Both Illinois and Arizona law prohibit hazing. Midwestern University will not condone any form of hazing, or bullying. No organization or individual(s) may engage in any form of hazing of any student enrolled in Midwestern University whether on-or off-campus. Students engaged in such activities are subject to suspension or expulsion from the University.
Per the Stop Campus Hazing Act, the term hazing is defined as 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 or in a student organization; and causes or creates a risk, above the reasonable risk encountered in the course of participation in the institution of higher education or the organization. This includes:
- any physical or psychological injury including 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;
- any activity that induces, causes, or requires another person to perform a duty or task that involves a whether on-or off-campus criminal violation.