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I, Section 4 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, including, but not limited to, lawful
protests and counter-protests occurring in outdoor areas of campus generally accessible
to members of the public, are not considered material and substantial disruptions
except during times when those areas have been reserved in advance for other
events.
Likewise, minor, brief, or fleeting nonviolent disruptions of events that are isolated and short in
duration are not considered material and substantial disruptions. Any member of the campus community
who materially and substantially disrupts the free expression of others on campus may be
subject to disciplinary action, up to and including removal from the University community and/or
termination of employment.
4.2 Anti-Harassment Statement
The University shall prohibit any expression that is so severe, pervasive, and objectively offensive as
to effectively deny a student, administrator, faculty, or staff member access to an educational opportunity
or benefit provided by the University.
4.3 University Neutrality
The University supports free association and will not deny a student organization any benefit or
privilege available to any other student organization or otherwise discriminate against an organization
based on the expression of the organization. University students, administrators, faculty, and
staff are free to take positions on public controversies and to engage in protected expressive activity
in outdoor areas of the campus, and to spontaneously and contemporaneously assemble, speak,
and distribute literature. The University will not require students, administrators, faculty, or staff to
publicly express a given view of a public controversy. The University will also not create free speech
zones or other designated outdoor areas of campus in an effort to limit or prohibit protected expressive
activities by campus community members.
The University shall be open to any speaker whom the University’s student organizations or faculty
have invited, and the University will make all reasonable efforts to make available all reasonable
resources to ensure the safety of the campus community. The University will not charge security fees
based on the protected expressive activity of any member of the campus community or the member’s
organization, the content of the invited guest’s speech, or the anticipated reaction or opposition
of the listeners to the speech.
5. Procedures
5.1 General Requirements
5.1.1 Indoor Expressive Activities
5.1.1.1 Non-Members of the Campus Community
Pursuant to the University’s Community Reservations Policy, non-members of the campus community
may use or reserve only those indoor facilities of the University that are specifically identified in
the Community Reservations Policy as available for use. Non-members of the campus community
may not use or reserve any other University indoor facility.
5.1.1.2 Members of the Campus Community
Members of the campus community and registered student organizations must schedule all nonacademic
events to be held inside University facilities through the events management software
(EMS) system.
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