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responsibility. The responsibility to secure and to respect general conditions conducive to
the freedom to learn is shared by all members of the college community.
(2) The following enumerated rights are guaranteed to each student within the limitations
of statutory law and college policy which are deemed necessary to achieve the
educational goals of the college:
(a) Academic freedom.
(i) Students are guaranteed the rights of free inquiry, expression, and assembly upon and
within college facilities that are generally open and available to the public.
(ii) Students are free to pursue appropriate educational objectives from among the
college's curricula, programs, and services, subject to the limitations of RCW 28B.50.090
(3)(b).
(iii) Students shall be protected from academic evaluation which is arbitrary, prejudiced,
or capricious, but are responsible for meeting the standards of academic performance
established by each of their instructors.
(iv) Students have the right to a learning environment which is free from unlawful
discrimination, inappropriate conduct, and harassment, including sexual harassment.
(b) Due process.
(i) The rights of students to be secure in their persons, quarters, papers, and effects
against unreasonable searches and seizures is guaranteed.
(ii) No disciplinary sanction may be imposed on any student without notice to the
accused of the nature of the charges.
(iii) A student accused of violating this code of student conduct is entitled, upon request,
to procedural due process as set forth in this chapter.
[Statutory Authority: Chapter 28B.50 RCW. WSR 15-03-078, § 132C-120-022, filed
1/16/15, effective 2/16/15.]
WAC 132C-120-025 Student participation in college governance.
As members of the college community, students will be free, individually and
collectively, to express their views on college policy and on matters of general interest to
the student body. The constitution of the associated students of Olympic College and the
college's administrative procedures provide clear channels for student participation in the
formulation and application of institutional policy.
[Statutory Authority: Chapter 28B.50 RCW. 85-13-067 (Order 24, Resolution No. 52-
0585), § 132C-120-025, filed 6/18/85; 80-05-004 (Order 21, Resolution No. 49-0280), §
132C-120-025, filed 4/4/80.]
WAC 132C-120-035 Student publications.
Student publications and the student press are a valuable aid in establishing and
maintaining an atmosphere of free and responsible discussion and of intellectual
exploration on the campus. They are a means of bringing student concerns to the
attention of the faculty and institutional authorities and of formulating student opinion on
various issues on the campus and in the world at large. Financial and legal autonomy is
not possible; therefore, Olympic College, as the publisher of student publications, may
have to bear the legal responsibility for the contents of the publications. In the delegation
of editorial responsibility to students, the institution must provide sufficient editorial
freedom and financial autonomy for student publications to maintain their integrity of
purpose as vehicles for free inquiry and free expression in an academic community. At
the same time, the editorial freedom of student editors and managers entails corollary
responsibilities to be governed by the canons of responsibilities such as the avoidance of
libel, indecency, undocumented allegations, attacks on personal integrity, and the
techniques of harassment and innuendo. As safeguards for the editorial freedom of
student publications, the following provisions are necessary:
(1) The student press should be free of censorship and advance approval of copy, and its
editors and managers shall be free to develop their own editorial policies and news coverage
consistent with
Canons of Journalism
.
(2) Editors and managers of student publications shall be protected from arbitrary
suspension and removal because of student, faculty, administration, or public disapproval of
editorial policy or content. Only for proper and stated causes should editors and managers be
subject to removal and then by orderly and prescribed procedures of the publishing
organization.
