As colleges and universities across the nation plan their Spring
Break activities and prepare for the return of in-person learning,
educational institutions must remember that hazing is not limited
to the Fall “rush” or on-campus activities. Spring
break may bring additional challenges for colleges and universities
as students remaining on campus are less visible to faculty and
staff while classes are in recess. Maintaining proper oversight of
campus-related activities to restrict hazing activities will be
critical to ensuring proper compliance with growing restrictions
under anti-hazing laws.
Hazing is not a new phenomenon. It includes a wide range of
conduct, such as excessive alcohol consumption, physical violence
and any activity that may cause mental health injury. As
hazing-related injuries and deaths have garnered more attention in
recent years and anti-hazing legislation has cracked down on hazing
activities, students who haze and the institutions they attend
