N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 8 § 536.6

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 38, September 18, 2024

Section 536.6 - Picketing and demonstrations

(a) In regard to on-campus student actions and demonstrations that tend to endanger life, public or private property or to violate local, State or Federal laws, each student will take the consequence of his or own actions as an individual before the law, as well as being referred to the appropriate university disciplinary body. The cost of any damage to public or private property must be borne by those legally responsible.

(b) All members of a university community must share the responsibility for maintaining a climate in which diverse views can be expressed freely and without harassment.

(c) The State University of New York at Buffalo has traditionally supported the right of its students, faculty and staff to peaceful protest. Always implicit is the understanding that demonstrators will not interfere with or violate the rights of others. It is the obligation of all to assist in maintaining order and to assure courteous reception of any campus speaker or visitor.

(d) The following pertains to the conduct of those members of the university community who feel compelled to express their dissent through picketing and other forms of demonstration:

(1) Picketing and demonstrating must be orderly at all times and should in no way jeopardize public order or safety or interfere with the university's programs.

(2) Picketing or demonstrating must not interfere with entrances to buildings or the normal flow of pedestrian or vehicular traffic.

(3) Those involved in picketing or demonstrating may not interfere by mingling with organized meetings or other assemblies for the purpose of harassment, since this invades the rights of others to assemble and the rights of speakers to free expression.

(4) Picketing or demonstrating may not obstruct or physically interfere with the integrity of the classroom, the privacy of the residence halls, or the functioning of the physical plant.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 8 § 536.6