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POLICIES 71 • Smoking on college owned, leased, and controlled properties, including parking lots and garages, and at all college-sponsored activities, or excessive smoking violations (see section on smoking) • Use of cellular phones and mobile devices in the classroom or lab is at the instructor's discretion. Unless otherwise directed by the instructor, students who must bring such devices to class must disengage or place devices on inaudible signal so as not to disturb or interfere with classroom activities. • Animals, with the exception of service animals (e.g., seeing-eye dogs), are not permitted on campus except as permitted by law • Any unauthorized audio or video recording of any person on college premises or at college sponsored activities at other sites, without his/ her prior knowledge or without his/ her consent when such a recording has the potential to cause injury or distress. Students with disabilities who have been vetted through the office of Disability Support Services to record lectures must notify their instructor via their accommodation memo of their intent to record and are restricted to using these recordings for educational purposes only. All other students who wish to record lectures must obtain prior permission from their instructors authorizing audio and/or video recording and are restricted to using these recordings for educational purposes only. • Any act or behavior which fails to comply with or violates the rules of the college or laws of the state of Maryland or of the United States. • Alcohol and other drug related offenses: Illegal possession, manufacture, distribution, sale, or use of alcoholic beverages, narcotics, marijuana, hypnotics, sedatives, tranquilizers, stimulants, hallucinogens, and other similar known harmful or habit-forming drugs or chemicals, and the abuse or misuse of prescriptions or over-the- counter medications or chemicals on college-owned or controlled property, or during any college sponsored activity. Drunkenness or being under the influence of alcohol, illegal drugs or other substances on college-owned or controlled property or during any college sponsored activity, or the intentional violation of the college's policy on controlled substances and alcohol. Parental notification policy related to alcohol and other drugs: In accordance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), the college reserves the right to notify the parents/guardians of students under 21 years of age, and the parents/guardians of dependent students, regardless of age, of any incident in which the student is found responsible for violating the college's alcohol and drug policy. STANDARDS OF CLASSROOM BEHAVIOR Primary responsibility for managing the classroom environment rests with the faculty. Students who engage in any prohibited or unlawful acts that result in disruption of a class may be directed by the faculty member to leave the class for the remainder of the class period. Longer suspensions from a class or dismissal on disciplinary grounds must be preceded by a hearing or disciplinary conference, as set forth in the student