Frat Hazing Article post 7

I was absolutely disgusted when I read the article about, in particular, one Dartmouth boy's experiences with the hazing that goes on in fraternities. This past weekend I was visiting the University of Illinois. This is a beautiful school with a high regarded education system and students. I realized that it is easy to forget that the students at colleges in general are usually between the ages of 18-24 and this means that they are still forming opinions about the world and not always doing the right things. They go along much easier than an adult would with peer pressure and some of them are just getting their feet wet in the world of alcohol. At Dartmouth, senior Nathan Gusdorf says, "People do incredibly bad things to one another here, because they know they're going to get away with it." this brings up the question, why do others need to debase themselves just to belong to a group? Is hazing REALLY that crucial to a fraternity, or sorority, brotherhood or sisterhood? No. Not even. When people are risking their lives just to be in a fraternity, they really should step back and look at their options. And what if someone dies? Who would want to pledge or rush when they know someone in their same shoes has been killed by that same act? How far can these frat boys take things and when will they stop? I think it is disgusting what they do to each other and how it is described in the article. The safety of the students is the biggest concern of mine. I don't think the effects of mental hazing could ever amount to the effects of physical hazing on these young men and women. It is a disgusting hazing culture and it should be ended before more innocent students die.