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-5- V/c s,lso roco^nizd ■t’Hc.'C riiiiiiiii£l PGgilla.'tions in 'tlio area, of individual rights may be d^siraMo for inaintaining ordor i in "bho acadcinic cominuni'ty. V/g tolicvc 'fclic.'b v/hcn siicli riilos arc nocGssary, they should Tdg legislated by the apToropriato ' student organizations. i ■ . ACTION^ : USNSA urges student governments to assess the situation on thoir campuses in relation to regulation in the following areas - ^ Ij. dress rules' 2. alcolholie bovcragGs; 3. curfews, 4.smoking? v/o suggest thc'.t the student governments cooperate v/ith the administrations and faculties to determine and rocognizc the rights of students' autonomous control over social and moral actions. ' 1 j.-'|;rhaps interested students and SG officials should invostigatG the value of NSA. Student av/arenoss of the organization and pro-con opinions can ai(^ our SG in its decision regarding membership. ' I Editor I s note: The NSA vvr-.s first brought to my ettcnt'on at an FSSG/ i Confcronco last year. After reading the information in'itho I . AST CAROLINIAN, I obtained a copy of the 1961 NSA Codifi- : -'^Plicy. This is an annual NSA publi'5m^“ihrch ; contains the constituti.'n of the NSA and all legislation passed at the National Congress for the year. I feci that j many of the policies stat d in the booklet may bo of interest i to Elon students and should be printed in this newsletter from i time to time. j With no intention of making this SG newsletter a i I mouthpiece for the NSA, I have included a second NSA bill I taken from the Codification, which deals with student ^ ’ j newspapers—a subject in which the publicity Corm-aittec is i vitally interested. In.. relation to Tfl; C-^' US- rpV t? t , thoroughly rsr..o with the ideas pro^ontod kfl.Uo.T. PR ...:.DOI. ^ND R S OWSIB;ITY OP TH STUD NT xRESS : I i i i ?rincij:'L; ■believes and endorses the following principles- IJ That a free find vigorous pross is essential to a democratic socicty and that freedom of expression and debate is basic X ^he effectiveness of the educationsl community... I ihat IS is the dutj'' of the student press to develop and i serve its community a.nd to cultivate freedom of expression, stimul-tion of thought, and res ponse in the coi'imunityi' tHis must be done as its editors believe just and fitting the editor must ber r full res')onsibility for his policies. I 3) That the aims of the student press cannot be fully achidvcd unless independence from all forms of oxternal interference A'l maintained inviolate. siatnough the student press is often formally owned by to function^Li^?^^ control -sten :ing-from-ovm-rshTp'-lf •it is DI;CL/RATJON' and^Srivilf?’v/ing fundamental rights execution^^f" student press necessary for e-ffective ^^the completely sclf-directod. Within the legal restrictions of civil or criminal laws against libel, pornogra:hy or indecency, tho student riress must bo froo from control. It must be free to function without student or non-studv;nt administrative d viccs... 2) The student prcss must be a forum for free exorossion, hcving the right to undertake discussion of ail matters of humrn concGrn. xj. o b oi 3) The student press must hrve access to information necossarv for undortfiking all facets of issues affcoting tho univSsitv or oollcgo oonnraity in ord.,r to aoourccLtoly r.ososn tho cominunity's problems and activities.
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