STUDENT CONDUCT CODE
The mission of King's College is to provide students with a broad based liberal education in the Catholic tradition, to offer intellectual, moral and spiritual preparation for satisfying and purposeful lives, and to develop mutually beneficial and cooperative ties to the wider society.
In light of its mission, and motivated by a deep concern for the welfare of its students, King's College expects its students to observe, both on and off the campus, the conventional standards of behavior which are derived from the Judeo-Christian-Catholic tradition, which also are in accord with the sound reasoning of traditional philosophy and have been respected by countless persons of good will, regardless of their religious beliefs. The College finds that some of these standards of behavior need to be articulated explicitly. These are set forth in this Student Conduct Code. The College is convinced that these standards are in the best interest of individuals and the entire King's community. They are meant to make King's a safe and orderly place where men and women strive to realize ideals that are at the same time humane and Christian.
It should be noted that the norms presented in this Code are minimum standards of behavior. As educated individuals, however, the College expects its students to endeavor to exceed the minimum.
Offenders of the Student Conduct Code will be dealt with patiently and personally, more to help and correct than to punish. The process of imposing sanctions is always intended to be educational and animated by an unconditional concern for students.

I. Academic Integrity
King's recognizes honesty and integrity as being necessary to the academic function of the college. The following regulations are promulgated in the interest of protecting the equity and validity of college grades and degrees, and to assist students in developing standards and attitudes appropriate to intellectual life.
1. Students shall not receive or attempt to receive assistance not authorized, in the preparation of any laboratory report, examinations, essays, themes, term papers of similar requirements submitted for credit as a part of a course or in fulfillment of a college requirement. When direct quotations are used, they are to be indicated, and when ideas of another are incorporated into a paper or paraphrased, they are to be appropriately acknowledged.
2. Students shall not knowingly give or attempt to give unauthorized assistance to another in such preparation.
3. Students shall not sell, give, lend, or otherwise furnish to any unauthorized person any material which can be shown to contain questions or answers to any examination scheduled to be given at some subsequent date or time offered by the College.
4. Students shall not take or attempt to take, steal or otherwise procure in an unauthorized manner any material pertaining to the conduct of a class, including tests, examinations, grade change forms, grade reports, roll books, reports, etc.
5. Students are not to submit the same work for more than one course unless all concerned instructors have given their prior consent.
6. Possession and/or use, without authorization of the instructor, of copies of tests, answer sheets, use of books, notes, calculators, computers, "cheat sheets" or similar means that could interfere with the fair, accurate testing or evaluation of a student is prohibited.
7. Obtaining answers from another student's computer, paper or test is prohibited.
8. Providing false information to an instructor or college official for the purpose of misrepresenting an activity outside of class (reports on field experiences, internships, etc.) or improperly seeking special consideration or privilege (excused absences, postponement of an exam or due date of papers or project, etc.) is prohibited.

II. Disorderly Conduct
1. Students shall not act in a manner that can reasonably be expected to disturb the academic pursuits or infringe upon the privacy, rights, privileges, health or safety of other persons.
2. Physical assault and/or battery is prohibited.
3. Students shall not be involved in an activity of harassment either written, verbal, physical or other, including by phone, toward another student or faculty/staff member.

III. Fire Safety and Emergencies
1. Students shall not tamper with fire safety equipment.
2. Students shall not set, or cause to be set, any unauthorized fire.
3. Students shall not make or cause to make a false alarm (including fire alarm, bomb threats, false emergency).
4. All occupants of a building must leave the building whenever the fire alarm sounds.
5. Students shall not possess or use any type of fireworks.
6. The defacing, tampering or removal of fire evacuation instructions posted in any student room, hallway or public place is prohibited.
7. Students shall not tamper with, set, or cause to set the sprinkler system to be activated and release water.

IV. Alcohol and Other Drugs (see Alcohol Policy)
1. The possession and/or use of alcohol by students under the age of twenty-one on campus or off-campus is prohibited.
2. Alcohol and other drug-related misbehavior is prohibited.
3. The unlawful possession and/or unlawful use of drugs not prescribed by a physician is prohibited. Students are not to make such drugs available to others.
4. No student shall furnish or cause to be furnished alcohol to any student under the age of twenty-one or to any person who is intoxicated.
5. Open alcohol punch bowls, communal containers (including kegs, pony kegs, beer balls) and other common source containers are not permitted in or on college property or at any functions sponsored by the college.
6. For Students Twenty-One Years of Age and Older:
(a) The senior class may sponsor, for class members over the age of 21, one social event with alcohol on campus per semester.
(b) Students twenty-one years and older may have and consume alcohol in their residence hall rooms and apartments.
(c) Students twenty-one years and older may trans-
port closed containers of alcohol on campus.
(d) Students must adhere to alcohol guidelines issued by the Office of Associate Vice President for Stu-
dent Affairs.
7. The possession and/or use of drug paraphernalia intended for the use, distribution, storage, sale or manufacturing of drugs is prohibited. This includes but not limited to rolling papers, pipes, water pipes, bongs, roach clips, weighing instruments, seeds or any other related materials.
8. Students who are underage are not to be present in dwellings, on or off campus, where alcohol is available to a person underage or where open containers are present. Being present will constitute a violation of the alcohol policy.
9. Students are not to be in a dwelling or location where illegal drugs or drug paraphernalia are present.

V. Theft, Disregard for the Property of Others
1. Students shall not take, attempt to take or keep in his/her possession stolen items of college property, items rented, leased or placed on the campus at the request of the college, or items belonging to students, faculty, staff, guests of the college or student groups.
2. Students shall not sell a textbook that is not his or her own without the permission of the owner.
3. Students shall not take, attempt to take, or keep in his or her possession items belonging to the library, which are not checked out in accordance with library policies, or items placed in the library for display or reference.
4. Students shall not take, attempt to take or possess property of another person, agency or company, on or off campus.

VI. Misrepresentation, Falsification of College Records and Student Identification Cards
1. Students shall not complete any college record dishonestly.
2. Students shall not alter, counterfeit, forge, or cause to be altered, counterfeited, or forged any record, form, or document used by the College or knowingly use any such document.
3. Students shall not hinder or mislead or attempt to hinder or mislead any identified College official in the performance of his/her responsibilities.
4. Students shall not lend, sell, or transfer any student identification card. The use of any student identification card by anyone other than the original owner is prohibited.
5. Students are required to present their College Identification Card to any college employee upon request unless it is being held at the Esseff Hall or Holy Cross Hall security desk while the student is visiting in the hall.

VII. Damage to Property
1. Damage to or destruction of items of college property, or items belonging to students, faculty, staff, guests of the college, or student organizations is prohibited.
2. Damage to property off campus is prohibited.

VIII. Failure to Follow a Directive
Students are to follow the directives of the associate vice president for student affairs.

IX. Firearms/Weapons
1. Students are prohibited from storing or possessing weapons on campus. Such weapons include but are not limited to, firearms, pellet/BB guns, starter or blank gun/pistols, bow and arrows, crossbows, sling shots or similar devices, knives (hunting, switchblade, sport or decorative with a blade longer than four inches), aerosol mace (CN or CS type), batons, billy clubs, nightsticks, kubitons, blackjacks, slapjacks, slap gloves, brass knuckles, martial arts equipment, or similar devices. Replicas of weapons are prohibited.
2. Students are required to store firearms, knives, bow and arrows, crossbows, martial arts equipment or similar weapons that are used for hunting or sport at the College Security Office. Students are responsible for making arrangements for storing and retrieving weapons with the Security Office. (See policy on weapons storage in the Student Handbook.) Weapons used for intercollegiate athletics must be stored with the coach of the rifle team.
3. Persons possessing a permit/license to possess and carry a concealed firearm may not bring the firearm on the college campus or to a college-sponsored event on or off campus.
4. Personal Safety Devices: O/C pepper spray (5%-10%) and stun guns are permitted on campus under certain circumstances. Students must register stun guns with the College Security Office within twenty-four hours of bringing the item to campus. Personal safety devices are to be used only for self-defense. Offensive use, horseplay, or misuse of personal safety devices is prohibited. The use of personal devices must adhere to the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
5. Explosive devices of any type, including, but not limited to, fireworks or ammunition, are prohibited from being in possession or used by students on or off campus.

X. Residence Life Policies
1. Quiet Hours in residence halls are from 8 p.m. to 10 a.m. on weekdays. On Saturday and Sunday quiet hours will be observed from 2 a.m. until noon. During all other times, students will observe courtesy hours. Courtesy hours require students to maintain a level of noise that does not interfere with other persons. Musical instruments may not be played during quiet hours. Amplified instruments may not be played in the residence halls at any time.
2. Visitation (see Visitation Policy)
(a) Visitation by persons of the opposite sex is per-
mitted in the living areas of each hall; beyond the lobby only during the following hours:
Sunday through Thursday - 10 a.m. to midnight
Friday and Saturday - 10 a.m. to 2 a.m.
(b) Doors of the residence halls are locked one hour
after the end of visitation hours.
(c) A visitation violation that involves an overnight
stay-that is, remaining in a residence hall room
four hours after the end of the visitation period- is a serious offense. Overnight guests seriously
infringe upon the privacy and security of students and seriously disturb the scholarly and moral at-
mosphere of our residence halls. Overnight stays are prohibited to all opposite gender guests regar-
less of their relationship, including family.
(d) During visitation, opposite-gender guests are pro-
hibited from using the bathroom facilities on resi-
dential floors since these are exclusively single
gender facilities. Public guest facilities are found adjacent to the lobbies in Holy Cross and Esseff
halls and in the basement of Luksic Hall.
(e) Twenty-four hour visitation is permitted in the lob-
bies of Esseff and Holy Cross halls and in the
lounge of Luksic Hall.
3. Students and their guests must adhere to the escort/access policies established for each residence hall.
4. Students are prohibited from using and/or possessing candles, incense, kerosene lamps, exposed heating elements (i.e., hot plates), fireworks, or flammable liquids (lighter fluid, kerosene or gasoline).
5. Students are prohibited from having live trees and any flammable decorations in their rooms. Electrical lights and cords must be U.L. approved and in good condition.
6. Tampering with elevators is prohibited.
7. The removal of window screens is prohibited. The dropping of any substance, liquid or solid, from any window is prohibited.
8. Small aquariums (20 gallons or less) containing only fish are permitted in the residence hall. No other pets are
permitted.
9. Students must follow residence life department procedures on room changes.
10. Overnight same-sex guests must be registered with the resident assistant or resident counselor. Overnight guests staying more than two nights must be approved and registered with the office of residence life.
11. The throwing of objects, including sports equipment, and the playing of physical games in the hallways and lounges is prohibited.
12. Alteration, tampering with or tapping into the TV cable or telephone lines is prohibited.
13. Students must attend all posted community/floor meetings. Community/floor meetings are normally held at the beginning of each semester, before each break period and at other times deemed necessary by a member of the residence life staff. Notices for community/floor meetings will be posted usually at least twenty-four hours in advance.
14. Students are not to tamper with, alter or misuse their ethernet computer connection or television cable.
15. College Telephone System
(a) Students are prohibited from using an authoriza-
tion code that has not been issued to them by the approved long distance service company.
(b) Students are prohibited from permitting anyone
else to use their calling authorization code.
(c) Unauthorized use of another person's telephone
or any use of another person's authorization code is prohibited.
(d) Students are solely responsible for the prompt
payment of all local and long distance charges on their authorization code.
(e) Students are prohibited from charging collect or
any other costs to their college issued telephone
number.
(f) Residents are prohibited from installing extension cords to other rooms from the telephone jack in
their room.
(g) Providing false information concerning any tele-
phone-related account or charges is prohibited.
16. Fire Safety
(a) All extension cords in use in the residence halls
must be U.L. approved and in good condition. Stu- dents are prohibited from using a socket muliplier or extension device without a surge protector. (b) Students are prohibited from using and/or possess- ing candles, incense, kerosene/oil lamps.
(c) Students are prohibited from possessing any elec- trical appliances which contain an open heating
element, including, but not limited to, open coil
space heaters, hot plates, toaster ovens, etc.
(d) Students are prohibited from possessing flam-
mable or inflammable materials, including, but not limited to, gasoline, kerosene, lighter fluid, fire-
works, etc.
(e) Students are prohibited from having live trees or other flammable decorations in their rooms.
17. Students must follow all instructions issued by residence life staff regarding residence hall opening and closing time, and student's responsibility regarding room condition (cleanliness, trash emptied, electrical units unplugged, lights turned off, etc.)
18. Students are not to hinder or attempt to hinder any person in the entering or exiting of any room by altering or hindering the door or lock or blocking the doorway.

XI. Hazing (see Hazing and Related Behaviors Policy)
Hazing, either physical or mental, is prohibited. Hazing is defined as any action or situation which recklessly or intentionally endangers the mental or physical health or safety of a student, or which willfully destroys or removes public or private property for the purpose or initiation, admission into, affiliation with, or as a condition of continued membership in any organization registered by the college. Behaviors which are explicitly prohibited are: transporting individuals against their will, marking/branding a person, preventing a student from fulfilling academic responsibilities, requiring a student to eat or drink against his/her will, personal service or servitude, paddling or striking, causing ridicule or humiliation, and preventing personal hygiene.

XII. Solicitation
1. Solicitation is prohibited on campus unless the student or organization receives permission of the Office of Student Activities.
2. Solicitation is prohibited on residential floors of the residence halls.

XIII. Sexual Misconduct and Harassment
1. Sexual harassment is a serious violation to the dignity of another person. Students are subject to the College policy on sexual harassment.
2. Sexual assault, including acquaintance/date rape, is contrary to College policy and the laws of the Commonwealth. The victim is encouraged to pursue these cases through the College Judicial process and/or in the courts of Pennsylvania.

XIV. College Policies
Students must adhere to administrative policies including, but not limited to, those published in the College Catalogue, Student Handbook, student housing contract, and student apartment housing agreement, developed and approved by the College.

XV. Unauthorized Entry or Use of College Facilities
Students shall not enter or attempt to enter any unauthorized College facility.

XVI. Financial Responsibility
Students are required to meet all financial obligations to the College or its agents in a timely manner as set forth in the College catalogue or correspondence.

XVII. Disorderly Assembly (see Demonstration Policy)
1. Students shall not assemble on campus for the purpose of creating a riot, or destructive or disorderly diversion which interferes with the normal operation of the college.
2. Any student or groups of students shall not obstruct the free movement of other students, faculty, staff, or visitors on campus.
3. Students are subject to reasonable time, manner, and place restrictions imposed by the Associate Vice President for Student Affairs Office.

XVIII. Gambling
Students are prohibited from participating in activities that involve the wagering of money or other property. Gambling of any kind is prohibited.

XIX. Off-Campus Behavior
1. Students must adhere to the College Code of Conduct and policies on or off campus. Specifically, students must adhere to the College Code of Conduct with regard to alcohol and drugs, theft, and disregard for property, damage to property, disorderly conduct, sexual assault, sexual harassment, firearms/weapons.
2. Students are prohibited from dropping an object, liquid or solid, from or out of any window.
3. Physical assault-including fighting, any physical altercation, sexual assault, or rape is a major offense and is prohibited.
4. The discharging or using any weapon/firearm is prohibited.
5. Students will be held responsible for the behavior of their guests on and off campus, including off-campus housing.

XX. Shared Responsibility
1. Students who act together or assist another in the violation of college policies will share in the responsibility for the violation.
2. Students who are present and aware that a College policy is being violated and remain in the dwelling or location, share in responsibility for the offense.

XXI. Guest Responsibility
1. Students are responsible for the behavior of their guests. A guest is a person visiting the student on campus or attending an event sponsored by the College, or its organization on or off campus. A guest is a non-student who is, explicated or implicated, by the student.
2. Students are responsible for the behavior of persons in their dwelling, including college residence hall, college- operated apartments, and off-campus housing.

XXII. Contempt
1. All students shall fully comply with sanctions as a result of the disciplinary process.
2. Students shall not commit perjury.
3. Students shall not violate their terms of probation.