Student Handbook: Student Rights and Responsibilities

Northwestern University

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    Advertised Commitments to Free Expression
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4. Student publications are free from any official action controlling editorial policy. Publications shall not bear the name of the University or purport to issue from it without University approval.

5. Subject to University policy and applicable law, students are free to form, join, and participate in any group for intellectual, religious, social, economic, political, or cultural purposes.

6. A student is free, individually or in association with other individuals, to engage in all campus activities, provided they do not in any way purport to represent the University and comply with applicable laws and University policies, including but not limited to time, place, and manner restrictions imposed by the University.

7. Students are free to use campus facilities for meetings of registered student organizations, subject to University policies, including reservation and other time, place, and manner policies governing the space or facility.

8. Subject to University policy and applicable law, students may invite and hear speakers of their choice on subjects of their choice, and approval will not be withheld by University officers for the purpose of censorship.

9. Subject to University policy and applicable law, students are free to assemble, to demonstrate, to express their views, and to protest, recognizing that freedom requires order, discipline, and responsibility and further recognizing the right of all faculty and students to pursue their legitimate goals without interference.

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