Conduct – Rules and Regulations

The welfare of the student is the primary interest and concern of Southern State Community College. The College endeavors to provide all students a college environment that is conducive to academic pursuit, social growth, and individual self-discipline. That students are both citizens and members of the academic community is recognized. As individual citizens, students have the same freedoms and rights guaranteed constitutionally for all members of our society. As members of the academic community, students hold rights of participation in the learning process of the institution while realizing responsibilities for conduct in accordance with the law, regulations of the College, observable social mores, and the rights of other citizens.

Students who do not meet these expectations on College premises or at any College sponsored activity held on or off-campus, may be subject to disciplinary action. Any student alleged to have committed the following misconduct is subject to the disciplinary sanctions outlined in the section dealing with Disciplinary Sanctions. Misconduct includes but is not limited to the following:

1. Acts of dishonesty, including but not limited to the following: 
a. Furnishing false information to any College official, faculty member or office personnel.
b. Forgery, alteration, or misuse of any College document, record, or instrument of identification.
c. Tampering with the election of any recognized student organization.

2. Disruption or obstruction of teaching, administration, disciplinary proceedings, 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, verbal abuse, threats, intimidation, harassment, coercion and/or other conduct which threatens or endangers the health or safety of any person.

4. Attempted or actual theft of and/or damage to property of the College or property of a member of the College community or other personal or public property.

5. Hazing for the purpose of initiation, admission into, affiliation with, or as a condition for continued membership in a group or organization.

6. Failure to comply with direction 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.

7. Unauthorized possession, duplication or use of keys to any College premises or unauthorized entry to or use of College premises.

8. Use, possession or distribution of narcotic or other controlled substances except as expressly permitted by law.

9. Use, possession or distribution of alcoholic beverages on campus.

10. Illegal or unauthorized possession of firearms, explosives, other weapons, or dangerous chemicals on College premises.

11. 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 or at College sponsored or supervised functions.

12. Conduct which is disorderly, lewd, or indecent; breach of peace; or aiding, abetting, or procuring another person to breach the peace on College premises or at functions sponsored by the College.

13. 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 threatening messages or to view pornography.
f. Use of computing facilities to interfere with normal operation of the College computing system.

14. Violation of federal, state or local law on College premises or at College sponsored or supervised activities

15. Violation of published College policies, rules or regulations.