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Hazing in Texas: A Comprehensive Legal Guide for Families in The Colony When Tradition Turns Tragic: What Every The Colony Family Needs to Know Imagine receiving a phone call no parent in The Colony ever wants to answer. Your child, who you dropped off at the University of North Texas just weeks ago, is now in an emergency room at Medical City Denton. He's being treated for rhabdomyolysis—severe muscle breakdown—and acute kidney failure. His urine is brown. He tells you through tears about being forced through hundreds of push-ups and squats, about cold exposure drills, about being sprayed in the face with a hose "like waterboarding." He shows you his "pledge fanny pack" containing condoms and humiliating items he was required to carry. This isn't a hypothetical scenario. This is exactly what happened to Leonel Bermudez at the University of Houston's Pi Kappa Phi fraternity in fall 2025—and his story is the tip of the iceberg in Texas Greek life. Right now, families in The Colony, Lewisville, Denton, Flower Mound, and across North Texas are facing similar nightmares. Whether your student attends the University of North Texas just minutes away, Texas Woman's University down the road, or has ventured further…