Current through Register Vol. 24-06, March 15, 2024
(1) In order to safeguard the right of every
citizen to criticize and to seek meaningful change, each individual has an
obligation to respect the rights of all members of the university
community.
(2) In order to assure
those rights to all members of the university community and to maintain a
peaceful atmosphere in which the university may continue to make its special
contribution to society, the following types of conduct are hereby prohibited
on or in property either owned, controlled or operated by the university which
is used or set aside for university purposes, hereinafter referred to as the
university campus:
(a) Conduct which
intentionally and substantially obstructs or disrupts teaching or freedom of
movement or other lawful activities on the university campus;
(b) Physical abuse of any person or conduct
which is intended unlawfully to threaten imminent bodily harm or to endanger
the health or safety of any person on the university campus;
(c) Malicious damage to or malicious misuse
of university property, or the property of any person where such property is
located on the university campus;
(d) Refusal to comply with any lawful order
to leave the university campus or any portion thereof;
(e) Possession or use of firearms,
explosives, dangerous chemicals or other dangerous weapons or instrumentalities
on the university campus, except for authorized university purposes, unless
prior written approval has been obtained from the university chief of police,
or any other person designated by the president of the university;
(f) Unlawful possession, use, distribution,
or manufacture of alcohol or controlled substances (as defined in
chapter
69.50 RCW) on the
university campus or during university-sponsored activities;
(g) Intentionally inciting others to engage
immediately in any of the conduct prohibited herein, which incitement leads
directly to such conduct. (Inciting is that advocacy which prepares the group
addressed for imminent action and steels it to the conduct prohibited
herein.)
Statutory Authority:
RCW
28B.20.130. WSR 07-03-069, §
478-124-020, filed 1/17/07,
effective 2/17/07; WSR 91-10-030, §
478-124-020, filed 4/24/91,
effective 5/25/91; Order 72-7, §
478-124-020, filed
11/30/72.
