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Student Handbook: Housing Facilities & Policies- Community Standards
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Other Speech Codes
Last updated: November 29, 2018Choosing to join the community obligates each resident to make positive contributions to the community and abide by a code of behavior. Actions that negatively impact the residence hall/apartment community are subject to disciplinary action. Read MoreBoard Policy 406: Free Speech
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Protest and Demonstration Policies
Last updated: November 29, 2018The area adjacent to the southwest corner of Ferguson Chapel, not to exceed 50 feet in any direction, is hereby designated as a limited public forum. On a first-come, first-served basis, individuals or organizations may utilize this designated forum for free speech purposes, without registration, 24 hours a day, sev... Read MoreStudent Handbook: Offenses Subject to Disciplinary Action
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Policies on Tolerance, Respect, and Civility
Last updated: November 29, 2018Any student, non-student or student group found to have committed any of the following is subject to university disciplinary action: … Disorderly conduct including, but not limited to, violent, noisy, or drunken behavior, and the use of abusive or obscene language on university controlled property or while rep... Read MoreStudent Handbook: Offenses Subject to Disciplinary Action
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: November 29, 2018Harassing or alarming another person. This includes, but is not limited to, racial and sexual harassment, attempting or threatening to strike, kick or otherwise subject another person to physical contact; making an offensive coarse utterance, gesture, or display; addressing abusive language to any person; following ... Read MoreBoard Policy 511: Sexual Misconduct Policy
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: November 29, 2018Sexual harassment is defined as unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors or other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature when: … such conduct has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with an individual’s right to achieve an educational objective or to work in an environment fre... Read MoreBoard Policy 412: Computer Use
Speech Code Rating: Green
Speech Code Category: Internet Usage Policies
Last updated: November 29, 2018Inappropriate Uses Faculty, staff, and students must use good judgment in the use of all computing resources, including but not limited to Internet access and e-mail use. Computing and telecommunications may be used only for legal purposes and may not be used for any purpose that is illegal, unethical, dishonest, or... Read MoreBoard Policy 406: Free Speech
Speech Code Rating: Green
Speech Code Category: Advertised Commitments to Free Expression
Last updated: November 29, 2018The university believes that the right of expression is as necessary as the right of inquiry and both must be preserved as essential to the pursuit and dissemination of knowledge and truth. Read More
University of Central Arkansas: Administration Removes Pro-LGBTQ Lady Gaga Quote From Library Sign
June 21, 2019
University president directs removal of Lady Gaga quote (“Being gay is like glitter. It never goes away”) from sign outside library during Pride Month.
University of Central Arkansas censored library’s Pride Month sign after legislator complained
June 28, 2019
Last week, FIRE wrote to the president of the University of Central Arkansas after he censored a Lady Gaga quote on a sign outside of the library to explain that the First Amendment protected the librarians’ right to display messages on their sign. (The quote — “Being gay is like glitter. It never goes away.”… Read more
FIRE letter raises concerns about University of Central Arkansas’ removal of Lady Gaga library sign
June 21, 2019
June marks LGBTQ Pride Month. Like many libraries and institutions across the country, the librarians at the University of Central Arkansas put together an exhibit of LGBTQ-themed books, in addition to the resources on their website. On a sandwich-board sign outside of the library, they added a quote from Lady Gaga, known for her LGBTQ… Read more
University of Central Arkansas Reviews ‘Speech Code of the Month,’ Promises to Revise Policy
July 9, 2013
In a victory for free speech on campus, the University of Central Arkansas (UCA) has promised to eliminate a speech code that FIRE identified as our “Speech Code of the Month” for July 2013. The promise comes just days after FIRE Director of Speech Code Research Samantha Harris challenged the policy on FIRE’s website, writing that the… Read more
Speech Code of the Month: University of Central Arkansas
July 3, 2013
FIRE announces its Speech Code of the Month for July 2013: the University of Central Arkansas (UCA). If you are applying to UCA, you had better make sure to brush up on your social skills, because UCA’s list of “Offenses Subject to Disciplinary Action” (PDF) includes “annoying” another person. This policy is overly broad because… Read more
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