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Norfolk State University
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FIRE Speech Code Memorandum for Norfolk State University
Student Activities & Leadership: Posting Information
Speech Code Category: Posting and Distribution Policies
Last updated: November 15, 2018All flyers/ posters that are hung anywhere on campus must first be taken Event Scheduling on the 2nd floor of the Student Center and stamped for approval. You must have a confirmed event inorder [sic] to have your flyers stamped. Approved fliers are to be posted on bulletin boards only. Posting of fliers is prohibit... Read MoreCommunity Standards & Expectations Guide for Residential Living
Speech Code Category: Bullying Policies
Last updated: November 15, 2018Harassment to include but not limited to bullying/cyber-bullying, intimidation and/or hate crimes. Read MoreAdministrative Policy # 48-01 (2014): Acceptable Use of Technological Resources
Speech Code Category: Internet Usage Policies
Last updated: November 14, 2018Within reason, freedom of speech and access to information for business and academic purposes will be honored. Prohibited activities include, but are not limited to: … 3. Intentionally downloading and/or transmitting fraudulent, threatening, obscene, intimidating, defamatory, harassing, discriminatory, or othe... Read MoreBOV Policy # 05 (2015): Title IX: Sexual Violence, Discrimination, Harassment, and Retaliation
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: November 15, 2018“Sexual Harassment” is any unwelcome sexual advance, request for sexual favors, or other unwanted conduct of a sexual nature, whether verbal, non-verbal, graphic, physical, or otherwise, when the conditions outlined in provisions (1) and/or (2), below, are present. “Gender-Based Harassment” includes harassment based... Read MoreAdministrative Policy # 27-02 (2014): Code of Student Conduct
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: November 14, 2018The following are violations of the Code of Student Conduct: … Harassment is conduct so severe, pervasive, and objectively offensive that it effectively prevents the victim’s access to educational opportunity or benefit. … Threatening behavior whether written or verbal, towards any member of the Universi... Read More
Speech Code of the Month: Norfolk State University
November 7, 2012
FIRE announces its Speech Code of the Month for November 2012: Norfolk State University in Virginia. Norfolk State, a public university in Virginia, maintains an Acceptable Use of Technological Resources policy (PDF) that unlawfully restricts protected expression in a number of different ways. The policy defines “technological resources” quite broadly to include “information systems; computer… Read more
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