Campus Hazing Transparency Report

Notice of Availability of Statistics on Hazing:

The Annual Security Report contains information regarding campus security and personal safety, including topics such as crime prevention, the institution’s police and public safety law enforcement authority, crime reporting policies, disciplinary procedures, protocols for the immediate notification of students and staff upon confirmation of a significant emergency on campus, hazing policies and programming, and other matters of importance related to security and safety. The report includes statistics for the most recent three-year period for reported crimes that have occurred on campus; in certain off-campus buildings or property owned or controlled by Lakeshore College or its affiliates; and on public property within or immediately adjacent to and accessible from the campus.

The Annual Security Report can be accessed at the following link: View Annual Security Report . You may obtain a paper copy of this report by contacting the Lakeshore College Safety and Security Office, 1290 North Avenue, Cleveland, WI 53015. You may also request that a paper copy be mailed to you by calling 920.946.6310 or emailing security@lakeshore.edu.

Reporting Statistics:

Annually, Lakeshore College will compile statistics for hazing incidents reportedly occurring on or within the College’s Clery geography that were reported to a Campus Security Authority or local law enforcement agency.

• Annual Security Report. Hazing statistics for the three most recent calendar years for which data are available will be disclosed in the Lakeshore College Annual Security Report.
• Reporting to the U.S. Department of Education. The College will disclose hazing statistics in the data reported to the U.S. Department of Education (ED) through the annual Campus Safety and Security Survey, no later than the date specified annually by ED.
• Student Organization for Statistical Disclosure Purposes. The term “student organization” means an organization at an institution of higher education (such as a club, society, association, varsity or junior varsity athletic team, club sports team, fraternity, sorority, band, or student government) in which two or more of the members are students enrolled at the institution of higher education, whether or not the organization is established or recognized by the institution.

Such hazing statistics will be compiled using the federal definition of hazing below:

Hazing means any intentional, knowing, or reckless act committed by a person (whether individually or in concert with other persons) against another person or persons regardless of the willingness of such other person or persons to participate, that—

1. Is committed in the course of an initiation into, an affiliation with, or the maintenance of membership in, a student organization; and
2. Causes or creates a risk, above the reasonable risk encountered in the course of participation in the institution of higher education or the organization (such as the physical preparation necessary for participation in an athletic team), of physical or psychological injury, including—
   • Whipping, beating, striking, electronic shocking, placing a harmful substance on someone’s body, or similar activity;
   • Causing, coercing, or otherwise inducing sleep deprivation, exposure to the elements, confinement in a small space, extreme calisthenics, or other similar activity;
   • Causing, coercing, or otherwise inducing another person to consume food, liquid, alcohol, drugs, or other substances;
   • Causing, coercing, or otherwise inducing another person to perform sexual acts;
   • Any activity that places another person in reasonable fear of bodily harm through the use of threatening words or conduct;
   • Any activity against another person that includes a criminal violation of local, State, Tribal, or Federal law; and
   • Any activity that induces, causes, or requires another person to perform a duty or task that involves a criminal violation of local, State, Tribal, or Federal law.

Institution's Hazing Policy:

Lakeshore College publishes an Anti-Hazing policy that defines hazing and establishes it as prohibited conduct. The policy further describes how to report hazing and the College's response procedures, including the investigation process. The policy also includes information on applicable local, State, and Tribal laws regarding hazing and outlines the College's prevention and education programs. You can view the full hazing policy at: Lakeshore College: Hazing Policy .

Local Laws on Hazing:

There are no applicable local laws relating to hazing in the College’s jurisdiction.

State Laws on Hazing:

Wisconsin Statute § 948.51 Hazing

1. In this section, “forced activity” means any activity that is a condition of initiation or admission into or affiliation with an organization, regardless of a student’s willingness to participate in the activity.
2. No person may intentionally or recklessly engage in acts that endanger the physical health or safety of a student for the purpose of initiation or admission into or affiliation with any organization operating in connection with a school, college, or university. Under those circumstances, prohibited acts may include any brutality of a physical nature, such as whipping, beating, branding, forced consumption of any food, liquor, drug, or other substance, forced confinement, or any other forced activity that endangers the physical health or safety of the student.
3. Whoever violates subsection (2) is guilty of:
   1. A Class A misdemeanor if the act results in or is likely to result in bodily harm to another.
   2. A Class H felony if the act results in great bodily harm to another.
   3. A Class G felony if the act results in the death of another.

Tribal Laws on Hazing:

There are no applicable Tribal laws relating to hazing in the College’s jurisdiction.