Compliance: Hazing

UC Riverside Policy Statement on Hazing

Hazing
The University of California-Riverside prohibits student-athletes from engaging in any activity that may be considered hazing. Hazing is defined as any intentional or reckless action or situation that endangers the mental or physical health or safety of a student for the purpose of initiation or admission into or affiliation with any organization operating at the University. Such an organization or group would include any athletic team.

Hazing includes actions which do not contribute to the positive development of a person, which inflict or intend to cause emotional, physical, or mental harm and anxieties, which demean, degrade, or disgrace any person regardless of location, intent, or consent of participants, and/or which produces emotional or physical discomfort, harassment, humiliation, or ridicule for the purpose of “testing” the student prior to becoming or as a member of a group. Examples of hazing include, but are not limited to: striking a student, sleep deprivation, coercing a student to eat or drink any substance, preventing/restricting normal personal hygiene, applying a substance to a person’s body, or requiring uncomfortable, ridiculous or embarrassing dress.

Allegations of hazing will be investigated and student-athletes found to have engaged in hazing activities will receive sanctions which may include, but are not limited to: suspension from practice and/or competition, removal from the team, cancellation of athletics financial aid, and University penalties, including suspension or expulsion from the institution.

The UCR Athletics Department repeats its support of the University’s position on hazing. In no circumstance does UCR Athletics condone the practices of hazing for any student-athlete activity. The elements of hazing being a determinative factor in an individual making or participating as part of a team are never tolerated.