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Biden signs anti-hazing bill backed by WA parents (www.seattletimes.com)

submitted 2 days ago by pelespirit@sh.itjust.works to c/politics@sh.itjust.works

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Last week, on Christmas Eve, their efforts paid off when President Joe Biden signed the Stop Campus Hazing Act. The law requires all colleges and universities to publicly disclose hazing incidents, making them a separate category in the crime statistics colleges must report. It also mandates the creation of prevention and education programs to help students understand the dangers of hazing.

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[–] finley@lemm.ee 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I can’t help but notice that it doesn’t actually ban the practice.

[–] Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Maybe this will allow the local PD to make more arrests?

[–] finley@lemm.ee 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Pretty much every university has strict “rules” against hazing. The problem is, that none of them seem to care to enforce any of them. This results in none of it getting reported, or very difficult to report and verify.

Then, of course, the cops don’t really wanna do much about it, either.

For hazing to end, the schools, themselves, need to step up and take more direct action.

[–] taladar@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

What is the deal with US universities having the power to even make those decisions? In regular countries universities don't enforce the law on their campus, police does, just like everywhere else.