Students and student organizations are expected and required to abide by local, state and federal laws.  Students and their organizations must be aware that legal charges may be brought against them both within the university judicial system and in the civil or criminal court system.  The University administration is responsible for establishing a procedure for reviewing and taking institutional action against students and student organizations found guilty of off-campus violations of local, state and federal laws.  While the University does not act as a policing agent for students when they are off campus, the University reserves the right to take action if a student’s or student organization’s behavior is judged to be contrary to the pursuit of the educational mission of the University or if the continued presence of the student or the organization poses a threat to their well-being or to the rights and property of members of the University community.

The Vice Provost for Student Life is directly responsible to the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs and ultimately to the University President.  The Vice Provost assumes general responsibility for student life and services offered by the University, from the identification of prospective students, admissions, assimilation, matriculation, support services, graduate and post-graduation placement.  In this capacity, it is his/her role to assure that students are informed of behaviors and activities that are unbecoming and/or unwelcome in the academy, some of which are listed and discussed in this section.