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Southwestern Student Handbook
- Student Affairs
- Freedom of Association
Policy governing clubs and organizations shall be established by
the College administration. Procedures for establishment, maintenance
and financial management of clubs and organizations are established
by the administration in consultation with ASG. Official club and
organization membership is open to students without regard to color,
race, national origin, sex, sexual preference, age, marital status,
religion, handicap, political affiliation, parental status, or
veteran status.
- B. Freedom of Inquiry and Expression
- Students and student organizations shall be free to examine
and discuss all questions of interest to them, and to express
opinions publicly and privately. They will always be free to
support causes by orderly means that do not disrupt the regular
and essential operation of the institution. At the same time,
it should be made clear to the academic and the larger community
that in their public expression or demonstrations students
or student organizations speak only for themselves. Neither
students nor official clubs or organizations shall speak for
or represent the College without express authorization from
the Board, or its designee, nor may they represent the views
of ASG without express authorization from the ASG.
- Students shall be allowed to invite and to hear any person
of their own choosing. Those routine procedures required by
an institution before a guest speaker is invited to appear
on campus should be designed only to insure that there is orderly
scheduling of facilities and adequate preparation for the event,
and that the occasion is conducted in a manner appropriate
to an academic community. The institutional control of campus
facilities should not be used as a device of censorship. It
should be made clear to the academic and larger community that
sponsorship of guest speakers does not necessarily imply approval
or endorsement of the views expressed, either by the sponsoring
group or by the institution.
- Student Participation in Institutional Government
As constituents of the academic community, students are free, individually
and collectively, to express their views on issues of institutional
policy and on matters of general interest to the student body.
- Student Publications
Students, in conjunction with the College, share with the staff of
student publications the responsibility for the content of student
publications. Publications shall adhere to all applicable Oregon
statues.
The student newspaper shall be governed by the Southwestern Oregon Community
College Publications Board and shall follow the canons of journalism as
established by the American Society of newspaper Editors. Student publications
shall state that the opinions expressed are not necessarily those of the
College or ASG.
- Off-campus Freedom of Students
- Exercise of Rights of Citizenship
College and university students are both citizens and members
of the academic community. As citizens, students should enjoy
the same freedom of speech, peaceful assembly, and right of
petition that other citizens enjoy and, as members of the academic
community, they are subject to the obligations that accrue
to them by virtue of this membership. Faculty members and administrative
officials will insure that institutional powers are not employed
to inhibit such intellectual and personal development of students
as is often promoted by their exercise of the rights of citizenship
both on and off campus
- Institutional Authority and Civil Penalties
Activities of students may upon occasion result in violation
of law. In such cases, institutional officials should be prepared
to apprise students of sources of legal counsel and may offer
other assistance. Students who violate the law may incur penalties
prescribed by civil authorities, but institutional authority
will not be used merely to duplicate the function of general
laws. Only where the institution’s interests as an academic
community are distinct and clearly involved should the special
authority of the institution be asserted. The student who incidentally
violates institutional regulations in the course of his/her
off-campus activity, such as those relating to class attendance,
should be subject to no greater penalty than would normally
be imposed. Institutional action will be independent of community
pressure.
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