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University of Massachusetts at Lowell
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Sexual Violence Prevention & Education: Sexual Harassment
Speech Code Rating: Red
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: May 4, 2020Sexual harassment is unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal, nonverbal, or physical conduct of a sexual nature. Read MoreSexual Violence Prevention & Education: Definitions
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: May 4, 2020Sexual Harassment is gender-based verbal or physical conduct that is: unwelcome or without consent, sufficiently severe, persistent or pervasive that it, has the effect of unreasonably interfering with, denying or limiting someone’s work performance or ability to participate in or benefit from the University’s educ... Read MoreBias Incident Response Protocol
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Policies on Bias and Hate Speech
Last updated: May 4, 2020The objectives of the Bias Incident Response Protocol are to: (1) Respond to bias incidents in a timely and coordinated manner (2) Support the well-being of the campus community by ensuring all participants are welcomed, valued and respected (3) Offer campus members a convenient and efficient means to report bias in... Read MoreStudent Conduct Code: University Jurisdiction & Standards- Sexual Harassment
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: May 4, 2020Sexual harassment can occur between individuals of different sexes or of the same sex. Sexual harassment may occur in the form of sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other conduct of a sexual nature. Sexual harassment is unwelcomed conduct of a sexual nature when: … such conduct is sufficiently se... Read MoreStudent Conduct Code: University Jurisdiction & Standards- Lewd/Indecent Conduct
Speech Code Rating: Yellow
Speech Code Category: Policies on Tolerance, Respect, and Civility
Last updated: May 4, 2020Lewd or indecent conduct or expression, on or off campus/University property, or at University sponsored or supervised functions are a violation of the Student Conduct Code. Read MoreStudent Conduct Code: University Jurisdiction & Standards- Respect and Protection for Persons and Property
Speech Code Rating: Green
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: May 4, 2020Conduct less than a physical attack or physical interference which interferes with a person in the conduct of his or her customary or usual affairs, such as the posting of threatening letters directed to the person, the use of threatening language directed at another, harassing or threatening telephone calls, email,... Read MoreStudent Conduct Code: Appendix D- Guidelines for Responses to Demonstrations on University Property
Speech Code Rating: Green
Speech Code Category: Protest and Demonstration Policies
Last updated: May 4, 2020The University of Massachusetts recognizes the rights of members of the University community to freedom of assembly and speech, and strongly believes in fostering discourse and the free exchange of ideas at the University. … Demonstrations are limited to appropriate public forums, which do not include among ot... Read MorePolicy IT-5-101: Acceptable Use Policy
Speech Code Rating: Green
Speech Code Category: Internet Usage Policies
Last updated: May 4, 2020CS users may not use the computer science resources to harass others. This includes but is not exclusive to activities such as spamming, spoofing, and tampering with system resources to appear as a different user. Read More
Don’t Film Me, Bro!
May 18, 2012
The Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice issued a guidance letter this week finding a First Amendment right to record police engaged in their official duties. Professor Eugene Volokh of UCLA School of Law picks up on this over at the Volokh Conspiracy. The most recent case clarifying this First Amendment right… Read more
UMass Lowell: Be Careful How You Address Controversial Speech
May 14, 2012
Yet another joke issue of a college student publication has encountered controversy on campus for being intentionally offensive in order to comment on a variety of issues. The good news is that the dean of students at University of Massachusetts Lowell, Larry Siegel, has taken punishment of the independent student newspaper, the Connector, off of… Read more
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