Attachment III PARAGRAPH 5.2 OF CHAPTER VI OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS, TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM

5.2   Student Misconduct. Each student is expected to act in a manner consistent with the University's functions as an educational institution. Specific examples of misconduct for which students may be subject to disciplinary action include, but are not limited to, the following:

(1)   Commission of an act which would constitute an offense under appropriate federal, State, or municipal law.

(2)   Violation of any Regents' rule, regulation, or order or University policy, rule, or regulation.

(3)   Failure to comply with the direction of a University official acting in the performance of his or her duties.

(4)   Giving false testimony or other evidence at a campus disciplinary or other administrative proceeding.

(5)   Failure to meet financial obligations to the University.

(6)   Unauthorized throwing of any objects in or from University facilities.

(7)   Misuse of fire or other life-safety equipment on University property.

(8)   Unauthorized use or possession of ammunition, firearms, or other illegal weapons on University property.

(9)   Conduct that significantly endangers the health or safety of other persons, including members of the University community or of visitors on the campus.

(10)   Stealing, destroying, defacing, damaging, or misuse of University property or property belonging to another.

(11)   Possession of or making use of University keys for unauthorized purposes.

(12)   Engaging in hazing or voluntarily submitting to hazing.

(13)   Using, without authorization according to the University policy, intoxicating beverages in a classroom building, laboratory, auditorium, building, or faculty or administrative office, residence hall or apartment, intercollegiate and intramural athletic facility, or any other public campus area, or being intoxicated in any public area of the campus.

(14)   Gambling in any form on University property.

(15)   Illegal possession, use, sale, or distribution of any quantity, whether usable or not, of any drug, narcotic, or controlled substance.

(16)   Advocating or recommending either orally or in writing, the conscious and deliberate violation of any federal, state, or local law. Advocacy means addressing an individual or group for imminent action and steeling it to such action as opposed to the abstract espousal of the moral propriety of a course of action.

(17)   Forgery, alteration, or misuse of University documents, forms, records, or identification cards.

(18)   Any attempt to commit these prohibited acts.

(19)   An initiation by an organization which includes any dangerous, harmful, or degrading act to a student. Violation of this prohibition renders the students involved and the organization subject to discipline.

(20)   Violation of any rule or regulation governing residential living in University-owned facilities or breach of a residential living contract.

(21)   Unauthorized possession, ignition, or detonation of any explosive device, fireworks, liquid, or object which is flammable or which could cause damage by fire or explosion to persons or property on University property.

(22)   Unauthorized entry into or use of University buildings, facilities, equipment, or resources.

(23)   Failure to heed an official summons to the office of an administrative officer within the designated time.

(24)   Failure to maintain a current official mailing address in the Registrar's office or giving a false or fictitious address to such office.

(25)   False alarm or report where the person knowingly initiates, communicates, or circulates a report of a present, past, or future bombing, fire, offense, or other emergency that is known is false or baseless and that would ordinarily cause action by an official or volunteer agency organized to deal with emergencies; place a person in fear of imminent serious bodily injury; or prevent or interrupt the occupation of a building, room, or aircraft, automobile, or other mode of conveyance.

(26)   Harassment where the individual intentionally threatens, in person, by telephone, in writing, or by other means, to take unlawful action against any person and by this action intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly annoys or alarms the recipient or intends to annoy or alarm the recipient.

(27)   Issuance of a check without sufficient funds.

(28)   Academic dishonesty (see Subsection 5.3).

(29)   Campus disruption activities (see Subsection 5.4).

(30)   Disorderly conduct on University-owned or controlled property or at a University-sponsored or supervised function which inhibits or interferes with the educational responsibility of the University community or the University's social- educational activities shall include but not be limited to: using abusive, indecent, profane or vulgar language; making offensive gestures or displays, which tend to incite a breach of the peace; perpetrating fights, assaults, abuse, or threats; or evincing some obviously offensive manner, or committing an act, that causes a person to feel threatened.

(31)   Using authority granted by state law, by system rule, or by university policy to deprive any person of his or her civil rights.

(32)   Violation of University policy relating to electronic network facilities such as local area networks and the internet.