Stoops said there’s a zero-tolerance policy at UT when it comes to hazing and said there’s been increased education on hazing and increased accountability in addition to the anonymous reporting options available. “And that was like my freshman year, so I don't really know of something specific.” I think it was rather endangerment of people,” Stoops said. “I don't think that there were instances where there was hazing. Other universities of similar size in Ohio have experienced their fair share of hazing incidents as well.Īt University of Toledo, Megan Stoops, the outgoing panhellenic president and a senior studying psychology, also never witnessed hazing. And so they assume, ‘Well these other students should have to go through something similar to get into this group,’ and then it becomes, ‘Not only should they go through something similar, but we should make it a little more extreme.’”Īnd, although hazing is a risk, people join those organizations because there is usually a positive aspect presented, according to Hoyt. “And then I think it persists because what happens is one student had to go through this to get into this group. “So hazing, even though it can take on some terrible forms, has this ability to build loyalty and positive feelings towards the group. Because an individual cannot change their behavior to affect a new outcome, they will choose to change their attitude, according to Hoyt. Insufficient justification is a theory that states people are more likely to participate in an act that goes against their personal beliefs when offered a small reward instead of a large reward. “And it's all about cognitive dissonance, which is where the insufficient justification comes in.”Ĭognitive dissonance is when a person’s actions do not align with a person’s personal beliefs. Afterward, you say to yourself, ‘Well, why did I really do this?’’ Hoyt said. “Not even just getting the hazing but if you get into groups is really hard to get into, you had to really work hard to do that. On top of wanting to be part of a group, insufficient justification plays a role.
Sandra Hoyt, a professor of instruction within the psychology department at OU, said there are multiple factors that go into why hazing happens, but the basis is the desire people have to belong to groups. “That allows students a voice away from their organization to hear about what hazing might look like.” “From the school's perspective, they introduced the UC 1500 class, which is ‘Intro to Sorority and Fraternity Life,’” Uqdah said.
For his fraternity, the national chapter also provides materials. The depth of educating one’s fraternity on hazing depends on the organization, Uqdah said. Uqdah’s fraternity was given a hazing module from OU to complete, which went over what hazing looks like, what the warning signs are and what hazing is. When it came to forced drinking, Uqdah said he heard of that being a part of other organizations too. “Everything that I hear is always like hearsay, until there's a document or a group chat that is leaked where it's without a doubt what this chapter is doing on this campus,” Uqdah said. Uqdah held various leadership positions within the organization and said he has not witnessed any hazing based on his definition of “anything that someone would do to gain membership into a fraternity that goes against their personal moral code.” Uqdah said, however, because his definition is so broad, it is likely someone could consider an act or situation to be hazing that he personally might not. Other schools, like those in the Mid-American Conference in Ohio, including Kent State University, Miami University, Bowling Green State University, University of Akron and University of Toledo, have also had hazing allegations in the years before and since 2019.īeau Uqdah, a senior studying integrated language arts at OU, joined Phi Delta Theta in fall 2019. Through the years, other greek life organizations, like Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, alongside other organizations across campus, like the OU men’s club soccer team and waterpolo team, have all faced hazing allegations, according to previous Post reports. In 2019, OU’s greek life organizations, in addition to the Marching 110 and the men’s rugby club, received cease and desist orders as the university investigated allegations of hazing.
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