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The Complete Guide to Hazing in Texas: A Resource for Point Venture Families If Your Child Was Hazed at a Texas University, You're Not Alone Imagine this scenario, familiar to many families in Point Venture and across Travis County: Your child, excited about making friends and finding community at college, accepts a bid to join a fraternity, sorority, or campus organization. What starts as bonding and tradition slowly shifts. There are late-night calls, unexplained exhaustion, sudden secrecy about their activities, and then—the phone call no parent wants. Your child is in the emergency room, suffering from severe dehydration, muscle breakdown, or alcohol poisoning after what was described as a "pledge event." The organization's leaders are minimizing what happened. The university seems more concerned about its reputation than your child's wellbeing. You're left feeling helpless, angry, and unsure where to turn. This is not hypothetical. Right now, in Texas, we're actively litigating one of the most serious hazing cases in recent memory. Leonel Bermudez, a transfer student at the University of Houston, suffered rhabdomyolysis and acute kidney failure after enduring systematic hazing as a pledge of the Pi Kappa Phi Beta Nu chapter. His urine turned brown. He was hospitalized for…
