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California State University – Fullerton
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UPS 100.006 A Commitment to Civility at CSUF
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Policies on Tolerance, Respect, and Civility
Last updated: August 27, 2021Establishing a civil climate is a shared responsibility of all community members – students, faculty, staff, and administrators. Civility is the expression of respect for others and for the tasks we share. It is best modeled through a willingness to listen to alternate views, respecting diversity and encouragi... Read MoreExecutive Order 1097: Systemwide Policy Prohibiting Discrimination, Harassment and Retaliation, Sexual Misconduct, Dating and Domestic Violence, and Stalking against Students and Systemwide Procedure for Addressing Such Complaints by Students
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: August 27, 2021Harassment means unwelcome conduct, based on the Complainant’s Protected Status, that is sufficiently severe, persistent or pervasive that its effect, whether or not intended, could be considered by a reasonable person in the shoes of the Complainant, and is in fact considered by the Complainant, as limiting h... Read MoreStandards for Student Conduct: Grounds for Student Discipline
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Internet Usage Policies
Last updated: August 27, 2021Misuse of computer facilities or resources, including: … Use of computing facilities and resources to send obscene or intimidating and abusive messages. Read MoreStandards for Student Conduct: Campus Community Values
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Policies on Tolerance, Respect, and Civility
Last updated: August 27, 2021Students are expected to be good citizens and to engage in responsible behaviors that reflect well upon their university, to be civil to one another and to others in the campus community, and contribute positively to student and university life. Read MorePresident’s Directive No. 5: Administrative Guidelines Regarding Freedom of Expression and Expressive Conduct
Speech Code Rating: Green
Speech Code Category: Protest and Demonstration Policies
Last updated: August 27, 2021To ensure that the orderly and peaceful flow of campus business and activities will not be disrupted, all individuals wishing to engage in a freedom of expression or expressive conduct activity may reserve the time and location of such an event in advance with the Office of Student Life, in order to avoid a time/loc... Read MoreExecutive Order 1097: Systemwide Policy Prohibiting Discrimination, Harassment and Retaliation Against Students and Systemwide Procedure for Handling Discrimination, Harassment and Retaliation Complaints by Students- Addendum B
Speech Code Rating: Green
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: August 27, 2021Sexual Harassment means 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 it effectively denies a person equal access to an Education Program or Activity. Read MoreUPS 300.000: Student Rights and Responsibilities
Speech Code Rating: Green
Speech Code Category: Advertised Commitments to Free Expression
Last updated: August 27, 2021Every aspect of the educational process shall promote the free expression of ideas. Students have the right to freedom of speech and assembly. They may publicly assemble to demonstrate support for or opposition to causes or candidates. They may take other lawful action respecting any matter, which directly or indire... Read More
California State University, Fullerton: Unconstitutional Investigation and Punishment of Sorority Over ‘Inappropriate’ Theme Party
September 29, 2014
Alpha Delta Pi was punished for a “Taco Tuesday”-themed recruitment event.
Free Speech on Campus: The 10 Worst Offenders of 2014
May 5, 2015
College is the place where students should be encouraged to, as Yale promises, “think the unthinkable, discuss the unmentionable, and challenge the unchallengeable.” Unfortunately, schools all across the country not only fall short on promises of free expression and academic freedom but openly suppress constitutionally protected speech on campus by using tools such as speech… Read more
FIRE Announces 10 Worst Colleges for Free Speech in 2014
March 2, 2015
PHILADELPHIA, March 2, 2015—More than half of America’s top colleges maintain speech codes that blatantly violate First Amendment standards. But every year the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) takes a closer look at the previous year’s incidents of college censorship to determine the nation’s 10 worst abusers of student and faculty free speech… Read more
FIRE’s Shibley on the ‘Offendedness Sweepstakes’ This Halloween Season
October 30, 2014
It’s almost Halloween, and that means that college students across the country are waging war against costumes that they deem culturally insensitive or otherwise offensive. In an article for The Daily Caller today, FIRE Senior Vice President Robert Shibley takes a look at some of the party themes that have been landing college and university… Read more
‘Taco Tuesday’ Event Earns Sorority Seven Conduct Violations
October 9, 2014
A few weeks ago, FIRE wrote to California State University, Fullerton (CSUF) to urge administrators to rescind sanctions for seven charges against the Alpha Delta Pi (ADPi) sorority based on a “Taco Tuesday”-themed event at which some members wore stereotypically Mexican clothing items. Peter Bonilla, director of FIRE’s Individual Rights Defense Program, has the story… Read more