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The ideas and opinions of advertisements appearing in this Layout Editor Caitlin Wolters Lisa McGough publication are not necessarily those of The Review staff or the university. Andrea Ramsay September 23, 2008 3 Incident sparks change in policy University revises rules for distributing publications following student complaints BY JOSH SHANNON The semiannual event allows regis­ Managing News Editor tered student organizations that apply The university has changed its policy governing the for a space to set up a display at their distribution of printed materials amid complaints that repre­ designated table. Approximately 100 sentatives of a new student-run newspaper were denied per­ registered student organizations and 'mission to distribute the publication outside of the Trabant 3,800 students attended the event, University Center. Gilbert said. Vice President for Student Life Michael Gilbert said Schrandt said he passed out the that after students raised concerns about the policy, he and papers at the tables of the College his staff deleted clauses that mandated students obtain per­ Republicans and several other sympa­ mission from the Event Services Office to distribute materi­ thetic groups, but did not feel that was als and that also required publications to be labeled to 'indi­ sufficient. cate the student or group sponsoring it. "We'didn't think having a table or "In reviewing the document, I recognized it was time handing out papers from the table for a review and an update," Gilbert said. reached an appropriate audience," he The issue stems from a Sept. 1 incident during Student said. "It would have been a better use of Activities Night in which several students were told they our time and more efficient to stand out­ could not distribute copies of The LampLighter in front of side and distribute papers." Trabant. The students were allowed to hand out copies from Schrandt said he understands the behind a table inside the student center. university's argument that he should Junior Carl Rimi said he was standing outside of the have stayed behind a table like all of the Main Street entrance to Trabant distributing the papers other groups, but he still feels his rights when he was approached by Scott Mason, associate director were violated. of student centers. "Even if that argument is true, it is "He was stopping us from passing things out because not a legitimate reason to stand in the the rules of Activities Night, just for that particular night, way of constitutional freedoms," he said that organizations couldn't be passing things out out­ said. side because Scott Mason said that if we were able to do Schrandt said he does not believe that, then all the groups would be outside passing stuff out," he was treated differently than the other Rimi said. student groups, but that the rule all Rimi, who does not work for the paper but was helping groups had to abide by is unjust. a friend hand out copies of it, said he then called junior Tom He said after his initial conversa­ Schrandt, the editor in chief of The LampLighter, who was tion with Mason, he called his friend, distributing the newspaper at another entrance to Trabant. senior Alyssa Koser, who has experi­ Schrandt said when he joined the conversation between ence working with First Amendment Mason and Rimi, Mason told him the students needed a per­ issues, He and Koser met again with THE REVlEWlRicky Berl mit from the city of Newark because their actions were con­ Mason and Director of Student Centers Students were told to stop passing out The Lamplighter at the Main Street sidered solicitation. Marilyn. Prime, and were were told the tr to Trabant on Activities Night. "He told us that no, we would absolutely be prohibited same thmg as before. en ance , from distributing inside any of the [other] buildings or even "When I told Mason and Prime that . understand. It was not always clear what was being required on the Green," Schrandt said. "The only place we could ever students have a right to pass out their newspaper on campus, or suggested to students." distribute the paper would be from a university-approved these administrators replied, 'Well, according to the policy He removed from the policy a paragraph that read "In table." they don't,' " Koser stated in an e-mail message. order to distribute materials as described in each case below, However, Schrandt said he and other students passed Neither Mason nor Prime could be reached for com- a space on campus from which to distribute a~proved ma~~- out the paper throughout campus the previous weekend ment. rials must be reserved through the Event Services Office. without a problem. Koser said she called the Foundation for Individual Gilbert also deleted the requirement that materials be The paper, which Schrandt said is "center-right" but Rights in Education, with whom she had worked before. labeled and replaced it with language that states. suc~ lab~l­ does not set out to promote an ideology, was started this FIRE, a Philadelphia organization that speaks out on behalf ing is encouraged. The new policy states the umvefSlty Will year and is funded mostly by university alumni dissatisfied of college students who feel their rights have been violated, not mandate labeling unless the publication gives the false with the school's current policies, he said. Its cover story was one of the leading critics last year of the university's impression that it is sponsored by the university. was critical of last year's Residence Life program. Residence Life program. Both policies list the University Bookstore, Moms Gilbert said the students were asked not to distribute William Creeley, director of legal and public advocacy Library and dining halls as places where material cannot be papers in front of the building because doing so could block for FIRE, sent a letter on behalf of the organization on Sept. distributed. However, the new policy includes the addition access to the building. 10 to university President Patrick Harker giv1ng an account to the list "other areas where such distribution may reason- "With so many student groups present and so much of the conversation between the students, Mason and Prime. ably be limited." . traffic in and out of the building, there was a concern about It also criticized language in the policy that referred to Otherwise, students are free to distribute matenal as long them being directly outside the building right outside the "approved material" and required materials to be labeled as they abide by the Disruptive Behavior Policy in the doors," he said. with the name of the group that sponsored it. Student Code of Conduct, Gilbert said. If other groups decided to leave their tables to stand "UD's 'Distribution of Published Materials on ' ''The time, place or manner of distribution of printed outside the student center, the scene could become chaotic, Campus' policy is riddled with constitutional deficiencies, materials cannot cause a serious disruption of normal uni­ Gilbert said. as are Mason's and Prime's understandings of the policy's versity business and function," he said. He would not comment on the allegation the students operation," the letter stated. "Indeed, the policy is in direct Both policies state the university cannot limit ,distribu- were told they needed a city permit, but City Secretary conflict with UD's legal and moral obligation as a public tion based on content.