Student Assembly - Resolution 56 (2023-2024)

Affirming the Responsibility of the Shared Governance System to Uphold Freedom of Expression

• Term:
  2023-2024
• Assembly:
  Student Assembly
• Status: Tabled Indefinitely
• Abstract: This resolution acknowledges the essential importance of consulting the organs of shared governance in policy making that directly affects undergraduate life, especially policies concerning freedom of expression; it recognizes the fifty-year history of consultation between the University President and the Student Assembly as the crucial mechanism to develop a cohesive social contract on campus; it recognizes the role of the University President to administer the University; and it recommends the interim Expressive Activity Policy not be renewed absent the formal advice, consideration and review of the assemblies.
• Resolution File:
  resolution_56_-_affirming_the_responsibility_of_the_shared_governance_system_to_uphold_freedom_of_expression_1.pdf (344.5 KB)
• Supporting Documents:
• Sponsors: J.P. Paul Swenson (jps395), Patrick Oscar Sullivan Kuehl (pok3), Claire Ting (ct499), Clyde Lederman (cl2349), Suraj Devang Parikh (sdp93)
• Reviewing Committee: Student Assembly