Yellow Light School

University of North Alabama

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Public or Private: Public
Federal Circuit: Eleventh Circuit
Head of Institution: President William G Cale, Jr.
University of North Alabama
University Of North Alabama
Box 5004
Florence, AL 35632
256-765-4211
wgcale@una.edu
Website: http://www.una.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)

Yellow light: Student Handbook: Harassment Policies 12-13

[A]ll members of the university community must avoid any conduct that is or has the appearance of being sexual harassment.
Included are sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature when
...
such conduct has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with an individual's work performance or with an individual's performance or achievement as a student, or has the purpose or effect of creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive work or learning environment.
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Yellow light: Code of Conduct- Harassment (Physical and Verbal) 12-13

Harassment: A. Behavior that involves an expressed or implied threat to
interfere with an individual's personal safety, academic
efforts, employment, or participation in university-sponsored
extracurricular activities and causes the person to have a
reasonable apprehension that such harm is about to occur;
or that has the purpose or reasonably foreseeable effect of
interfering with an individual's personal safety, academic
efforts, employment, or participation in university-sponsored extracurricular activities and causes the person to have a reasonable
apprehension that such harm is about to occur.
B. Inflammatory speech, spoken or inflammatory communication (e-mail, posters, social network, etc.) written as a personal insult to the listener(s), on the basis of culture, ethnicity, gender, nationality, national origin, political affiliation, physical ability, physical attributes, race, religion, sexual orientation, and/or socio-economic status in personally abusive language inherently likely to provoke a violent reaction by the listener(s) toward the speaker.
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Posting Policies

Yellow light: Student Handbook: Notices, Posters, and Banners 12-13

All items to be posted must conform to University interest and be non- commercial in nature. ... No publicity, on- or off-campus, concerning parties or social functions spon- sored by individuals or by university-recognized organizations shall include any reference, by word or pictures, to alcoholic beverages. Violation of this policy will result in an automatic fine of $150.
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Internet Usage Policies

Yellow light: Code of Conduct- Computer Misuse 12-13

No student shall send abusive, obscene, or threatening messages
by use of computing facilities and services; attempt to read, delete,
copy, or modify electronic mail or files of others without authorization; falsify the identity of the source of electronic mail messages; or
send, without official University authorization, for-profit messages,
chain letters, or other unsolicited junk.
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Other Speech Codes

Yellow light: Student Handbook: University of North Alabama Campus Speech Policy 12-13

Coercive disruption is construed
to include any activity that, contrary to law: ... Contains "fighting words," which are those words that by their very
utterance tend to incite an immediate breach of the peace.
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Advertised Commitments to Free Expression

Green light policy: Student Handbook: University of North Alabama Campus Speech Policy 12-13

The University of North Alabama is committed to fostering a learning
environment in which free inquiry and expression are encouraged.
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The speech codes and policies above were last fully checked via internet and other research means by FIRE in March 2013. 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.