The College affirms the right of each student to:
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Be free from discrimination on the basis of race, national origin, creed, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, marital status, or status with regard to public assistance.
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Experience free inquiry, expression and assembly.
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Pursue his or her educational goals in an environment free of academic dishonesty.
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Be secure in his or her person, residence, papers and effects against unreasonable surveillance, searches, seizure and to be secure against harassment, discrimination, exploitation, and physical or sexual violence.
The student body shall have clearly defined means of participating in the formulation and application of institutional policy affecting academic and student affairs. Students shall have the right to establish and elect a student government. The student press shall be free of censorship and advance approval of copy. Its editors may develop their own policies, but it shall be explicitly stated on the editorial page that opinions there expressed are not necessarily those of the College or of the student body.
Each member of the College community must be cognizant of the rights of others, and each person has the responsibility to respect those rights. The institution functions on the basis of mutual responsibility to protect such rights. Students are both members of the College community and citizens of the state of Minnesota. As citizens, students are responsible to the community of which they are a part and the College neither substitutes for, nor interferes with, regular legal processes.