What is Hazing?

Know Hazing When You See It

Hazing is behavior related to organizational membership or potential membership, regardless of consent or intentionality, that meets two or more of the following:

  1. Is inconsistent with the purpose of the organization;
  2. Is negligent or reckless in nature;
  3. Introduces risk factors;
  4. Increases vulnerability factors;
  5. Unreasonably interferes with academic activities or success

Risk and Vulnerability

Fayetteville State University Policy

Student Code of Conduct    Hazing Policy    Student Handbook

North Carolina Statute – §14-35

Hazing; definition and punishment

Replace NCGS 14-35 language with the following language from SL 2025-73 (SB 375):
§ 14‑35.  Hazing; definition and punishment. Effective December 1, 2025
  • (a) It is unlawful for any student in attendance at any university, college, or school in this State to engage in hazing, or to aid or abet any other student in the commission of this offense. Any violation of this section subsection shall constitute a Class A1 misdemeanor.
  • (b) It is unlawful for any school personnel, including, but not limited to, a teacher, school administrator, student teacher, school safety officer, or coach, at any university, college, or school in this State to engage in hazing or to aid or abet any other person in the commission of this offense. Any violation of this subsection shall constitute a Class I felony.
  • (c) For the purposes of this section, hazing is defined as subjecting a student to physical or serious psychological injury as part of an initiation, or as a prerequisite to membership, into any organized school group, including any society, athletic team, fraternity or sorority, or other similar group.

Stop Campus Hazing Act (S.2901, H.R. 5646)

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

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