The university will not take action against a student who sent unsolicited political propaganda to several students and staff members from her TCU e-mail account because university policy does not prohibit it, a university official said.

The pair of e-mails sent in December supporting Gov. Rick Perry are a non-issue, said Glory Robinson, associate dean of Campus Life.

Although the e-mails endorsed a specific political candidate, Robinson said that unless a recipient had filed a complaint, there was nothing wrong with the nature of the message because the university has no policy against sending such e-mails.

“I looked for a policy against sending political propaganda, and I couldn’t find anything,” Robinson said.

Robinson said that even though it may have been offensive to some, she did not see a policy violation in this instance. She said it would have been a different story if the content of the messages had been highly inappropriate, offensive or lewd in nature.

“I have not had a formal complaint placed in front of me, and I’m not going to address anything if there’s not something in front of me to address,” Robinson said.

Bryan Lucas, executive director of technology resources, wrote in an e-mail that students can access the university’s global address book and send e-mails to any other students.

“We do limit the number of recipients per message,” Lucas wrote. “As for the content of the message, it is not against the computing resource policy.”

The student who sent the e-mail, a sophomore pre-major, declined to comment on the content of the e-mail or the circumstances surrounding its distribution. The student, who asked to remain anonymous, said she was aware the e-mail was sent from her account but declined to comment as to whether she personally sent the e-mail. However, she said her e-mail account was not hacked or broken into.

The first e-mail concerned Perry’s leadership in creating jobs in Texas and tax cuts for small businesses. The student’s second message was an apology for sending the first e-mail. In it, the student wrote she had no political ties to any candidate and expressed regret for sending the Perry plug in the first place.

“It was inappropriate and abusive of the TCU e-mail (system),” the student wrote in the apology e-mail.

The student said she wanted to turn her stressful experience into something positive.

“All I’m going to say is that it’s important for students at TCU to make their own political decisions,” she said. “I just think it’s important for people to understand who they are (and) what they believe in.”