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Report Hazing

According to law, a person can commit a hazing offense not only by engaging in a hazing activity but also by soliciting, directing, encouraging, aiding, or attempting to aid another in hazing; by intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly allowing hazing to occur; or by failing to report in writing to Student Affairs (formerly Office of Student Life) firsthand knowledge that a hazing incident is planned or has occurred. The fact that a person consented to or acquiesced in a hazing activity is not a defense to prosecution for hazing under the law. The penalty for failure to report hazing activities is a fine not to exceed $2,000, up to 180 days in jail, or both. 

Report Hazing in Writing

Student Affairs
Student Conduct and Community Standards
210-458-4720
or visit their office
Student Union 2.02.18
for more information, please see the Student Code of Conduct

Hazing Violations

Student Organizations that are found to have violated the Student Code of Conduct in terms of hazing will be sanctioned. The Student Organization Discipline process can be found in the Student Organization Relationship Statement under Section 7 (Policies). The severity of the sanctions will depend on many factors (the type of hazing activities, the duration of those activities, the number of members involved, how far back in the history of the organization does the activity go and the attitude and cooperation of the members). The range of sanctions include:

  • Letter of Reprimand
  • Probation
  • Require restitution, educational seminars, and/or community service
  • Suspend the organization's rights
  • Suspend or cancel the organization's registration for a defined period of time
  • Bar future registration of the organization
  • Deferred suspension/cancellation of the organization's registration

Individual students that participate in hazing activities can also face sanctions. Again, the severity of the sanction will depend on many factors. The individuals at most risk are the leaders and anyone that organizes or leads the activities. A full listing of possible sanctions can be found in the Student Code of Conduct under Section 301 and 302 (http://www.utsa.edu/infoguide/appendices/b.cfm). The list of sanctions include:

  • Disciplinary warning
  • Disciplinary probation
  • Withholding of grades, official transcript, or degree
  • Bar against readmission or drop from current enrollment
  • Restitution or reimbursement for damage to or misappropriation of institutional or system property
  • Suspension of rights and privileges
  • Failing grade
  • Disciplinary warning
  • Suspension
  • Expulsion
  • Educational programs
  • Revocation of degree, denial of degree, and/or withdrawal of diploma
  • Deferral of penalty
  • Other penalty as deemed appropriate under the circumstances
Pi Kappa Phi - The organization was placed on interim suspension through June 2022.  The organization was not in good standing during this time.  The organization is on disciplinary probation through May 2024.  The organization must complete several educational activities during this time.  The organization was found to have committed the following violations: A failure to report violations of the Student Code of Conduct, unnecessarily blindfolding Associate Members during ritual ceremonies for long periods of time before and during activities, including transportation to the location of the activities; condoning associate member off campus party with the intent on providing alcohol to guests during a “dry period” new member process; failure to control and/or confront activities that members knew were inappropriate; and inviting Associate Members to an off-campus bar during their dry pledge process and condoning the use of fake identification to get into the bar.
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated - The organization was placed on interim suspension through December 2022.  The organization was not in good standing during this time.  The organization is on disciplinary suspension through December 2024.  The organization has lost university recognition. The organization was found to have committed the following violations: A failure to report violations of the Student Code of Conduct, Failure to control and/or confront activities that members knew were inappropriate, a pre-pledging process outside of and in violation of the organization’s membership recruitment process, instructing pledges not to eat certain foods or wear certain clothing as part of the pledging process. This included anything “red” symbolizing their sorority colors, facilitating a line-up of members meant to demean or ridicule, confining pledges  into small spaces at least once to hide their identities as part of the initiation process., causing pledges to experience high anxiety from activities related to the intake process, requiring pledges to be displaced from their residence to live with other pledges for the purpose of “bonding", instructing pledges to attend an off-campus residence to rehearse history of organization and history of chapter, instructing pledges to call previous members of the sorority on the phone in “shifts”, instructing pledges were to perform calisthenics (including but not limited to planks, squats and arm circles) when information or answers to questions were recited or answered incorrectly, when pledges were instructed to perform calisthenics, they were allowed to use medical devices (i.e. inhalers) or find alternative ways to execute calisthenics if they had injuries that would prevent complying with the instructions given, and instructing pledges to lie when summoned to Student Conduct and Community Standards in regards to the investigation.