Four students are expelled from Unesp for participating in violent hazing

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A student was hospitalized after drinking too much alcohol

The São Paulo State University (Unesp) expelled four students who participated in a violent hazing incident in July 2023. The case occurred in a student republic for students at the Faculty of Engineering and Sciences, in Guaratinguetá, in Vale do Paraíba. On that occasion, a student had to be hospitalized after being forced to drink excessive amounts of alcohol.

Another four students received a 120-day suspension and a fifth was punished with 45 days of suspension for participating in hazing.

According to a note from the university, the case is being investigated as a bodily injury by the 2nd Police District of Guaratinguetá. “We must also emphasize that the police process is completely different from our disciplinary process, in such a way that its sentences, effects and decisions are independent”, adds the statement published on the Faculty of Engineering and Sciences’ social networks.

The university also informs that permanent campaigns will be created to combat hazing with the creation of a memorial in honor of the victims of this type of embarrassing situation.

Student hazing is when newly arrived students, called freshmen, are forced to pay gifts defined by veterans, as a rite of initiation into university life. However, many of these situations end up leading to psychological and physical violence, putting people at risk.

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