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REGULATIONS
2. Trespass – Students are trespassing if in an unauthorized area of the College campus; presence on the College campus after closing hours (without permission); or remain on the College campus after having been directed to leave by a College official.
3. Drugs and Alcohol – Students shall not possess or consume alcoholic beverages or be in a state of intoxication on the College campus or at College-sponsored or supervised functions off campus or in College- owned vehicles. Students shall not manufacture, possess, use or distribute any illegal drugs, except as expressly permitted by law. Impairment is not an excuse for violation of other Standards of Student Conduct. (See Policy 3.03.04 – Student Drug-Free College)
4. Lewd and Indecent Behavior – Students shall not engage in lewd or indecent behavior, including public physical or verbal action or distribution of obscene or libelous written material.
5. Mental/Physical Abuse – Students shall not mentally or physically abuse any person on the College premises or at a College-supervised function, including verbal or physical actions which threaten or endanger the health or safety of any such persons or which promote hatred or racial prejudice.
6. Assault – Students shall not assault or threaten to assault another person for any reason whatsoever. Assault includes a demonstration of force, unlawful physical touching or striking.
7. Discrimination, harassment, and sexual violence – Students are expected to conduct themselves in accordance with generally accepted standards of scholarship and morality. The purpose of these stan- dards is not to restrict student rights but to protect the rights of individuals in their academic pursuits.
8. Stalking – Student shall not engage in a course of conduct directed to a specific person that would cause a reasonable person to fear for his/her safety or the safety of others or suffer substantial emotional distress by placing that person in fear of death, bodily injury or continued harassment.
9. Communicating Threats – Student shall not verbally, in writing, through a third party or by any other means threaten to physically injury another person or that person’s child, sibling, spouse or dependent of willfully threaten to damage the property of another.
10. Bullying – Students shall not intimidate or threaten with harm any other individual. Bullying is defined as any pattern of gestures or written, electronic or verbal communications or any physical act or any threatening communication that takes place on the College premises or at any College sponsored function that: (a) places a person in actual and reasonable fear of harm to his or her property; or (b) creates or is certain to create a hostile environment by substantially interfering with or impairing a student’s educational performance, opportunities or benefits or a College’s employees ability to perform the essential functions of his/her job.
11. Threats – Student shall not engage in any behavior that constitutes a clear and present danger to the physical and/or emotional well-being of the student and/or other students, faculty and staff.
12. Disorderly Conduct and Disruption – Students shall not obstruct or disrupt any teaching, research, administration or disciplinary proceedings, or other College activities, including public service functions, and other duly authorized activities on or off College premises. Students shall not occupy or seize, in any manner, College property, a College facility or any portion thereof for a use inconsistent with prescribed, customary, or authorized use. Students shall not participate in or conduct an assembly, demonstration or gathering in a manner which threatens or causes injury to person or property; which interferes with free access to, ingress or egress of College facilities; which is harmful, obstruc- tive or disruptive to the educational process or institutional functions of the College; hold rallies, demonstrations, or any other forms of public gathering without prior approval of the College (See Policy 3.03.08 – Free Speech); remain at the scene of such an assembly after being asked to leave by a representative of the College staff.
13. Possession of Weapons – Student may not have a weapon of any kind, including a knife, stun gun or any firearm in their possession on campus or at any College-affiliated activities or events except handguns as allowed by N.C.G.S. § 14-269.4. Handguns are permitted under these circumstances: a) the person has a concealed handgun permit that is lawfully issued; b) the handgun is in a closed compartment or container within the person’s locked vehicle; c) a person may unlock the vehicle to enter or exit the vehicle provided the handgun remains in the closed compartment at all times; and d) the vehicle is locked at all times. (See Policy 6.03.01 – Weapons on Campus).
14. Tampering with Fire Alarms - Setting off a fire alarm or using or tampering with any fire safety equipment, except with reasonable belief in the need for such alarm or equipment.
15. Gambling – Students may not gamble on campus or at any College- affiliated activities or events.
16. Use of Tobacco – Student may not use tobacco of any form or e-cigarettes on campus or at any
College-affiliated activities or events.
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