413 FREE EXPRESSION
POLICY
PROCEDURE
A. Each campus procedure shall identify a particular area as the Free Expression Area. The campus Office of Student Life shall be responsible for identifying the Free Expression Area.
B. The first priority for use of the area will be given to student activities, academic and administrative uses.
C. Individuals and/or groups wishing to use
the Free Expression Area must complete a Free Expression Application form at
least three (3) working days in advance.
Registration forms may be obtained from the campus Office of Student
Life.
D. Any publicity
material must be submitted with the application form. Upon approval, copies of the application form
and any publicity material shall be distributed to the campus Provost, the
Director of Protective Services, the Dean of Student Services and the
applicant.
E. The Free
Expression Area may be used during the following hours (when classes are in
session):
Monday
through Thursday 11:00
a.m.-1:00 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m.
Friday 11:00
a.m.-1:00 p.m.
F. Individuals using the Free Expression
Area should have a copy of the approved
registration
with them during those times the area is being used.
G. Persons utilizing the Free Expression
Area shall not interfere with the free flow of
traffic nor the ingress and egress
to buildings on campus.
shall be permitted.
I. No commercial solicitations, campus
sales or fundraising activities shall be
undertaken in the Free Expression
Area.
J. The individual filing the Free Expression Registration Form
shall be responsible for seeing that the area is left clean and in good repair.
K. The organization/individuals using the
area must supply their own tables, chairs,
etc. No sound amplification devices may be used at any time.
Approved
by CAB 1/25/01
Georgia
Perimeter College
Free
Expression Application Form
Georgia
Perimeter College supports free expression as stated in the First Amendment of
the U.S. Constitution. Each campus has
identified a particular area as the Free Expression Area. The Office of Student Life can identify this
area for you.
Use of the
Free Expression Area and any publicity material must be approved through the
Office of Student Life at least three (3) working days in advance. The first priority for use of the area will
be given to student activities, academic and administrative uses. Other uses will be handled on a first-come,
first-served basis.
Name
of Individual Making Representation (Primary Contact)
__________________________________________________
I am
a (check one)
r Georgia Perimeter College
student Campus
Free Expression Location:
r Georgia Perimeter College
faculty/staff _____________________________
r Other
Name
of organization you represent: ญญญญญญญญญญญ_______________________________________________________________________
Address
of organization:
_________________________________________________________________________________
Phone
#: _________________________________(Day)
____________________________________(Evening)
Date(s)
Free Expression area is requested:
___________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________
Time(s)
Free Expression Area is requested: (The
area is available 11:00am 1:00pm & 5:30pm 7:30pm, Monday through
Thursday and 11:00am 1:00pm Friday, when classes are in session) ____________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________
All
users of the area shall observe the following regulations:
1.
No
interference with the free flow of traffic nor the ingress and egress to
buildings on the campus.
2.
No
interruption of the orderly conduct of college classes or other college
activities.
3.
No
commercial solicitations, campus sales or fundraising activities shall be
undertaken in the Free Expression Area.
4.
The
individual who makes the application shall be responsible for seeing that the
area is left clean and in good repair.
5.
The
organization/individuals using the area must supply their own tables, chairs,
etc. No sound amplification devices may
be used at any time.
6.
The
primary contact in signing this form acknowledges that he/she has read and
received the Georgia Perimeter College policy on free expression included in
this form.
In
establishing this policy, the college in no way supports, fails to support,
agrees nor disagrees with ideas that may be voiced in the Free Expression Area
but simply makes provision for a diversity of viewpoints to be expressed in an
academic setting.
My
signature below acknowledges that I have been made aware of the Free Expression
Policy as described in the Georgia Perimeter College Student Handbook.
____________________________________________________________ _____________________
Signature
Date
Approval/Student
Life Director _____________________________________ ______________________
Date
C:
Provost, Director of Protective Services, Dean of Student Services, Applicant