As thousands of students prepare to start university life across the country, a new report is warning them of some of the dangers around Orientation Week.
The report, from the action group End Rape on Campus, has uncovered bizarre hazing rituals at some of the nation's most prestigious colleges at 12 universities.
It reveals some students are being forced to drink out of public dog bowls or take part in extreme drinking games.
But it gets much worse, with graphic accounts of sexual humiliation and misogynistic practices.
One of the report's authors, Anna Hush, says the hazing practices leave students damaged.
"A lot of the students we've spoken to are really traumatised by these practices. Some of them leave college straight after O Week because they're incredibly traumatised by what's happened to them. And some of them stick around, but it has, I think, a really significant impact on their mental health in the long run."
The parents of Stuart Kelly, whose brother Thomas was killed in a one-punch assault, are also demanding answers through a coronial inquest.
Stuart Kelly took his own life two years ago, and his parents are blaming hazing rituals at the University of Sydney college he attended.
His father, Ralph Kelly, has told 2GB Radio he is still searching for answers about what happened to his son.
"Stuart had been held down by a number of boys, with alcohol poured down his throat. He'd asked several times for this to stop. They continued to bully him. He broke free, and then, the rest of the night, we have no idea what happened to him, or the following day."
The college Stuart Kelly attended says it has looked into the accusations and found the allegations were unsubstantiated.
Anna Hush says the family deserves answers.
"What we've seen time and again is these internal college investigations don't seem to go anywhere and they're really not open to public scrutiny or accountability to the broader university community. So that's why we're calling on a coronial inquest. That's what the Kelly family want. Currently, we don't know what happened to Stuart Kelly, and, obviously, someone does, so we think that information needs to come out there to get justice for the Kelly family."
Ms Hush is also calling for state governments to criminalise hazing, saying it has already been outlawed in some states in the United States.
