FAN CODE OF CONDUCT
The NCAA and Atlantic 10 Conference promote good sportsmanship by student-athletes, coaches and spectators. We request your cooperation by supporting the participants and officials in a positive manner. Profanity, racial, homophobic, transphobic or sexist comments, or other intimidating actions directed at officials, student-athletes, coaches or team representatives, as well as fans, will not be tolerated and are grounds for removal from the site of competition.
SEXUAL MISCONDUCT POLICY
Prohibited Conduct
- Insulting a teammate’s or opponent’s performance in training or during practices or matches.
- Discriminatory, derogatory, demeaning, explicit, homophobic, transphobic or offensive language, whether communicated directly, indirectly, or through electronic communications, including but not limited to, text messages, emails, or social media platforms.
- Discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression.
- Sexual or gender-based harassment, sexual assault, sexual exploitation, intimate partner violence, stalking, or being complicit in any of these forms of prohibited conduct.
- Retaliation against anyone for engaging in protected activity, including reporting any of the conduct listed in parts (d) and (e) or participating in an investigation into prohibited conduct.
- Conduct that violates the Student Code of Conduct.
- Criminal activity under the DC Code and other applicable federal and state laws.
Retaliation: The university also prohibits retaliation (which includes words or acts, as described below) against an individual or group of individuals involved in a protected activity. Protected activity includes participating, testifying, assisting, or refusing to participate in any manner in proceedings under the Title IX Sexual Harassment and Related Conduct Policy; making a good faith report under the policy; filing an external complaint; or opposing in a reasonable manner and consistent with university policy, an action reasonably believed to constitute a violation of the policy. Retaliation can take many forms, including, but not limited to, adverse action or violence, discrimination, threats, coercion, and intimidation that would discourage a reasonable person (under similar circumstances and with similar identities to the targeted individual or group) from engaging in protected activity. Reports of retaliation will be addressed by the university separate from the procedures provided in the Title IX Sexual Harassment and Related Conduct Policy, as appropriate.
Sexual Harassment is conduct on the basis of sex that satisfies one or more of the following:
- A university employee conditions the provision of an aid, benefit, or service on an individual’s participation in unwelcome sexual conduct;
- unwelcome conduct determined by a reasonable person to be so severe, pervasive, and objectively offensive that it effectively denies a person equal access to the university’s Programs or Activities;
- Sexual Assault: formally defined in 20 U.S.C. § 1092(f)(6)(A)(v), means any sexual act directed against another person, without the consent of the victim, including instances where the victim is incapable of giving consent (such as incapacitation, age, family relation to the other party, or intellectual or other disability). Sexual Assault can be committed by or against individuals of any sex or gender and can occur between individuals of the same sex/gender or different sexes/genders. The university will rely on the definition of sexual assault provided in the federal Uniform Crime Reporting system, which includes the following:
- sexual intercourse with another person, including oral or anal sexual intercourse, or the use of an object or instrument to unlawfully penetrate, however slightly, the genital or anal opening of the body of another person, without consent of the victim, including instances where the victim is incapable of giving consent because of their age or because of their temporary or permanent mental or physical incapacity;
- touching of the private body parts of another person for the purpose of sexual gratification, without the consent of the victim, including instances where the victim is incapable of giving consent because of their age or because of their temporary or permanent mental or physical incapacity;
- sexual intercourse between persons who are related to each other within the degrees wherein marriage is prohibited by law; or
- sexual intercourse with a person who is under the statutory age of consent.
- Dating Violence: formally defined in 34 U.S.C. § 12291(a)(1)), means any act of violence committed by a person who is or has been in a social relationship of a romantic or intimate nature with the victim and where the existence of such a relationship is determined based on a consideration of the length, type, and frequency of interactions between the persons involved in the relationship.
- Domestic Violence: formally defined in 34 U.S.C. § 12291(a)(8), means a felony or misdemeanor crime of violence committed by a current or former spouse or intimate partner of the victim, by a person with whom the victim shares a child in common, by a person who is cohabitating with or has cohabitated with the victim as a spouse or intimate partner, by a person similarly situated to a spouse of the victim under the domestic or family violence laws of the jurisdiction receiving grant monies, or by any other person against an adult or youth victim who is protected from that person's acts under the domestic or family violence laws of the jurisdiction.
- Stalking: formally as defined in 34 U.S.C. 12291(a)(30), means engaging in a course of conduct directed at a specific person that would cause a reasonable person to fear for their safety or the safety of others or suffer substantial emotional distress
If you believe you have experienced sexual harassment, sexual assault, domestic or dating violence, or stalking; if someone has accused you of any form of prohibited conduct; or if you receive a report of prohibited conduct, you may contact the Title IX Office at (202) 994-7434 or titleix@gwu.edu.
You can also call the Sexual Assault and Intimate Violence (SAIV) Helpline at 202-994-7222 (24/7) or submit a report online through the Title IX Office's website. SAIV is a 24/7 confidential resource for any GW community member affected by sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating or domestic violence, or stalking. The SAIV Helpline is staffed by clinically trained professionals. Please know that reporting an incident to the SAIV Helpline will not result in a report being made to the Title IX Office. If you wish to make a report to the Title IX Office, you will need to contact the Title IX Office during business hours or submit an online report form. It is important that you know that the Title IX Office is private, but not a confidential resource. This means that the Title IX Office will make every effort to keep your information private but will share information discreetly on a limited need-to-know basis with university employees or designees. For more information on GW’s policies and the services that the Title IX Office provides, please visit https://titleix.gwu.edu.
Confidential Resources:
If you would prefer to speak with a confidential resource, you may access medical and/or counseling services from the GW Health Center by calling 202-994-5300 (24/7). Licensed counselors are available to speak with you. Additionally, you can speak with a member of the Office of Advocacy and Support by calling 202-994-0443 or emailing oas@gwu.edu.