California State University – Stanislaus
Location: Turlock, California
Website: http://www.csustan.edu
Type: Public
Federal Circuit: 9th Circuit
Speech Code Rating
California State University – Stanislaus has been given the speech code rating Yellow. Yellow light colleges and universities are those institutions with at least one ambiguous policy that too easily encourages administrative abuse and arbitrary application. Read more here.
Student Conduct Code: Standards for Student Conduct
Speech Code Category: Policies on Tolerance, Respect, and Civility
Last updated: March 16, 2018Students 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.
Executive 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 Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: March 16, 2018Sexual Harassment, a form of Sex Discrimination, is unwelcome verbal, nonverbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature that includes but is not limited to sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and any other conduct of a sexual nature where:
a. Submission to, or rejection of, the conduct is explicitly or implicitly used as the basis for any decision affecting a Complainant’s academic status or progress, or access to benefits and services, honors, programs, or activities available at or through the University; or
b. Such conduct 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 the Complainant’s ability to participate in or benefit from the services, activities or opportunities offered by the University; or
c. Such conduct 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 intimidating, hostile or offensive.
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Sexual Harassment also includes acts of verbal, non-verbal or physical aggression, intimidation or hostility based on Gender or sex-stereotyping, even if those acts do not involve conduct of a sexual nature.
Student Conduct Code: Standards for Student Conduct
Speech Code Category: Internet Usage Policies
Last updated: March 16, 2018Use of computing facilities and resources to send obscene or intimidating and abusive messages.
Student Organization Handbook: Multi-cultural Sensitivity
Speech Code Category: Policies on Tolerance, Respect, and Civility
Last updated: March 16, 2018Multi-cultural Sensitivity: Both the University community and society alike are diverse with persons of varying cultures. Organizations must recognize the need for an awareness of, sensitivity to, and respect for the cultural heritage of others
Student Organization Handbook: University Reservations
Speech Code Category: Protest and Demonstration Policies
Last updated: March 16, 2018In order to reserve any state facility and have an event on campus, you must submit a request via the online 25 Live & StanSync Event Request tool.
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Meeting, Activity and Event requests and all items required for each must be made no less than 3 days prior to the requested date for meetings, 14 days for activities and 21 days for events.
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All event details must be specifically listed on the 25Live and StanSync Event Request Form in order for the University to properly assess the event and provide any feedback. Please be sure to add sufficient detail for higher risk activities such as (not limited to): … Political rallies, protests, marches or debates.
Housing and Residential Life: Administrative Policies and Regulations- Intolerance
Speech Code Category: Policies on Tolerance, Respect, and Civility
Last updated: March 16, 2018Acts of intolerance towards a community member or any Housing and Residential Life staff member which limits the person’s ability to participate in or benefit from services, activities or opportunities offered by the University.
Acts of intolerance or bias-related incidents are behaviors, which by intent, action and/or outcome harm or threaten to harm a person or group of people. Acts of intolerance include, but are not limited to, i. Acts motivated by prejudice toward a person or a group of people because of their race, religion, ethnicity, disability, national origin, age, gender, and/or sexual orientation, and/or any other protected class. iii. Physical or written defacement, vandalism or destruction of residential property and/or Housing and Residential Life postings and posters. ((CCR §41301(11)).
Housing and Residential Life: Administrative Policies and Regulations- Harassment
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: March 16, 2018Harassment means unwelcome conduct engaged in because of a 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 Student, and is in fact considered by the Student, as limiting the Student’s ability to participate in or benefit from the services, activities or opportunities offered by the University.
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Floyd Abrams Speaks Freely to Political Correctness on America’s Campuses
May 9, 2016
By Jeff Robbins at Observer If you ask judges and lawyers to blurt the name that comes to mind when given the verbal prompt “First Amendment,” a fair percentage will reply “Floyd Abrams.” Since being asked by The New York Times to defend its right to publish the Pentagon Papers 45 years ago, the 80-year-old partner at the New York law firm Cahill Gordon & Reindel has become, as the late Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan put it, “the most significant First Amendment lawyer of our age.” He has been asked by ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN and Time Magazine, among others, to represent them […]
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Update: Calif. Lawmakers Deny Christian College Students Freedom of Association
April 24, 2015
By Jennifer Kabbany at The College Fix Earlier this week, The College Fix reported on a bill before California lawmakers that aimed to repeal the California State University system’s all-comers policy, which currently forces campus Christian groups to accept non-Christians as their leaders. Unfortunately – after hearing debate on the issue – the California State Assembly’s committee on higher education ended up rejecting the bill, AB 1212, according to Republican Assemblywoman Shannon Grove, who sponsored the legislation. “California’s public university system has historically cherished freedom of association by offering official recognition to any group of students who want to create a club around […]
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