To be apart of society one must adapt to the norms to be accepted. But to be admitted into the Greek Life in university, one must experience the loss of dignity as an adjustment. These fraternities and sororities terrorize future Greek Life members and regular students repeatedly for entertainment. The unacceptable forms of terrorism on or off school grounds leaves students fearful, and to an extent he or she may be traumatized. Through engaging in hazing, harassment, and substance abuse, Greek life members spread fear amongst students Universities can prevent acts of hazing, harassment, and substance abuse by disbanding Greek Life entirely.
Within the fraternities and sororities, hazing is an extreme act of humiliation that may lead death …show more content…
Harassment is an extreme form of pestering that fraternities or sororities will engage in to irritate peers that seem vulnerable. Sadly, these acts of harassment are a reason why students may feel restless while on school grounds. In a personal experience at London School of Economics, Tom Slater witnessed members of a fraternity distribute flyers with demeaning comments in a school freshmen fair(Slater). These flyers called the women’s rugby team beasts and for the incoming students to be aware of sexually transmitted diseases from “sloppy birds(Slater).” Later the fraternity was abolished for harassing posters(Slater). Unlike European universities, harassment situations in American colleges are unnoticed by the school administration. American students who are attacked by Greek Life members are unreasonably pushed aside and are unnoticed by the college administration. This indicates without the help of the authorities, harassed students cannot be helped. To solve the issue of harassment on college campuses, university administers should realize the disbandment of the Greek Life can decrease the acts of