Respectful of Others

Members of the student body are expected to treat each other as children of God. Students should refrain from behavior that may, or in fact does, cause physical or emotional harm to another person or cause reasonable apprehension of such harm. Such behavior may be intentional (a conscious decision to engage in the conduct) and/or reckless (conduct which could reasonably be expected to create substantial risk of harm to another person).  Examples of behavior which constitute a violation of this Community Standard include, but are not limited to:             

a)  Gestures or implied or explicit comments, threats or actions, which place a person in reasonable fear of unwelcome physical contact, harm or psychological discomfort.

b)  Attempts to cause or actually causing bodily injury to another person (intentionally or unintentionally).

c)  Striking, shoving, kicking, or otherwise subjecting another person to unwelcome physical contact or attempting or threatening to do so.

d)  Communicating by voice, graphic means, electronically, or by telephone (whether or not a conversation takes place) or using any other 
information resource that has the effect of harassing and/or alarming another person (intentionally or unintentionally).

e)  Engaging in sexual contact or behavior with another person (sexual intercourse, touching the sexual or other intimate parts of another person, inappropriate disrobing, or any other physical contact or touching of a sexual nature) without the consent of that person or by compulsion through physical force or fear. Consent is defined as freely given agreement by a competent person. A person is deemed incompetent to give consent when that person is intoxicated or otherwise incapacitated to the point that he/she does not understand the nature of the consent. A minor is also deemed to be incapable of giving consent.

f)  Abuse (verbal, psychological, and/or physical) of a Resident Assistant, Residence Director, or other College official during the fulfillment of 
his/her job responsibilities and/or in retaliation for fulfilling those responsibilities.