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Code of Student Conduct: Harassment, Threats, Bullying, or Intimidation

Western Carolina University

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5.11 I Harassment, Threats, Bullying, or Intimidation

(a) No student shall engage in unlawful harassment leading to a hostile environment. Unlawful harassment includes conduct that creates a hostile environment by meeting the following criteria: 

i. Directed toward a particular person or persons; 

ii. Based in whole or in part upon any of the protected statuses included in Section 103 of The Code; 

iii. Unwelcome; 

iv. Severe or pervasive; 

v. Objectively offensive; and 

vi. So unreasonably interferes with the target person’s employment, academic pursuits, or participation in University-sponsored activities as to effectively deny equal access to the University’s resources and opportunities.

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