Student Handbook - Tougaloo College

College Policies
1. Agents for Business
All campus organizations desiring to conduct drives, sales or collections of any kind,
must receive permission for the activity from the Office of Student Activities, 48 hours
prior to the date of the sale, drive or collection. Signs advertising activities or sales must
be approved in the Office of Student Activities prior to posting in compliance with the
Posting of Signs Procedures.
2. Campus Protest Policy
The right of peaceful protest is granted within the college community. The institution
retains the right and assumes the obligation of assuring the safety of individual, the
protection of property and the continuity of the educational processes. Orderly picketing
and other forms of peaceful protest are permitted by the college and on the premises
subject to the following limitations:
a. Interference with progress to and from College facilities, interruption of class or
damages to property.
b. Any student, group or organization on campus recruiting, provided that the protest
does not interfere with any other student’s rights to be interviewed.
c. The College may choose its own method of discipline in handling the situation.
3. Closing of Campus Facilities
All residence halls are closed to the public at midnight. Security Officers will open doors
for students to enter upon proper identification.
Persons on campus after midnight should be going or coming from campus facilities and
not loitering on campus or sitting in automobiles. Proper identification must be presented
to Security Officers upon request.
4. Disruptive Activities
Dissent is the right of free men and women and sometimes the special obligation of
members of the academic community. The existing structure allows members of the
College community to voice their opinions through established channels of
communication. No member or group within this institution shall be allowed to bring to
a halt the essential operation of the College no matter how serious or urgent he or she
may believe the grievances to be.
The Office of Student Affairs is charged with maintaining a community where the
education process will not be hampered.
The following types of disruptive activities are illustrative or behaviors that are not
legitimate tactics of dissent:
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