<p>Seems like the incident involved a student who was forced to act like she’s “sizzling like bacon” at the sorority’s off-campus house and keep drinking alcohol until she ended up in the hospital with blood alcohol of 3 times the legal limit:</p>
<p><a href=“UConn drops sorority after hazing investigation”>http://news.yahoo.com/uconn-drops-sorority-hazing-investigation-095409703.html</a></p>
<p>The whole issue of hazing aside, I don’t understand why these idiots keep forcing alcohol on pledges with all we now know about alcohol poisoning (and I’m fairly certain these women have received some education about that before). It’s not only dangerous and ethically and morally wrong, it’s just incredibly STUPID and just exposes the entire organization to serious consequences with regard to academic standing and legal prosecution.</p>
<p>These organizations know that they risk losing their charters if they don’t stop hazing. I don’t understand why some of them won’t give it up, knowing that fact.</p>
<p>^Good question. I know I sure did some stupid stuff in college, though, and I should have known better. I think the brains of 20-year-olds are just not developed to consider all of the consequences of stupid actions!</p>
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<p>And I don’t understand why these pledges, who have been through the same training, keep taking it. No one is ever “forced” to drink alcohol. Why don’t they grow up and say no or walk away? It makes me think there is more to the story, or at least some co-responsibility on the part of the pledge involved.</p>
<p>There is no such thing as a legal alcohol limit, so can’t be 3x the legal limit. There is a level after which it is illegal to drive or operate any vehicle, but there is no legal or illegal BAC. For this girl, who is probably not 21, her level should be 0.0000. For a student who is over 21, he or she can be as drunk as she wants and it is not illegal, no citation will be issued, no one arrested. Not healthy, but not in itself illegal.</p>
<p>I don’t get it either, for those on either side. I do have to say, though, that there are lots and lots of college kids who never do something this stupid.</p>
<p>Acting like sizzling bacon sounds like something my sorority would do, but not the drinking part. FWIW, Kappa Kappa Gamma is a highly regarded sorority nationwide. I don’t know anything about UConn chapter or Greek life at UConn. </p>
<p>I actually did have to “sizzle like bacon” in my sorority days. We had to do a lot of silly things but none were truly degrading or dangerous. And I was never forced to drink (or do anything for that matter.)</p>
<p>I wasn’t in a sorority in college, but the most I ever saw or heard of (had sorority girl roommates) were silly things like running around campus in their pjs or having to do the longer shift on the parade float decorating. I never ever heard of anything abusive or dangerous like this.</p>
<p>From news reports online, she is actually not a pledge, she is an active, and the event in question had nothing to do with pledgeship. Which makes the fact that she didn’t just say no or leave even weirder. </p>
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<p>Simple … because there are always plenty of adults to make sure the problems are cleared up to minimize the penalties, and plenty of pressure placed on the colleges to be lenient and keep the traditions alive. No matter how many body bags will be needed until those cancerous organizations become a relic of the past. </p>
<p>I’ve heard of sorority hazing before but this is just so strange. This must be a regional thing cause the schools I am familiar are all about glitter and hearts and presents not hazing. I’m just not at all familiar with the sororities behaving this way. Now I know the girls can be stupid and drink too much but nothing associated with pledging. YMMV. </p>
<p>Sounds like a problem at this particular college as other groups are also being investigated. Nothing like this when I was a pledge (at a midwestern college), we did harmless things like wear matching t shirts.
xiggi - I disagree. The sororities named are national organizations which ban hazing activities. I will be shocked if these chapters are not shut down.</p>
<p>Xiggi, if a sorority chapter misbehaves, their national will kick them out. You can’t be serious if you think that a national sorority is going to try to go to the college to keep a misbehaving chapter on, or if you think they have any pull whatsoever. The president of any college doesn’t give a rats behind about what the national of Kappa Kappa Whatever wants. Nor should they. </p>
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<p>D2 is in a sorority and in her pledgeship, the new girls were treated like “babies” to be protected. Lots of presents and all the cards and hearts and stuff. She was never abused or forced to do anything which could have hurt her in any way. She’s not the type to take orders, and coerced drinking would have had her walking out the door.</p>
<p>It wasn’t like that at all for me either. “Hazing” was all light-hearted stuff. I was never once forced to drink. </p>
<p>Pizzagirl, I personally know of a recent circumstance where KKG national and alumni worked with a college administration to get a problem chapter back on track. If the chapter has influential, wealthy alumni who care about what happens to the chapter, the president will most definitely give a rat’s behind…</p>
<p>Here is some info on national’s response:</p>
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<a href=“http://www.middletownpress.com/general-news/20140509/sorority-says-banishment-from-uconn-a-poor-decision”>http://www.middletownpress.com/general-news/20140509/sorority-says-banishment-from-uconn-a-poor-decision</a></p>
<p>More facts are also provided: The incident was not part of a sorority event. It occurred at the SAE fraternity house, which I guess is why SAE is also being sanctioned.</p>
<p>So it sounds like the victim is claiming that she (an active, not pledge) went with some sisters to the SAE house, where the drinking and sizzling occurred.</p>
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<p>Okay, so this was not a pledge (presumably vulnerable to being coerced to do things as a condition of membership), but an active at a frat house on her own time (not a sorority function). How could she be “forced” to “commit humiliating acts”? She is an initiated member of a sorority whose government specifically forbids hazing. How was any other member in a position of authority to “force” an initiated member to do anything? My D literally would tell any “sister” what to do with her demands in this situation, and she would have Standards and Practices there to back her up. There must be more to this story.</p>
<p>Even though the article calls her a sophomore and “a member”, I think we need to find out more. Was she a pledge? How many pledges and actives were there? How many participated,etc? National needs to find out the entire story, which it sounds like they are doing. </p>