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2018-2019 CIU Student Handbook
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Sexual Misconduct can be committed by people of any gender and it can occur
between people of different genders or people of the same gender.
Stalking.
“Stalking” means engaging in a course of conduct directed at a specific
person that would cause a reasonable person to fear for his or her safety or the
safety of others or suffer substantial emotional distress. For purposes of this
definition, “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;
“reasonable person” means a reasonable person under similar circumstances and
with similar identities to the victim; and “substantial emotional distress” means
significant mental suffering or anguish that may, but does not necessarily, require
medical or other professional treatment or counseling.