Acceptable Use Policy

Speech Code Category: Internet Usage Policies
Last updated: March 31, 2016

The policy can be summarized in these statements:

Be respectful and considerate of the rights of others. Do no harm. Break no law.

This means that the following items are some examples of things that would *not* comply with the simple policy above:

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• Using computing facilities to harass other users or to do mischief.
• Sending electronic messages to unwilling recipients.

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University of Missouri System Standard of Conduct

Speech Code Category: Bullying Policies
Last updated: March 31, 2016

Bullying is defined as repeated and/or severe aggressive behavior likely to intimidate or intentionally hurt, control or diminish another person, physically or mentally on the basis of actual or perceived membership in a protected class.

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Dean of Students: Student Expectations, Rights & Responsibilities

Speech Code Category: Policies on Tolerance, Respect, and Civility
Last updated: March 31, 2016

Expectations: … Respect the dignity of all people and learn from the differences in people, ideas, and opinion (Examples of respect are those behaviors that do not demean the dignity of individuals or groups, such as hazing, harassment, and discrimination….)

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University of Missouri System Rules and Regulations: 600.020 Sex Discrimination, Sexual Harassment and Sexual Misconduct in Education/Employment Policy

Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: March 31, 2016

Sexual harassment is defined as:

1. Unwelcome sexual advances or requests for sexual activity by a person or persons in a position of power or authority to another person, or
2. Other unwelcome verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature by a person to another person, when:
   

   1) Submission to or rejection of such conduct is used explicitly or implicitly as a condition for academic or employment decisions; or
   2) Such conduct creates a hostile environment by being sufficiently severe or pervasive and objectively offensive that it interferes with, limits or denies the ability of an individual to participate in or benefit from educational programs or activities or employment access, benefits or opportunities.

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Community Standards: Student Expectations, Rights & Responsibilities

Speech Code Category: Advertised Commitments to Free Expression
Last updated: March 31, 2016

Missouri S&T strives to provide an environment in which students may develop as effective citizens and thoughtful, productive members of society. Freedom of expression and inquiry are essential elements of the University community.

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Rights and Responsibilities: … Right to freedom of speech, peaceful assembly, and right of petition and the responsibility to respect other’s freedom of speech, peaceful assembly, and right of petition….

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University of Missouri System Standard of Conduct

Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: March 31, 2016

Harassment in violation of the University’s anti-discrimination policies, is unwelcome verbal or physical conduct, on the basis of actual or perceived membership in a protected class as defined in the University’s anti-discrimination policies, that creates a hostile environment by being sufficiently severe or pervasive and objectively offensive that it interferes with, limits or denies the ability of an individual to participate in or benefit from educational programs or activities or employment access, benefits or opportunities.

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Sexual harassment is defined as:

1) Unwelcome sexual advances or requests for sexual activity by a person or persons in a position of power or authority to another person, or
2) Other unwelcome verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature by a person to another person, when:

a) Submission to or rejection of such conduct is used explicitly or implicitly as a condition for academic or employment decisions; or
b) Such conduct creates a hostile environment by being sufficiently severe or pervasive and objectively offensive that it interferes with, limits or denies the ability of an individual to participate in or benefit from educational programs or activities or employment access, benefits or opportunities.

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The Sissification of Academia

April 6, 2016

By Bob Barr at Townhall For decades, liberals have forewarned the destruction by conservatives of their Ivory Towers of academia. They whine that conservatives are out to “starve” educational institutions by cutting their bloated, taxpayer-funded budgets; they blame conservative opposition to their precious Common Core scheme as “paranoia,” and they defend teacher unions to the death… Read more here.