Bronson 1.

Justin bronson

8, march 2019

Mrs.kenley

2A British Lit.

Annotated Bibliography

Should fraternities and sororities be banned?

The New York Times Company. Jun 5, 2018. By Kyle Spencer;Fraternities: Challenge and

Opportunity. Union College, 1963.Fraternity members at Louisiana State University to age-old

rituals, shrouded in secrecy, that dictate how they gather, greet each other and initiate their young

pledges. But when they return to campus in the fall, one ritual will be drastically different: They

will face much more severe consequences for dangerous hazing incidents. In May, eight months

after the death of Maxwell Gruver, a freshman pledge at the university’s now banished Phi Delta

Theta fraternity chapter, Gov. John Bel Edwards of Louisiana signed into law an anti-hazing bill

that would make it a felony for those involved in hazing that resulted in death, serious bodily

harm, or life-threatening levels of alcohol.

Christian Science Monitor Sep 11, 2018

https://sks.sirs.com/webapp/article?artno=411062&type=ART Frat Houses Refine the Purpose of

Brotherhood The ban, At college fraternities across the United States and Canada, the true

meaning of brotherhood has just been clarified. After several high-profile deaths from heavy

drinking at parties or initiation rites, the major association representing fraternities announced

Sept. 4 [2018] that it will no longer allow frat houses to serve hard liquor at chapter facilities and

events. The ban, which is expected to go into effect at hundreds of campuses within a year, is
designed to return these private men’s clubs to their original purpose

University Wire Oct 24, 2018,https://sks.sirs.com/webapp/article?artno=412289&type=ART

Greek Houses Promote Unhealthy Conformity. Greek houses are a blight on the safety, humanity

and critical thinking skills of college students. It’s a system structured around arbitrary exclusion

as well as in-group favoritism and has become a trope of the American college experience.

By Ashlon Lusk https://sks.sirs.com/webapp/article?artno=0000410448&type=ART Opinion:

Sorority Recruitment Form of Hazing Sorority recruitment is a form of emotional and physical

hazing. When people think of hazing at the University, they immediately think about the tragic

death of former Phi Delta Theta pledge Maxwell Gruver following a drinking game pledges were

forced to participate in called 'Bible study.' Not to take away from this incident, but alcohol is not

the only form of hazing. Asking girls to walk up and down sorority row, wear dresses in the heat

and be judged by every girl you speak with is a form of mental hazing.

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By Frank Bruni https://sks.sirs.com/webapp/article?artno=0000400954&type=ART Their

Pledges Die. So Should Frats. Across decades, the toll of deaths related to fraternity revelry and

recklessness is surely in the hundreds. And while physical stress plays a role in some fatalities,

most reflect the kind of extreme drinking that's in the DNA of so-called Greek life. Do we need

any cause beyond all of that dying to do away with fraternities wherever possible and to diminish

their prominence at schools where various circumstances, including the housing that fraternities
provide, prevent them from being shuttered? I don't think so, but there are additional reasons

nonetheless. On a range of fronts, fraternities--and sororities--contradict our stated values and

undercut our supposed goals for higher education, putting our inconsistencies and hypocrisies

under a magnifying glass.

By Dakin Andone and Megan Pendergrass

https://sks.sirs.com/webapp/article?artno=0000410450&type=ART They Pledge. Get Hazed.

The Cycle Continues. A University of Maine study from 2008, the most recent year for which

such research is available, found that 73% of students in fraternities and sororities experienced

what they called some form of hazing at least once. The issue of Greek hazing has come under

particularly intense scrutiny after several pledges died in recent years as a result....While the

students interviewed for this story did not experience such egregious and deadly examples of

hazing, experts told CNN that hazing is part of a vicious cycle whose rituals and practices

initially seem relatively harmless but have the potential to evolve into more dangerous behavior.

“Miami Official Calls for Students to 'Take a Stand against Hazing' in the Wake of Fraternity's

Suspension.” Dayton Daily News, Dayton Daily News / Google, 26 Mar. 2019,

www.daytondailynews.com/news/local

“University of Georgia Suspends Fraternity After Racist Video of Members Mocking Slavery

Goes Viral.” TIME , TIME, 25 Mar. 2019,

www.google.com/amp/amp.timeinc.net/time/5558482/university-of-georgia-tau-kappa-epsilon-

racist-video.
Schulten, Katherine. “Should Colleges Ban Fraternities?” The New York Times, The New York

Times, 13 Mar. 2014, learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/03/13/should-colleges-ban-fraternities/.

"As alcohol-related injuries and deaths on college campuses have become more common, a

national conversation has arisen about whether, and to what extent, fraternities and sororities on

college campuses that host events with alcohol are liable for the negative outcomes. In response,

individual universities and Greek organizations have taken their own steps to curb hazing and cut

back on the use of alcohol in ways that contradict their stated values. The North-American

Interfraternity Conference, the governing body that dictates the rules that individual fraternity

chapters are expected to follow, indicated...that more decisive action was needed. The group

voted almost unanimously to impose a liquor ban that will take effect next September [2019].

Muramatsu, Nate. "Fraternities should Embrace the National Ban on Hard Liquor." University

Wire, 20 Sep. 2018. SIRS Issues Researcher, https://sks.sirs.com.

"Greek houses are a blight on the safety, humanity and critical thinking skills of college

students. It’s a system structured around arbitrary exclusion as well as in-group favoritism and

has become a trope of the American college experience." (University Wire) This viewpoint

article is critical of fraternities and sororities."Greek Houses Promote Unhealthy Conformity."

University Wire, 24 Oct. 2018, pp. n/a. SIRS Issues Researcher, https://sks.sirs.com.
"At college fraternities across the United States and Canada, the true meaning of brotherhood

has just been clarified. After several high-profile deaths from heavy drinking at parties or

initiation rites, the major association representing fraternities announced Sept. 4 [2018] that it

will no longer allow frat houses to serve hard liquor at chapter facilities and events. The ban,

which is expected to go into effect at hundreds of campuses within a year, is designed to return

these private men’s clubs to their original purpose." "Frat Houses Refine the Purpose of

Brotherhood." Christian Science Monitor, 11 Sep. 2018, pp. n/a. SIRS Issues Researcher,

https://sks.sirs.com.