The principle of academic freedom requires all persons to respect another’s dignity, to acknowledge another’s right to express differing opinions, to cultivate and to cherish intellectual honesty, and to promote freedom of inquiry and expression. No acts of any member of the University community may serve to restrain or inhibit access to opportunities or the exercise of these freedoms. To that end, no person may willfully:
- Discriminate against another person on the basis of race, ethnicity, sex, religion, color, creed, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, and age.
- Harass or intimidate any person.
- Cause physical injury or threaten any person with force or violence.
- Have in his or her possession any firearm, other weapon, or explosive.
- Disrupt or prevent the peaceful or orderly conduct of classes, lectures, meetings, or other University functions, or interfere with the lawful freedom of other persons to express their views.
- Falsify or forge an official University record or document; or file documents with the University with the intent to mislead.
- Lie, cheat, steal, or plagiarize.
- Incite others to commit any act which has been herein prohibited.
- Bring charges against a member of the University community that are spurious, or that are intended primarily to harass or maliciously defame, or that are designated to intentionally overburden the adjudicatory system.