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Student Conduct Code: Preamble

Salem State University

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Advertised Commitments to Free Expression
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May 16, 2025

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SSU students are recognized as being both citizens in the larger community and members of an academic community. SSU recognizes that students possess fundamental rights guaranteed to them by the United States Constitution. Rights and responsibilities under local, state and national law are neither abridged nor extended by status as a student at Salem State.

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