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10.3 Committing Hazing

Cadets commit an offense if they:

a. Engage in hazing;
b. Solicit, encourage, direct, aid, or attempt to aid another in engaging in hazing;
c. Intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly permit hazing to occur;
d. Have firsthand knowledge of the planning of a specific hazing incident; or
e. Have firsthand knowledge that a specific hazing incident had occurred, and knowingly
fail to report it to the Commandant of Cadets or other appropriate Institute official.

10.4 Penalty

If found guilty of hazing, cadets will be subjected to Institutional disciplinary action up to and
including expulsion, in addition to, or regardless of, any penalty imposed by LEA. Additionally,
campus organizations can be found guilty of hazing if they condone or encourage hazing or if an
officer or any combination of members, pledges/tryouts, or alumni of the organization commits
or assists in the commission of hazing.

10.5 Reporting

Any person who reports a specific hazing incident to appropriate officials is protected from civil
or criminal liability for reporting, but not for involvement. Also, reporting in bad faith or with
malice nullifies protection by this section. Failure to report knowledge of hazing in a timely
manner to the chain of command will be considered a Category II or III offense resulting in
appropriate sanctions. All incidents or rumors of incidents of hazing will be reported to the
President via the Commandant of Cadets in the Guard House or at (334) 683-2321.

10.6 Alabama Hazing Law

Hazing is defined as follows:

a. Any willful action taken or situation created, whether on or off MMI premises, which
recklessly or intentionally endangers the mental or physical health of any cadet, or
b. Any willful act on or off of the college premises by any person alone or acting with
others in striking, beating, bruising, or maiming; or seriously offering, threatening, or
attempting to strike, beat, bruise, or maim, or
c. Any willful act to seriously offer, threaten, or attempt to do physical violence to any
cadet of MMI or any assault upon any such cadets made for the purpose of
committing any of the acts, or producing any of the results to such cadet as defined in
this section.
d. The term hazing as defined in this section does not include customary athletic events or
appropriate group PT, and is limited to those actions taken and situations created in
connection with initiation into or affiliation with any campus organization.

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