Student Handbook 2024-25

22. Providing False Information or Misuse of Records a. Knowingly furnishing false information to the college, to a college official in the performance of their duties, or to an affiliate of the college, either verbally or through forgery, alteration or misuse of any document, record or instrument of identification. 23. Retaliatory Discrimination or Harassment a. Any intentional, adverse action taken by a responding individual or allied third party, absent legitimate nondiscriminatory purposes, against a participant [or supporter of a participant] in a conduct process, civil rights grievance proceeding, or other protected activity. 24. Smoking / Vaping a. No smoking in any campus building or residence hall. Smoking includes, but is not limited to: cigarette use, cigar use, use of e-cigarettes, vapes, etc. b. Smoking in unauthorized areas on college property as designated by the Beacon College smoke-free and tobacco-free environment policy. c. Students may possess legal smoking products and store them inside their residence hall spaces. Students are asked to observe courtesy when smoking outdoors and in large groups of people by stepping away from the immediate area surrounding doors and windows and refraining from blowing smoke in the direction of others. d. All residents must smoke in designated smoking areas in the residence halls and may not smoke on balconies at residence halls. e. Discarding cigarette/cigar butts on the ground or in any way other than in a designated receptacle is considered littering. 25. Stalking a. A course of conduct directed at a specific person that would cause a reasonable person to fear for their safety/safety of others or would cause the person to suffer substantial emotional distress. A “course of conduct” means two or more acts in which a person directly, indirectly, or through another, by any action, method, device, or means, follows, monitors, observes, surveils,

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