Is This Hazing?
False, this is not hazing.
Name the 3 categories of hazing.
Subtle
Harassment
Violent
What types of groups might participate in hazing? (Name at least two)
Sororities
Fraternities
Athletics
ROTC
Clubs and Organizations
Joining a club, organization, etc should be...
A) Painful
B) Easy
C) Rewarding
Sometimes joining a new group is not easy but it should NEVER be painful. You should enjoy your time in an organization from start to finish. At the end it should feel like it's worth it.
One of the older members of a fraternity or sorority decided they want to test the toughness of new members. The older member creates an activity called “freeze out” where the new members have to stand outside in cold weather while wearing only their undergarments. Is this considered hazing? Why or why not?
Yes, it is considered hazing because it causes embarrassment, shame, and disgrace to the new members. This scenario could also be physically detrimental to the participants.
False, this is not hazing.
What is the most well-known form of hazing?
Alcohol abuse.
Engages in any intentional, knowing, or reckless act, occurring on or off campus of an educational institution, by one person alone or acting with others, directed against a student, that endangers the mental or physical health or safety of a student for the purpose of pledging, being initiated to, affiliating with, holding office in, or maintaining membership in any university student organization, group, or team whose members are or include students at an educational institution.
What is hazing?
What Educational Development event is happening Wednesday in the Palo Duro?
What is the resource fair?
Every new members of an organization is sanctioned by the group to attend an educational program about drug use. Is this considered hazing? Why or why not?
No, this is not considered hazing. Every new member is required to complete it for educational purposes.
Being told to stay up late is a form of hazing. True or False?
True, this is hazing.
Paddling, whipping, beating, branding, exposure to the elements, forced consumption of any food.
What is physical hazing?
Engages in surveillance or recording of any type without the subject's knowledge or consent in areas where there is reasonable expectation of privacy and/or the broadcasting or distribution of such material.
What is privacy violation?
What are alternatives to hazing?
Working out together, studying together. Any activity that with help build bond and trust amongst members.
An organization decided that all new members must dress formally and carry with them a symbol representing that group for the duration of the week following initiation. The idea behind this is to show the rest of the campus you have been recruited and initiated the most outstanding individuals the university has to offer. Is this considered hazing? Why or why not?
Yes, this is a subtle form of hazing. The new members are required to dress differently than peers of equal status in the organization.
Having to do, say, or wear certain things is a form of hazing. True or False?
True, this is a form of hazing.
A group calls you mean names and degrades you and your fellow members.
What is harassment hazing?
What actions can be taken against groups who haze?
Cease and Desist
Temporary Suspension
Dissolving of the organization
What are the potential effects of hazing? (Name 3)
Sleep deprivation, Physical Injury, Hospitalization, Academic Decline, Relationships suffer, PTSD, Death
To earn “points”, your organization has decided that the newest members will perform tasks for the upper classmen of the group. These tasks include washing older members’ cars, picking up around the seniors’ houses/dorms, and being a designated driver? Is this considered hazing? Why or why not?
Yes, this is considered hazing because by performing these tasks the new members are treated as servants.
Having people stripe and run around campus is a form of hazing. True or False?
True, this is hazing.
Being told to buy food or supplies for high level members in the club you are trying to join, and they throw it away.
What is harassment hazing?
Where can you find resources about UTA's hazing policies and/or report them?
What is the Office of Community Standards website?
What actions can be taken against individuals that are hazing?
Prison and/or Fines
Expulsion from school
Removal from organization
Sanctions from the organization
An organization has decided that all new members must greet active members in a certain way when seen around campus. Is this considered hazing? Why or why not?
Yes, this is another subtle form of hazing because this requires new members to be made to act differently than that of other members in the organization.