Sec. 52802. Findings
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Congress finds as follows: Hazing is a problem in the United States, but most especially in our Nation’s educational system. Hazing undermines the educational experience of the victims and the perpetrators. Hazing often perpetuates a cycle in which students who have been hazed feel the need to haze other students as a rite of passage to join a student organization. While hazing takes many forms, including menial labor, disparagement, public or private humiliation, and forced exercise, the combination of alcohol or drug consumption as a form of hazing has caused bodily injury to thousands of students and has been fatal in many instances.
Numerous students have died as a result of collegiate hazing. Some of the recent tragedies include Nicky Cumberland, Max Gruver, Tim Piazza, Dalton Debrick, Marquise Braham, and Harrison Kowiak.