Student Handbook - Tougaloo College

any disorderly conduct regardless of whether such conduct results in injury to person or
property as a result of intoxication. The College will notify parent(s)/guardian(s) if the
student is under the age of 21.
3. Assault
The attack with violence by physical means or an attack by use of verbal hostile words;
an offer to do bodily harm or violence to another person. Violation of this policy will lead
to suspension from the College and may subject the individual to civil authority.
4. Bomb Threats
Making bomb threats in any fashion is a violation of federal, state and city statutes.
Individuals found guilty of making a bomb threat will be subject to disciplinary action.
5. Cheating and Plagiarism
Tougaloo College is devoted to the discovery and communication of knowledge. We
maintain that intellectual integrity is of utmost importance and that its absence is taken
very seriously.
Examinations and assignments are employed to encourage learning. Persons who are
guilty of cheating or plagiarism, as defined below, will be subject to disciplinary action.
a. Cheating
Dishonesty of any kind with respect to examinations, course assignments,
alterations of records, or illegal possession of examinations shall be considered
cheating.
It is the responsibility of the student not only to abstain from cheating but, in
addiction, to avoid the appearance of cheating and to guard against making it
possible for others to cheat. Any student who helps another student to cheat is as
guilty of cheating as the student he assists. The student also should do everything
possible to induce respect for the examining process and for honesty in the
performance of assigned tasks in or out of class.
b. Plagiarism
Honesty requires that any ideas or materials taken from another for either written or oral
use must be fully acknowledged. Offering the work of someone else as one’s own is
plagiarism. The language or ideas thus taken from another may range from isolated
formulas, sentences, or paragraphs, to entire articles copied from books, periodicals,
speeches, or the writings of other students. The offering of materials assembled or
collected by others in the form of projects or collections without acknowledgement is
also considered plagiarism. Any student who fails to give credit for ideas or materials that
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