Susan Buckenmeyer & Reed Rallojay

1. Student demonstrations and university
administration responses
Reed C. Rallojay Susan Buckenmeyer
Student Organization Policy Advisor Student Organization Policy Advisor
The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin

2.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Gr1BID
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3.  About The University of Texas at Austin
 Role of the Office of the Dean of Students
 Examples of Free Speech Situations
 Future initiatives at UT Austin
 Activity/Discussion
 Resources
 Questions

4.  Universities can control
• Time
• Place
• Manner

5.  Public university campus
• Limited Public Forum
 “This is a public university… for the private use of the
University faculty, staff and students.”
 InstitutionalRules on Student Services and
Activities and Student Rights and
Responsibilities
 Role of the Office of the Dean of Students

6.  Gather intelligence
• Registered student organization (RSO)/department,
protesting organization/person, flier, advisers, or UTPD
 Conduct outreach
• RSO/department (talking points handout), protesting
organization/person, UTPD
 Develop a response plan
• who, what, where, when, why
 Communicate plan to stakeholders
 Attend event and carry out plans
 Support
 Report outcomes

7.  Counter demonstration of an event
 Response to a guest speaker
 Issue based demonstration
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8.  Develop a Response Team
 Provide training opportunities for campus
academic and administrative units
 Provide educational content on our Web
site about demonstrations and protests
 Produce educational literature

9.  Youare working in your office and overhear
students in the hall discussing a demonstration
they are planning. The event that they are
demonstrating against is being planned and
hosted by your area.
 What steps will you need to take to ensure the
event is successful and students are also given
their free speech rights?

10.  Reed C. Rallojay
• reed@austin.utexas.edu
 Susan Buckenmeyer
• susan@austin.utexas.edu
Student Activities
Office of the Dean of Student
The University of Texas at Austin