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Policy Against Discrimination, Harassment, and Related Interpersonal Violence: Sexual Harassment Under Title IX

Sexual Harassment under Title IX is conduct on the basis of sex that satisfies one or more of the following: ... Unwelcome conduct determined by a reasonable person to be so severe, pervasive, and objectively offensive that effectively denies a person equal…

UMatter at UMass: What are 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…

Student Life: Demonstration Guidelines

Demonstration Guidelines: All students have the right to demonstrate on campus. The university’s policies regarding demonstrations are content-neutral, but the university can intervene if there is a clear danger or disruption. Certain restrictions apply to entering campus buildings for demonstrations. Safety and…

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

​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, or…
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