred.

However, I think it’s tough to say what you would do in a situation if faced with it. While you think you know what you’d do, it’s always easier on the outside looking in. I would compare the situation of walking away and reporting the sorority to a bad relationship. The people looking from the outside can’t understand why this person can’t walk away from the relationship. I’m not in any way defending the actions of this or any other hazing sorority, but it just makes me so sad to hear these things. I guess the lesson here is to watch out who you trust and to remember that although college is a fun time with friends, it’s also about academics and personal growth.

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