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Saint Xavier University
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Student Handbook: Residence Hall Policies, Prohibited Items 08-09
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Speech Code Category: Other Speech Codes, Statement
Last updated: October 28, 2013The following items and actions are prohibited: ... The use of profane, offensive, vulgar or derogatory language and/or photographs on the outside of room doors. Read MoreStudent Handbook: Publicity (Printed Materials, Electronic Media, Campus Posting Policy) 08-09
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Last updated: October 28, 2013Materials will not be approved if they contain: 1. Any reference to illegal substances. 2. Offensive language or images and/or graphic illustrations. 3. Language and/or graphic illustrations which dehumanize individuals based on race, age, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin and/or... Read MoreStudent Handbook: Acceptable Use 08-09
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Last updated: October 28, 2013Never act in such a way that another user would feel uncomfortable accessing systems--for example, by sending or presenting harassing, intimidating, abusive or patently unwanted material to others. This includes presentation in messages, on screen and in print where others might see. Read MoreStudent Handbook: Guest Speakers 08-09
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Speech Code Category: Advertised Commitments to Free Expression, Statement
Last updated: October 28, 2013The University recognizes its role as an educational stimulus and welcomes the opportunity to raise questions within the forum of the University community. While at times the issues raised may be controversial in nature, the University has continually stressed the validity and value of the inquiry process as well as... Read MoreSXU faculty guidelines 04-05
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Last updated: October 28, 2013Student Handbook: Political Activity 08-09
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Speech Code Category: Advertised Commitments to Free Expression, Statement
Last updated: October 28, 2013The policies of Saint Xavier University do not restrict the rights and privileges of faculty, staff, students, and recognized campus organizations to express their opinions freely, and the University is committed to preserving and encouraging a diversity of point-of-view and political opinion. Read MoreStudent Handbook: Student Ethos Statement 08-09
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Speech Code Category: Policies on Tolerance, Respect, and Civility, Statement
Last updated: December 12, 2013Saint Xavier expects all members of the University community to act toward one another with sensitivity, consideration, understanding, appreciation, tolerance, civility and an active concern for the welfare of others. The University is particularly concerned that its members show respect for others regardless of rac... Read MoreStudent Handbook: Sexual Harassment Policy 08-09
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Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies, Statement
Last updated: December 15, 2013Sexual harassment, as defined above, may include, but is not limited to: A. Suggesting or demanding sexual involvement of another person. ... C. -Displaying sexually explicit objects, photographs or drawings (except when warranted for legitimate academic purposes). D. Making graphic or suggestive comments, pro... Read MoreStudent Handbook: Code of Student Conduct: Respect for Others 08-09
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Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies, Statement
Last updated: December 15, 2013Hazing, harassment, racist behavior, defamation, retaliation, obscene language or actions, coercion, threats, endangering the safety of others, physical or psychological abuse or intimidation of any member of the Saint Xavier University community or others using its facilities, either in person or through electronic... Read More
Saint Xavier University: Punishment of Professor for Anti-Military Comments
November 20, 2002
Peter N. Kirstein, a tenured professor at Saint Xavier University in Illinois, was suspended after he responded to an email from a student at the Air Force Academy on the eve of the Iraq War. Professor Kirstein, a pacifist, expressed his disapproval of the military and foreign policy in his response to the student. FIRE… Read more
FIRE’s Work Lauded in Newspapers Nationwide
December 12, 2005
It’s been a good couple of days for Justice Brandeis’ maxim that “sunlight is the best disinfectant.” Thanks to articles in The New York Times, The Boston Globe, and The Chronicle of Higher Education, news of FIRE’s efforts to disinfect the swamps of repression currently passing for American universities is reaching an ever-increasing number of… Read more
The Chill Is Nothing New
September 9, 2005
There is a chill on campus, but that’s nothing new. For decades, campus speech has been chilled by speech codes and other attempts to prevent expression that might offend. Some would like to imagine that the excesses of “political correctness” are ancient history, but repression in the name of tolerance hasn’t gone anywhere. Oppressive speech… Read more