69|Page possible and encourages all members of the community to promptly report allegations of any conduct that constitutes hazing. A copy of the Kutztown University Hazing Policy is published in the online student handbook, The Key, posted on the university’s website, and is distributed to active/recognized student-based organizations on an annual basis. For additional information on hazing policies, bi-annual hazing transparency reports, and hazing prevention resources please refer to the Student Conduct Website (http://www.kutztown.edu/studentconduct). 2. Terms Student: The Student Code of Conduct (Article 1) defines a student as: (2a) any person enrolled in courses at Kutztown University either full-time or part-time, pursuing undergraduate, graduate, or professional studies; (2b) all persons who are not officially enrolled for a particular term but have not officially withdrawn from the university and maintain eligibility to enroll; (3) all persons defined under item 2a or 2b who withdraw after allegedly violating the Student Code of Conduct. Student Organization: For the purposes of reporting and classifying hazing statistics under The Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Act (Clery Act), a student organization is defined as an organization at Kutztown University (such as a club, society, association, varsity or junior varsity athletic team, club sports team, fraternity, sorority, band, or student government) in which two or more of the members are students enrolled at the institution of higher education, whether or not the organization is established or recognized by the institution. Recognized Student Organization: Any student organization that is currently registered or is actively in the process of registering with the Office of Student Involvement (OSI) as a student organization under registered, maroon or gold status. 3. What is Hazing? 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: 1. is committed in the course of an initiation into, an affiliation with, or the maintenance of membership in, a student organization; and 2. causes or creates a risk, above the reasonable risk encountered in the course 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: • 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;
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