Maureen introduced Bill McCamley, Student Body President, and told us that he and the other people that he had brought with him were attending our meeting to talk to us about the free speech and open forum issue. Bill said that NMSU doesn t have a written free speech policy, but the policy the University stands by is that students are required to get administrative approval before handing out material on campus. Bill passed out a copy of a proposed Policy for Conducting Speech Activity on Campus. According to Bill, this policy would give more trust to the students.
Students currently feel that enforcement of the current policy is arbitrary and content based.
A copy of this proposed policy has been sent to Patricia Madrid. The other students that came with Bill made their comments regarding their feelings towards the current lack of a free speech policy on campus. Maureen thanked Bill and the other students for coming to our meeting and sharing their opinions with us. Maureen called for additions or corrections to the September minutes. A correction was noted and made.