Rutgers University released new guidelines for protesting; encampments now banned

Protesting will only be allowed on campus between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. And only at specific locations on each campus.

Chris Keating

Aug 22, 2024, 9:39 PM

Updated 20 days ago

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Rutgers University has released new guidelines when it comes to student protests on campus.
Encampments are banned at Rutgers University moving forward. As part of these new rules from the administration, protesting will only be allowed on campus between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. And only at specific locations on each campus.
For instance, on the College Avenue campus in New Brunswick, protesting will only be allowed to take place at Records Field. It’s a green space located across the street from the Student Center on College Avenue. But it also is much more isolated than Vorhees Mall where protesting was held last semester.
An encampment of tents grew and lasted at Vorhees Mall for four days while protesting over the Israel-Hamas war, as it did at universities across the country.
“These guidelines are intended to provide for the safety of participants to engage in freedom of expression while avoiding the disruption of educational, clinical research, or business functions at the university,” Rutgers University CEO Antonio Calcado said of the new policy.
There is a website dedicated to explaining this policy at “Free Expression at Rutgers.” Students can learn about the permitting process they’ll need to go through to hold a protest, noise standards, appropriate conduct, rules on hosting tables and posting flyers.
Other schools are making similar policies before the new school year.
UCLA has also said no more encampments. And Columbia University recently decided anyone wanting to get on campus will need an ID and go through security.