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California State University – San Bernardino
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Standards for Student Conduct
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Policies on Tolerance, Respect, and Civility
Last updated: August 28, 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 MoreStandards for Student Conduct
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Internet Usage Policies
Last updated: August 28, 2021Use of computing facilities and resources to send obscene or intimidating and abusive messages. Read MorePolicy on Speech and Advocacy: Posting
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Posting and Distribution Policies
Last updated: August 28, 2021Posting by any individual or group must receive a date stamp from the Office of Student Engagement. … All printed advertisements, announcements, and signs must be identified with the following for the material to be stamped by the Office of Student Engagement: For CSUSB-affiliated groups, the sponsor must be ... 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 28, 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 her/his... Read MorePolicy on Speech and Advocacy
Speech Code Rating: Green
Speech Code Category: Protest and Demonstration Policies
Last updated: August 28, 2021CSUSB believes that students and employees of CSUSB and members of the public are free to lawfully exercise their constitutional right to freedom of expression on University property, consistent with University policies and California and federal laws. Freedom of expression activity includes, but is not limited to, ... Read MorePolicy on Speech and Advocacy
Speech Code Rating: Green
Speech Code Category: Advertised Commitments to Free Expression
Last updated: August 28, 2021Universities are venues for creative, thoughtful, and respectful discourse where conflicting perspectives are vigorously debated and thoroughly discussed. California State University, San Bernardino (“CSUSB” or “University”) is dedicated to affording members of the University community and members of the public the ... 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- Addendum B
Speech Code Rating: Green
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: August 28, 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 MoreAcceptable Use Policy for Electronic Communications
Speech Code Rating: Green
Speech Code Category: Internet Usage Policies
Last updated: August 28, 2021Users may not use campus computing or network services to threaten, harass, stalk, defame, or otherwise interfere with the legal rights of others. Read More
California State University at San Bernardino: Refusal to Recognize Christian Group
December 20, 2005
California State University at San Bernardino (CSUSB) refused to recognize a Christian student organization for requiring its members to live according to the group’s religious faith. The Christian Student Association at CSUSB contacted FIRE for help after the university said that the group’s statements on faith and sexual morality were “not permissible.”
Cal State vs. the Constitution
January 5, 2006
There seems to be a real case of Peter Harveyism developing out at California State University–San Bernardino (CSUSB). What is “Peter Harveyism,” you ask? You’re looking at a case of Peter Harveyism when a state official cites state regulations in order to defend an incoherent and unconstitutional policy. Peter Harvey, the attorney general of New… Read more
The War on Christians (and Muslims)
December 27, 2005
There has been a lot of talk the past few months about the “war on Christmas,” by which people generally mean the replacement of the religious symbols and language of Christmas with secular language and symbols of the holidays. This is often extended into an argument that there is a growing cultural hostility to the… Read more
Cal State’s Spineless Defense
December 20, 2005
FIRE’s case at Cal State San Bernardino is making national headlines today. An Associated Press piece is running across California, and the San Bernardino County Sun, the Riverside Press Enterprise, and several other media outlets have published their own stories on Cal State’s assault on religious liberty. FIRE’s own Greg Lukianoff has also been taking… Read more
Cal State San Bernardino Spikes Christian Student Group
December 19, 2005
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif., December 19, 2005—California State University at San Bernardino (CSUSB) has refused to recognize a Christian student organization for requiring its members to live according to the group’s religious faith. The Christian Student Association (CSA) at CSUSB contacted the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) for help after the university said that… Read more