Sororities & Fraternities Policies
Hazing is prohibited by the Cornell Student Code of Conduct, New York State Law, and by the U.S. federal “Stop Campus Hazing" law).
According to the Cornell Student Code of Conduct and Weill Cornell Medical College’s policy on hazing:
Hazing is any act that, as an explicit or implicit condition of recruitment, admission, or initiation into, affiliation with, or new or continued membership status within a group, team, organization,
living group, or academic group or cohort, does one or more of the following:
- Causes, encourages, or compels another person to engage in any activity that could reasonably be perceived as likely to create a risk of mental, physical, or emotional distress or harm; examples include but are not limited to:
a. Undertake acts of servitude or menial tasks;
b. Undergo undue financial expenditures;
c. Engage in acts relevant to those of the group (for example practice or training activities), but in a manner that a reasonable person would consider excessive or dangerous;
d. Abuse, humiliate, degrade, or taunt another person or persons.
- Involves any of the following:
a. Consumption of alcohol or drugs;
b. Consumption of unpalatable substances, or palatable substances to excess;
c. Damage to or theft of property, or any other illegal act;
d. Violation of any University policy.
- Subjects any other person (including an existing member or cohort of existing members of the group) to any of the above activities.
Hazing can occur on or off campus, in person or in virtual settings. The individual subjected
to hazing does not need to regard or identify the act as hazing. The fact that an individual does not
object to and/or appears willing to participate in the activity, does not signify the conduct is not
hazing.
To report an act of hazing, please submit an online report or make a phone call to:
- Cornell Police (607) 255-1111, or
- Sorority & Fraternity Life (607) 255-2310, or
- Office of Student Conduct & Community Standards (607) 255-4680, or
- Dean of Students (607) 254-8598