1. Jurisdiction of the Institution
   1. The institution shall have jurisdiction over its students and recognized student organizations.
   2. Disciplinary proceedings may be initiated in response to conduct that occurs on institutional premises or at events and activities officially sponsored by the institution.
   
   
2. Conduct Rules and Regulations

   Members of the college community reasonably expect that they shall be able to live, study, work and relax in a safe and orderly environment that is conducive to achievement of the educational and public service missions of the College. The following regulations, while not all-inclusive, identify forms of conduct that infringe upon those expectations, disrupt the orderly progress of institutional activities and, so, expose the violators to discipline.

   Any student, group of students or student organization found to have committed the following misconduct is subject to the disciplinary sanctions outlined in Section IV, Judicial Policies.

   1. Acts of dishonesty, including, but not limited to, the following:
      1. Cheating, which is defined as, but is not limited to, the following:
         1. use or giving of any unauthorized assistance in taking quizzes, tests, or examinations,
         2. use of sources beyond those authorized by the instructor in writing papers, preparing reports, solving problems, or carrying out other assignments; or
         3. acquisition, without permission, of tests or other academic material belonging to a member of the institutional faculty or staff.
      2. Plagiarism, which is defined as, but is not limited to, the following:
         1. the use, by paraphrase or direct quotation, of the published or unpublished work of another person without full and clear acknowledgment consistent with accepted practices of the discipline; or
         2. the unacknowledged use of materials prepared by another person or agency engaged in the selling of term papers or other academic materials.
      3. Other forms of dishonesty relating to academic achievement, or academically related public service;
      4. Furnishing information known or believed to be false to any institutional official, faculty member or office;
      5. Forgery, fabrication, alteration, misrepresentation or misuse of any document, record, or instrument of identification, including misrepresentations of degrees awarded or honors received;
      6. Tampering with the election of any institutionally recognized student organization;
      7. Claiming to represent or act in behalf of the institution when not authorized to so represent or so act.
   2. Disruption or obstruction of teaching, administration, disciplinary proceedings, other institutional activities, including its public service functions on or off campus, or other authorized non-institutional activities.
   3. Disruption of or interference with the activities of persons who are studying, sleeping, or otherwise engaging in activities that are consistent with the normal and expected uses of institutional facilities, or of student residential facilities.
   4. Acts of aggression including threats, intimidation, coercion or other conduct that threatens or endangers the health or safety of any person:
      1. Conduct that threatens or endangers a student's own health or safety may also violate this section.
      2. "Aggression" means not only intentional infliction of harm, but also conduct that intentionally subjects another to unwelcome, offensive, physical contact or that puts another person in reasonable fear that the actor intends immediately to subject that person to intentional injury or unwelcome, offensive touching.
      3. Threats, intimidation, or acts of violence against employees, students, or visitors on Northeast Community College property will not be ignored, condoned, or tolerated.  (Northeast Community College Personnel Code 4107, Item 8839)
   5. Subjection of another person to any sexual act against that person's will or without consent, including any conduct that would constitute a sex offense, whether forcible or non-forcible. Persons who are under the influence of alcohol, marijuana, or other illegal controlled substances at the time that they are subjected to the sexual act shall be presumed incapable of effective consent.
   6. Discriminatory conduct, including sexual harassment, racial harassment, or harassment on any other grounds, directed against individuals.
      1. Harassment may be established by showing:
         1. Conduct toward another person that has the purpose or effect of creating an intimidating, hostile or demeaning environment and/or that interferes with his or her ability to participate in or to realize the intended benefits of an institutional activity, employment or resource; or
         2. Other conduct that is extreme and outrageous exceeding all bounds usually tolerated by polite society and that has the purpose or the substantial likelihood of interfering with another person's ability to participate in or to realize the intended benefits of an institutional activity, employment or resource.
      2. Sexual harassment may be established by showing that an individual has been subjected to unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, or other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature where:
         1. Submission to such conduct is made either explicitly or implicitly a term or a condition of an individual's participation or use of an institutionally sponsored or approved activity, employment or resource; or
         2. Submission to or rejection of such conduct by an individual is used as the basis for educational, employment or similar decisions affecting an individual's ability to participate in or use an institutionally sponsored or approved activity, employment or resource.
   7. Attempted or actual theft of services or property, including intellectual properties, of the institution or property of a member of the institutional community or other personal or public property;
   8. Attempted or actual damage to property, including intellectual properties, of the institution or property of a member of the campus community or other personal or public property;
   9. Possession of stolen property on institutional property or at an institutionally sponsored activity, where the property is known to be stolen;
   10. Hazing, defined as an act which endangers the mental or physical health or safety of a student, or which destroys or removes public or private property, for the purpose of initiation, admission into, affiliation with, or as a condition for continued membership in a group or organization;
   11. Failure to comply with directions of institutional officials or law enforcement officers acting in performance of their duties or failure to identify oneself to these persons when requested to do so;
   12. Unauthorized possession, duplication or use of keys to any institutional premises, unauthorized entry to or use of institutional premises or unauthorized possession, or use of institutional equipment;
   13. Operating a vehicle on campus so as to endanger public safety;
   14. Violation of published Board or institutional policies, rules or regulations;
   15. Violation of federal, state, or local law on institutional premises or at institutionally-sponsored or -supervised activities including behavior classified as disorderly, lewd, indecent, or a breach of peace;
   16. Making bomb threats;
   17. The manufacture, sale, possession, and/or consumption of alcohol, marijuana, or controlled substances by students on any property controlled by the College or in connection with any institutionally sponsored activity;
   18. Illegal or unauthorized possession of firearms, fireworks, gun powder, weapons, or other materials which endanger health and safety on any property controlled by the College or in connection with any institutionally sponsored activity;
   19. Participation in a campus demonstration which disrupts the normal operations of the institution and infringes on the rights of other members of the campus community; leading or inciting others to disrupt schedules or normal activities within any campus building or area;
   20. Intentional obstruction which unreasonably interferes with freedom of movement, either pedestrian or vehicular, on campus; or at institutionally-sponsored or -supervised functions;
   21. Aiding, abetting, inviting, or procuring another person to breach the peace or to violate the Student Code of Conduct;
   22. Theft of computer time or other abuse of computer access, including, but not limited to:
       1. Unauthorized entry into a file to use, copy, read, delete, or change the contents, or for any other purpose;
       2. Unauthorized transfer of a file;
       3. Unauthorized use of another individual's identification or account;
       4. Use of computing facilities to interfere with the work of another student, faculty member, or institutional official;
       5. Use of computing facilities to send obscene or abusive messages;
       6. Use of computing facilities to interfere with normal operation of the institutional computing system;
       7. Making, acquiring or using unauthorized copies of computer software, or violating terms of applicable software license agreements; or
       8. Attempting to circumvent data protection schemes or tampering with security.
   23. Conduct not expressly proscribed may also subject students, groups of students, or student organizations to discipline where it demonstrates that an individual disregards the need to conform to reasonable rules and regulations intended to protect the health and safety of others and to assure their orderly access to and beneficial use of institutional resources and facilities.
   24. Student organizations that, formally or informally through repeated practice, initiate, encourage, support, or tolerate conduct by members, associates, or guests that violates the provisions of this Code shall be subject to discipline.
   
   
3. Responsibilities Under the Law
   1. No provision of this Code shall be interpreted to deprive students of rights guaranteed them under state or federal law.
   2. The institution shall cooperate fully with law enforcement or other agencies in the enforcement of criminal law on campus and in the conditions imposed by criminal courts for the rehabilitation of student violators. Individual students and faculty members, acting in their personal capacities, remain free to interact with Governmental representatives as they deem appropriate.
   3. When the Vice President of Student Services receives a report of student misconduct that may constitute a felony offense under state or federal law, and that official shall report the known facts and circumstances to law enforcement officials who have jurisdiction over the matter.

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