webfact Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 Almost 10,000 join anti-freshmen initiation protest onlineBy Coconuts BangkokBANGKOK: -- An online movement opposed to the infamous orientation activities for Thai college freshmen, known locally as SOTUS, has gained momentum in the past few days, with almost 10,000 people joining a Facebook group expressing opposition to the tradition.The group called Anti-SOTUS has protested what it describes as unreasonably harsh, violent and fear-driven activities.Since university admission results have just been released, many parents are worried about the wellbeing of their children. There have been widespread reports of injuries during SOTUS activities in past decades, which take place during the late-summer beginning of Thailand’s academic year.SOTUS, which stands for Seniority Order Tradition Unity Spirit, normally takes place during the first month of each academic year.Full story: http://bangkok.coconuts.co/2013/05/10/almost-10000-join-anti-freshmen-initiation-protest-online-- Coconuts Bangkok 2013-05-10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post GentlemanJim Posted May 10, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted May 10, 2013 Good, I hope they get it banned. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NongKhaiKid Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 Good, I hope they get it banned. Definitely but the problem is too many uni presidents think it's " character building ", gets freshmen into the school spirit and other such meaningless crap but they always deny knowledge of the rough stuff. I have taught at a rural uni and on the days freshmen were due to arrive students from every faculty went to the bus station with welcoming banners from that faculty and would sing and dance all day as they greeted the new arrivals. A casual observer could be forgiven for thinking it was a lovely gesture and so on but that was the public face of the " welcome " and the nasty business was conducted on campus. Naturally the president and his assistants had no knowledge of that and frankly didn't want to know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ianatlarge Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 Ditto, get it banded. Kudos to the students opposing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
animatic Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 Never seen the sense, unless you think beating in the pecking order in the place is a viable reason. Which I DO NOT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Payboy Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 It had its moments though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GentlemanJim Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 It had its moments though. hazing.jpg Ah, in this particular one the boys put bananas in their zips and the girls all have to simulate giving oral sex.....don't comply and you are ostracized by the rest of your house/frat and will never be invited to any social or sporting event for the rest of your time at Uni. Some of the 'team building' exercises are much worse! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locationthailand Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 A very US tradition? Frat? Freshman? Terms traditionally only used in the US. At least they mentioned university and not 'college' education. But the behaviour of young adults in trying to 'press' the pecking order, is it no wonder there are rival scuffles between students? Mob mentality with no intelligent logic behind it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubl Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 (edited) Studying at the University of Technology in Delft, the Netherlands in the 70's I missed out on the hazing. Still lots of stories around that time, but mostly regarding the traditional universities.BTW this reminds me of the movie Soldier of Orange, 1977 directed by Paul Verhoeven. It starts with a hazing scene at the University of Leiden, 1938. This clip has the scene start at 04:00, but you might (want to) skip to near the end at 08:00. Spoiler alert: NO nudity (in this clip). Oh, and English subtitles. Excuses, Dutch humour Edited May 10, 2013 by rubl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetsetBkk Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 It had its moments though. hazing.jpg Yes. All bad. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post technologybytes Posted May 11, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted May 11, 2013 It's one thing to join an online protest, it's another thing altogether to stand up and protest in person. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guru Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 Is this nonsense carried out in the US? All I remember of my uk university was copious amounts of alcohol indulgence and the campus 14. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiangmaikelly Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 (edited) A very US tradition? Frat? Freshman? Terms traditionally only used in the US. At least they mentioned university and not 'college' education. But the behaviour of young adults in trying to 'press' the pecking order, is it no wonder there are rival scuffles between students? Mob mentality with no intelligent logic behind it. Maybe you want to google British boarding school hazing. I believe the term used was, F***** Edited May 11, 2013 by chiangmaikelly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djlest Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 Never any hazing in 99% of British universities, public ones at least - if there was i can only imagine retaliation and retribution.Private establishments are more secular and a pecking order more prominent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiangmaikelly Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 Never any hazing in 99% of British universities, public ones at least - if there was i can only imagine retaliation and retribution. Private establishments are more secular and a pecking order more prominent http://britishhazing.blogspot.com/2010/01/student-hazing-death-in-britain.html http://britishhazing.blogspot.com/2010/01/tom-ward-british-rugby-hazing-death.html http://britishhazing.blogspot.com/2009/03/wasted-death-of-gavin-britton-exeter.html The problem is not uniquely American, says Eric Anderson, an American professor at the University of Winchester in the UK. He says he sees just as much hazing in the UK as in the US. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17945000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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