Policies & Regulations Affecting Students: Code of Student Life

Relevant Excerpt

Undue Harassment
Intentional behavior which is directed:

• toward a specific person, and
• without legitimate purpose

Which a reasonable person would find

• intimidates,
• alarms,
• or attempts to control another person’s behavior

And results in a significant disruption of the person’s:

• On-campus employment
• Educational performance
• On-campus living, or
• Participation in a University activity (on or off campus)
• May be towards multiple people as an identifiable group
• The behavior must be intentional, not the impact
• A “reasonable person” is defined in Section C.
• “intimidation” means implied threats or acts that cause a reasonable fear of harm
• This includes repeatedly contacting a person who has previously communicated that they do not wish to be contacted even if there is no provable disruption.

Bullying and cyberbullying are examples of undue harassment in which there is repeated and/or severe behavior that intimidates, intentionally harms, or attempts to control another person’s behavior, when the behaviors are not protected by Freedom of Expression in the U.S. Constitution.