Bulletin Boards

 There’s a new face around campus, but it’s not of a new student or professor.  Rather, it is the face of the new IUSB campus bulletin program.
 “Before, there was no written policy regarding posting of bulletins on campus, like the yardstick signs and sidewalk chalk,” said Marvin Rasch, Director of Student Life, though the new posting policy has been implemented to change that.
 “The new policy has been in development for two and a half years,” said Rasch, and it “goes back to the start of Titan Productions when we were looking to get a dedicated bulletin for groups on campus.”
 Titan Productions is the on-campus organization dedicated to bringing interesting events to campus in an effort to “enhance campus life through entertainment,” says Ben Decker, Executive Producer of Titan Productions.  Though Titan Productions will have specialized boards reserved for themselves, the new policy encompasses their organization, but is not limited to just their usage.
 In fact, the new bulletin board policy outlines three new jurisdictions for posting a bulletin.  There will now be designated boards for specific groups and organizations to use, and restricted boards that are to be “used solely for postings regarding IU South Bend information and events occurring on campus,” like Titan Productions as the new policy states.
 Don’t worry; the third part of the policy states that there will still be an open posting bulletin board system for student use for both personal and educational purposes and will be available to everyone. 
 “It’s not that easy though,” says Marcus Vigil, president of the Student Government Association, “I think there are reasons to be concerned about the new policy…the policy states many aspects that we need to discuss.”
 Those reasons, he feels as do other members of the SGA, are that some of the wording in the new policy could potentially violate individual freedoms and possibly even federal law, by limiting what they can and cannot say. 
 Despite that, the new policy is in effect.  However, many questions and concerns remain unanswered such as what happens to those groups who previously had bulletin space and do not want to give up their space?
 To address those concerns and others, the SGA is holding a town hall meeting at 2 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 23rd  in SAC 225 to discuss and hear concerns from students about the policy. “Our number one concern is to get input from clubs and students about the policy,” said Vigil.
 “We’re worried about [the policy] it offending people, and potentially violating a students freedom of speech and freedom of association,” said Vigil.