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University of North Florida
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This school has adopted the chicago statement for free speech. 
Resident Handbook: Decorations
Speech Code Rating: Green
Speech Code Category: Policies on Tolerance, Respect, and Civility
Last updated: September 4, 2018Residents are encouraged to be respectful of roommates and community members when decorating. In the event of a resident complaint over a roommate’s decoration, the Department of Housing and Residence Life will attempt to accommodate both parties and help to avoid conflict. The Department will not take down, cens... Read MoreResident Handbook: Disorderly/Disruptive Behavior
Speech Code Rating: Green
Speech Code Category: Policies on Tolerance, Respect, and Civility
Last updated: September 4, 2018Disorderly and/or disruptive behavior includes: physical abuse, intimidation, inappropriate behavior or a pattern of behavior (either in a succession of closely related disruptive acts or a series of actions over a period of time) which disregards the rights of individuals, animals, the community, causes physical da... Read MoreResident Handbook: Harassment/Endangerment
Speech Code Rating: Green
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: September 4, 2018Behavior and actions that create an unreasonably intimidating, hostile, or offensive, living, educational or work environment for another person or group is not permitted. Behavior and actions that intimate, threaten, or harm the health, safety, or welfare of another person, group, or animal is not permitted. Read MorePolicies and Regulations: Student Conduct Code
Speech Code Rating: Green
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: September 4, 2018Sexual Misconduct: … Unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature that is severe, persistent or pervasive so as to limit or deny a student’s ability to participate in or benefit from an academic program, event or activity or to otherwise participate in campus life. Read MorePolicies and Regulations: Student Conduct Code
Speech Code Rating: Green
Speech Code Category: Bullying Policies
Last updated: September 4, 2018Bullying/Cyberbullying: Repeated and/or severe aggressive behaviors with the intent to intimidate or harm another person, physically or emotionally, when such behaviors are not protected as freedom of speech. Examples of such conduct include stalking, harassment, and invasion of privacy. Read MorePolicies and Regulations: Non-Discrimination, Equal Opportunity and Diversity Regulation
Speech Code Rating: Green
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: September 4, 2018“Harassment” means unwelcome conduct about an individual or protected class covered by this regulation that is sufficiently serious (i.e., severe, persistent or pervasive) to deny or limit a student’s ability to participate in or benefit from the University’s educational programs or activities or such conduct ... Read MorePolicies and Regulations: Sexual Misconduct Regulation
Speech Code Rating: Green
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: September 4, 2018“Sexual harassment” means unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, or other verbal (including written and electronic communications when such communications are not protected as freedom of speech) or physical conduct of a sexual nature from any person when: … Such conduct is sufficiently serious ... Read MorePolicies and Regulations: Use of Amplified Sound in University Facilities; Outdoor Areas; Demonstrations and Other Outdoor Events
Speech Code Rating: Green
Speech Code Category: Protest and Demonstration Policies
Last updated: September 4, 2018Outdoor areas on the campus which are not committed to a specific use or assigned to a specific University entity, such as the area located adjacent to the Arena and the Wellness Center, are free to be used for informal, unscheduled, and unamplified expressions of opinion or musical events by persons participating a... Read More
University of North Florida Earns FIRE’s Highest Rating for Free Speech
September 10, 2015
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., September 10, 2015—The University of North Florida (UNF) has eliminated all of its unconstitutional speech codes, earning the highest, “green light” rating for free speech from the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE). With assistance from FIRE, UNF has joined a prestigious group of colleges and universities that have reformed their policies… Read more
Florida Highway Patrol Officer Admits He Stole Copies of U. North Florida Student Paper
July 29, 2013
Thousands of copies of the UNF Spinnaker, the University of North Florida’s (UNF’s) student newspaper, were reported missing last month, and university police have identified one of the men responsible: Florida Highway Patrol officer and UNF graduate Steven Coppola. The issue Coppola confessed to removing from newsstands contained a story detailing the arrest of a… Read more
Questions Surround Funding Freeze of UNF Student Paper
March 29, 2011
The racy cover photo from the latest issue of the University of North Florida (UNF) student newspaper, the Spinnaker, has caused a stir at the UNF campus and made some waves in the press. Chief among the media outlets to cover the matter is the Florida Times-Union, where Kate Howard has written a good summary… Read more
CFN Conference Attendee Takes the Spirit Back to Campus at University of North Florida
October 11, 2010
University of North Florida (UNF) student and 2010 CFN Conference attendee Edgar Aroutiounian recently published an op-ed in his school’s newspaper, The Spinnaker, exposing UNF’s speech policies. In the op-ed (page 9 of PDF file), Edgar does a great job of discussing the importance of allowing unbridled discourse at a public university such as UNF… Read more
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