TAMIU Student Handbook 2019-2020

Page 35 of 86 Retaliation. Any adverse action against an individual who has participated in a protected activity and/or an investigation, hearing, or inquiry by the University. There must be a causal connection between participating in the protected activity and the adverse action. Sexual Exploitation. Non-consensual or abusive conduct that attempts to take sexual advantage of another for their own advantage, benefit, or gratification, or to benefit or advantage anyone other than the one being exploited, including but not limited to secretly videotaping sexual activity, voyeurism, sexually-based stalking, and knowingly transmitting a sexually transmitted infection to another person. Sexual Harassment. A form of sex discrimination. Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors and other verbal, nonverbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature constitute sexual harassment when this conduct is so severe, persistent or pervasive that it explicitly or implicitly affects an individual's employment, unreasonably interferes with an individual's work or educational performance, or creates an intimidating or hostile work or educational environment. Unwelcome means that an individual did not request or invite it and considers the conduct to be undesirable or offensive. Submission to the conduct or failure to complain does not always mean that the conduct was welcome. Sexual harassment may be quid pro quo (“this for that”) or may constitute a hostile environment. Sexual harassment includes non-consensual sexual contact, sexual assault, sexual exploitation, and stalking, dating violence, and domestic violence when based on sex. Stalking. Knowingly engaging in conduct, including following a person, that one reasonably believes is threatening the bodily injury or death of themselves, a member of their family or household, or their property. Theft. Unauthorized removal or stealing and /or attempting removal or stealing of a member of the University community or other personal or public property, on or off campus. This includes knowingly possessing such stolen property. This also includes theft of services and/or misuse of another’s property including, but not limited to, unauthorized use of another’s property, unauthorized selling of subsidized tickets, and use of a forged parking permit. Traffic Obstruction. Obstruction of the free flow of pedestrian or vehicular traffic on University premises or at University-sponsored or supervised activities. Unauthorized Entry. Unauthorized entry into or use of University facilities or property. Unauthorized Recording. Any unauthorized audio or video recording of another without their prior knowledge, or without their consent when there is a reasonable expectation of