Dr. Lin's Instructional Web - Barry University

Anyone with questions about AIDS and HIV infection may contact health services
and the career & counseling center. Materials on AIDS are available from various campus
offices as well as the library.
The university’s AIDS policy is subject to change as new medical information
becomes available and changes in the law are made.
POLICY
ON SEXUAL OFFENSES
Utilizing community and institutional resources, the Division of Student Services
provides programs throughout the year to educate students about their individual
responsibilities regarding sexual battery and sexual harassment. The following university
policies are in effect to deal with these behaviors:
SEXUAL HARASSMENT:
Sexual harassment includes such behavior as sexual advances, requests for sexual
favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature directed toward an employee,
student, or applicant, particularly when one or more of the following circumstances are present:
...Toleration of the conduct is an explicit or implicit term or condition of employment,
admission or academic evaluation.
...Submission to or rejection of such conduct is used as a basis for a personal decision or
academic evaluation affecting such individuals.
...The conduct has the purpose or effect of interfering with an individual’s work
performance, or creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working or learning
environment.
The above definition is in line with the Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission’s regulations on sexual harassment. Barry University, its officers, employees and
students are responsible for maintaining a working and learning environment free from sexual
harassment.
SEXUAL BATTERY:
Sexual battery refers to sexual contact without consent. The following behaviors are violations
of university policy:
A. Ignoring verbal pleas or non-verbal cues indicating an unwillingness to either
continue to participate in, or begin to engage in any sexual activity.
B. Engaging in any sexual activity with someone who is physically helpless and/or
unable to communicate his/her unwillingness to participate.
C. Threatening to use or actually using physical force to coerce an unwilling party to
submit to any sexual activity.
D. Engaging in any sexual activity which is not mutually agreeable.
PROCEDURES FOR VICTIMS:
If you or someone you know has been a victim of sexual battery the first concern
should be one of personal safety. Please notify any official of the university as soon as
possible - resident advisor, area coordinator, or staff members of any of the following offices:
health services, Public Safety, counseling center, or dean of students. Jackson Memorial
Hospital provides a Rape Treatment Center, call 585-7273. The judicial coordinator will assist
in notifying the above authorities if the student so chooses.
Individuals who feel that they have been sexually battered are encouraged to file
charges with law enforcement authorities. To report an assault you should call Miami Shores
police at 759-2468 or Metro Dade police at 595-6263. If an assault occurred outside Dade
county, you must contact the law enforcement agency having jurisdiction in the geographical
area where the incident occurred. The judicial coordinator will assist in notifying the above
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