Savannah State University’s Greek Life Council hosted a “These Hands Don’t Haze” yard festival Friday, Sept. 29 at 6 p.m. on the Unity Plot. This was one of many events put together by the Greek Life Council to celebrate their Anti-Hazing week, which was from September 25th-29th. All of these events are to bring students together, as well as bring awareness to anti-hazing.
Savannah State University has an anti-hazing policy for all organizations that comes with serious consequences, which can be found on the Savannah State website. It states, “individuals, clubs, organizations or groups could be subject to fines and charged with a criminal offense for hazing.” By creating this anti-hazing week, this is a way students can engage while being informed and educated on the matter.
Richard Robbins is a senior as well as president of the Gamma Zeta chapter of Phi Beta Sigma fraternity here at Savannah State. He shared his thoughts on anti-hazing week, “it is important to represent yourself and your organization in the best way possible,” Robbins stated. “Hazing is not the right way, and we want to push that onto the students through anti-hazing week. This yard fest is going to give a pre-Homecoming vibe for everyone to have a good time, get to know what D9 is like and interact with the student body. We expect it to be very successful this year because there are more students this semester and they are showing up to a lot of the events so far.”
Anti-Hazing week was filled with different and unique events, such as movie night, panel discussions, as well as a street clean up that took place Saturday, Sept. 30th. This is Savannah State’s second yard fest to celebrate anti-hazing week. Students were encouraged to come out, be informed, and have a good time.
