“Hazing, which is an activity participated in or encouraged by student groups, or any members, or associates of a group, in which prospective members or pledges are subjected to or imposed upon to do onerous, denigrating, or hazardous tasks. Student groups shall be assumed to be responsible for the actions of their members or associates for hazing violations. The University or prospective members may file a compliant of hazing against all parties as individuals and against the student groups.” - Title 16.13

Actions and Activities Which Are Explicitly Prohibited by the University of Oklahoma Include But Are Not Limited to the Following:

1. Forcing, requiring or endorsing pledges/associates /new members to drink alcohol or any other substance and/or providing such alcohol or other substance;
2. The unauthorized or illegal use of alcohol in any form or quantity during a new member activity;
3. Dropping food into mouths;
4. The eating of spoiled foods or anything an individual refuses to eat;
5. Calisthenics, such as sit-ups, push-ups and runs;
6. Branding;
7. Causing excessive fatigue through physical and psychological shocks;
8. Paddle swats of any nature;
9. Pushing, shoving or tackling or any other physical abuse;
10. Line-ups of any nature;
11. Throwing anything (whipped cream, garbage, water, paint, etc.) at an individual;
12. Theft of property under any circumstances;
13. Assigning or endorsing “pranks” such as stealing, harassing other organizations;
14. Defacing trees, grounds or buildings;
15. Conducting new member related activity between the hours of midnight and 8 a.m. or awaking individuals during these hours;
16. Permitting less than eight continuous hours of sleep for new members each night;
17. Engaging in unauthorized activity which involves compelling an individual or group to remain at a certain place or transporting anyone anywhere, within or outside the City of Norman (road trips, kidnaps, etc.);
18. Conducting unauthorized quests, string hunts, treasure hunts, scavenger hunts, paddle hunts, big sister or little sister hunts;
19. Conducting activities which do not allow adequate time for study during pre-initiation or initiation periods;
20. Expecting participation in an activity that the full members do not do;
21. Expecting participation in an activity that the full members will not do;
22. Deceiving new members prior to the ritual designed to convince a new member that he/she will not be initiated or will be hurt;
23. Requiring new members to “march” in formation;
24. Carrying items;
25. Publicly wearing apparel which is conspicuous and not “normally” in good taste;
26. Yelling and screaming at new members;
27. Calling new members demeaning names;
28. Playing extremely loud music or music repeated over and over or any other audible harassment;
29. Not permitting new members to talk for extended periods of time;
30. Engaging in public stunts of buffoonery, public displays or greetings to active members or new members;
31. Requiring or encouraging new member to talk for extended periods of time;
32. Nudity at any time;
33. Members messing up the house or a room for the new member to clean;
34. New members messing up the house;
35. Running personal errands (servitude);
36. Forcing, requiring or endorsing new members to violate any University or national/international fraternity and sorority policy or any local, state, or federal law.
    

TITLE 21, SECTION 1190 OKLAHOMA STATUTES – HAZING

1. No student organization or any person associated with any organization sanctioned or authorized by the governing board of any public or private school or institution of higher education in this state shall engage or participate in hazing.
2. Any hazing activity described in subsection F of this section upon which the initiation or admission into or affiliation with an organization sanctioned or authorized by a public or private school or by any institution of higher education in this state is directly or indirectly conditioned shall be presumed to be a forced activity, even if the student willingly participates in such activity.
3. A copy of the policy or the rules and regulations of the public or private school or institution of higher education which prohibits hazing shall be given to each student enrolled in the school or institution and shall be deemed to be part of the bylaws of all organizations operating at the public school or institution of higher education.
4. Any organization sanctioned or authorized by the governing board of a public or private school or institution of higher education in this state which violates subsection A of this section, upon conviction, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and may be punishable by a fine of not more than One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1500.00) and the forfeit for a period of not less that one (1) year all of the rights and privileges of being an organization organized or operating at the public or private school or at the institution of higher education.
5. Any individual convicted of violating the provisions of subsection A of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and may be punishable by imprisonment for not to exceed ninety (90) days in the county jail, or by the imposition of a fine not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by both such imprisonment and fine.
6. For purposes of this section:
   1. “Hazing” means an activity which recklessly or intentionally endangers the mental health or physical health or safety of a student for the purpose of initiation or admission into or affiliation with any organization operating subject to the sanction of the public or private school or of any institution of higher education in the state;
   2. “Endanger the physical health” shall include but not be limited to any brutality of a physical nature, such as whipping, beating, branding, forced calisthenics, exposure to the elements, forced consumption of any food, alcoholic beverages as defined in Section 506 of Title 37 of the Oklahoma Statutes, drug, controlled dangerous substance, or other substance, or any forced physical activity which could adversely affect the physical health or safety of the individual; and
   3. “Endanger the mental health” shall include any activity, except those activities authorized by law, which would subject the individual to extreme mental stress, such as prolonged sleep deprivation, forced prolonged exclusion from social contact, forced conduct which could result in extreme embarrassment, or any other forced activity which could adversely affect the mental health or dignity of the individual.