Anyone can report hazing to the University by contacting Student Leadership and Involvement, Student Accountability and Conflict Response or reporting anonymously via an online form. Even if a person reporting hazing reveals their identity to the University, Penn State staff take every step available to keep identities confidential.
Penn State University Statement Regarding Hazing
The university defines hazing as
any action or situation that recklessly or intentionally endangers the mental or physical health or safety of a student or that willfully destroys or removes public or private property for the purpose of initiation or admission into or affiliation with, or as a condition for continued membership in, any registered student organization.
Hazing includes, but is not limited to,
any brutality of a physical nature, such as whipping, beating, branding, forced calisthenics, exposure to the elements, forced consumption of any food, liquor, drug, or other substance or any other forced physical activity that could adversely affect the physical health and safety of the individual to extreme mental stress, such as sleep deprivation, forced exclusion from social contact, forced conduct that could result in extreme embarrassment, or any other forced activity that could adversely affect the mental health or dignity of the individual, or any willful destruction or removal of public or private property.
Any activities as described in this definition upon which the initiation or admission into or affiliation with or continued membership in a registered student organization is directly or indirectly conditioned shall be presumed to be “forced” activity, the willingness of an individual to participate in such activity notwithstanding. Any registered student organization that commits hazing is subject to disciplinary action by the appropriate registering organization.
Pennsylvania State Anti-Hazing Law
Timothy J. Piazza Anti-hazing Law
Hazing Statistics, Prevention & Reporting
Provided by Eastern Kentucky University
