Hazing Prevention and Response
Three Rivers College is committed to fostering a safe, inclusive, and respectful learning environment. Hazing poses significant risks to the health, safety, and well-being of individuals and has no place in the educational experience. The College strictly prohibits hazing in any form.
If you have any questions, contact the Office of Student Services at studentservices@trcc.edu or 573-840-9669.
Hazing Prevention
At Three Rivers College, students are encouraged to join student organizations as a way to meet fellow Raiders, explore their interests, and learn new skills. When joining a TRC organization, students should be welcomed warmly, embraced for who they are, and respected with dignity. No student should be demeaned or harmed while trying to find their place with the TRC community.
At TRC, we watch out for each other’s safety and well-being. This includes recognizing, addressing, and reporting incidents of hazing.
Keeping hazing out of our culture takes a community effort, involving students, faculty, staff, alumni, and families. Together, we can work together to prevent hazing at TRC.
Be Aware
Read the Anti-Hazing Policy and Regulations to be aware of TRC’s expectations.
Be Informed
Read the annual Transparency Report (near the bottom of this page) to learn about any hazing instances at TRC.
Be Involved
Join student organizations to connect with peers and engage in your area of interest.
Be Vocal
Report any hazing concerns, using the Portal for Incident Reporting.
What is Hazing?
Hazing is defined as any activity expected of someone joining or participating in a group that humiliates, degrades, abuses, or endangers them, regardless of their willingness to participate. Hazing may be physical, psychological, or emotional and can occur in person, online, or through other means.
Hazing includes, but is not limited to:
- Forced consumption of food, alcohol, drugs, or other substances.
- Physical harm (e.g., hitting, whipping, paddling).
- Sleep deprivation or excessive physical exertion.
- Psychological intimidation, humiliation, or harassment.
- Forced participation in illegal or inappropriate activities.
- Any action that causes mental distress, including isolation or verbal abuse.
Examples of Hazing
Hazing includes a range of activities that can be intimidating, harassing or violent. Any form of hazing, as described in university policy, is prohibited. Statistics show that hazing activities that are intimidating or harassing happen more often in organizations, but often go unrecognized as hazing. Hazing activities that are violent occur less often in organizations, however they are more likely to be recognized as hazing.
Intimidation
- Lies, tricks or dishonesty,
- Assigning demerits,
- Silence periods with implied threats for violation,
- Socially isolating new members,
- Demeaning names, and
- Expecting someone to have certain items with them at all times.
Harassment
- Verbal abuse,
- Threats or implied threats,
- Asking new members to wear embarrassing clothes,
- Asking new members to act as personal servants to current members,
- Skit nights with degrading or humiliating acts,
- Requiring new members to recite facts, songs or chants,
- Sleep deprivation, and
- Sexual simulations.
Violence
- Forced or coerced consumption of food, drink, alcohol or drugs,
- Beating paddling, or other forms of physical assault,
- Branding,
- Forced ingestion of vile substances,
- Abduction or “kidnaps,” and
- Sexual assault.
Allan, 2015 – adapted from Bringing in the Bystander, Prevention Innovations
