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Hazing from the eyes of NPHC Alumni
 Kerene
Nelson
 Kourtney Berry
 Purhnel Meek
 Kathrine Nicolas
 Winnie Moime
 Captain
 Co-Captain/
 Optimist
 Time
angel
 Skeptic
Recorder
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The purpose of our research project is to gain insight from alumni National Pan-Hellenic Council members on their views
on hazing and to see if they would be willing to help with changing the psychological mindset of students.
our target public
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The National Pan-Hellenic Council, Incorporated (NPHC) is currently
composed of nine (9) International Greek letter Sororities and
Fraternities:
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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.
Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc.
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.
Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc.
Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.
NPHC promotes interaction through forums, meetings and other mediums for the
exchange of information and engages in cooperative programming and initiatives through
various activities and functions.
Our group decided to chose alumni
because they have more insight and a
greater respect from the undergraduate
chapters.
They have had time to reflect on their
experiences.
http://rattlernation.blogspot.com/2009/03/famu-students-leave-with-29742-indebt.html
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The overall campaign goal of our project is to decrease hazing at Florida A&M University
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To inform Divine Nine alumni
that they play a role in
addressing hazing by
December 2012.
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To persuade 40% of alumni
that they should be active in
eliminating hazing at FAMU.
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To get 10%of alumni to
commit to speaking to a
chapter by September 2012
about alternatives to hazing.
Develop a survey to gain more insight on the
perception of hazing.
Educate and emphasize to future "pledges" the
importance of standing up for their personal
rights.
Seek out opinion leaders and get them to speak
about some of their hazing experiences.
Inform pledge leaders: and those involved with
the intake process that a prophyte/alumni from
the grad chapter MUST be present at
each pledging scenario.
Require that every person who is a victim of
hazing reports it immediately!
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In order to develop a survey, we have to have a purpose. We
have to have measurable objectives to measure: To whom, For
what, How much and By when.
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Conduct seminars that show the ramifications and mental
impact hazing has on an individual.
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Through the survey, we will have a database of people
interested in our initiative. From there we will personally invite
them to participate in our efforts.
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To inform alumni about their mandatory presence, we will use
email, and personally call chapter heads.
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Require that each chapter head has an anonymous drop box to
report any instance of possible hazing, thus decreasing the
likeliness a chapter would participate in any demeaning
activities.
First, we
decided our
target audience
Next, we
developed our
questions
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Last, contacted
our public
This is a view of our survey that was
distributed to 100 Alumni from different
universities all over the United States.
Our survey was comprised of 12 questions
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Most of the alumni surveyed were still relatively young and still connected to the chapter so they had a more
precise knowledge of what’s going on.
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Many attended FAMU so they are more connected to the school and students and would be more sympathetic
to the situation at hand for their Alma Mater.
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Although many alumni surveyed agreed that activities mentioned were considered hazing, a few did not which
tells us some still believe hazing is a proper way to being members into an organization.
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80% surveyed confessed to have known someone who was a victim, hazer or witness to hazing. One can infer
that hazing is something that has been around for ages and has been some sort of a tradition in the Greek and
FAMU community. 30% of those agreed that being a victim, hazer or witness to hazing better prepared them to
be a member of the organization.
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53% percent say that their undergraduate chapter’s intake process does not need any sort of changes so the
processes in place, if they do include hazing, have been set there for a reason.
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However, the survey did get our group to reach our goal of having alumni commit to speaking with
undergraduates about hazing alternatives.
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41% were highly likely to speak about preserving their organization’s legacy and 38% would offer their services
to help chapter create new policies that do not involve hazing.
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Brewer, B. W., Cornelius, A. E., Linder, D. E. & Van Raalte, J.
L. (2007). The relationship
between hazing and team
cohesion. Journal of Sport Behavior, 30(4), 491-507.
Retrieved from Academic Search Complete Database.
This author’s purpose was to evaluate how hazing is associated
with team cohesion. In the observation, athletes were told that
the more team-building activities they engaged in, the more
socially cohesive they would be. Some of those activities may
have been getting yelled at, kidnapped and even beaten.
However, researchers’ results found that theory to be quite the
opposite: Hazing incurs less team cohesion than more.
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Abdulrehman, R. Y. (2007). The cycle of abuse in sport
hazing: Is it simply a case of boys
being
boys? (Doctoral dissertation). Available from
ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database.
Male students at the University of Manitoba were studied on a
psychological level about hazing. The results showed that males
who were victims of sexual abuse were more likely to become
abusive to others. Abdulrehman says that sexual aggression is
common among male athletes and that emotional, physical and
sexual abuse were present in the hazing instances studied.
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Allen, E.J. (2009). Hazing in view: College students at risk:
Initial findings from the national study of students hazing.
Collingdale, PA: DIANE Publishing Co.
Studies found by the National Study of Student Hazing shows
that hazing occurs in, but extends beyond, the typical sports and
Greek-letter organizations. It also explains what hazing may be
considered such as; alcohol consumption, humiliation, isolation,
sleep-deprivation and sex acts.
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Nuwer, H. (2001). Wrong of passage: Fraternities,
sororities, hazing, and binge drinking. Bloomington, IN:
Indiana University Press.
The meaning behind hazing and the attitudes that contribute to
the common patterns are from what the mind considers rituals.
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Baler, J., & Williams, P. (1983). Fraternity hazing
revisited: current alumni and active member
attitudes towards hazing. Journal of College
Student Personnel, 24(4), 300-308.
What I learned from this journal article was that alumni
members of organizations including fraternities and
sororities did not see anything wrong with hazing. They
felt as though if done correctly it actually serves a good
purpose for the organization.
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Maclachlan, J. (2005). Dangerous traditions:
Hazing rituals on campus and university
liability. JOURNAL OF COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY
LAW, 26(3), 511-548.
What I learned from this annotated was that
universities should not tolerate these acts to begin with
but if something regarding hazing from something
small to an allegation to something huge like the death
and that universities will be held accountable from any
injuries or damages.
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Bilyeau, A., & Feder, J. (2004). Hazing In Schools:
A Legal Analysis. CRS Report for Congress, 108(2),
12. Retrieved February 9, 2012, from the Lexis
Nexis database.
This legal analysis investigates the state and federal
laws of hazing. It is mainly structured around hazing
and concentrates on hazing in education settings. This
article is helpful to me in my research because it gave
me the precise definition of hazing.
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Iota Xi Chapter of Sigma Chi Fraternity v.
Patterson, No. 08-1417, UNITED STATES COURT
OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT, 566 F.3d
138
This court case was relevant to me because it is an
example of a predominantly white institution and is
showcases a predominantly white Greek letter
organizations. This federal court case led to the
suspension of the chapter after several incidents had
occurred.
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Herdt, G. (1990). Secret Societies and Secret
Collectives. Oceania, 60(4), 360.
Behind closed doors, hazing occurs within many organizations as a part
of a "traditional" initiation process.
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Erickson, B. (1988). Secret societies and social structure. Social
Forces, 60(1), 188.
Many people willingly decide the become a victim to hazing in order to
rise to higher ranks within specific organizations.
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Shutting down an organization will not get
rid of the mentality
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Immediately inform students
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The organization under investigation should
make sure that they are completely open for
contact to prevent it from looking like a
cover up.
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University’s president should not take long
to respond to the media
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Organization need to contact the media, not
have the media contact them
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University should think of initiatives to
prevent the situation from happening again.
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Hold the correct individuals accountable
once full story and evidence is gathered not
“hearsay” individuals.
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Find the source
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Do not give too many details until all the
facts are gathered
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Do not FIRE the organization leader until
after full investigation.
Get educated on what hazing
actually is, BY LAW
Make the organization,
don’t let it make you!
Know yourself before you join organizations
Safety first!
Know the difference between discipline and hazing
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