Article III: Proscribed Conduct
A. Jurisdiction of the College
Generally, College jurisdiction and discipline shall be limited to conduct which occurs on College premises or which adversely affects the College Community and/or the pursuit of its objectives. Violations of College policy which occur off campus are subject to College discipline.
B. Conduct - - Expected Community Norms
Any student found to have committed the following misconduct or to have violated any other College policy contained in The Planner or other official College publications is subject to the disciplinary sanctions outlined in Article IV: Judicial Policies.
1. Acts of dishonesty, including but not limited to the following:
a. Cheating, plagiarism, or other forms of academic dishonesty. (At present, these types of cases are adjudicated through the Academic Judicial System.)
b. Furnishing false information to any College official, faculty member or office.
c. Forgery - alteration, or misuse of any College document, record, or instrument of identification.
d. Tampering with the election of any College recognized student organization.
2. Disruption or obstruction of teaching, research, administration, disciplinary proceedings, or other College activities, including its public-service functions on or off campus or other authorized non-College activities, when the act occurs on College premises.
3. Physical abuse, sexual misconduct, verbal abuse, threats, intimidation, harassment, and/or coercion.
4. Conduct which threatens or endangers the health or safety of any persons or property.
5. Attempted or actual theft of, possession of, and/or damage to property of the College or property of a member of the College community or other personal or public property.
6. Hazing, defined as an act which endangers the mental or physical health or safety of a student, or which destroys or removes public or private property for the purpose of initiation to, admission into, affiliation with, or as a condition for continued membership in a group or organization. (For specific Greek Life regulations see Rush Handbook.)
7. Failure to comply with reasonable requests of College officials or law enforcement officers acting in performance of their duties and/or failure to identify oneself to these persons when requested to do so.
8. Gambling.
9. A pattern of violations of the Community Norms, Policies and Procedures.
10. Unauthorized possession, duplication or use of keys to any College premises or unauthorized entry to or use of College premises.
11. Violation of published College policies, rules or regulations.
12. Violation of federal, state or local law on or off College premises or at College sponsored or supervised activities.
13. Use, possession, distribution of alcoholic beverages except as expressly permitted by the law and College regulations, or public intoxication.
14. Use, possession or distribution of narcotic or other controlled substances and/or paraphernalia except as expressly permitted by law.
15. Illegal or unauthorized possession of firearms, explosives, other weapons, or dangerous chemicals on College premises.
16. Participation in a campus demonstration which disrupts the normal operations of the College and infringes on the rights of other members of the College community; leading or inciting others to disrupt scheduled and/or normal activities within any campus building or area; intentional obstruction which unreasonably interferes with freedom of movement, either pedestrian or vehicular, on campus.
17. Obstruction of the free flow of pedestrian or vehicular traffic on College premises or at College-sponsored or supervised functions.
18. Behavior unbecoming of a Heidelberg College student includes, but is not limited to, uncivilized language such as excessive swearing (particularly when directed toward another person or office); conduct which is disorderly, lewd, or indecent; breach of peace; or otherwise reflects poorly upon the Heidelberg College community.
19. Aiding, abetting, or procuring another person to breach the peace on College premises or at functions sponsored by, or participated in by, the College.
20. Theft or other abuse of computer time, including but not limited to:
a. Unauthorized entry into a file, to use, read, or change the contents, or for any other purpose.
b. Unauthorized transfer of a file.
c. Unauthorized use of another individual’s identification and password.
d. Use of computing facilities to interfere with the work of another student, faculty member or College official.
e. Use of computing facilities to send obscene or abusive messages as interpreted by the viewer/receiver.
f. Use of computing facilities to interfere with normal operation of the College computing system.
21. Abuse of the Judicial System, including but not limited to:
a. Failure to obey the summons of a judicial body or College official.
b. Falsification, distortion, or misrepresentation of information before a judicial body.
c. Disruption or interference with the orderly conduct of a judicial proceeding.
d. Institution of a judicial proceeding knowingly without cause.
e. Attempting to threaten an individual’s proper participation in, or use of, the judicial system.
f. Attempting to influence the impartiality of a member of a judicial body prior to, and/or during the course of, the judicial proceeding.
g. Harassment (verbal or physical) and/or intimidation of a member of a judicial body prior to, during and/or after a judicial proceeding.
h. Failure to comply with the sanction(s) imposed under the Student Code.
i. Influencing or attempting to influence another person to commit an abuse of the judicial system.
22. Failure to regularly check campus mail and Heidelberg issued email account for important college information.
C. Violation of Law and College Discipline
1. College disciplinary proceedings may be instituted against a student charged with violation of a law which is also a violation of this Student Code (for example, if both violations result from the same factual situation) without regard to the pendency of a civil litigation in court or criminal arrest and prosecution. Proceedings under this Student Code may be carried out prior to, simultaneously with, or following civil or criminal proceeding off campus.
2. When a student is charged by federal, state or local authorities with a violation of law, the College will not request or agree to special consideration for that individual because of his or her status as a student. If the alleged offense is also the subject of a proceeding before a judicial body under the Student Code, however, the College may advise off-campus authorities of the existence of the Student Code and of how such matters will be handled internally within the College community. The College will cooperate fully with law enforcement and other agencies in the enforcement of criminal law on campus and in the conditions imposed by criminal courts for the rehabilitation of student violators. Individual students, staff and faculty members, acting in their personal capacities, remain free to interact with governmental representatives as they deem appropriate.