College is about leadership, responsibility, education and friendship.
People join clubs and organizations to make friends. Hazing destroys friendships. In the state of Missouri, hazing is a willful act, occurring on or off campus of an educational institution, directed against a student or prospective member of an organization operating under the sanction of an educational institution, that recklessly endangers the mental or physical health or safety of a student or prospective member for the purpose of initiation or admission into or continued membership in any such organization to the extent that such person is knowingly placed at a substantial risk of loss of life or bodily or psychological harm. A person commits the crime of hazing if they knowingly participate in or cause hazing. Officially recognized clubs, organizations and athletic teams at the University of Missouri-Rolla must abide by the rules and regulations of the University and the laws of the state.