Students' records may be released to persons outside the University only on request of the student or through compliance with applicable laws. Information on rules, rates, and regulations deriving from contractual agreements with the University will be made available to students on request. The University will not act in derogation of the rights of students to be secure in their possessions. Students will be secure against invasion of privacy and unreasonable search and seizure. Students will be free from censorship in the publication and dissemination of their views as long as these are not represented as the views of Northwestern University.
Student publications are free from any official action controlling editorial policy.
Publications shall not bear the name of the University or purport to issue from it without University approval. Students are free to form, join, and participate in any group for intellectual, religious, social, economic, political, or cultural purposes. A student is free, individually or in association with other individuals, to engage in all campus activities, exercising the right of a citizen of the community, state, and nation, provided he or she does not in any way purport to represent the University. Students are free to use campus facilities for meetings of student-chartered campus organizations, subject to regulations as to time and manner governing the facility. Students may invite and hear speakers of their choice on subjects of their choice, and approval will not be withheld by University officers for the purpose of censorship.