DCB Student Handbook 2023-2024

26 | P a g e D C B S t u d e n t H a n d b o o k • The notice and consultation requirements of this subchapter may be waived by the Campus Dean or designee. Guest Speakers “Guest speaker” means a speaker or performer who is not a student, faculty member, or staff member, but who is invited to speak by a Campus person or organization. Who May Present Dakota College at Bottineau persons and organizations and academic and administrative units may present guest speakers on Dakota College at Bottineau property. In the case of speakers invited by students or student organizations, advance permission from the Campus Dean is required. Faculty organizations are required to seek advance permission from the Campus Dean. Staff members and staff organizations are required to seek advance permission from the Campus Dean. Location and Form of Presentation • A guest speaker may present a speech or performance, or lead a discussion of specified duration, at a time announced in advance, in a fixed indoor location or in a fixed outdoor location approved by the Campus Dean. • A guest speaker may not accost potential listeners who have not chosen to attend the speech, performance, or discussion. Application • All students, faculty members, staff members, student organizations, faculty organizations, and staff organizations that wish to present a guest speaker must apply through a prescribed process, at least two weeks before the scheduled event or prior to the publication of any planned advertising for the event, whichever is earlier. • A student or student organization that wishes to present a guest speaker will apply to the Campus Dean, through a process prescribed by the Campus Dean, at least two weeks before the scheduled event or prior to the publication of any planned advertising for the event, whichever is earlier. • A faculty member or faculty organization that wishes to present a guest speaker will apply to the Campus Dean through a process prescribed by the Campus Dean, at least two weeks before the scheduled event or prior to the publication of any planned advertising for the event, whichever is earlier. • A staff member or staff organization that wishes to present a guest speaker will apply to the Campus Dean through a process prescribed by the Campus Dean, at least two weeks before the scheduled event or prior to the publication of any planned advertising for the event, whichever is earlier. Obligations of Presenting Person or Organization • A Dakota College at Bottineau person or organization that presents a guest speaker must make clear that: o The person or organization, and not Dakota College at Bottineau, invited the speaker; and o The views expressed by the speaker are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of Dakota College at Bottineau, the North Dakota University System, or the State of North Dakota. • The person or organization that presents a guest speaker is responsible for paying any fees assessed pursuant to the schedule set forth in this policy. • Institutional funds provided to a recognized Dakota College at Bottineau organization may not be used to pay for any costs or expenses related to the presentation of a politically- oriented guest speaker unless approved in advance by an organization’s faculty advisor or the Campus Dean, in consultation with Dakota College at Bottineau’s legal counsel. • Guest speakers reserving space at Dakota College at Bottineau facilities may be subject to the same terms and conditions governing the use of the facilities for other outside groups. If a room, space, or facility is made available to any guest speaker invited by a Dakota College at Bottineau person or organization, then that room, space, or facility must be made equally available to all such speakers or groups. Dis-invitation If a Dakota College at Bottineau person or organization complies with this policy when presenting a guest speaker, Dakota College at Bottineau may not prohibit or disinvite that guest speaker based on the anticipated content or viewpoint of the guest speaker’s speech, performance, presentation, or other form of expression. Responding to Speech, Expression, and Assembly General Rule on Responding • Dakota College at Bottineau persons and organizations may respond to the speech, expression, or assembly of others, subject to all the rules herein. • Responders may not damage or deface signs or exhibits, disrupt public assemblies, block the view of participants, or prevent speakers from being heard. Means of response that are permitted in many locations and without advance permission or reservation, such as signs, tables, distribution of literature, and public assembly without amplified sound, may be used immediately and in any location authorized in this policy. Means of response that require advance permission or reservation, such as banners, exhibits, and amplified sound, may be used as soon as the needed permission or reservation may be arranged. Banner space and some amplified sound areas may be unavailable on short notice because of earlier reservations, but