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“Death of Baruch College Freshman in Hazing Ritual Ruled a Homicide”, was the headline of the NY Daily News on February 14, 2014. According to the NY Daily News about 30 fraternity members were at a Pocono Mountains rental home on December 8th when Michael Deng died of severe head trauma after he was repeatedly tackled in a frozen backyard while blindfolded and lugging 20 pounds of sand in a knapsack playing the so-called “glass ceiling” game with his brothers. The hazing death is now officially a homicide with plenty of suspects, but as of February 14th there has not been a single arrest. There are many things that can be debated as being controversial issues on college campuses, but the one I believe to be a problem, almost no one can argue with, would have to be hazing. Hazing is the practice of rituals and other activities involving harassment, abuse, or humiliation as a way of initiating a person into a group. In other words it’s another form of bullying that is thought of as a normal occurrence that is considered to be okay with most college campuses. Many colleges sit back and allow these rituals to happen, even going as far as having hazing myths and facts on their websites, but only taking real action when things have gone too far and death occurs. There have been over 140 deaths due to hazing since 1970 according to Hank Nuwer, a professor at Franklin College in Indiana, who has written four books on the subject. The most thought of group that hazes individuals would have to be fraternities and sororities. Fraternities and sororities use this form of ‘torture’ as a way to show incoming individuals about the process in which power and control are exercised among group members, how new members are made to feel abou... ... middle of paper ... ...uld stop if students stand together. As the old saying goes, if you’re not a part of the solution, your part of the problem. Citations: McShane, L., and J. McDonald. "Death of Baruch College Freshman in Hazing Ritual Ruled a Homicide." NY Daily News. N.p., 14 Feb. 2014. Web. 20 May 2014. Nuwer, Hank. Wrongs of Passage: Fraternities, Sororities, Hazing, and Binge Drinking. Bloomington: Indiana UP, 1999. Print. "Why We Haze | PledgingSucks.com." Why We Haze | PledgingSucks.com. Trans. D. Gimutao. PledgingSucks.com, 02 Feb. 2011. Web. 20 May 2014. Lee, Grace. "How We Can Prevent Hazing." RCL Grace Lee. N.p., 15 Jan. 2013. Web. 20 May 2014. Winerip, Michael. "When a Hazing Goes Very Wrong." The New York Times. The New York Times, 14 Apr. 2012. Web. 20 May 2014. Glass, N. "Examining the Benefits of Greek Life." USA TODAY College. N.p., 08 May 2012. Web. 20 May 2014.

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