As members of society, students have a responsibility to be familiar with the law. Among the acts prohibited by law and university regulations are:
- acts against people, including assault, harassment, coercion, personal abuse, and other acts causing or threatening injury or danger to people;
- acts against property, including vandalism, theft, trespass, tampering, and other acts causing or risking damage or loss of property;
- acts against public order and decency, including disorderly conduct, fighting, unreasonable noise, public intoxication, and other acts of disruption or disturbance;
- sexual acts against people, including rape, deviate sexual intercourse, indecent assault, or indecent exposure;
- ethnic intimidation; acts against people, property, or public order committed with malicious intent toward the race, color, religion, or national origin of another individual or group;
- possession, use, or sale of controlled narcotics or drugs;
- possession or use by, and sale or furnishing of, alcoholic beverages to those under 21 years of age;
- false alarms of fires, bomb threats, and other emergencies; and
- misuse or tampering with fire fighting equipment.
As members of the university community, students have a responsibility to be familiar with the conduct regulations found in the Student Rights, Regulations and Procedures Handbook, and other university documents. University regulations prohibit:
- acts of academic dishonesty, including plagiarism or cheating on assignments, examinations, or other academic work;
- misuse or unauthorized use of university transcripts, records, or identification;
- possession or use of firearms, firecrackers, explosives, or other dangerous substances or articles in or around university and university supervised facilities or on university property;
- possession or consumption of alcoholic beverages in or around university and university supervised facilities or on university property;
- unauthorized use of or possession of university and university-supervised facilities or property;
- breach of building security measures in university and university-supervised facilities;
- falsification of information given during a university disciplinary investigation or hearing;
- willful obstruction of a university staff member in the performance of duties;
- failure to comply with university disciplinary procedures and decisions;
- failure to provide identification upon the request of a properly identified university staff member;
- Acts of sexual harassment, including any unwelcome sexual advances, request for sexual favors, or other physical conduct of a sexual nature.
- Acts prohibiting the Acceptable Use of Technology Resources policy including but not limited to copying and copyright infringement; use of network to abuse, defame, harass, or threaten individuals or groups; and other acts not in accordance with university policies. The policy in its entirety can be found at
http://www.clarion.edu/computing/computerusepolicy.shtml.
