Regulations Governing Solicitation and Distribution
by Off-Campus Individuals or Organizations
Except for approaches regarding products or services
related to the administrative, research, or teaching
functions of the University addressed to faculty and staff
members in their workplaces and in regular business hours,
no individual or organization may distribute literature,
advertise, solicit customers, seek donations or make sales
on campus on behalf of an off-campus individual or
organization without the express authorization of the Office
of the Dean of Undergraduate Students or the Office of the
Dean of the Graduate School.
Commercial Sales
The Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students or the
Office of the Dean of the Graduate School may grant
permission for solicitations and sales by off-campus
business concerns, on a case-by-case basis, only 1)when
specifically requested to do so by a recognized University
student organization or a University department or office,
or 2) if they are entirely operated and originated by a
member (or members) of the University community, they exist
solely to serve the campus, and they are managed and
operated independently of any other profit-making
organization that does not exclusively serve the campus.
Such permission, when granted, will be subject to such
limitations as the Dean of Undergraduate Students or the
Dean of the Graduate School may prescribe.
Charitable, Political, Religious or other Solicitation
or distribution
As a general rule, representatives of non-commercial
off-campus organizations, such as political, religious and
charitable groups, will not be permitted to solicit on
campus. However, individuals acting on behalf of candidates
for public office or bona fide charitable, political,
religious, or other organizations may seek permission to
sell or distribute their literature under the following
guidelines:
1.Nonmembers of the University community who wish to seek
permission to distribute and/or sell such literature on the
campus should apply to the Office of the Dean of Student
Life between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday
through Friday.
2. In choosing among the six sites where such literature
may be sold or distributed which were recommended by the
Council of the Princeton University Community, preference
will be given to three locations: the area adjacent to
Chancellor Green Center (on the library side), the area
surrounding Alexander Hall, and the area around the
University Store. Other locations include: the stone bench
area adjacent to Whig Hall, the cobblestone area between
Firestone Library and Washington Road, and McCosh Walk near
McCosh Arch.
3. Permission for the sale or distribution of such
literature may be granted only for the hours between 9:00
a.m. and 5:00 p.m., seven days a week.
4. The number of persons who, at any one time, will be
permitted to sell or distribute such literature for any
particular candidate or group is limited to one or two at
any given location, and to five or six on the campus as a
whole.
5. The number of occasions on which candidates or groups
will be permitted to sell or distribute such literature will
be limited normally to six visits during a given month. In
special situations, such as an approaching election, more
frequent visits may be permitted.
6. The total number of people distributing or selling
such literature at any one location on campus will be
limited. When several groups wish to distribute literature
at a particular location, in accordance with general
University policy, preference in use of campus facilities
will be given to members of the University community. In
acting on requests from members of outside groups and
representatives of candidates, individuals who are sponsored
by members of the University community will be
preferred.
7. Harassment of members of the University community by
those selling or distributing literature, or sale or
distribution outside of the hours or locations for which
permission has been granted, will be cause for the immediate
revocation of permission for the sale or distribution of
literature by those involved.
8. Decisions regarding requests under these guidelines
will need to take into account both any special
circumstances that may relate to University activities and
the burden that permission to sell or distribute such
literature may place on the University's security forces and
administrative staffs.
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