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Off Campus Jurisdiction and UA Disciplinary Authority
The Student Code of Conduct States:
University students are both citizens and members of the University community. As citizens they enjoy the same rights such as freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and right of petition, and the same obligations as other citizens; and as members of the University community, they are entitled to the privileges and subject to the responsibilities which accrue to them by virtue of this membership. University authority shall not be employed to inhibit the exercise of rights of citizenship, either on or off campus, but neither do students have special rights when in violation of the law. Students shall recognize that away from campus while attending a University-associated event, their conduct may reflect upon the University as well as upon the individual.
Students who violate the law may incur penalties prescribed by civil authorities. While University authority should not be used merely to duplicate the function of general laws, the University may assert its disciplinary authority over students in situations where the students conduct off campus may be deemed by the University to affect the University or its students, faculty, academic officers, and staff. When the disciplinary authority of the University is so asserted, the student shall be provided with the procedural safeguards contained in the "Student Disciplinary Procedures," Chapter 3359-41 of the Administrative Code. The student who incidentally violates University regulations in the course of off-campus activity should be subject to no greater penalty then would normally be imposed had the action occurred on property owned, leased, or operated by the University. University action must be independent of community pressure.
Disciplinary Authority
3359-41-01 Disciplinary power of the university.
The disciplinary power of the university is inherent in its responsibility to protect its educational purposes and processes through the setting of standards of conduct and scholarship for its students and through the regulation of the use of its facilities. The established standards of conduct apply to a student whenever s/he is on property owned, leased, or operated by the university. A student is also expected to abide by applicable federal, state, and local laws. The university assesses sanctions for violation of its own regulations; however, the student is subject to public laws which the university police officers (among other law enforcement agencies) are empowered to enforce on property owned, leased or operated by the university in addition to areas in which it has authority pursuant to a mutual aid agreement with another state or local governmental agency or entity. Such public laws include the Revised Code of the state of Ohio, and ordinances of the city of Akron, which contain regulations relating to disorderly conduct, theft, assault, arson, damaging property, sex offenses, the use of drugs, hazing and mob action. Involvement of parents or guardians will be governed by the “Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act”
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