26 LEHIGH UNIVERSITY Anti-Hazing Policy Lehigh University is dedicated to promoting a safe and healthy campus environment that fosters respect for the dignity and rights of all its community members. As such, the University strictly prohibits hazing activities of any kind. This Policy is intended to comply with all applicable state and federal laws and regulations, including the Timothy J. Piazza Antihazing Law (Act 80 of 2018) and Stop Campus Hazing Act. This Policy applies to: • All Lehigh University students, and • Any Student Organization as defined by this Policy Definition: Lehigh University defines Hazing as: any action taken or situation created, whether on or off campus, to produce mental or physical discomfort, embarrassment, harassment, or ridicule. Hazing includes but is not limited to any brutality of a physical nature, such as paddling, 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 would subject the individual to physical harm or mental stress, such as sleep deprivation, forced exclusion from social contact, forced conduct which could result in extreme embarrassment, or any other forced activity which would adversely affect the mental health or dignity of the individual. Among prohibited activities are forced or coerced activities which create excessive fatigue; cause physical and psychological shocks; involve kidnapping; involve morally questionable quests, treasure hunts, scavenger hunts, or any other such activities; involve publicly wearing apparel that is conspicuous and not normally in good taste; cause students to engage in public stunts and buffoonery, morally degrading or humiliating games and activities, or late night activities which interfere with scholastic activities. Also prohibited are any activities that are in violation of federal, state, or local laws, this Code of Conduct, or accepted standards of good taste or propriety. For purposes of this definition, any activity described in this paragraph upon which the admission into or affiliation with an organization is directly or indirectly conditioned shall be presumed to be “forced or coerced” activity, the willingness of an individual to participate in such activity notwithstanding. (Lehigh University Code of Conduct https://studentaffairs.lehigh.edu/content/ code-conduct) Pennsylvania State Law defines Hazing as: CHAPTER 28 ANTIHAZING § 2802. Hazing. (a) Offense defined.–A person commits the offense of hazing if the person intentionally, knowingly or recklessly, for the purpose of initiating, admitting or affiliating a minor or student into or with an organization, or for the purpose of continuing or enhancing a minor or student’s membership or status in an organization, causes, coerces or forces a minor or student to do any of the following: (1) Violate Federal or State criminal law. (2) Consume any food, liquid, alcoholic liquid, drug or other substance which subjects the minor or student to a risk of emotional or physical harm. (3) Endure brutality of a physical nature, including whipping, beating, branding, calisthenics or exposure to the elements. (4) Endure brutality of a mental nature, including activity adversely affecting the mental health or dignity of the individual, sleep deprivation, exclusion from social contact or conduct that could result in extreme embarrassment. (5) Endure brutality of a sexual nature. (6) Endure any other activity that creates a reasonable likelihood of bodily injury to the minor or Student. (18 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 2802) Reporting Hazing All members of the University community who believe they have witnessed, experienced, or are aware of conduct that constitutes Hazing are encouraged to report the conduct to the following: • Lehigh University Police Department (610 758 4200) • The Office of Student Conduct (610 758 4632) • An online reporting form: (www.lehigh.edu/go/ hazingreport) • Anonymously through texting or WhatsApp: Text Message: 484-573-7678 Hazing Prevention & Awareness Programs Lehigh University provides research-informed campus-wide hazing prevention and awareness programs
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