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Lone Star College-Tomball

Public or Private: Public
Federal Circuit: Fifth Circuit
Head of Institution: President Susan Karr
Lone Star College-Tomball
30555 Tomball Parkway
Tomball, TX 77375
281-351-3300
Website: http://tomball.lonestar.edu

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On this page, FIRE has excerpted policies that address speech and expression. You may download the full policy in .pdf form, below.

Restrictions on Expressive Rights

Harassment Policies (Learn More)

Green light: Lone Star College System Policy Manual: Student Code of Conduct 09-10

Examples of non-academic misconduct, include, but are not limited to the following:
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Causing physical and/or psychological abuse, threats of violence, terroristic threats, stalking, or harassment of any member of the LSCS community or visitor on LSCS property, or conduct which threatens or endangers the health or safety of any such person. This includes verbal threats and threats made via electronic communication.
View full policy (PDF, 76 KB).

Green light: Lone Star College System Policy Manual: Prohibited Harassment 09-10

Harassment occurs by a System employee, student, or regular visitor to the System facilities that: ... Subjects a person to unwelcome sexual-, racial-, color-, creed, national origin-, gender-, age-, veteran's status-, sexual orientation-, or disability-based conduct that is so severe or pervasive that is effectively alters the conditions of education or employment by creating an intimidating or hostile environment for work or learning.
The following are examples of conduct that targets an individual on the basis of race, color, creed, national origin, gender, age, veteran's status, sexual orientation, or disability and is prohibited in any College- or System-sponsored program, project or activity, including classrooms, workplaces or off-campus activities: ... e. Degrading, public tirades from a coworker or supervisor regarding a person's race, color, creed, national origin, gender, age, veteran's status, sexual orientation, or disability.

f. Deliberate, repeated humiliation, including deliberate humiliation of a co-worker who is not a native English speaker, for the mispronunciation of words or phrases, or humiliation of a student or co-worker because of his or her sexual orientation.

g. Deliberate desecration of religious articles or places, repeated unwanted proselytizing and repeated interference with the reasonable pursuit of religious life.

h. Repeated insults about loss of personal and professional competence addressed to an older person.
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Green light: Lone Star College System Policy Manual: Prohibited Harassment 09-10

Sexual harassment means unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, verbal and written comments or physical conduct that is gender-based or of a sexual nature when: ... b. The conduct:

i. has the purpose or effect of creating an intimidating, hostile or offensive work or academic environment; or

ii. unreasonably interferes with an individual's work performance.
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Policies on Tolerance, Respect, and Civility (Learn More)

Red light: Lone Star College System Policy Manual: Student Code of Conduct 09-10

Using abusive, indecent, profane, or vulgar language in a public place, phone conversation, or via electronic communication directed at another student, LSCS employee, or visitor.
Engaging in obscene, vulgar, offensively lewd, or indecent conduct, expression, or sexual conduct in or on LSCS property, including computer access of obscene material.
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Internet Usage Policies

Red light: Lone Star College System Policy Manual: Computer Safety and Rules 09-10

The following conduct by computer users shall be treated as a violation of this policy and may subject the user to discipline, including loss of computing privileges, up to and including termination for a System employee, and dismissal for a student: ... the display or transmission of messages, images, cartoons, or other messages or images that are sexually explicit or that demean a person on the basis of age, race, ethnicity, gender, national origin, disability, or religion, which may constitute prohibited harassment under System policies.
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Advertised Commitments to Free Expression

Green light policy: Lone Star College System Policy Manual: Student and Community Use of System Facilities 09-10

The System will protect the rights of freedom of speech, petition, and peaceful assembly as set forth in the U.S. Constitution.
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The speech codes and policies above were last fully checked via internet and other research means by FIRE in November 2009. According to FIRE’s research the substantive policies are current at least until this date. Directory information, including the name of the president of the college or university, may have been updated more recently. If any policy has been revised, or if you believe that we are in error, please contact us.