Blog 2

The article that peaked my interest the most for proposal number two was, "Confessions of an Ivy League Frat Boy: Inside Dartmouth's Hazing Abuses," written by Janey Reitman. The reason I chose this specific article is because going to such a vast university like we do, we see that there is a lot of hazing. Not only do we see it throughout campus, but greek programs are the worst. Even though CSU has many fraternities and sororities, it's more of the Southern Ivy League schools that tend to have these existing problems. Thinking about this, I can definitely see a big problem. In result of hazing throughout greek programs, most likely as a pledge, there are many issues that have potential, such as violence, sexual assault, binge drinking, or even death. As a fraternity or a sorority being a stakeholder for this issue, it can end up showing bad reputations, not only for your frat or sorority, but for the University as well. The reasons these problems happen is because of the pledging "traditions" that are taken place to enroll new members into the fraternity or sorority. They tend to use the pledges as a slave, or make them do ridiculous acts for their entertainment. Although sometimes it's fun and games, the results tend to lead to serious problems.

The exigency to fix this problem can be resolved in many ways. My proposal for this issue is that students that are involved in a fraternity or sorority will have access to an anonymous online survey where they can express any unwanted encounters they may have pledging or experience. By having this option, the fraternity's and sororities are REQUIRED to fill out a survey every other month. if the survey is not filled out by the deadlines, the greek program will retain points, and once they have a certain amount of points, that frat or sorority will be on probation watch. The purpose of this is not only will this help maintain the hazing going on but the reputations for the University and greek programs throughout campuses.

 As students and staff of the University being the target audience for this proposal, they are the participants who are going to be able to fix this issue and solve it. If the members of a frat or sorority don't use this anonymous survey correctly, the issue is going to keep pertaining. If the survey IS used correctly then the staff members of the University who are responsible for maintaining greek life, will be the ones who can have a huge impact on addressing this problem. Parents of the greek members will also be encouraged to fill out a survey on how they think their kid enjoys and how safe they feel in the frat or sorority. Once this issue is well maintained, we won't have to worry about the tragic accidents that happen throughout big Ivy League schools because of "pledging rituals" or alcohol involved incidents. As we know greek life can be a fun club to join, everyone should be comfortable with wanting to rush, instead of feeling scared of the consequences with being added as a new member.