68 NSU STUDENT HANDBOOK 2022-23 2.4.7. Stalking, which is engaging in a course of conduct directed at a specific person that would cause a reasonable person to fear for the person’s safety or the safety of others, or suffer substantial emotional distress. 2.4.7.1. “Course of conduct” means two or more acts, including, but not limited to, acts in which the stalker directly, indirectly, or through third parties, by any action, method, device or means, follows, monitors, observes, surveils, threatens, or communicates to or about a person, or interferes with a person’s property. 2.4.7.2. “Substantial emotional distress” means significant mental suffering or anguish that may, but does not necessarily, require medical or other professional treatment or counseling 2.4.8. Hazing, which includes, but is not limited to, an act that, as an explicit or implicit condition for initiation to, admission into, affiliation with, or as a condition for continued membership in a group or an organization: • Is likely to, or would be perceived by a reasonable person as likely to, endanger the physical health of an individual or cause psychological discomfort or distress through treatment that a reasonable person would consider to be humiliating, intimidating, or demeaning; • Destroys or removes public or private property; • Involves the consumption of alcohol or other substances to excess; or • Violates any Board Policy or Institutional Policy. 2.4.8.1. The express or implied permission of the individual being hazed does not make the behavior acceptable. It is also a violation of this provision to solicit, aid, or attempt to aid another person in planning or committing Hazing. 2.4.8.2. Voyeurism includes, but is not limited to, any use of electronic or other devices to make an audio, video, or photographic record of another person without that person’s prior knowledge and without that person’s prior authorization when such a recording is likely to cause that person or a Reasonable Person injury or distress, or involves that person’s intimate parts or sexual conduct involving that person. 2.4.8.3. Invasion of Privacy occurs when: • An individual views another person, without that person’s prior knowledge and permission, under circumstances in which the other person has a reasonable expectation of privacy; or • An individual uses an audio recording device to record another person, without that person’s prior knowledge and permission, under circumstances in which the other person has a reasonable expectation of privacy. 2.5. Discrimination and Retaliation 2.5.1. Discrimination is excluding from, or treating another person differently than others in, institutional activities on the basis of sex, race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, gender, gender identity, transgender, sexual orientation, age, disability, genetic information, or veteran status. However, social fraternities and sororities that are exempt from taxation under federal law may maintain single-sex membership practices without violating antidiscrimination policies, as recognized by 20 U.S.C. 1681(a)(6), and the enforcement of such single-sex membership practices by students does not violate this provision. 2.5.2. Retaliation is conduct that would make a reasonable person feel intimidated, or that interferes with, threatens, coerces, or otherwise discriminates against any individual
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