San Diego State University
Branch Campus of a School System
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On this page, FIRE has excerpted policies that address speech and expression. You may download the full policy in .pdf form, below.
Policies on Diversity and Multiculturalism (Learn More)
Student Organization Handbook: Membership 07-08
We encourage every student organization to make a conscious effort to undertake recruitment efforts to ensure diversity within the group’s membership and to take steps to reach populations currently underrepresented. Recruitment materials and activities should be designed to promote and celebrate diversity.
Student Organization Handbook: Harassment and Abusive Behavior 07-08
Officially recognized organizations may
not engage in any organizational
activities involving physical or verbal
behavior that make persons the subject of
harassment, intimidation, or hostility
because of their race, religion, color,
ethnicity, citizenship, gender, gender
identity disability, sexual orientation, or
national origin.
Sexual Harassment 07-08
Conduct may be found to be sexually harassing if it is pervasive or repetitive and sufficiently severe to alter the conditions of employment, education, or participation in University-sponsored activities or is a single incident sufficiently outrageous or harmful in and of itself that it substantially alters the conditions of the environment for the complainant or interferes with a person’s right to pursue an education or to perform a job-related responsibility.
Sexual harassment shall be any conduct, physical or verbal, that is sexual and has the effect of unreasonably interfering with a person’s or a group’s educational or work performance or that creates an intimidating, hostile, or abusive educational or work environment.
Examples of sexually harassing conduct may include but shall not be limited to the following: (a) sexual assault, (b) derogatory comments of a sexual nature, (c) displaying sexually suggestive pictures or objects, (d) graphic verbal commentaries about a person’s body, (e) impeding or blocking movements, (f) jokes of a sexual nature, (g) slurs of a sexual nature, (h) suggestive gestures, (i) unwelcome touching. Some of these examples may not, however, constitute sexual harassment if appropriate to reasonable academic purposes.
Standards for Student Conduct 07-08
Conduct that threatens or endangers the health or safety of any person within or related to the University community, including
1. physical abuse, threats, intimidation, or harassment.
Policies on Tolerance, Respect, Sensitivity, Hate, and Hate Speech (Learn More)
Rights and Responsibilities as a Member of the Campus Community 07-08
At San Diego State University, students are invited to be active members of the educational community. As with any community, its members serve a vital role in determining acceptable standards of conduct, which include:
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* Actions that are civil, courteous and respectful of all members of the campus community, their property, and the property of the University.
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* Group behavior that promotes mutual respect, equality and safety of its members, and opposes those acts that harass, intimidate or haze its members.
The responsibility to treat all members of the campus community with civility, respect, and courtesy.
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Advertised Commitments to Freedom of Speech (Learn More)
Rights and Responsibilities as a Member of the Campus Community 07-08
The freedom of inquiry, conscience, responsible expression, and association.
SDSU Senate Policy File: Expression of Ideas on Campus 07-08
Whereas the essence of higher education is to provide an opportunity for students to be exposed to the widest possible range of ideas, no idea shall be repressed merely because it is considered unpopular or unwise.
Public Speech and Demonstration 07-08
An open forum for the free expression of ideas shall be located on the
steps of Aztec Center.
The area may be used during daylight hours, spontaneously if not
previously reserved, by any member of the university community
possessing a university identification card; off-campus speakers may
use the area upon the invitation of a campus organization and approval
from the Associated Students Activities Policy Board.
Standards for Student Conduct 07-08
Use of computing facilities and resource to send obscene or intimidating and abusive messages.
Student Responsibilities for Academic Computer Use 07-08
Individuals... shall adhere to the following rules and responsibilities:
1.1.1. Students shall not transmit unsolicited information which contains obscene, offensive or discriminatory material to another individual, a mailing list, a news group or a public area on a SDSU computer.
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Repeated transmission of material to a person who finds such transmission offensive, obscene or discriminatory will be treated as harassment and is against SDSU and/or State and Federal regulations.
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The speech codes and policies above were last fully checked via internet and other research means by FIRE in September 2007. According to FIRE’s research the substantive policies are current at least until this date. Directory information, including the name of the president of the college or university, may have been updated more recently. If any policy has been revised, or if you believe that we are in error, please contact us.
Below, FIRE has excerpted policies affecting freedom of association and materials related to mandatory student orientations. Please note that the materials below this line do not affect a college or university's Speech Code Rating.
Mandatory Student Orientation Materials
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Student Fee Policies Affecting Freedom of Association
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Other Policies Restricting Freedom of Association
Student Organization Handbook: Student Organization Recognition Process 06-07
Official recognition of any fraternity, sorority, living group, honor society, religious, political, special interest, professional/academic related, or other student organization that discriminates on the basis of sex, religion, national origin, ethnicity, color, age, gender, marital status, citizenship, sexual orientation, or disability shall be withdrawn.
