by any law enforcement personnel, NIC Campus Security, or NIC official to leave or disperse;
• creating noise, including the use of noisemaking or amplifying devices, or cellular telephone
use during class;
• interfering with authorized events on property owned or controlled by NIC or in NIC facilities;
• interfering with law enforcement personnel, NIC Campus Security personnel, or NIC officials
in the lawful conduct of their duties.
ARTICLE V: PHYSICAL SAFETY AND WELFARE
As in any community, certain forms of responsible conduct must be adhered to in order to ensure the
physical functioning and safety or security of that community.
A. PROPERTY
The need to safeguard the property of the college community requires that it is a violation of this
code to:
• engage in the unauthorized entry or unauthorized attempted entry into or onto any building, land,
or property owned or controlled by NIC, including any rooms in those buildings or their heating
tunnels, elevator shafts, shops, mechanical rooms, trunk rooms, storerooms, roofs, or fire
escapes;
• possess, give to another, make, or cause to be made any key or other access device into or
onto any building, land, or property owned or controlled by NIC without proper authorization;
• knowingly damage, destroy, or deface NIC property or property that is owned by others and
located in or on any building, land, or property owned or controlled by NIC;
• steal or misappropriate NIC property or the private property of any person occurring on or in
any building, land, or property owned or controlled by NIC;
• use the campus buildings or grounds for unauthorized overnight camping;
• smoke within 20 feet of the entrance of a building (Idaho’s Indoor Clean Air Act).
B. FIRE
Protecting the college community against fire is a major concern. The following are violations
of this code:
• in the interest of the health and safety of students, staff and the public, smoking is not allowed
within any building or vehicle owned or operated by or for North Idaho College;
• building or setting fires in or on any building, land, or property owned or controlled by NIC
without proper authorization;
• removing or tampering with fire equipment or fire alarm systems in or on any building, and of
property owned or controlled by NIC;
• failure to promptly vacate any buildings owned or controlled by NIC when fire alarms sound.
ARTICLE VI: COMPUTER MISUSE, ABUSE
Conduct that violates the college’s property rights with respect to computing resources is subject to
NIC disciplinary action.
Examples include:
• unauthorized copying, including copying college owned or licensed software or data for personal
or external use without prior approval from the Director of Computer Services;
• modifying or damaging or attempting to modify or damage computer equipment, software,
databases, or communications lines without permission;
• disrupting or attempting to disrupt computer operations;
• invading the privacy of an individual by using electronic means to ascertain confidential
information, even if an individual or department inadvertently allows access to such information;
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