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Kent State University
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Hallways Handbook: Resident Bill of Rights and Responsibilities
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Policies on Tolerance, Respect, and Civility
Last updated: September 4, 2018Each resident is guaranteed the following Bill of Rights and Responsibilities. Enjoyment of life in a residence hall will depend, to a large extent, on the thoughtful consideration that residents demonstrate for one another. … 9. The right to be free from fear of intimidation and physical and emotional harm. Read MoreHallways Handbook: 3.6 Harassment and Assault
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: September 4, 2018Gender/Sexual Harassment: Sexual harassment is a form of unlawful gender discrimination and is defined as unfavorable or unwelcome treatment, made without consent and based on a person’s gender or sex, that is severe or pervasive and has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with an individual’s employme... Read More5-16.2 ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY REGARDING COMPLAINTS OF UNLAWFUL GENDER DISCRIMINATION, GENDER/SEXUAL HARASSMENT, SEXUAL MISCONDUCT, STALKING, AND INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: September 4, 2018(2) Gender/sexual harassment. Sexual harassment is a form of unlawful gender discrimination and is defined as unfavorable or unwelcome treatment, made without consent and based on a person’s gender or sex, that is severe or pervasive and has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with an individual... Read More5-16 UNIVERSITY POLICY REGARDING UNLAWFUL DISCRIMINATION AND HARASSMENT
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: September 4, 2018Unlawful harassment. Includes intimidation, ridicule or insults that are sufficiently severe, pervasive or persistent as to interfere with or limit the ability of an individual to participate in or benefit from the services, activities or privileges provided by the University; creates an intimidating, hostile or... Read MoreHallways Handbook: Bias Incident
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Policies on Bias and Hate Speech
Last updated: September 4, 2018Residence Services defines a bias incident as a non-criminal activity committed against a person or property that is motivated, in whole or in part, by the offender’s bias against race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, sex, gender and/or sexual orientation, identity as a veteran with a disability o... Read More4 – 03.1 Administrative policy regarding demonstrations, marches and speakers
Speech Code Rating: Green
Speech Code Category: Protest and Demonstration Policies
Last updated: September 4, 2018Non-registration. The university permits demonstrations, marches and non-university affiliated speakers without prior registration provided that no sound amplification equipment is utilized and members of the university community not participating in the demonstration may proceed with their normal activities. Read MoreCode of Student Conduct: Prohibited Conduct- Harassment
Speech Code Rating: Green
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: September 4, 2018Harassment. a. Threatening or intimidating a person creating a rational fear within that person. b. Engaging in unwanted conduct or repeatedly committing acts directed at another person that would disrupt the educational process. c. Creating a condition that endangers or threatens the health, safety or welfare of an... Read More
Second Amendment event proceeds after court blocks Kent State’s speech tax
November 27, 2018
Liberty Hangout, a gun-rights student group at Kent State University, recently won an injunction against its school’s attempt to impose security fees on the group’s event, titled “Let’s Talk Gun Rights.” The gathering was made possible after a federal judge blocked the university’s requirement that the group front $1,798.40 in security costs prior to hosting… Read more
Kent State Dean Criticizes Campus Speech Policies: ‘Your First Amendment Rights End Where Somebody Else’s Sensitivity Begins’
December 8, 2009
In the enactment, enforcement, and defense of unconstitutional and illiberal campus policies, the dirty work often falls to the various deans of academic and student affairs. Depressingly, FIRE all too often sees administrators who hold disciplinary influence over their students acting on the mistaken idea that students have the right not to be offended or… Read more
Student-Athletes May Face Increased Online Community Restrictions
July 19, 2006
Athletic directors and coaches are the latest group to express concern with online communities like Facebook.com and MySpace.com. At the end of June, Laing Kennedy, the Athletic Director at Kent State University, announced that student athletes must remove their Facebook profiles by August 1. A recent article from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, which discusses this trend,… Read more
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