Student Code of Conduct: Special Event/Late Night Event Policy

Speech Code Category: Security Fee Policies
Last updated: May 20, 2016

For purposes of this policy, “late night events” shall mean events expected to end at 11 p.m. or later and “special events” shall mean events that 300 or more guests are reasonably expected to attend or that pose a security concern for some other reason, as determined in the sole discretion of the University.

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The sponsoring organization will be responsible for all costs related to security for the event. The sponsoring organization will develop a security plan with a representative of the Georgia State University Police, in conjunction with the event venue representative and in advance of the event. The police will make decisions on the number of police officers required, the number of hours necessary and the estimated cost.

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Student Code of Conduct: Introduction- Guarantees of Student Expression

Speech Code Category: Policies on Tolerance, Respect, and Civility
Last updated: May 20, 2016

This right of expression does not protect disruptive, threatening, lewd, indecent or obscene conduct or expression.

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University Housing Solicitation and Posting Policy

Speech Code Category: Posting and Distribution Policies
Last updated: May 20, 2016

All flyers/posters must be pre‐approved by University Housing. … We will not approve flyers/posters that contain images or language that is vulgar, obscene, sexually explicit, or potentially discriminatory/objectifying.

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Student Code of Conduct: Rights and Obligations- General

Speech Code Category: Advertised Commitments to Free Expression
Last updated: May 20, 2016

Membership in the community of scholars known as Georgia State University is a privilege and carries with it obligations to participate in and contribute to the educational mission of the institution. Concurrent with these obligations are rights and freedoms for each individual as guaranteed by the United States Constitution including, but not limited to, the right to inquire, to learn, to communicate by speech and action, to assemble peaceably and the right to due process.

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Student Code of Conduct: Prohibited General Conduct

Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: May 20, 2016

Harassing a person through unwanted conduct directed at him/her that causes reasonable fear for safety (e.g., Stalking) or is sufficiently severe, pervasive and persistent that it interferes with the person’s University employment or ability to participate in or benefit from University programs.

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Student Code of Conduct: Sexual Misconduct Policy

Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: May 20, 2016

“Sexual Harassment” means unwelcome conduct, based on sex or gender stereotypes, which is so severe or pervasive that it unreasonably interferes with a person’s University employment, academic performance or participation in University programs or activities and creates a working, learning, program or activity environment that a reasonable person would find intimidating, hostile or offensive. The exclusive purpose of this Policy is to protect Students from sex discrimination, consistent with both federal regulatory law and the requirements of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. Sexual Harassment may, when unwelcome, include:

 sexual advances;
 requests for sexual favors,
 acts of sexual violence;
 leering–i.e., staring in a sexually suggestive manner;
 making offensive remarks about looks, clothing or body parts;
 telling sexual or lewd jokes, making sexual gestures or displaying pornography;
 sending, forwarding or soliciting sexually suggestive letters, notes, emails or images;
 gender-based activity, not of a sexual nature, e.g., gender harassment and gender identity harassment.

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Student Code of Conduct: Campus Speech, Distribution, and Posting Policy

Speech Code Category: Protest and Demonstration Policies
Last updated: May 20, 2016

Persons or organizations may engage in speech activities in the following locations: the city streets adjacent to campus buildings, Library Plaza, Unity Plaza, the Urban Life Center Plaza and the area beneath the Courtland Street viaduct. University sites (non-city streets) are available for speaking or other forms of expression between 8:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m., Monday through Friday except when the areas have been reserved by a University-Affiliated department or student organization.

Plans for speaking activities in other campus areas and times must be approved by the Student/University Center Reservations Office at least 72 hours in advance of the event. Such plans will be considered in a content-neutral manner.

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Date rape policies based on bad information, new study claims

November 24, 2015

By Marvin Harris at FOX Carolina A new study challenges the widely accepted theory that most date rapes on campus are committed by serial rapists. A 2015 study out of Georgia State University concluded that an overwhelming majority of college rapes are committed by men who are not serial predators, a misconception that has led to the systemic failure of rape-prevention policies. “Although a small group of men perpetrated rape across multiple college years, they constituted a significant minority of those who committed college rape…” wrote Kevin Swartout, a psychology professor at GSU who headed the study. The new study calls to question decades of government and university actions based on […]

Intelligence Squared / FIRE debate: College Students Should be Allowed to Take Smart Drugs

November 1, 2015

By Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz at The Washington Post Intelligence Squared US and the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) are embarking on a joint venture (that I am proud to have brokered), to present a series of high-profile debates on college campuses. Our first debate will be tomorrow at George Washington University. Arguing for the motion will be Dr. Anjan Chatterjee, professor, University of Pennsylvania and chair of neurology, Pennsylvania Hospital; and our own Nita Farahany, Volokh conspirator and professor of law and philosophy, Duke University. Arguing against the motion will be Eric Racine, director, Neuroethics Research Unit, Institut de Recherches […]

Practical Advice for Fraternities Caught in the Battle for Free Speech on Campus

September 16, 2004

I. Introduction While there is no shortage of free speech battles on college campuses, fraternities have the dubious honor of being at the center of many of the least sympathetic controversies. From Halloween parties where brothers show up dressed as Ku Klux Klan members to fraternity newsletters that graphically relate a brother’s sexual exploits with named co-eds, fraternities sometimes express themselves in ways that are not exactly likely to win the battle for hearts and minds. However, although fraternities may later regret the actions of some of their brothers, they must not allow their rights to be stripped away by […]