68 Hosting or attending a gathering of more than the current occupancy of the room plus two (2) is not permitted. Hazing Policy Wagner College is dedicated to promoting a safe living and learning campus environment for its students, faculty, staff and visitors. As such, Wagner College will not tolerate hazing activities by any students, groups, faculty, staff, athletic teams or student organizations. Wagner College strictly prohibits hazing. Hazing of a student by any organization or group or its members is absolutely prohibited. All campus community members have a responsibility to address hazing. All campus organizations are prohibited from engaging in or tolerating hazing. For purposes of this policy, organizations are defined as a club, society, association, varsity or junior varsity athletic team, club sports team, fraternity, sorority, band, or student government in which two or more of the members are students enrolled at Wagner College, whether or not the organization is established or recognized by the institution. Hazing is any activity that recklessly or intentionally humiliates, degrades, or endangers the mental, emotional, or physical health of someone for the purpose of initiation into or affiliation with any group or organization. The express or implied consent of participants or victims will not be a defense. Pursuant to the Stop Campus Hazing Act, hazing is further defined as any intentional, knowing, or reckless act committed by a person (whether individually or in concert with other persons) against another person or persons regardless of the willingness of such other person or persons to participate, that: 1. Is committed in the course of an initiation into, an affiliation with, or the maintenance of members in, a student organization; and a. Causes of creates a risk, above reasonable risk encountered in the course of participation in the institution of higher education or the organization, of physical or psychological injury including: 2. whipping, beating, striking, electronic shocking, placing of a harmful substance on someone’s body, or similar activity, including paddling, branding, pelting, or throwing objects; a. causing, coercing, or otherwise inducing sleep deprivation, exposure to the elements, confinement in a small space, extreme calisthenics, or other similar activity, including kidnapping, abandonment, scavenger hunts, etc.; b. causing, coercing, or otherwise inducing another person to consume food, liquid, alcohol, drugs, or other substances; c. causing, coercing, or otherwise inducing another person to perform sexual acts; d. any activity that places another person in reasonable fear of bodily harm through the use of threatening words or conduct; e. any activity against another person that includes a criminal violation of local, State, Tribal, or Federal law; f. any activity that induces, causes, or requires another person to perform a duty or task that involves a criminal violation of local, State, Tribal, or Federal law. Health and Safety of Others
