Hazing Resources & Prevention

Every student should be able to join or maintain membership in an organization without being humiliated, degraded, pressured, or physically harmed. Hazing runs counter to our beliefs, the UCSB Campus Regulations, UC systemwide policy, and California State law, and it harms both victims and the greater campus community. 

UCSB defines hazing as "any activity expected of someone joining or participating in a group that humiliates, degrades, abuses, or endangers them, regardless of a person’s willingness to participate," and has a zero-tolerance approach to hazing. While hazing directly contravenes most organizational goals and values, many campus groups participate in activities that, often unknowingly, cause mental or physical harm to their members.