The University of Washington prohibits student organizations and their members
from engaging individually or collectively in hazing activities. The Student Conduct Code (CH. 478-120 WAC)
includes hazing or conspiracy to engage in hazing as an instance of misconduct.
Hazing includes:
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Any method of initiation into a student organization or living group, or
any pastime or amusement engaged in with respect to such an organization or
living group, that causes, or is likely to cause, bodily danger or physical
harm, or serious mental or emotional harm, to any student or other person attending
the University; and/or
- Conduct associated with initiation into a student organization or
living group, or any pastime or amusement engaged in with respect to an
organization or living group not amounting to a violation of Number 1
above, but including such conduct as humiliation by ritual act and sleep
deprivation. Consent is no defense to hazing.
Student organizations whose members participate in hazing activities, and
the student members themselves, may be subject to appropriate University
disciplinary action. In accordance with state law, students who
participate in hazing of another shall forfeit any entitlement to
state-funded grants, scholarships or awards in addition to other sanctions
which may be imposed. Questions or complaints regarding hazing may be
referred to the Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs, the
Director of Student Activities and Union Facilities or the University
Ombudsman.