Stop Campus Hazing Act and Hazing Prevention

For purposes of federal hazing requirements, hazing generally means an intentional, knowing, or reckless act committed against another person, regardless of that person's willingness to participate, that occurs during initiation into, affiliation with, or maintenance of membership in a student organization and causes or creates a risk, above the reasonable risk encountered in the course of participation in the institution or organization, of physical or psychological injury.

MCC's Anti-Hazing Policy, Procedure Memorandum V-5, contains the College's complete definition and examples of prohibited conduct. Examples may include physical abuse, sleep deprivation, exposure to the elements, extreme calisthenics, forced or induced consumption of substances, compelled sexual acts, threatening conduct, and activities involving violations of criminal law.

Consent Does Not Make Hazing Permissible

A person's willingness to participate does not necessarily prevent conduct from constituting hazing under federal requirements. Nebraska law also provides that consent is not a defense to prosecution for hazing.

For federal hazing reporting purposes, a student organization is an organization at an institution of higher education in which two or more members are enrolled students, whether or not the organization is formally established or recognized by MCC.

Student organizations may include, for example:

• clubs, societies, and associations;
• academic or professional organizations;
• club sports teams;
• student government; and
• other groups in which two or more members are MCC students.

For purposes of identifying and reporting hazing under the Clery Act, the definition of a student organization includes both recognized and unrecognized organizations. The Campus Hazing Transparency Report has a narrower scope and reports qualifying findings involving established or recognized student organizations.

If you believe hazing has occurred, report it. You do not need to determine whether conduct violate college policy or legally constitutes hazing before making a report.

Reports involving students or student organizations may be submitted through the following channels:

MCC Police
531-622-2222 | mccpd@mccneb.edu

Student Conduct
531-622-2228

Student Help and Referral - SHARE Form

MCC Police Statement Form

Emergency Situations

Call 911 if there is an immediate threat to health or safety. You may also contact MCC Police at 531-622-2222.

Employees Accused of Hazing

Reports involving an MCC employee may be submitted to Human Resources or MCC Police. Reports involving possible criminal conduct may also be reported to law enforcement. MCC will address allegations under the procedure applicable to the respondent's status.

MCC's Anti-Hazing Policy and Prevention Programs - Procedure Memorandum V-5 establishes the College's requirements concerning prohibited hazing, definitions, reporting, tracking allegations, investigation procedures, findings involving student organizations, the Campus Hazing Transparency Report, and hazing awareness and prevention education.

Anti-Hazing Policy - PM V-5

When MCC receives a report of possible hazing, the College will review the information and determine the appropriate response based on the circumstances and the status of the individual or organization involved.

Allegations involving students or student organizations are investigated under the applicable MCC student conduct procedures. MCC Police may also address reports through law-enforcement procedures.

MCC may take appropriate interim, educational, disciplinary, or safety actions during or following its review consistent with applicable College procedures.

Student Conduct and Discipline - PM V-4

MCC Police

Nebraska Revised Statute § 28-311.06 prohibits hazing. Nebraska law defines hazing to include specified activity through which a person intentionally or recklessly endangers another person's physical or mental health or safety for purposes of initiation into, admission into, affiliation with, or continued membership in an organization.

Under Nebraska law, an individual who commits hazing may be guilty of a Class II misdemeanor. Where the statutory requirements are met, an organization of student members operating under the sanction of a postsecondary institution may be subject to a fine of up to $10,000.

Consent is not a defense. Nebraska Revised Statute § 28-311.07 provides that consent is not a defense to prosecution under Nebraska's hazing statute.

MCC provides hazing prevention and awareness education for students, faculty, and staff. Federal requirements call for research-informed, campus-wide prevention programs that include the institution's hazing policy, reporting and investigation information, applicable laws, and primary prevention strategies intended to stop hazing before it occurs.

MCC's prevention program includes information regarding:

• what constitutes hazing;
• how and where to report hazing;
• MCC's investigation and disciplinary processes;
• Nebraska hazing law;
• recognizing warning signs and high-risk group practices;
• safe and effective bystander intervention;
• ethical leadership and organizational responsibility;
• alternatives for creating belonging, team identity, and group cohesion;
• alcohol- and drug-related hazing risks; and
• the principle that willingness to participate does not make hazing acceptable.

MCC's hazing prevention programming is research-informed and designed to reach students, faculty, and staff.

About the Report

The Campus Hazing Transparency Report (CHTR) provides information about qualifying hazing violations involving established or recognized student organizations for which MCC has issued a finding of responsibility under the College's standards of conduct.

When MCC has qualifying findings, the report must be publicly maintained and updated at least twice each year when there are qualifying findings to report. An update is not required during a period in which no new qualifying finding has been issued.

When a qualifying finding is published, the CHTR will include: the name of the student organization; a general description of the violation, including whether alcohol or drugs were involved; MCC's findings; sanctions imposed; the date the incident was alleged to have occurred; the date the investigation began; the date the investigation ended with a finding; and the date the organization was notified of the finding.

No Reportable Organizational Hazing Findings

As of September 9, 2026, Metropolitan Community College has not issued a finding of responsibility for a hazing violation involving an established or recognized student organization that requires publication in the Campus Hazing Transparency Report.

MCC will update this page when it issues a reportable finding, consistent with federal requirements.

The Campus Hazing Transparency Report will not include personally identifiable information about individual students. MCC publishes this report consistent with FERPA and other applicable privacy requirements.

Five-Year Availability

Each published Campus Hazing Transparency Report update will remain publicly available for five calendar years from the date the update is published.

Hazing Statistics

The Campus Hazing Transparency Report and the Annual Security Report serve different purposes.

Annual Security Report (ASR). The ASR contains Clery crime statistics, including reported hazing incidents that meet applicable federal reporting requirements, as well as required hazing policies and prevention information.

MCC reports statistics for hazing incidents that meet Clery Act reporting requirements and occur within MCC's Clery geography in its Annual Security Report. The Annual Security Report also contains MCC's campus safety policies, crime statistics, and required Clery Act disclosures.

Campus Hazing Transparency Report. The CHTR reports qualifying institutional findings of responsibility involving established or recognized student organizations.

An allegation may therefore appear in Clery statistics without appearing in the Campus Hazing Transparency Report. The absence of a transparency-report entry should not be interpreted to mean that MCC received no hazing reports.

Understanding the Two Hazing Reports

Student Conduct
Metropolitan Community College
531-622-2228

MCC Police
531-622-2222
mccpd@mccneb.edu

Primary Legal and Regulatory References

Stop Campus Hazing Act, Pub. L. 118-173
Federal Student Aid Handbook, 2026-2027, Volume 2, Chapter 6
Nebraska Revised Statute § 28-311.06
Nebraska Revised Statute § 28-311.07