Personal Property at the College: Our Advice to You

Every student at Locke College has the right to property by his own hand. Labor creates property; the work you do here is rightfully yours, and the efforts you put into your education will result in property (an undergraduate degree!). Even Locke, however, limits the overall right to property – do not bring with you to college more than what you can be responsible for.

The College's philosophy on property extends to intellectual property. Your ideas, work and grades belong solely to you. Sharing information or cheating is looked down upon severely and could be cause for dismissal. While it is true that all the "earth and inferior creatures be common to all men," every student at the College is entitled to their property of their own person, which includes their schoolwork. Failure to comply with this philosophy will be grounds for review by the Executive Board and appropriate consequences. (394-397)