Hazing

Hazing: Any intentional, knowing, or reckless act committed by a person (whether individually or in concert with other persons) against another person or persons regardless of the willingness of such other person or persons to participate that:
 

• is committed in the course of an initiation into, an affiliation with, or the maintenance of membership, in a student organization; and
• causes or creates a risk, above the reasonable risk encountered in the course of participation in the institution of higher education or the organization (such as physical preparation necessary for participation in an athletic team), of physical or psychological injury including:
  •    whipping, beating, striking, electronic shocking, placing a harmful substance on someone’s body, or similar activity
  •    causing, coercing, or otherwise inducing sleep deprivation, exposure to the elements, confinement in a small space, extreme calisthenics, or similar activity;
  •    causing, coercing, or otherwise inducing another person to consume food, liquid, alcohol, drugs, or other substances;
  •    causing, coercing, or otherwise inducing another person to perform sexual acts;
  •    any activity that places another person in reasonable fear of bodily harm through the use of threatening words or conduct;
  •    any activity against another person that includes a criminal violation of local, State, Tribal, or Federal law; and
  •    any activity that induces, causes, or requires another person to perform a duty or task that involves a criminal violation of local, State, Tribal, or Federal law.