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Southeastern Louisiana University
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This school has adopted the chicago statement for free speech.
Student Handbook: Discrimination & Harassment Policy
Speech Code Rating: Red
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: April 8, 2019II. PROHIBITED CONDUCT … B. Harassment Examples include but are not limited to: • Verbal threats, offensive jokes, epithets, derogatory comments, ridicule, mockery or slurs; • Gratuitous visual displays such as posters, photographs, cartoons, drawings, or gestures; … C. Sexual Harassment Examples include... Read MoreStudent Handbook: Student Code of Conduct
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: April 8, 2019Abusive conduct includes all forms of harassment, abusive [sic], and violent behavior. Abusive conduct includes all offenses which create an intimidating or offensive academic, work, or campus environment including but not limited to: •engaging in, attempting any form of physical abuse injurious to oneself, to anoth... Read MoreStudent Handbook: Student Code of Conduct
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Internet Usage Policies
Last updated: April 8, 2019Abuse of computers and other technology includes but is not limited to: •sending or posting obscene or abusive messages through electronic means Read MoreResident Guidebook: Policies and Regulations
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Posting and Distribution Policies
Last updated: April 8, 2019The University expects students to regulate their own lives in accordance with accepted standards and good taste. This means that possessions or displays which are inconsistent with accepted standards should not be kept in student’s rooms, specifically signs or articles which might have been picked up inappropriatel... Read MoreResponsible Computing Policy
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Internet Usage Policies
Last updated: April 8, 2019The University community encourages free speech and intellectual debate. However, free speech does not include hostile, intimidating, or threatening language or behavior. Southeastern Louisiana University has a tradition of providing a caring, nurturing environment for students and employees. Any use of computer res... Read MoreStudent Handbook: Sign Posting Policy
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Posting and Distribution Policies
Last updated: April 8, 2019The posting of signs, notices, and/or advertisements on other than University bulletin boards by individuals and/or organizations is PROHIBITED. … Display of sexually suggestive objects or pictures and/or discriminatory portrayal of individuals are not allowed. Chalking on buildings and sidewalks is not allowe... Read MoreStudent Handbook: University Policy on Public Speech, Assembly, and Demonstrations
Speech Code Rating: Green
Speech Code Category: Protest and Demonstration Policies
Last updated: April 8, 2019Southeastern has designated the following sites as preferred locations for public discussion and/or peaceful public assembly or demonstration: (1) Student Union Annex; (2) Student Union Plaza; and, (3) the grassy area of Friendship Circle. Although other campus locations may be available for public speech and assemb... Read MoreStudent Handbook: Sexual Misconduct Policy
Speech Code Rating: Green
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: April 8, 2019Sexual Harassment: Unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature when (i) submission to such conduct is made either explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of an individual/group of individuals’ employment or education; (ii) submission to or rejection of such conduct by an individual/group of individuals is used as the ... Read More
Southeastern Louisiana University Drops Security Fee Policy Following Fifth Circuit Ruling
August 4, 2010
Sara Lipka of the Chronicle of Higher Education reports today that Southeastern Louisiana University (SLU) has shelved its security fee policy for non-university speakers after the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit found it unconstitutional in a ruling issued last week. The case was Sonnier v. Crane, No. 09-30186 (5th Cir. July… Read more
Federal Court of Appeals Rejects Unconstitutional Security Fee Policy, But Upholds University’s Limitations on Non-Student Speech
August 2, 2010
Last week, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals assessed the constitutionality of several speech policies at Southeastern Louisiana University (SLU). The court held that SLU’s policy concerning the imposition of security fees on demonstrators violated the First Amendment, sending a signal to universities that they cannot penalize controversial speakers for audience reaction. However, giving an… Read more
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