University of Massachusetts - Amherst
Public University
Amherst, Massachusetts
Speech Code Rating
UMatter at UMass: Acts of Bias and Hate
Act of Hate/Bias Incident: A bias incident is a hateful action taken against people or property that does not appear to constitute a crime or actionable discrimination, but which may intimidate, mock, degrade, or threaten a member or group. Hateful and offensive…
Demonstration Guidelines: Counter-Demonstrations
Counter-Demonstrations A demonstration or event on campus may invite the presence of opposing views. When these occasions arise, all parties have a right to expression that must not be obstructed. In the interest of community safety and protection of rights, the University…
Code of Student Conduct: Harassment
Harassment: Repeated or pervasive use of written, verbal, or electronic expression or physical act(s) or gesture(s), or any combination thereof, directed at a person that places that person in reasonable fear for their physical safety or interferes with the ability of a…
Dean of Students Office: Picketing Code
1. All students, undergraduate and graduate, have a right to demonstrate on university premises provided, however, that no such demonstration shall be permissible which for any reason of time, place, or type of behavior materially disrupts class work or other university business…