Hazing Policies
On April 10, 2002, the Washburn University Board of Regents adopted a new "Student Conduct Code" that includes a policy on hazing which applies to all registered student organizations.
The policy states:
"S. Hazing: any action taken or situation created, intentionally, whether on or off University premises or on property owned, leased or operated by a University-recognized organization, to produce mental or physical discomfort, embarrassment, harassment, or ridicule.
Consent is not a defense.
In considering a hazing case, it is not a defense that the person subjected to the hazing consented to or acquiesced in the hazing activity. For the purpose of this Code, any activity as described above - upon which the initiation or admission into or affiliation with a University organization is directly or indirectly conditioned or believed by the person to be such a condition to initiation, admission or affiliation - shall be presumed to be a forced activity, the willingness of an individual to participate in such activity notwithstanding."
Each fraternity and sorority at Washburn has adopted its own policy that opposes hazing of students. For more information about a particular chapter's policy, please contact the chapter president and/or chapter advisor directly.
Sororities (In Alphabetical Order):
Alpha Phi
1839 SW Jewell | Topeka | 66621
785.233.7466
http://students.washburn.edu/alphaphi
Delta Gamma
1915 SW MacVicar | Topeka | 66604
785.234.0478
http://students.washburn.edu/dg
Kappa Alpha Theta
2001 SW MacVicar | Topeka | 66604
785.357.4129
http://students.washburn.edu/theta
Zeta Tau Alpha
1845 SW Jewell | Topeka | 66621
785.234.0625
http://students.washburn.edu/zta
Fraternities (In Alphabetical Order):
Alpha Delta
1919 SW MacVicar | Topeka | 66604
785.296.9986
http://alphadelta.org
Phi Delta Theta
1810 SW Mulvane | Topeka | 66621
785.232.4698
http://washburn.phideltatheta.org
Sigma Phi Epsilon
1520 SW 17th Street | Topeka | 66604
785.354.9116
http://www.ksdelta.org
Finally, hazing is a misdemeanor in the State of Kansas according to Kansas Statute No. 21-3434. This statute reads:
"Promoting or permitting hazing. (a) No social or fraternal organization shall promote or permit hazing.
(b) Hazing is intentionally, coercing, demanding or encouraging another person to perform as a condition of membership in a social or fraternal organization, any act which could reasonably be expected to result in great bodily harm, disfigurement or death or which is done in a manner whereby great bodily harm, disfigurement or death could be inflicted.
(c) Promoting or permitting hazing is a class B nonperson misdemeanor.
(d) This section shall be part of and supplemental to the Kansas criminal code."
Additional hazing-related resources:
StopHazing.org - "Educating to Eliminate Hazing." Definition, Laws, News, Myths and Facts, Resources, Activism...
