Anti-Hazing

In accordance with Public Law No: 118-173 Stop Campus Hazing Act, Colby Community College does not condone Hazing and considers it a violation of their Civil Rights Policies and the Student Code of Conduct. As per Kansas definition and laws (21-5418):

Hazing

1. Hazing is recklessly coercing, demanding or encouraging another person to perform, as a condition of membership in a social or fraternal organization, any act which could reasonably be expected to result in great bodily harm, disfigurement or death or which is done in a manner whereby great bodily harm, disfigurement or death could be inflicted.
   
   
2. Hazing is a class B nonperson misdemeanor.

At Colby Community College, Hazing includes, but is not limited to:

1. Any physical activity, such as whipping, beating, branding, forced calisthenics, exposure to the
   elements, forced consumption of food, liquid, drugs or other substance or any other brutal
   treatment or other forced physical activity that is likely to adversely affect the physical health of
   the person.
   
   
2. Any mentally embarrassing, harassing, or ridiculing behaviors that create psychological shocks,
   to include but are not limited to such activities as: Engaging in public stunts and buffoonery,
   morale degradation or humiliating games and activities.
   
   
3. Any situation which subjects the individual to extreme stress, such as sleep deprivation, forced
   exclusion from social contact, required participation in public stunts, or forced conduct which
   produces pain, physical discomfort, or adversely affects the mental health or dignity of an
   individual.
   
   
4. Any expectations or commands that force individuals to engage in an illegal act and/or willful destruction or removal of public or private property.

Some examples of hazing include, but are not limited to:

1. Abuse because of one’s race, sex, religion, nationality or mental/physical condition;
2. Encouraging or requiring someone to drink excessively (i.e. alcohol, concoctions, water,
   other beverages);
3. Striking, shoving, pushing, kicking, slapping, or otherwise forcefully touching a person or
   engaging in reckless behavior that causes physical injury to another;
4. Submitting to physical acts;
5. Going without sleep;
6. Engaging in unreasonable activities.

Students who believe they have been a victim of hazing should contact Campus Security (security@colbycc.edu or 785.460.5508) or the Executive Vice President (nikol.nolan@colbycc.edu or 785.460.5490). Students can also enter the information through the College Complaint Form found here: https://www.colbycc.edu/policies/students/student-complaint-guidelines.html 
Students found in violation of the hazing policy will be subject to sanctions up to expulsion from Colby Community College.

 

Stop Campus Hazing Act
Public Law No: 118-173 (12/23/2024)
This act requires institutions of higher education (IHEs) that participate in federal student aid programs to report hazing incidents. It also renames the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act as the Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Act.

Specifically, the act requires each IHE to disclose hazing incidents that were reported to campus security authorities or local police agencies in its annual security report. The act defines the term hazing to mean 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 membership in, a student organization (e.g., a club, athletic team, fraternity, or sorority); and (2) causes or creates a risk, above the reasonable risk encountered in the course of participation in the IHE or the organization, of physical or psychological injury.

Additionally, each IHE must include in its annual security report (1) a statement of current policies relating to hazing, how to report hazing incidents, the process used to investigate hazing incidents, and information on applicable laws on hazing; and (2) a statement of policy regarding prevention and awareness programs relating to hazing that includes a description of prevention programs.

Further, an IHE must develop a campus hazing transparency report that summarizes findings concerning any student organization found to be in violation of the IHE's standards of conduct relating to hazing. An IHE is not required to develop or update this report unless the IHE has a finding of a hazing violation.

The act does not apply to foreign IHEs.

 

(Adopted March 2025)