• Write letters to the speaker, sponsoring University group or department, public representatives, or Princeton administrators.
• Write an op-ed in various campus publications.
• Consider a poster campaign (see ODUS Poster Policy and Rights, Rules, Responsibilities 1.2.4)
• Offer support to friends, classmates, and others who might feel hurt, marginalized, or offended by a speaker or topic being discussed.

• Groups and individual members of the University community may decide to engage in peaceful protest, picketing, or assembly while distributing leaflets and literature or encouraging the signing of petitions. This may include singing, chanting, and the holding of signage which is not affixed to any post, pole, or the like, and may not make a direct or specific threat. For the purposes of this policy, flags and banners are considered posters or notices.
• Program sponsors may make a request that attendees refrain from recording an event.
  • Whenever possible, this should be communicated in promotional materials and stated by program sponsors at the opening of the event.
  • Understanding program sponsors plan and deliver their own events, such requests for participants to refrain from recording are to come from program sponsors.
  • However, this is not a request that program sponsors can insist upon for public events, or one that can be enforced at open programs. 
• Individuals and groups may not:
  • Disrupt the program.
  • Disrupt regular and essential operations of the University.
  • Block entrances or exits, impede pedestrian or vehicle traffic, or prevent others from entering or leaving the program.
  • Project lights or imagery on University buildings or grounds without prior approval.
  • Camp in vehicles, tents, or other structures, or keep unattended belongings outside or in public spaces overnight. Sleep in outdoor or public spaces of any kind overnight.
  • Use amplified sound (including but not limited to bullhorns, musical instruments including makeshift instruments, noisemakers such as airhorns, and amplified speakers) in outdoor spaces prior to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. If used in violation of University policy, items used to amplify sound are subject to confiscation by the University. 
    • Activities that take place in the vicinity of University classrooms, laboratories, libraries, the chapel, offices, and similar facilities must be conducted in manner that respects the necessity for maintaining a reasonable degree of quiet in such areas. Thus, in these areas, events likely to generate substantial crowd noise and/or utilizing amplified sound may be restricted on evenings or weekends if classes, exams, programs, events, or lectures would be disrupted by such noise. For additional information related to noise in the vicinity of dormitories, please see Rights, Rules, Responsibilities 2.2.1.
    • Where noise may extend outside the University community, the organizing group or individual must obtain approval from the Municipality of Princeton. Applications for noise permits should be submitted to the Municipality at least two weeks in advance of the proposed event. Information regarding noise permits is available at the Clerk's Office Permits & Applications, Princeton, NJ (princetonnj.gov). 

• Individuals and groups may engage in peaceful, non-disruptive protest. Examples include:
  • Holding cards which indicate disagreement (or agreement) with the speaker’s points and views.
  • Holding signs which are not affixed to any post, pole, or the like, and do not make a direct or specific threat.
    • Signs may not obstruct the view of others.
    • For the purposes of this policy, flags and banners are considered posters or notices.
  • Putting tape over one’s mouth.
  • Staging a walk-out that is both non-disruptive and non-obstructive.
  • Turning one’s back on the speaker.
• Program sponsors may make a request that attendees refrain from recording an event.
  • Whenever possible, this should be communicated in promotional materials and stated by program sponsors at the opening of the event.
  • Understanding program sponsors plan and deliver their own events, such requests for participants to refrain from recording are to come from program sponsors.
  • However, this is not a request that program sponsors can insist upon for events that are open to the public, or one that can be enforced at programs that take place in open spaces.

• Counter speaker, panel, or demonstration
• Public Forum
• Teach-in
• Vigil
• Exhibit, including the Frist Marquee
• Peaceful Marches and Public Assemblies
  • Routes should be discussed with ODUS so as not to disrupt University operations while ensuring public safety as well as continuity of pedestrian and vehicle traffic on campus.
    • Where marches and public assemblies extend outside of the University community, the organizing group or individual must submit the appropriate application(s) with the local Princeton municipality at least two weeks in advance of the event. Information regarding marches and public assembly permits is available at Clerk's Office Permits & Applications | Princeton, NJ (princetonnj.gov).     

Protests may also take the form of symbolic structures. University groups may construct or erect temporary displays and symbolic structures only with University approval. Examples include exhibitions, interactive displays, walls, models, and other symbolic structures. Such displays must include attribution, including contact information for the sponsoring group. ODUS will work with the group to obtain approval and identify an appropriate location and mechanisms to secure the display, secure reservations, and liaise with University offices, such as University Scheduling, Facilities, Grounds, and the Office of the University Architect. To initiate the review and approval process, please contact the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students or register a request for a temporary display in MyPrincetonU.