Student Handbook
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I. Student Rights and Responsibilities, page 3

Students have the right to a clear statement of their basic rights, responsibilities and Code of Conduct.  They have the right to assist in formulating College policy by representation on various College committees.  Students also have the right to be represented by a student government.  Other student rights and responsibilities outside the classroom include:
 

1.   Students may form, join, and participate in groups which promote the common intellectual, religious, social, economic, political, recreational or cultural life of campus. The College believe group activities to be a positive educational vehicle and recognizes the right of student groups to discuss, express opinions, to assemble, write, and publish within state and federal constitutional guarantees and laws.
 

2.   A student group may be authorized to use College facilities if its officers and a majority of its members are currently enrolled at Lewis-Clark State College.
 

3.   Students and student groups are free to engage in peaceful and orderly protests and demonstrations which do not disrupt functions of the College, subject to reasonable assumptions concerning time, place, and manner.  In all cases the educational purpose and process of the College must not be disrupted by protests and demonstrations.
 

4.   Students who publish student publications under College auspices have the right to be free from unlawful censorship.   However, students who publish such documents must observe the recognized canons of responsible journalism, including the avoidance of libel, indecency, undocumented allegations, attacks on personal integrity, and the techniques of harassment and innuendo. Student editors and managers may not be removed because of general faculty, administrative, student or public disapproval.  They may be suspended or removed from their positions for proper cause by the committee responsible for their appointment.
 

5.   Students who publish student publications which are not sponsored or financially supported by the College may distribute the publications to students on College property subject to reasonable assumptions concerning time, place, and manner of distribution.
 

6.   Students have the right to have access to education records maintained by the College concerning the students.  The students may review their own records and challenge the accuracy of the records.   Students have the right to have the educational records maintained on a confidential basis with only those College employees with a legitimate need to know having access to student educational records.  For further information see the full policy on student records.