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5-308 Student Code of Conduct :: continued
E. Definitions
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Definitions provided elsewhere in this chapter are applicable to this Student Code of Conduct. Terms not expressly defined in the Student Code of Conduct will be interpreted in accordance with state and federal law. In the Student Code of Conduct, unless the context otherwise provides or requires:

   
1 "ABOR" means the Arizona Board of Regents.
2   "Advisor" means an individual selected by the student to advise him/her. Tthe
advisor may be a faculty or staff member, student, attorney, or other
representative of the student.
3   "Complainant" means any individual who initiates the referral procedures set
forth in the student disciplinary procedures, ABOR policies 5-401 through 5-
404.
4   "Controlled substance" means a drug or substance whose use, possession, or distribution is controlled under state or federal law.
5   "Day" means university business day, not including Saturday, Sunday, any
officially recognized university employee holiday, or any day the university is
closed.
6   "Dean of Students" or "Dean" means the administrative officer responsible for administration of student conduct bearing this or similar title and includes his/her designee.
7   "Distribution" means sale, exchange, transfer, delivery, or gift.
8   "Endanger" means to bring into danger or peril.
9   “Explosive" refers to dynamite, nitroglycerin, black powder, or other explosive
material or bomb including plastic explosives; any breakable container that
contains a flammable liquid with a flash point of 150°F or less and has a wick
or similar device capable of being ignited.
10   "Fabrication" means falsification or creation of false data or information.
11   “Fireworks” refers to any fireworks, fire crackers, sparklers, rockets, and any
propellant-activated device whose intended purpose is primarily for
illumination.
12   "Gambling" shall have the same meaning as defined by Arizona law.
13   "Hazing" means any intentional, knowing or reckless act committed by a
student, whether individually, or in concert with other persons, against
another student, and in which both of the following apply: (a) the act was
committed in connection with an initiation into, an affiliation with, or the
maintenance of membership in any organization that is affiliated with a
university; (b) the act contributes to a substantial risk of potential physical
injury, mental harm or degradation, or causes physical injury, mental harm or
personal degradation; or (c) as otherwise defined in applicable law. Hazing
includes, but is not limited to, paddling in any form, physical or psychological
shocks, late work sessions that interfere with scholastic activities, advocating
or promoting alcohol or substance abuse, tests of endurance, submission of
members or prospective members to potentially dangerous or hazardous
circumstances or activities which have a foreseeable potential for resulting in
personal injury, or any activity which by its nature may have a potential to
cause mental distress, panic, human degradation, or embarrassment.
14   "Illegal drug" means any drug whose manufacturing, use, possession, or distribution is prohibited or restricted by state or federal law.
15   "President" means the president of the university or his/her designee.
16   "Stalking" means engaging in a course of conduct that is directed toward another person if that conduct would cause a reasonable person to fear for the person's safety or the safety of that person's immediate family member or close acquaintance, and that person in fact fears for their safety or the safety of that person's immediate family member or close acquaintance.
17   "Student" for purposes of this Student Code of Conduct means any person
who is currently admitted or registered or who participates in a university
function, such as orientation, in anticipation of enrollment, or who was enrolled in a previous term or who is or was registered for a future term,
including a faculty member or other employee so admitted, registered, or
enrolled.
18   "Student organization" means an organization or group which has been
registered or has received recognition according to university policies and
procedures or is affiliated with a university.
19   "University" means either the University of Arizona, Arizona State University, Northern Arizona University, or any other university campus or division governed by ABOR.
20   "University community" means all university students, employees, and guests.
21   "University property" means all resources, including but not limited to real and personal property, money, and intellectual property owned, operated, leased to, contracted by, controlled, or in the possession of a university or ABOR.
22   "University-sponsored activity" means any activity on or off campus authorized, supervised, or controlled by a university.
23   "Vice President for Student Affairs" means the administrative officer bearing
such title, similar title, or his/her designee.
24   “Weapon” refers to any object or substance designed to (or which could be
reasonably expected to) inflict a wound, cause injury, incapacitate, or cause
death, including, without limitation, all firearms (loaded and unloaded,
simulated and real), devices designed to expel a projectile (such as bb guns,
air guns, pellet guns, and potato guns), electronic control devices such as
tasers or stun guns, swords, knives with blades of 5 inches or longer, martial
arts weapons, bows and arrows, and chemicals such as mace, tear gas, or
oleoresin capsicum, but excluding normally available over-the-counter self defense chemical repellents, chemical repellents labeled “for police use only”
or “for law enforcement use only” may not be possessed by the general
public.
     
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All policies found in the Policy Manual are subject to change from time to time as approved by the Arizona Board of Regents. The central office disseminates hard copies of additions/revisions not more than 3 times each year. The web copy, located at http://www.abor.asu.edu, is updated every 1-2 months, as needed. Prior to acting in reliance upon a specific board policy as it appears in any copy of the policy manual, please check to make sure that the board has not recently approved any additions/revisions to that specific policy.