Acts of hazing

· Physical brutality such as paddling, whipping, beating, striking, branding, electrical shocking, placing harmful substances on the body or similar activities.

· Physical activities that put students at risk such as sleep deprivation, exposure to the elements, confinement in small or dark spaces and calisthenics.

· Forced consumption of substances such as food, liquid, alcoholic beverages, drugs or other substances that may affect a student’s mental or physical health.

· Activities that intimidate or threaten a student with ostracism.

· Activities that subject a student to extreme mental stress, shame or humiliation.

· Activities that affect the mental health or dignity of the student including, but not limited to, compelling a student to: perform acts of personal servitude, participate in treasure hunts, road trips or scavenger hunts.

· Activities that jeopardize students’ ability to fulfill academic requirements by requiring such things as late work sessions, deprive students of ample study time or prevent class or study session attendance.

· Activities that induce, cause or require a student perform an act violating the Texas Penal Code or the Code of Student Conduct.

Source: Code of Student Conduct