student handbook - Baton Rouge Community College

online environments (such as Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Second Life,YouTube, and any new or emerging online environments) accessed orcreated using a BRCC email account.Weblog (Blogging) PolicyBaton Rouge Community College recognizes the use of weblogs (blogs)as a means of public communication, and understands it use as a toolfor students and faculty to communicate about academic life andassignments. Blogs are encouraged at BRCC as long as they are used forpositive legitimate communication and/or educational purposes.BRCC also understands the potential for using blogs to compromisethe academic integrity of a course and the institution by encouragingcheating on assignments, providing confidential information betweenstudents, and plagiarizing materials. Students who use blogs in thismanner will be disciplined according to the policies outlined in thishandbook. Any individual using a weblog for the specific purpose ofcheating on an assignment, plagiarizing material, or providing informationdeemed confidential is in violation of the Student Code of Conduct,and will be dealt with according to the disciplinary process defined inthe Code of Conduct found in this handbookDisplay of Non-College PublicationsBRCC is a “free marketplace of ideas” that guarantees the display of noncollegepublications on campus. BRCC does not approve, disap prove,support, or fail to support the content of the publications. This policyassists BRCC in managing the display and distribution of non-collegepublications.Procedure for posting Non-College Publications1. An Agreement for Display of Non-college Publications must becompleted and filed in the SPAR office. Agreements are renewedannually; however BRCC can cancel an agreement at anytime by issuing a two-week notice to the vendor.2. SPAR assigns display locations, and assignments are made solelyat the discretion of BRCC.3. Display racks must be provided and used by the vendor to displaypublications.40