The Awakening: Pledging In The United States

Every year, many high school graduates are excited to go to college to further their education and experience their first year as adults out on their own. Large amounts of these freshmen choose to pledge to fraternities and sororities. A problem with the pledging process is that the veterans haze the applicants which is the practice of initiating new members into a group by using harassment and humiliation. Many times, when applicants are hazed, the things they are asked to do could ultimately be considered bullying, harmful to themselves or others, and illegal.
Tim Piazza lost his life due to hazing. During a hazing activity, he fell down a flight of stairs leaving him with an abdomen full of blood, a lacerated spleen, and multiple brain