Off-Campus Speakers
The Freedom of speech and assembly guaranteed by the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution shall be enjoyed by the students and faculties of the Institutions of Higher Learning of the State of Mississippi as respects the opportunity to hear off-campus or outside speakers on the various campuses. Free discussion of subjects of either a controversial or non-controversial nature shall not be curtailed. However, there is no absolute right to assemble or to make or hear a speech at anytime or place regardless of the circumstances, content of speech, purpose of assembly, or probable consequences of such meeting or speech.

Assembly and Demonstration
Students are free to organize and to associate for the promotion of their common interests. Assembly and Demonstration (just as Speech and Expression) within the public places of the institution are permitted, subject to reasonable time, place, and manner restrictions. Such restrictions are provided for the maintenance of order, and are applicable to local, state, and federal laws. Approval from the Vice Provost for Student Life or his/her designee is required for assembly and demonstration. The Vice Provost for Student Life designates areas for assembly and demonstration. Persons or groups engaged in these activities must adhere to regulations governing the use of the designated areas.

PUBLICATION AND DISTRIBUTION
Students are free to publish and to distribute their ideas in the form of newspapers, newsletters, leaflets, handbills, and the like, subject to time, place and manner restrictions. Publications are disseminated in the designated free expression area(s) on the campus.

STUDENT MEDIA
Student publications will maintain their integrity of purpose as vehicles of free inquiry and free expression in a University community. The editorial freedom of students editors and managers involve the corresponding obligation to be governed by the cannons of responsible journalism. These entail the responsibility to avoid libel, undocumented allegations, techniques of harassment and innuendo and so forth. At the same time, the following provisions safeguard editorial freedom. Student publications are free of censorship and advance approval of copy.

DISCRIMINATION
Students have the right to be free from all forms of discrimination. Jackson State University does not discriminate on the basis or race, creed, color, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion, national or ethnic origin, disability, or veteran status in its educational programs, activities, admissions or employment practices.

SEARCH AND SEIZURE
Students have the right to secure their personal possessions against invasions of privacy and unreasonable search and seizure, subject to restrictions imposed by the Vice Provost for Student Life and the Department of Public Safety . However, the University reserves the right to enter occupied residence hall rooms for health and safety inspections, in cases of emergency, and when entry is granted by authorities of the criminal justice system.

PRIVACY
Students have the right to confidentiality of information relating to personal views, beliefs, and political associations that may be obtained by administrators, instructors, counselors, advisors, and officials of the university in the course of their work.