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1970-06-03 Report: ""Campus Tensions -- A Report on Iowa and Elsewhere"" Page 10

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The Code of Student Life at the University of Iowa, in addition to incorporating the regential regulations, also prohibits the following specific actions of misconduct:

1. Willful demonstrations within the interior of any University building except those specifically authorized. 

2. Unauthorized entry into or occupation of any University room, etc. 

3. Intentional setting of fire in any University building. 

4. Assault, threats, physical abuse, undue harassment of any person on the campus  of any University sponsored or supervised function or event. 

5. Use or possession of firearms, etc. within any University building. 

6. Willful failure to comply with a proper order or summons of any properly identified member of the faculty or other University official, or willful failure of a student to identify himself by stating his name to a faculty member or official. 

The University of Northern Iowa and Iowa State University also incorporate the Regents rules into their student conduct codes. Both universities then go beyond the Regents rules by a policy statement regarding demonstrations and picketing on campus. In addition to the picketing and demonstration policies, Iowa State spells out and makes illegal injurious or damaging group action, which is defined as action destructive of property or dangerous to persons. ISU prohibits the possession or use of firearms, ammunition,etc. on campus. The University of Northern Iowa has a firearm regulation but not in the same broad definition of usage as found in either the SUI or ISU regulations nor do its rules clearly spell out illegal acts relating to civil disobedience.

Are the present institutional rules relating to student conduct adequate? Do they spell out with sufficient clarity actions which are considered illegal on the campuses? Should the Regents rules be amended to include specifically prohibited acts? These questions which should be answered by the July Board meeting following dis-discussion in June. 

The American Bar Association's Commission on Campus Government and Student Dissent provides some guidelines in this area:

1. The college or university should not be expected to formulate elaborately detailed codes of conduct comparable to consolidated criminal statutes of a state. 

2. It is feasible for a college or university to describe its standards with sufficient clarity and to publish those standards in a form readily available to its students in a manner which will provide fair notice of what is expected and what is forbidden.

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- 10 - The Code of Student Life at the University of Iowa, in addition to incorporating the regential regulations, also prohibits the following specific actions of misconduct: 1. Willful demonstrations within the interior of any University building except those specifically authorized. 2. Unauthorized entry into or occupation of any University room, etc. 3. Intentional setting of fire in any University building. 4. Assault, threats, physical abuse, undue harassment of any person on the campus of any University sponsored or supervised function or event. 5. Use or possession of firearms, etc. within any University building. 6. Willful failure to comply with a proper order or summons of any properly identified member of the faculty or other University official, or willful failure of a student to identify himself by stating his name to a faculty member or official. The University of Northern Iowa and Iowa State University also incorporate the Regents rules into their student conduct codes. Both universities then go beyond the Regents rules by a policy statement regarding demonstrations and picketing on campus. In addition to the picketing and demonstration policies, Iowa State spells out and makes illegal injurious or damaging group action, which is defined as action destructive of property or dangerous to persons. ISU prohibits the possession or use of firearms, ammunition,etc. on campus. The University of Northern Iowa has a firearm regulation but not in the same broad definition of usage as found in either the SUI or ISU regulations nor do its rules clearly spell out illegal acts relating to civil disobedience. Are the present institutional rules relating to student conduct adequate? Do they spell out with sufficient clarity actions which are considered illegal on the campuses? Should the Regents rules be amended to include specifically prohibited acts? These questions which should be answered by the July Board meeting following dis-discussion in June. The American Bar Association's Commission on Campus Government and Student Dissent provides some guidelines in this area: 1. The college or university should not be expected to formulate elaborately detailed codes of conduct comparable to consolidated criminal statutes of a state. 2. It is feasible for a college or university to describe its standards with sufficient clarity and to publish those standards in a form readily available to its students in a manner which will provide fair notice of what is expected and what is forbidden.