: the action of hazing
especially
: an initiation process involving harassment
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Hazing left student with brain damage, attorneys say.
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Daniella Segura, Sacramento Bee, 7 Jan. 2025
Starting this month, the department will partner with researchers from Utah State University to test the efficacy of various hazing strategies, primary among them the use of hounds.
—Malcolm Brooks Malcolm Hillgartner Krish Seenivasan Zak Mouton, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Though most states have enacted laws aimed at curbing hazing with tougher penalties or some sort of public reporting system, the rules are uneven.
—arkansasonline.com, 26 Dec. 2024
The Stop Campus Hazing Act, which passed the U.S. House of Representatives in September and the U.S. Senate this month, requires universities to start collecting hazing statistics to include in regular public reports.
—Zachary Schermele, USA TODAY, 25 Dec. 2024
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Daniella Segura, Sacramento Bee, 7 Jan. 2025
Starting this month, the department will partner with researchers from Utah State University to test the efficacy of various hazing strategies, primary among them the use of hounds.
—Malcolm Brooks Malcolm Hillgartner Krish Seenivasan Zak Mouton, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Though most states have enacted laws aimed at curbing hazing with tougher penalties or some sort of public reporting system, the rules are uneven.
—arkansasonline.com, 26 Dec. 2024
The Stop Campus Hazing Act, which passed the U.S. House of Representatives in September and the U.S. Senate this month, requires universities to start collecting hazing statistics to include in regular public reports.
—Zachary Schermele, USA TODAY, 25 Dec. 2024
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