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The Definitive Guide to Hazing in Texas: Protecting Your Child at UH, Texas A&M, UT, SMU & Baylor - A Resource for Kirvin Parents Understanding This Guide for Kirvin, Texas Families To the parents, families, and students in Freestone County and the Town of Kirvin: this comprehensive guide exists because the nightmare of campus hazing has reached our Texas communities. Right now, just a few hours from Kirvin in Houston, our law firm is actively litigating one of the most serious hazing cases in Texas history. We represent Leonel Bermudez, a University of Houston student who suffered near-fatal injuries during his Pi Kappa Phi fraternity pledging period in fall 2025. Mr. Bermudez's case illustrates what families across Texas—including those in Kirvin who send their children to major state universities—must understand about modern hazing. After being forced through extreme physical abuse, humiliating rituals, and dangerous "traditions," he developed rhabdomyolysis (severe muscle breakdown) and acute kidney failure, passing brown urine and requiring four days of hospitalization. The Pi Kappa Phi Beta Nu chapter was suspended, then shut down completely after members voted to surrender their charter. This isn't an isolated incident. It's part of a pattern that affects Texas A&M, UT Austin,…