Forwarded Message: > To: [log in to unmask] > From: Rodney Coates <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: FYI: The relevance of black greeks: hazing.. > Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2004 13:19:19 -0500 > ----- > FYI about Hazing ... > > .... certainly this is something to think about ... > > > > Did you know? In 1988 an 18-year-old Morehouse College > > student died hours after eyewitnesses said he was > > punched in the chest and slapped in the face during an > > Alpha Phi Alpha pledging ritual. > > Did you know? 1996, Kappa Alpha Psi agreed to pay > > $2.25 million to the parents of a Southeast Missouri > > State University student who died in 1994 after a > > pledge ceremony, commonly called a "set" or "session." > > > > Did you know? In 1991, two Phi Beta Sigma men at Clark > > Atlanta University were accused by the Atlanta Police > > Department of hitting three initiates on the buttocks > > and kidney area with wooden paddle, resulting in the > > hospitalization of one the men. > > Did you know? On the same campus a year later, three > > Omega Psi Phi members pleaded guilty to beating > > another student with rubber tires and a wooden paddle. > > > > Did you know? The first black fraternity, Sigma Pi > > Phi, was formed in Philadelphia in 1904 as an > > association of professionals in that city's African > > American community. However, it was not until 1906 > > that the first black collegiate fraternity, Alpha Phi > > Alpha, was founded on the campus of Cornell > > University. > > Did you know? That in 1997, because of hazing, Alpha > > Phi Alpha no longer has its alpha chapter (original)? > > Its prized Cornell chapter by Cornell University, the > > Alpha Chapter's status as a recognized fraternity was > > revoked and Cornell was attempted to sell the > > chapter's house at 409 Elmwood Avenue. Due to a hazing > > incident involving Sylvester Lloyd. > > More details here. > > http://www.deltasigmatheta.com/haze01.htm > > Did you know? The University of Maryland at College > > Park - 24 members of the Omega Psi Phi fraternity > > chapter were arrested and charged with hazing after > > six pledges are brutalized in a rite of initiation. > > Police accounts reveal that the would-be members were > > kicked, punched, beaten and whipped over a two-month > > period, resulting in serious injuries requiring the > > hospitalization of all of the victims. The most > > seriously injured pledge suffered a ruptured spleen > > and a collapsed lung, while another was treated for > > liver damage, cracked ribs and a punctured eardrum > > resulting in a 70-percent loss of hearing. Other > > reported injuries among the six young men included a > > fractured ankle and a concussion. > > > > Did you know? Southern University, Baton Rouge, La. - > > during an initiation meeting of prospective members, a > > "big brother" of Phi Beta Sigma fraternity hits > > 23-year-old Derone Walker over the head with a frying > > pan, blinding him. Doctors are unsure whether Walker > > will ever regain his sight. > > Did you know? Cybil Thomas said repeated beatings of > > her 20-year-old son in the name of brotherhood (by > > LSU`s chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity) > > left him with an open wound 7 inches around and a > > half-inch deep on his buttocks that required two > > surgeries, including a skin graft, to repair. In one > > operation, the open wound, originally about 3 inches > > around, was cleaned and the dead and damaged skin > > removed. That left a wound more than 7 inches in > > diameter, large enough to almost cover one buttock > > cheek. > > Did you know? Kent State University, Kent, Oh. - The > > university is forced to ban black fraternity- and > > sorority-sponsored dances and parties because of a > > series of fights involving the Kappa Alpha Psi, Omega > > Psi Phi and Phi Beta Sigma fraternity members. > > Did you know? Kristin High, 22, and Kenitha Saafir, > > 24, drowned September 9 at Dockweiler State Beach near > > Playa del Rey. The women were both students at > > California State University, Los Angeles, and were > > pledging the Alpha Kappa Alpha (AKA) Sorority. High > > was the mother of a 2-year-old and was engaged to be > > married. Several members of the sorority were with > > them that night, along with two other pledges, > > according to the lawsuit by the High family. Saafir > > and High were "blindfolded and tied by their hands and > > their bodies and led into the rip tide conditions of > > the ocean," the family's lawsuit says. "That night, > > the waves were cresting at 6 to 8 feet and creating a > > strong under-current resulting from rip-tide." The > > sorority is presently being sued for 100 million > > dollars. > > ------------ > > Did you know? Joseph T. Green, 25, died after he > > collapsed on the track of a local high school before > > dawn on Jan. 29, 2001. Nashville medical examiner > > Bruce Levy concluded last March that Green, who was > > admitted to the hospital with a temperature of 103.7, > > died of acute asthma and overheating after he was > > ordered to jog and perform calisthenics during a > > fraternity initiation. Consequently, a $15 million > > lawsuit filed against Omega Psi Phi fraternity. > > Did you know? Norfolk State University (Va.) - A > > student pledging Omega Psi Phi complains about both > > sides of his jaw being broken, and the chapter is > > banned from campus. The university later suspends all > > of its fraternities and sororities after widespread > > reports of hazing continue. > > Did you know? 1998, the Kappa Alpha Psi chapter at the > > University of Maryland Eastern Shore in Princess Anne > > allegedly started an unauthorized initiation of five > > new members, according to news accounts. The plan was > > to schedule underground "pre-pledging" and > > "post-pledging" processes before and after the > > official MIP, which started at the end of February and > > ended March 8. The underground pledging brought the > > process to about eight weeks. > > During pledging sessions, each Kappa would usually > > paddle the new pledges three times, according to > > newspaper accounts. Depending on how many alumni > > brothers showed up for the fun, pledges were hit > > anywhere between 15 and 45 times a night every night > > for two months, according to those same accounts. The > > five line-brothers, who had each paid about $500 in > > dues, tried to remain steadfast. But Marcus Polk > > finally went to a campus nurse, who discovered that > > the Kappas had broken so many of the veins in his > > backside that the pooling blood had coagulated into > > huge lumps beneath his oozing, broken skin. He had a > > life-threatening gangrene infection and was taken to > > Peninsula Medical Center for surgery to remove two > > 4-inch hunks of dead flesh from his behind, according > > to news reports. > > Did you know? According to the Los Angeles Times, > > between 1975 and 1990 nine African American students > > died during pledging rites associated with black > > fraternities and sororities. > > Did you know? A Phi Beta Sigma pledge at Michigan > > State University suffered kidney damage after being > > paddled in March. According to the Associated Press, > > to avoid accusations of hazing, the chapter's > > president claimed that the pledge was already a member > > and had been voluntarily "trading wood" in a hitting > > contest to see who was toughest. > > Did you know? A Sigma pledge was treated in May after > > being beaten at West Virginia University, where > > another fraternity, Omega Phi Psi, had been banned for > > hazing in 1996. > > Did you know? An Alpha pledge was hospitalized at > > Lincoln University in Pennsylvania, where the chapter > > had already received a five-year suspension for > > beating a student in 1994. It was later discovered > > that the brothers running the process were from an > > entirely different campus and had never sent the > > pledges` dues to Alpha headquarters. > > Did you know? An Omega pledge was hospitalized after > > being beaten at Mississippi State University in > > February. > > Did you know? A Delta Sigma Theta sorority pledge was > > placed into an intensive care unit after she was hazed > > at Norfolk State University in Virginia. In May, an > > appeals court judge upheld Norfolk's decision to expel > > nine Deltas involved in the incident. Two were just > > weeks from graduation. > > Did you know? In April, the Zeta Phi Beta sorority was > > thrown off the University of South Florida campus for > > four years after being charged with paddling pledges. > > Did you know? Every year since 1970 in the United > > States, at least one fraternity or sorority member or > > pledge has died because of hazing or alcohol abuse, > > said Hank Nuwer, author of the book "Wrongs of > > Passage: Fraternities, Sororities, Hazing and Binge > > Drinking." > > Did you know? More than 40 states have outlawed > > hazing. Large financial settlements have caught the > > attention of Greek organizations and their college > > sponsors, leading many universities to ban the groups > > outright. More than 80 pledges have died in pledge > > activities in the last 12 years during rites that > > involved binge drinking, beatings and extreme physical > > exertion. > > Did you know? It is against federal law to haze > > someone! You could lose your financial aid if you haze > > someone else? Federal Hazing Prohibition Act of 2003 > > Did you know? Black fraternities and sororities in > > this country are older than General Motors? Older than > > AT&T. But have no real power because most black > > fraternities and sororities are predicated on a lot of > > craziness. > > > rodneyc.. > > If we are to combat the insanity of our world, we need to explore love, > self, and each other. Join me in this exploration > > When love reigns supreme, then we will see the beauty of our existence! > > Please check out my new series: The Art of Love at the following url: > > > http://communities.msn.com/TheArtofLovefortheEmotionallyImpaired/_whatsnew msn > w > > More Generally: My poetry can be found at: > > http://gw.cas.muohio.edu/umoja/www.ulbobo.com/umoja/index.html --------------------------------------------- This message was sent using Endymion MailMan. http://www.endymion.com/products/mailman/