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Hazing

The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor prohibits all forms of hazing, including solicitation to engage in hazing and aiding and abetting another person who is engaged in hazing.

Report Safety Concerns or Malicious Behavior

The following is a summary of Chapter 37, subchapter F. (搂搂 37.151-157) of the Texas Education Code, which prohibits hazing in Texas public or private high schools. Texas Education Code 搂51.936 applies Chapter 37鈥檚 prohibition on hazing to institutions of higher education. This summary of Chapter 37 is provided as required by 搂51.936(d).

Hazing is a criminal violation under Texas law. A person commits an offense if the person engages in hazing; solicits, encourages, directs, aids, or attempts to aid another in engaging in hazing, recklessly permits hazing to occur; or has firsthand knowledge of the planning of a specific hazing incident involving a student in an educational institution, or has firsthand knowledge that a specific hazing incident has occurred, and knowingly fails to report that knowledge to the Dean of Students, campus police, other appropriate university official, a peace officer, or a law enforcement agency.

Both failing to report hazing and hazing that does not result in serious bodily injury are Class B misdemeanors. Hazing that results in serious bodily injury is a Class A misdemeanor. Hazing resulting in a death is a state jail felony.

If an organization condones or encourages hazing or if an officer or any combination of members, pledges, or alumni of the organization commits or assists in the commission of hazing, the organization may be fined $5,000 to $10,000 or, for incidents causing personal injury or property damage, an amount double the loss or expenses incurred because of the hazing incident. It is not a defense to prosecution that the person hazed consented to the hazing activity.

Any person voluntarily reporting a specific hazing incident to the Dean of Students, another appropriate institutional official, a peace officer, or a law enforcement agency is immune from civil and criminal liability if (1) the person reports the incident before being contacted by the University or the law enforcement agency concerning the incident or otherwise being included in the University鈥檚 or agency鈥檚 investigation of the incident, and (2) the Dean of Students or law enforcement agency determines that the person has cooperated in good faith throughout the investigation and disciplinary processes regarding the incident. Immunity does not apply if the person is reporting his or her own act of hazing or if the report is made in bad faith or with malice.

State law does not limit or affect the university鈥檚 right to enforce its own penalties against hazing.

The Education Code defines hazing as 鈥渁ny 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:

• is any type of physical brutality, such as whipping, beating, striking, branding, electronic shocking, placing of a harmful substance on the body, or similar activity;
• involves sleep deprivation, exposure to the elements, confinement in a small space, calisthenics, or other similar activity that subjects the student to an unreasonable risk of harm or that adversely affects the mental or physical health or safety of the student;
• involves consumption of a food, liquid, alcoholic beverage, liquor, drug, or other substance, other than as described by Paragraph (E), that subjects the student to an unreasonable risk of harm or that adversely affects the mental or physical health or safety of the student;
• 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
• involves coercing the student to consume a drug, or to consume an alcoholic beverage or liquor in an amount that would lead a reasonable person to believe that the student is intoxicated.

Coercion is defined by Texas law and includes, among other things, a threat, however communicated, to expose a person to contempt or ridicule.

Some examples of activities that may meet the definition of hazing and that the university prohibits include, but may not be limited to:

• Paddling in any form, pushing, hitting, or physical threats
• Creation of excessive fatigue, or forced or coerced participation in calisthenics
• Physical or psychological shocks
• Misuse of authority by virtue of one鈥檚 class rank or leadership position
• Striking another student by hand or with any instrument
• Any form of physical bondage of a student
• Taking a student to an outlying area and dropping him/her off
• Forcing a student into a violation of the law or a university rule such as indecent exposure, trespassing, violation of visitations, etc. Forcing, requiring, or endorsing another student to drink alcohol or any other substance, and/or providing such alcohol or other substance
• Theft of property under any circumstances
• Defacing trees, ground, or buildings
• Unapproved quests, treasure hunts, scavenger hunts, road trips, or other such activities
• Causing a person to wear, publicly, apparel that is conspicuous and not normally in good taste
• Engaging in public stunts, buffoonery, or morally degrading or humiliating games or activities
• Late work sessions
• Other activities not consistent with the rules, regulations, and policies of the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor.

Hazing Incident Reports Included in the Annual Security Report

The University includes reportable incidents of hazing in its annual security report. 鈥淭he term 鈥榟azing鈥�, for purposes of reporting statistics on hazing incidents means 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 the physical preparation necessary for participation in an athletic team), of physical or psychological injury including
  • whipping, beating, striking, electronic shocking, placing of a harmful substance on someone鈥檚 body, or similar activity;
  • causing, coercing, or otherwise inducing sleep deprivation, exposure to the elements, confinement in a small space, extreme calisthenics, or other 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.

For more information on the Annual Security Report, see the 麻豆视频直播 website section entitled 鈥淎nnual Security and Fire Safety Report.鈥�

How to Report Hazing

To make a report of any type of hazing or to determine if a proposed activity constitutes hazing, contact the Office of the Dean of Students or, if the Dean of Students is not available, contact the University Police Department. If the hazing incident is currently occurring, it should be reported without delay. If you have immediate safety concerns, first call 911, then call the University Police at (254) 295-5555.

Disciplinary Procedures for Hazing

Any allegations of hazing will be investigated by the Dean of Students or an investigator designated by the Dean of Students. If the investigation yields evidence of hazing, appropriate disciplinary action will be taken against the individual and/or organization deemed responsible for the hazing. Disciplinary action will follow the processes outlined in the Student Handbook for violations of the student rules of conduct.

Hazing Reports Prior to 2025-26

Information regarding hazing in the previous three years can be found below:

• 2022-23: none
• 2023-24: none
• 2024-25: none