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The Definitive Guide to Hazing in Texas: A Resource for Yowell Families If Your Child Was Hazed at a Texas University, You Are Not Alone For parents in Yowell and across Hunt County, sending your child to college is filled with pride and hope. You imagine them gaining an education, building lifelong friendships, and creating memories. The thought that they might instead be subjected to forced drinking, physical abuse, sleep deprivation, or psychological torment by the very organizations meant to welcome them is a parent’s worst nightmare. Yet, this is not a hypothetical fear. Right now, in Houston, our firm is actively litigating one of the most serious hazing cases in the country. We represent Leonel Bermudez, a University of Houston student who suffered catastrophic injuries during his fall 2025 pledge period with the Pi Kappa Phi Beta Nu chapter. His story—involving a humiliating "pledge fanny pack," extreme physical workouts, being sprayed in the face with a hose, forced consumption of food until vomiting, and ultimately developing rhabdomyolysis and acute kidney failure—is a stark, current example of what is happening on Texas campuses. This $10 million lawsuit against UH, Pi Kappa Phi's national headquarters, and 13 fraternity leaders shows that…