Hazing
No student organization or individual student shall conduct nor condone hazing activities. Any individual responsible for hazing may be subject to university disciplinary action, criminal prosecution and civil prosecution.
Montcalm Community College abides by both Michigan Law (“Garret’s Law”) and federal law regarding hazing.
Hazing is 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:
Is committed in the course of an initiation into, an affiliation with or the maintenance of membership in a student organization; and
Causes or creates a risk, above the reasonable risk encountered in the courses of participation in the institution of higher education or the organization (such as the physical preparation necessary for participation in an athletic team) of physical or psychological injury including, but not limited to-
- whipping, beating, striking, electronic shocking, placing of a harmful substance on someone’s body, or similar activity;
- causing, coercing, or otherwise inducing sleep deprivation, exposure to the elements, confinement in a small space, extreme calisthenics, or other similar activity;
- causing, coercing, or otherwise inducing another person to consume food, liquid, alcohol, drugs, or other substances;
- causing, coercing, or otherwise inducing another person to perform sexual acts;
- any activity that places another person in reasonable fear of bodily harm through the use of threatening words or conduct;
- any activity against another person that includes a criminal violation of local, State, Tribal, or Federal law; and
- 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.
MCC Hazing Policy and Prevention
Report an Incident of Hazing