1. Wright State University is committed to freedom of thought and freedom of expression. All members of the academic community have the right to express their opinions. Faculty, staff, and students should be free to discuss, debate, and express ideas and opinions in public or private forums as long as they do not disrupt university functions.

2. A broad range of speech will be tolerated at Wright State, subject to consideration of the health, welfare, and safety of all faculty, staff, and students and the functioning of the university.

3. Speech may be legitimately regulated with regard to time, place, and manner when it has the purpose or effect of substantially interfering with the educational environment, disrupting the functioning of the university, or inciting an immediate breach of peace.

4. Conduct, the purpose or effect of which is not frightening, coercing, or intimidating specific individuals but is merely deemed offensive to certain groups, will not be grounds for regulation or punishment.

5. The university is committed to the elimination of all forms of bigotry on campus.

6. The university will consider each alleged violation of this policy on a case by case basis and will examine the time, place, pattern of conduct, and, where relevant, the existence of a specific relationship between speaker and target.

7. The university encourages all faculty, staff, and students to exercise their free speech rights responsibly. Categories of speech should be consistent with the inclusive language in Policy 4001.23 (Equal Educational and Employment Opportunity Policies and Affirmative Action Plan).

1. To secure assistance in planning and obtaining university facilities, to ensure that other activities are not adversely affected, and to protect the rights of all members of the university community, as well as participants and nonparticipants in all demonstrations and marches, sponsors must register such events with the Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs and Enrollment Services and secure approval for use of any university facility.

2. All sponsors of demonstrations or marches must register such events in the Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs and Enrollment Services not less than 24 hours in advance. Under compelling circumstances, the hour requirement can be waived by the vice president for Student Affairs and Enrollment Services or his/her designee. Items of information necessary to complete this process include:

   1. Desired location

   2. Desired date and time

   3. Route of march, if applicable

   4. Estimated attendance

   5. Sound devices to be used (e.g., bullhorns, musical instruments)

   6. Security plans and list of marshals

   7. Names and phone numbers of organizers

   8. Names of speakers (preferred for security purposes)

3. The university will use its best efforts to register groups for demonstrations and marches and will take into consideration the health, welfare, and safety of all concerned. Registration will not be accepted if the requested space has already been reserved or if the university, using its best efforts, cannot make appropriate security arrangements necessary to ensure the health, welfare, and safety of its students, faculty, and staff.

4. Organizers may also be requested to reschedule the event or modify the location or route or other arrangements, in order to achieve the objectives stated above.

If the conduct of a demonstration or march violates any section of this policy, the event shall be subject to immediate cancellation and disbanding of all participants by order of the vice president for Student Affairs and Enrollment Services or his/her designee.

Any individual or group convinced that arbitrary, unlawful, or unreasonable limitations have been imposed upon any demonstration or march under the provision of these regulations may appeal those limitations to the vice president for Student Affairs and Enrollment Services.