The Student in the Academic Community
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III. Rights and Responsibilities in Other Instructional Settings
A. Freedom of Expression
The acquisition, understanding, and interpreting of knowledge can be facilitated by the study and evaluation of controversial positions. Free expression should be permitted in publications and broadcasting. Students should be allowed to invite and hear any person of their own choosing. Those procedures required by the institution before a guest speaker appears on campus should insure orderly scheduling of facilities and adequate preparation for the event. The institutional control of campus facilities should not be used as a device for censorship. However, all activities should be conducted in a manner appropriate to an academic community.
It should be made clear to the academic and larger communities that sponsorship of events and speakers does not necessarily imply approval or endorsement of the views or actions either by the sponsoring group or the University. Participation in the exchange of ideas through these media is normal in the academic community.
B. Student Government
Students should be free, individually or collectively, to express their views on issues of institutional policy and on matters of general interest to the student population. The students should have clearly defined means to participate equitably in the formulation of institutional policies and procedures which affect student life. Student government is the principal agency for student participation in the decision-making process of the University.
C. Student Organizations
Students bring to the campus a variety of interests and can be expected to develop new interests as members of the academic community. They should be free to organize and join associations to promote their common interests, provided those associations are not antagonistic to the basic purposes of the institution. Students should be able to participate in those organizations provided they meet membership requirements set up by the organization; in no instance will these criteria for membership include race or color.
This document was approved by the Student Senate of ASUN (April 7, 1968), a Referendum of the Student Body (April 10, 1968), the University Senate (May 14, 1968), and the Board of Regents (June 19, 1968).
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