Definitions

● Aiding and Abetting – Incite, assist, or encourage in the violation of University policy. 
● Alleged Victim – Any individual who may have suffered any harm, loss, or threat due to a violation(s) 
of the Code of Student Conduct by a currently enrolled USA student or RSO. 
● Complainant – Any individual who brings forth information indicating that a currently enrolled USA 
student or RSO may have violated the Code of Student Conduct. 
● Disorderly Conduct – Occurs when an individual or organizations acts with intent to cause public 
inconvenience, annoyance, or alarm or recklessly creates a risk thereof. 
● Distribution – Giving, selling, or exchanging. 
● Drug Paraphernalia – All equipment, products, and materials used, intended for use, or designed for 
use in injecting, ingesting, inhaling, or otherwise introducing into the human body a controlled 
substance or illegal drug. 
● Faculty – Any person appointed or employed by the University to conduct classroom, clinical, or 
laboratory activities. 
● Hazing – See the definition under 5u. 
● Immediate Family- A relative that is a mother, father, step-mother, step-father, sibling, half-sibling, 
grandparent, child, legal guardian or other relative of an individual who resides in the same dwelling 
as the individual.
● Indecent Conduct – Intentional exposure of the genitals, buttocks, or female breasts or committing 
or attempting to engage in a sexual act in public.
● Intentionally – Conscious objective to engage in the described activities. 
● Recklessly – Conduct that could reasonably be expected to create a substantial risk of harm to a 
person(s). 
● Registered Student Organization (RSO) – A group of students who work together in an organized 
way for a shared purpose, and have been recognized by the Office of Student Involvement.
● Respondent – Any currently enrolled USA student or RSO alleged to be in violation of the Code of 
Student Conduct. 
● Staff – Any person who is not a faculty member that is appointed or employed by the University to 
carry out a job or function. 
● Students – Any person taking courses at USA, either full-time or part-time, or pursuing 
undergraduate, graduate, or professional/extension studies. A person who is not officially enrolled 
for a particular term, but who has a continuing relationship with the University, is considered a 
“student.” This includes persons newly admitted to USA, those who are on semester break, and 
those who are sitting out one or more semesters. 
● University Premises – Any and all land, buildings, facilities, and/or other property in the possession 
of (owned, leased, rented, used, or controlled) the University, including adjacent or pertinent streets 
or sidewalks. 
● Visitors – Individuals participating in USA’s Center for Continuing Education and Conference Services 
activities offered through Global USA. Visitors are expected to conduct themselves in accordance 
with the general rules and regulations of the University. Violations may result in the summary 
suspension of the privilege of visiting the campus. 
● Weapon – Any object or substance designed to inflict a wound, cause injury, or incapacitate, 
including, but not limited to, firearms, pellet guns, BB guns, switchblade or gravity knives, clubs, 
blackjacks, brass knuckles, or ice picks. 
● Witness – Any individual who may have personal knowledge of an incident alleged to be in violation 
of the Code of Student Conduct and who gives testimony to that knowledge.