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Hazing Prevention Policy

Hazing Prevention: What You Need To Know and What You Can Do

Preventing Hazing and Staying Safe

The best way to prevent hazing is to choose groups that value respect, inclusivity, and positive traditions. Ask direct questions during recruitment: “What are the new member activities like?” and “Does this group have a hazing policy?” Reputable organizations will answer openly and have clear, transparent processes. If you experience or witness hazing, speak up—report it immediately to a trusted faculty member, advisor, dean of students, or campus safety office. Many incidents go unreported because students fear retaliation or losing social connections, but colleges are required to take these reports seriously and protect reporters. You can also help prevent hazing by promoting healthy group bonding alternatives like community service projects, team-building workshops, or social events.

Recognizing & Preventing Hazing

Recognizing Hazing

Hazing includes any activity or situation, often tied to joining a club, sports team, fraternity, sorority, or other student group, that humiliates, degrades, risks physical or emotional harm, or creates unnecessary stress for new or prospective members. Common examples include forced alcohol consumption, sleep deprivation, humiliating public stunts, physical exercises as punishment, or requiring new members to perform personal services for existing members. Importantly, hazing can happen even if someone “agrees” to participate—consent does not make it acceptable. At a community college, hazing might look subtler than at large universities: it could involve mandatory late-night “bonding” sessions, scavenger hunts with dangerous or embarrassing tasks, or pressure to prove loyalty through risky behaviors. If an activity makes you or others feel unsafe, uncomfortable, or pressured, it is likely hazing. Trust your instincts and know that true belonging does not require you to endure harm.

Alcohol and Hazing: Examining the Intersections and Considering Implications for Campus Prevention

Alcohol and Hazing

Research indicates that student hazing occurs in a range of campus clubs, organizations, and teams. Hazing activities can include humiliating and degrading behavior, harassment, and physical abuse, and sometimes, hazing can be deadly. This webinar will provide participants with foundational information about hazing and its prevention with a particular emphasis on the intersections of hazing and alcohol misuse. Presenters will highlight research findings about campus hazing and its prevention, the Hazing Prevention Framework, and implications for the work of AOD professionals in higher education.

Presenters: Dr. Elizabeth Allan, Lauri Sidelko, & David Kerschner