Hazing Policy

“Pledge” means any person who has been accepted by, is considering an offer of membership from, or is in the process of qualifying for membership in an organization. 

“宣誓”是指与成为组织成员有关的任何行动或活动. 

“Student” means any person who:
A) is registered in or in attendance at an educational institution;
B) has been accepted for admission at the educational institution where the hazing incident occurs;  or
C)打算在一段假期后参加教育机构的任何常规会议.

“Organization” means a fraternity, sorority, association, corporation, order, society, corps, club, or student government, a band or musical group or an academic, athletic, cheerleading, or dance team, 包括参加全国大学体育协会比赛的任何团体或团队, or a service, social, or similar group, whose members are primarily students.

“Hazing” means any intentional, knowing, or reckless act, occurring on or off the campus of an educational institution, by one person alone or acting with others, directed against a student for the purpose of pledging, being initiated into, affiliating with, holding office in, or maintaining membership in an organization if the act:
A) is any type of physical brutality, such as whipping, beating, striking, branding, electronic shocking, placing a harmful substance on the body, or similar activity;
B) involves sleep deprivation, exposure to the elements, confinement in a small space, calisthenics, 或使学生面临不合理的伤害风险，或对学生的身心健康或安全产生不利影响的其他类似活动;
C) involves consumption of a food, liquid, alcoholic beverage, liquor, drug, or other substance, other than as described by Paragraph (E), 使学生面临不合理的伤害风险，或对学生的身心健康或安全产生不利影响;
D) is any activity that induces, causes, or requires the student to perform a duty or task that involves a violation of the Penal Code; or
E) involves coercing, as defined by Section 1.07, Penal Code, the student to consume: a drug; or an alcoholic beverage or liquor in an amount that would lead a reasonable person to believe that the student is intoxicated, as defined by Section 49.01, Penal Code.

According to the law, a person can commit a hazing offense not only by engaging in a hazing activity, but also by soliciting, directing, encouraging, aiding, or attempting to aid another in hazing; by intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly allowing hazing to occur; or by failing to report in writing to the Dean of Students knowledge that a hazing incident is planned or has occurred (see Sec. 37.152).

如果一个组织纵容或鼓励欺侮行为，或者如果一名官员或任何成员的组合，该组织就构成欺侮罪, pledges, 或该组织的校友承诺或协助欺侮委员会(见第2节). 37.153).

一个人对欺侮活动的同意并不使该活动合法化. 37.154)

A)  In the prosecution of an offense under this subchapter, 对于被传唤为控方作证并确实为控方作证的每个人，法院可给予对该罪行的豁免起诉.
B)  Any person who voluntarily reports a specific hazing incident involving a student in an educational institution to the dean of students or other appropriate official of the institution is immune from civil or criminal liability that might otherwise be incurred or imposed as a result of the reported hazing incident if the person: reports the incident before being contacted by the institution concerning the incident or otherwise being included in the institution’s investigation of the incident; and as determined by the dean of students or other appropriate official of the institution designated by the institution, cooperates in good faith throughout any institutional process regarding the incident.
C)第(b)款规定的豁免延伸至参与因报告而产生的任何司法程序.
D)  A person is not immune under Subsection (b) if the person: reports the person’s own act of hazing; or reports an incident of hazing in bad faith or with malice.

法律不影响或以任何方式限制大学执行自己的规则和/或惩罚欺凌的权利.

霍华德佩恩提供了一个匿名欺侮提交表格，供学生向学生活动主任报告欺侮事件.

德州立法机关制定的整个欺侮法案的副本可以从学生生活办公室获得，或者欺侮法案的全文可以在“德州立法机关在线”网站上查看: http://www.legis.state.tx.us/

The hazing bill is found in the Texas Education Code, Chapter 37, sections 37.151 through 37.158.