Hazing Lingers On
Despite Strict IFC Rules,
It Still Exists Behind the Scenes
Only two years ago, “Hell week" was
really “Hell" at this University. One fra
ternity bought more than a ton of ice for
“tubbing” its initiates. Few fraternities did
not “hack" their initiates. And almost
every previous year the University infir
mary had treated students injured in ini
tiation.
In an ASUO Senate meeting that year,
Bill Vertrees and Doug Greer exposed the
situation and called on students to use all
possible forces to end the outdated prac
tices.
At that time the Emerald said in an
editorial, "the real impetus for the remov
al of hazing must come from within the
fraternity itself.”
The fraternity system did come up with
some rules to end hazing.
These rules, accepted by each fraternity,
are as follows:
li Fraternities at the University of Ore
gon will not plan, participate in. or allow
activities which involve physical or mental
abuse or which are in any way morally
objectionable.
21 Fraternity activities will be planned
so as to allow adequate time for classroom
participation and outside participation.
Fraternity pledges are expected to be physi
cally prepared for active classroom partici
pation.
3) Fraternities will accept the responsi
bility of keeping all activities entirely con
sistent with their purposes and ideals, em
phasizing human dignity and the develop
ment of spirit and understanding.
If proof is presented to the Inter-frater
nity Tribunal that any fraternity has brok
en these rules, the Tribunal may go so far
as to revoke the chapter’s charter.
Despite these rules, last year one fra
ternity received disciplinary action f o r
"hacking" initiates too much. Several oth
ers also broke the rules. At that time last
year, the Emerald made some suggestions.
These were:
"First, in order to give those houses
that improved their initiation weeks a fair
shake, those houses that did not comply
with the rules should be publicly exposed.
“Secondly, the IFC Tribunal and the ad
ministration should not be lenient in their
punishment. . .
"Finally, and perhaps most important
a much more thorough definition of hazing
must be supplied by the administration
or IFC.”
These three recommendations are still
valid.
Two houses have already completed
their initiation weeks. We have reliable in
formation that at least one of the two has
again carried on some sort of physical or
mental abuse.
Most University fraternities are pres
ently conducting their initiation weeks.
The Emerald hopes that these houses and
their members are mature enough to rea
lize the situation in which the fraternity
system all over the nation finds itself. A
foresighted few on college campuses long
ago came to the realization that for frater
nities and sororities to exist in the years
to come they must continue to adopt pro
gressive attitudes on such matters as haz
ing.
Those currently debating whether or not
to eliminate all forms of hazing from their
initiations should stand back a few paces
and take a long, slow look at their future
existence.
M M M
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Hazing—A Definition
The following are excerpts from t h e
Statement of Position on Hazing and Pre
Initiation Activities as formulated by the
College Fraternity Secretaries Association:
‘ The College Fraternity Secretaries As
sociation has stated its position, periodi
cally, in support of constructive education
al and inspirational programs and has as
serted un-equivocally its opposition to haz
ing and pre-initiation activities which do
not contribute to the positive development
and welfare of pledges and members. . . .
“The Association . . . believes, despite
the fact that much progress has been made,
that one of the most damaging instruments
to the fraternity system is the employment
of a program of education, which includes
hazing, and that this unproductive, ridicu
lous and hazardous custom has no rightful
place in the fraternity system.
“The Association defines hazing as any
action taken or situation created, inten
tionally, whether on or off fraternity prem
ises, to produce mental or physical discom
fort. embarrassment, harassment or ridi
cule. Such activities and situations include
paddling in any form; creation of excessive
fatigue; physical and psychological shocks;
quests, treasure hunts, scavanger hunts,
road trips or any other such activities car
ried on outside the confines of the house;
wearing, publicly, apparel which is conspic
uous and not normally in good taste; en
gaging in public stunts and buffoonery;
morally degrading or humiliating games
and activities; late work sessions which in
terfere with scholastic activities; and any
other activities which are not consistent
with fraternal law. ritual or policy or the
regulations and policies of the educational
institution.”
Letters to the Editor
Going Alphabetically
Emerald Editor:
What a supreme pleasure it
must be for all unmarried off
campus students to know that
v/e have been alphabetically tak
en care of in case of an atom
ic attack. Wednesday’s “Emer
ald” states that the “A’s”
through “M’s” can be blasted to
bits with the coke machines,
juke box, and t.v. room of the
SU. The less fortunate “N’s”
through “Z’s” are to greet the
dust filled clouds along with the
fossils of the Science Building.
This declaration brings sev
eral questions to mind. What if
an “N to Z” person prefers to
meet eternity in the SU while
munching a pastromi sandwich
to the tune of “I Wanna Be
Bobby’s Girl” instead of reading
Botany books in the Science
Building? Is someone going to
be checking student I D. cards
at the door? Then too, what
happens to the poor soul who
forgets his card? Will he be
sent to the library fallout shel
ter to hide under the Shelter
sign which is so ironically
placed next to the Circulation
Dept, sign to perhaps, maybe,
work in a blood bank?
What if he can’t even re
member his last name? Perhaps
the shelter designations could
i,(- further categorized into
“blondes in the basement,” “red
heads in the cloak room,” and
"brunettes in the attic.”
Whenever we’re driving down
the road now and happen to see
one of those signs asking
‘ Where will you spend eter
nity?”, we can all be confident
that the Civil Defense people
have answered it for us . . . al
phabetically.
Betty Parnow,
Graduate Assistant
Theatre.
Av'.Ao'JtMr >
"OH, NO — NOT EYegMA-TO EYE SKLL l"
PUSLrLrnr
Senate Lobbying I lead
Calls for Student Help
Governor Hatfield's budget
has been criticized as being in
suflicient by almost all of the
representatives of higher edu
cation since the announcement
of the budget in December
However, most of those swing
ing the axe feel that higher edu
cation received a fair portion of
the Governor's $405 million bud
get, but that the total budget
represented a very inadequate
attempt to meet the needs of the
state
Governor Hatfield, in a con
ference 1 had with him last
Wednesday, indicated that he
felt that higher education has
received at least a satisfactory
share of his budget He did not
say, however, that the needs of
higher education have been met
From his responses to question,
he did not indicate a perceptive
knowledge of the conditions
which exist on the Oregon cam
puses.
Many have conjectured as to
the reasons why the Governor
did not propose additional tax
measures These conjectures are
of little significance to higher
education at the present Hat
field has finished his work on
the budget and the responsibili
ty for adequate appropriations
has been shifted to the state
legislature.
Let us make sure that we have
the facts straight on the inade
quacies which prevail in the
Governor's budget, as some are
deceptively hidden. The total
percentage of the expenditures
of higher education that the
Governor has approved do not
reflect the inadequacy of his
budget, as the budgetary office
of the Governor increased the
revenues from non-state sourc
es. In other words In; increased
revenues from expected gifts
and grants by $4,200,000. This
money, if received, would not
be available for instructional
purposes.
The budget therefore reduces
the instructional budget by $7,
230,768. Of this amount, $3,902,
757 was cut from the part of the
budget which provides for main
taining the EXISTING level of
services, taking into considera
tion increase enrollments. The
remainder of the reduction was
from the part of the budget
which seems to remove PRES
ENT OPERATING DEFICIEN
CIES and to add needed pro
grams. The Governor cut this
part of the budget by 90.4% His
suggested $20,000,000 building
program is less than half of
what the Board requested; this
request being based on careful
studies of existing buildings and
future enrollments.
Some have suggested (includ
im: the Governor) tliat the Gov
ernor's budget seeks to maintain
the standards established by the
1WB1 legislature This in fact
does not seem to be the ease.
Over $10,000,000 was chopped
from the State Board of Higher
Education's budget which sought
to maintain til standards over
$7 million in instruction and ST
million from the other activities
financed by the State Board
These cutbacks in the higher
education budgets, if approved
by the legislature, will serioie-ly
affect higher education in Ore
gon for years to come \\ stu
dents, we should certainly feel it
our responsibility to attempt to
insure a quality education" not
only for ourselves, but for the
students who will descend upon
our institutions of higher Learn
mg in the ensuing years The ex
pression of views by student
government leaders will not lx
enough if we want to see higher
education remain at the present
level, or progress with the rest
of the nation To gain passage
of a bond measure for buildings
on our campuses, to gain pass
age of sufficient revenue meas
ures to meet the costs of a quali
ty education, and to see that in
creased revenues are appropriat
ed to higher education, students
throughout the state system
must inform their parents, rela
tives, friends and neighbors of
the needs of higher education
and their relevance to referen
dum measures If we are active,
and accurately inform the pub
lie of the needs of higher edu
cation we will have fulfilled our
responsibility to the students
who will follow us.
Phil Sherburne
Junior Class President
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