Time, Place & Manner Interim Policy

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Locations for expressive activity

To best meet its goals of teaching and research and to ensure unfettered access to the College’s educational activities, the College has chosen to limit expressive activities on its campus to the following open areas:

• Hartman Green
• Klauder-Appel Walkway (i.e. Lux et Lex walkway)

In addition to the above named locations, flags may be hung in the Steinman College Center as allowed by this policy.

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Registration of expressive activity

Community members wishing to engage in expressive activity on College property must submit a registration request for review and approval by the following offices, during regular business hours Monday through Friday and no later than five (5) days prior to the expressive activity: 

• Students and student organizations: Office of Student Engagement
• Staff: Conference and Event Services
• Faculty: Office of the Provost

Other offices will be consulted as necessary. It is required that a community member be designated as the Organizer for the event. The Organizer is responsible for communicating the parameters that have been set for the event by the relevant approver to all participants prior to the event and to take reasonable measures to ensure the safety of participants. Given the often-complicated nature of expressive activity on College property and the need to coordinate among various areas for safety and security, the Organizer will also act as the primary liaison with the Department of Public Safety during the event itself.

Approval of registration requests will be based on the availability of the requested area and stated expected use of the area without regard to the content or viewpoint of the expressive activity.

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Time and duration of expressive activity

The following time and duration restrictions apply to expressive activities:

• Expressive activity that involves the congregation of individuals (e.g. demonstrations, rallies, vigils) is only allowed from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm and is restricted to a two-hour maximum.

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Spontaneous demonstration exception

Occasionally, events occur that lead to immediate public reaction, and this policy is not designed to limit community members’ rights to protest such events. Spontaneous demonstrations or protests may be held in the locations designated by this policy without advance notice provided these activities do not otherwise violate this policy. It is a violation of this policy to claim that a planned event is spontaneous. 

In deciding whether a demonstration is spontaneous or planned, the College may consider any relevant evidence, including (a) whether signs or placards used at the demonstration were commercially produced, (b) whether participants used amplification equipment, (c) whether security was alerted, or media contacted, substantially in advance of the demonstration, or (d) whether other circumstances demonstrate advance planning by one or more individuals or organizations.