Stefano is a freshman at a small college called Hinchley University

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• Stefano is a freshman at a small college
  called Hinckley University. Although Hinchley
  doesnt recognize Greek life, there are plenty of
  nationally recognized fraternities and sororities
  off campus. Even before Stefano applied to
  college, he knew he wanted to rush a fraternity.
  His father was in a fraternity and always told
  Stefano that he gained valuable life lessons out
  of his experience that shaped who he became as an
  individual. When Stefano gets to Hinchley,
  however, he is disappointed that his fathers
  fraternity doesnt have a chapter at his school.
  He forgets about rushing a fraternity until
  winter quarter comes around and fraternities host
  rush week.

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• Stefano decides to attend rush week to see
  if he can find an organization that fits his
  mold. Hes looking for fraternity brothers who
  care about academics as much as socializing and
  who walk the talk supporting worthwhile
  philanthropies. At the end of rush, Stefano
  thinks hes found just what he wants in a
  fraternity called Alpha Iota. Alpha Iota
  extends Stefano a bid and he accepts. Soon,
  however, Stefano finds some of his fraternity
  brothers are not the kind of guys he really wants
  to hang around with. While a lot of the members
  are great, several others both publically and
  privately show disrespect towards other
  fraternities and all women on and off campus. In
  addition, there is hostility between the brothers
  themselves that Stefano didnt see during rush.
  He soon finds out it may be from hazing the
  pledges are forced to undertake. Only a couple
  days into his pledge period, on a Monday night,
  Stefano is locked in a dark basement with his
  pledge brothers.

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• First, they are instructed to finish a keg
  of beer amongst the 25 pledges. After this, they
  are forced to stay awake all night, still locked
  in the basement, by blasting music and active
  brothers going around slapping pledges awake who
  fall asleep. Stefano finds himself torn. Hed
  like to belong to a fraternity so that he has a
  good social network on campus. But should he
  continue to go through the pledge period to join
  this exclusive club, even though he doesnt
  respect some of the members and he doesnt feel
  comfortable with the hazing?
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• Answer the following question.
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• Q1. Do you believe the desire to be in a Greek
  organizationeven one that hazesshould outweigh
  a college students moral conscience? Comment
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• Q2. If you were forced to do something you didnt
  want to do to join an exclusive organization,
  would you do it? Discuss.

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