I am a man different backgrounds. First and foremost, I am a United States Marine, second I am a Brother in the Bond of Phi Delta Theta, and last I am a college man at California State University, Chico.  Through experiences with each of these organizations I have come in to contact with all sorts of people. I serve with Marines who are not in college; I serve with some that are. I meet active members and alumni of Phi Delta Theta. Of course, I also interact with a great number of  Chico State students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No matter whom I meet, it seems that hazing is a popular topic.  I\u2019ve found that a lot of the people can develop stereotypical images of both the Marines and the Greek system, with regards to hazing. Not only outside of these organizations, but also within I find that members of both these Brotherhoods have their own idea of what hazing can be. I may be talking to a marine about my fraternity, or sometimes a fraternity Brother about the Marines. No matter whom I talk to one question everyone seems to ask is: \u201cDid you get hazed?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now I can recall some incidents in boot camp where our drill instructors walk a fine line between training and hazing, yet they never seem to cross it. I usually tell the person I\u2019m talking to that, \u201cNo, it was alright.\u201d However whenever I am talking to a Marine or someone else outside of my chapter, and they ask, \u201cDoes your Fraternity haze you?\u201d I am proud to say that I can honestly answer no.  There is absolutely no incident that I can recall that even came close to hazing. In fact I can still remember one of the first things our president, Justin Self, told me. He said, \u201cWe are not interested and breaking men down; we are interested in building them up.\u201d This philosophy was ever present throughout my pledging process. Even though I did not get hazed, I know that it still goes on in other fraternities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This last weekend I traveled to my Marine Corps unit for training. I received my annual class from my commanding officer on hazing in the Marine Corps. One of the first things he asked the group was, \u201cWho here is in college?\u201d Many hands went up, including my own. He then asked,   \u201cWho here is in a fraternity?\u201d All but five hands went down. He then had the five of us stand up. The instructor then proceeded to ask each of us if we had been hazed by our fraternity Brothers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Out of all the other Marines I was the only one who answered \u201cNo\u201d. At first the instructor looked at me as if I was lying. Considering the fact that I plan to be a Marine for some time, lying to my commanding officer would not be a good idea. So he asked me again, \u201cAre you sure you didn\u2019t get hazed?\u201d I looked him straight in the eyes and answered again, \u201cNo sir, not once.\u201d He was convinced after that and the last thing he said to me was, \u201cWell\u2026 I guess you picked an outstanding Fraternity to join.\u201d I truly believe that Phi Delta Theta is that outstanding fraternity and it is experiences such as this that reminds me of it every day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LCpl. Jordan Campbell
#328, California Xi
Chico State University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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