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Colorado State University – Pueblo
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Policy on Discrimination, Protected Class Harassment: “Hostile Environment” Sexual Harassment
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: September 25, 2020Hostile Environment” Sexual Harassment means unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, or other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature is so severe, pervasive, and/or objectively offensive that the conduct unreasonably interferes with the Reporting Party’s employment, academic pursuits, or partic... Read MorePosting Policy
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Posting and Distribution Policies
Last updated: September 25, 2020All posters/flyers intended for display beyond those in the OUC or residence halls must be approved. Posters for the residence hall must be approved by the front desk employees there and all of those being posted in the OUC must be approved through auxiliary services. … All posters/flyers must include the nam... Read MoreStudent Code of Conduct: Standards of Conduct
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: September 25, 2020Harassment. a. Conduct directed at another person that is severe, pervasive, or persistent, and that is intended to or is reasonably likely to create an intimidating, hostile or demeaning environment which interferes with the person’s ability to study, work, or participate in daily activity. This conduct may occur t... Read MoreStudent Code of Conduct: Standards of Conduct
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Policies on Tolerance, Respect, and Civility
Last updated: September 25, 2020Abusive conduct. Physical abuse, verbal abuse, threats, intimidation, coercion, and/or other conduct which threatens the mental or physical well-being of any person. Read MoreAcceptable Use Policy
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Internet Usage Policies
Last updated: September 25, 2020Conduct which violates this policy includes, but is not limited to: … Initiating or propagating electronic chain letters. Read MoreStudent Code of Conduct: Standards of Conduct
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Bullying Policies
Last updated: September 25, 2020Bullying and Cyberbullying. Repeated and/or inappropriate behaviors that intentionally intimidate, harm, shame, humiliate, demean, or degrade another person physically or emotionally. Read MoreCSU Pueblo Policy: Title IX, Sexual Harassment and Gender Discrimination
Speech Code Rating: Green
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: September 25, 2020Sexual Harassment – 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 the University’s Education Program or Activity; ... Read MorePeaceful Assembly Policy
Speech Code Rating: Green
Speech Code Category: Protest and Demonstration Policies
Last updated: September 25, 2020Student Forum: As applied to students, any generally accessible, open, outdoor area on campus, as well as any nonacademic and publicly open portion of a facility that the University has traditionally made available for expressive purposes. Student forums are subject to time, place and manner restrictions that are re... Read MorePolicy on Discrimination, Protected Class Harassment
Speech Code Rating: Green
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: September 25, 2020Protected Class Harassment means subjectively unwelcome conduct based upon an individual’s actual or perceived Protected Characteristics where either: enduring the unwelcome conduct is made either explicitly or implicitly a condition of a Reporting Party’s continued employment or academic standing; or the conduct i... Read More
Colorado State University – Pueblo: Professor’s Email Access Blocked After Message Protesting Layoffs
January 28, 2014
On January 17, 2014, Colorado State University-Pueblo Professor Tim McGettigan emailed all students and faculty, criticizing the administration’s plans to terminate up to 50 positions at the school. McGettigan’s email evoked the Ludlow Massacre, a 1914 attack on striking miners and their families that resulted in numerous deaths. That same day, administrators accused McGettigan of violating a policy that prohibits using email “to intimidate, threaten, or harass other individuals,” and deactivated his email account without warning.
Professor Labeled a ‘Threat’ for Criticizing University Leadership Files Lawsuit
January 15, 2015
Last January, we reported on the story of Tim McGettigan, a sociology professor at Colorado State University–Pueblo (CSU-Pueblo) who was an outspoken critic of the administration’s financial management. After CSU-Pueblo President Lesley DiMare informed faculty and staff in December 2013 that “as many as 50 positions at CSU Pueblo” could be eliminated to compensate for… Read more
‘Flat Hat’ Highlights William & Mary’s ‘Green Light’ Rating
January 29, 2014
The Flat Hat, the student newspaper at The College of William & Mary, points out this week that for yet another year, the university can boast of its “green light” rating for free speech. As The Flat Hat observes, William & Mary is one of an elite few institutions nationwide that maintain policies respecting free… Read more
After FIRE Letter, Colorado State Gives Prof Limited Access to Email
January 22, 2014
Last week, Colorado State University – Pueblo (CSU-Pueblo) abruptly cut off Professor Tim McGettigan’s access to his email account after he sent an email to students and faculty criticizing the university system’s leadership. McGettigan was told that he had violated the school’s policy against using email “to intimidate, threaten, or harass other individuals”—a policy that allows for account… Read more
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