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Cameron University
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Student Handbook: Facility Use Policy- Security
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Security Fee Policies
Last updated: August 27, 2020The University wants to provide a safe and secure environment for its community. During events, gatherings, and assemblies attracting large groups of people, there is an increased risk for affrays, altercations, vandals, predators, and other disturbances that can cause injury to attendees or other individuals and th... Read MoreComputer Use Policy
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Internet Usage Policies
Last updated: August 26, 2020Misuse of computing resources includes, but is not limited to, the following: … using CU computing resources for development, posting, transmission of, or link to, any of the following: commercial or personal advertisements; solutions; promotions; destructive programs; political material; messages which are fr... Read MoreStudent Handbook: Gender-Based Misconduct Policy for Students
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: August 26, 2020Gender-based misconduct comprises a broad range of behaviors focused on sex and/or gender that may or may not be sexual in nature. … For purposes of illustration, the following list sets forth examples of conduct that could constitute gender-based misconduct under those definitions, but is not meant ot [sic] b... Read MoreUse of Social Media Policy
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Internet Usage Policies
Last updated: August 26, 2020Personal Use of Social Media … If individuals choose to identify themselves as a University employee or student, he/she should make it clear that the views posted are his or her own and not those of the University. Individuals are reminded that anything posted can reflect upon the university, even if a disclai... Read MoreStudent Handbook: Facility Use Policy
Speech Code Rating: Green
Speech Code Category: Protest and Demonstration Policies
Last updated: August 27, 2020Outdoor areas of campus generally accessible to members of the public are open to Students and RSOs for free speech, protests, leafleting, etc. and require no reservation or notice. Although reservations are not required, the Office of Events Management requests that RSOs/individual Students notify the University of... Read MoreStudent Handbook: Code of Student Conduct- Conduct Required
Speech Code Rating: Green
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: August 26, 2020Abusive conduct: Unwelcome conduct that is sufficiently severe and pervasive that it alters the conditions of education and creates an environment that a reasonable person would find intimidating, harassing, or humiliating. The frequency of the conduct, its severity, and whether it is threatening or humiliating are ... Read More
Cameron U. Supposedly Revises Unconstitutional Policies After Student Files Suit
October 9, 2014
Cameron University got a mention on The Torch last May for its unconstitutional restrictions on student speech and for one administrator’s patently incorrect suggestion that university policies trump the First Amendment. As I reported at the time, Cameron student Daniel Harper filed suit against the public university in Oklahoma after he was told he could… Read more
Cameron U. Sued After Prohibiting Student from Distributing Flyers
May 23, 2014
Cameron University student Daniel Harper enlisted the help of Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) to file a lawsuit last week against the university for violating his First Amendment right to hand out flyers on the campus of the public Oklahoma institution. But this isn’t just a matter of Cameron administrators not understanding “time, place, and manner” restrictions or being overly sensitive to certain keywords. No, Cameron is declaring itself to be the single public university not legally bound by the U.S. Constitution.