Timothy Piazza’s story is heart wrenchingly impactful, but what we fail to realize is that it’s just one of many. Every semester fraternities across the nation gather a group of hopeful young pledges anxious to become apart of an organization greater than themselves. Each …show more content…
When asked about why he wanted to join a fraternity he explained to me, “I was looking to find a community within the school. Having known people who had found their lifelong friends within there fraternities, I wanted just the same,” (personal interview, Why go Greek?). Christopher was fully aware of the stigmas associated with the rushing a fraternity and he expected some kind of hazing rituals to commence once he joined. He shared that he was made to take a hike with his fellow pledges, while intoxicated, and asked to jump off steep ledges to prove their commitment to the fraternity. If the older brothers had done it, why shouldn’t the new pledges? Some even injured themselves doing this, but to most of them, these decisions were all worthwhile if it granted them