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Northwestern Oklahoma State University
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Student Handbook: Networked Information Resources Acceptable Use Policies and Procedures
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Internet Usage Policies
Last updated: October 13, 2021Behaviors that are not permitted by the University include but are not limited to: … Sending, sharing or displaying obscene pictures, images or messages … Using obscene language Read MoreStudent Handbook: Code of Student Conduct- Sexual Misconduct
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: October 13, 2021NWOSU will neither tolerate nor condone any form of sexual misconduct, whether physical, mental, verbal, or emotional. Read MoreResidence Hall Handbook: Room Decorations
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Posting and Distribution Policies
Last updated: October 13, 2021Pornographic materials (any depiction of nude body parts) may not be displayed. Read MoreTitle IX: Prohibited Conduct Under Title IX
Speech Code Rating: Green
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: October 13, 2021Sexual Harassment: … 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 NWOSU’s education program or activity; … Read MoreStudent Handbook: Campus Solicitations
Speech Code Rating: Green
Speech Code Category: Posting and Distribution Policies
Last updated: May 18, 2022Campus Solicitations: The University will not interfere with the rights of individuals and groups to the free expression of their views or impermissibly regulate their speech based on its content or viewpoint. NWOSU may establish reasonable time, place, and manner restrictions on Expressive Activity. Such restrictio... Read More
Northwestern Oklahoma State University bans students from promoting ‘causes’ without administrative approval
May 5, 2022
(Editor’s note: This policy has since been revised. Please visit Northwestern Oklahoma State University’s entry in FIRE’s Spotlight Database for more information.) Students at Northwestern Oklahoma State University can hand out flyers, write chalk messages on sidewalks, and picket — but only if they have nothing of substance to say. After all, promoting a “cause”… Read more