Research Blog #9
My main argument is that schools place liability and handle different situations of violations within their school sponsored organizations, specifically when dealing with fraternities and sororities. It has become apparent during my research that universities are willing to forgo ethics and moral conduct to tend to the best interest of the university even if it comes at the expense of their students. A counter argument would be that hazing is illegal by both the schools policies and the law. The sandusky case nullfies this argument since they were also commiteing illegal acts yet received lesser sanctions than a fraternity who gets caught hazing.
Sunday, May 1, 2016
Research Post #4
Research Proposal
Brenden Siegel
Writing 201 College
3/1/16
Research Proposal Assignment
1. Working Topic
Hazing: Tradition or Not?
2. Topic
My goal is to explore the reasons for hazing in Athletics, Bands, Greek Life, and any other association, team, or group that has been associated with hazing in the past. The controversy on the topic is that it is widely perceived that hazing is an act of pure tradition, without much rhyme or reason. What I have seen in my research and personal experience with peers in these organizations is that pure tradition is not always the case, but different categories of organizations or Greek life seem to have strong correlation within their own groupings. I am interested in this topic because I am both on a sports team and in Greek life and not many people have had the experience of both of them at the same time during their years at Rutgers or any University for that matter.
3. Research Question
What are the reasons for hazing in Greek Life, Athletics, and other organizations and how are they justified?
4. Theoretical Frame or Approach
My Theory is that each of these different types of organizations different reasons for hazing. Believe it or not, research suggests that Greek Life hazing is the least correlated to tradition out of any major social group in a college setting. Athletics and bands take the cake when it comes to tradition and hazing.
5. Research Plan, Case, or Additional Questions
Additional Questions: Do people being hazed feel inclined to do so based on which type of organization they are in?
When the hazing is over do they believe that it should continue for the next group coming in?
Do they believe that the hazing should be worse, equal to, or less than what they endured?
Research Plan: I plan to look for cases of hazing in all three of the aforementioned social groups at college. Many websites contain anonymous interviews with those members first hand that give a great insight as to what is going on and why.
6. Bibliography
"Views Of College Greek Life, From Inside And Out." Weekend Edition Sunday 8 Feb. 2015.Literature Resource Center. Web. 16 Feb. 2016
FLANAGAN, CAITLIN. "The Dark Power Of Fraternities." Atlantic 313.2 (2014): 72-91. Literary Reference Center. Web. 16 Feb. 2016.
Diamond, Alex B., et al. "Qualitative Review Of Hazing In Collegiate And School Sports: Consequences From A Lack Of Culture, Knowledge And Responsiveness." British Journal Of Sports Medicine 50.3 (2016): 149-153. Academic Search Premier. Web. 16 Feb. 2016
"Why Fraternities Are Shut Down For Misconduct While College Sports Teams Go Unpunished." Total Frat Move. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 Mar. 2016.
Nuwer, Hank. "Hazing Deaths." Hanknuwer.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 1 Mar. 2016.
Nuwer, Hank. “Hazing: Schools, Military, Job Related.” Hanknuwer.com. NP, n.d. Web. 1 Mar 2016.
Saturday, April 30, 2016
Research Blog #8
my main case is that greek life organizations are wrongfully given the axe when sports teams commit the same if not worse violations. 2 great examples i will use are the eric legrand case and the penn state sandusky case. The Eric LeGrand case highlights the contradiction that the school promotes physical safety. They enforce harsh punishments on greek organizations for injury yet glamorize ones such as Eric Legrands. The second case is the Sandusky sexual abuse case. This highlights how sports teams can break the law yet only those responsible for it are punished yet in greek life a whole fraternity will go down for the actions of a few rotten ones.
Research Blog #7
Frame
The frame for my paper has changed drastically throughout peer review and research. What once began as a compare and contrast has become something else. Throughout my research privatization has become an apparent repetitive connotation when analyzing the treatment of sports teams and greek life on college campuses. I am now analyzing the reasons why this has happened. My paper is about the law statutes that apply in these cases, examples of them from research and news, and how hazing is something that is mistakenly associated with greek life even though it happens just as often in other organizations.
The frame for my paper has changed drastically throughout peer review and research. What once began as a compare and contrast has become something else. Throughout my research privatization has become an apparent repetitive connotation when analyzing the treatment of sports teams and greek life on college campuses. I am now analyzing the reasons why this has happened. My paper is about the law statutes that apply in these cases, examples of them from research and news, and how hazing is something that is mistakenly associated with greek life even though it happens just as often in other organizations.
Literature Review #1
Literature Review #1
2)Somers, Nicole. "College and University Liability for the Dangerous Yet Time Honored Tradition of Hazing in Fraternities and Student Athletics." Journal of College and University Law (n.d.): 653-70. HeinOnline. Web. 16 Apr. 2016.
3) This journal is very literal in it's approach and concerns all steps of the judicial process for both the school and the law. It contains a lot of legal jargon similar to a reading I once had in a business law class. It outlines specific case studies that have become precedent for future cases to follow. The cases define the fine lines of liability and the policies that pertain to it.
4) Nicole Summers: Massachusettes Supreme Judicial Court. Being involved in the supreme court's office even at a state level requires vast knowledge and dedication to both the law and the study of it. This authot absolutley is a reliable source, she also attended Harvard Law School.
5) 2 terms- I'd like to define two statutes because they are used as a major part of the paper
1) The
duty of a service provider to render the necessary service to protect another
2)The
University’s duty as a landowner to protect the plaintiff as an invitee against
and foreseeable dangerous conditions on University property”
6) "The jury was perplexed by an undefined legal term and unable to reach a verdict" (Definition of hazing) (658)
"Subpoenas and depositions have been replacing beer cans and pledge paddles on as icons on fraternity row" (661)
""Hazing in college sports has continued and appears to be on the rise" (671)
7) This material helps me explore my research question because of both the history of hazing and more importantly defining what hazing is and the consequences for all parties involved in both greek life and athletic associations.
Tuesday, March 22, 2016
Research Blog #5
Works Cited
Burke, Timothy M., Hank Nuwer, and Daniel J. McCarthy. "Fraternal Law." Manley Burke [Cincinnati, Ohio] Jan. 2012: n. pag. Print
Diamond, Alex B., et al. "Qualitative Review Of Hazing In Collegiate And School Sports: Consequences From A Lack Of Culture, Knowledge And Responsiveness." British Journal Of Sports Medicine 50.3 (2016): 149-153. Academic Search Premier. Web. 16 Feb. 2016
FLANAGAN, CAITLIN. "The Dark Power Of Fraternities." Atlantic 313.2 (2014): 72-91. Literary Reference Center. Web. 16 Feb. 2016.
Martin, Patricia Yancey. "The Rape Prone Culture of Academic Contexts: Fraternities and Athletics." Sage Journals (2015): n. pag. Sage Journals. Web. 22 Mar. 2016. <http://gas.sagepub.com.proxy.libraries.rutgers.edu/content/30/1/30.full.pdf+html>.
Nuwer, Hank. "Hazing Deaths." Hanknuwer.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 1 Mar. 2016. <http://www.hanknuwer.com/articles/hazing-deaths/>
"Views Of College Greek Life, From Inside And Out." Weekend Edition Sunday 8 Feb. 2015.Literature Resource Center. Web. 16 Feb. 2016
"Why Fraternities Are Shut Down For Misconduct While College Sports Teams Go Unpunished." Total Frat Move. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 Mar. 2016.
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