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Southern Connecticut State University
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CSCU Information Technology: Acceptable Use
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Internet Usage Policies
Last updated: October 13, 2021To adhere to Acceptable and Responsible Use policy, users of CSCU IT resources mustNOT: … Use CSCU IT resources for unauthorized purposes which may include, but are not limited to, the conduct of a private business enterprise, monetary gain, commercial, religious or political purposes. Read MoreBOR/CSCU Student Code of Conduct: Prohibited Conduct
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: October 13, 2021Sexual harassment, which can include any unwelcome sexual advance or request for sexual favors, or any conduct of a sexual nature when submission to such conduct is made either explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of an individual’s education; submission to or rejection of such conduct by an individual is us... Read MoreBOR/CSCU Student Code of Conduct: Prohibited Conduct
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: October 13, 2021Harassment, which is defined as conduct which is abusive or which interferes with a person’s pursuit of his or her customary or usual affairs, including, but not limited to, such conduct when directed toward an individual or group because of race, ethnicity, ancestry, national origin, religion, gender, sexual orient... Read MoreSexual Misconduct: Title IX Sexual Harassment
Speech Code Rating: Green
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: October 13, 2021Under Title IX sexual harassment means conduct on the basis of sex that satisfies one or more of the following: … 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 recipient’s education program or ac... Read MoreBOR/CSCU Student Code of Conduct: Preamble
Speech Code Rating: Green
Speech Code Category: Advertised Commitments to Free Expression
Last updated: October 13, 2021Academic institutions exist for the transmission of knowledge, the pursuit of truth, the development of students, and the general well-being of society. In line with this purpose, the Board of Regents for Higher Education (“BOR”) in conjunction with the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities (“CSCU”) has the du... Read MoreCSU Policy on Campus Freedom and Order
Speech Code Rating: Green
Speech Code Category: Protest and Demonstration Policies
Last updated: October 13, 2021Be it Resolved: That the Board of Trustees: Affirms and supports for the university the concepts of freedom of thought, inquiry, speech, and lawful assembly; Affirms the right of individuals and groups in the university to assemble, to dissent, to picket and to demonstrate on the university campuses within the limi... Read More
Real-Life Satire at Southern Connecticut State University
April 26, 2005
Our illustrious program associate, Alexis Zoberg, who handles our case intake, has prepared an excellent summary of another crazy case of repression on college campuses. This reminds me of a favorite Mark Twain quote: “It’s no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense.” Edward Bolles is a student at Southern… Read more