Laura Bucio
News Editor

The newly implemented posting policy is expected to improve the appearance of the campus and relieve organizations from the task of posting flyers.

The new posting policy requires students to submit any flyers or bulletins to the Office of Student Life, where they will be approved and then posted on various designated bulletin boards throughout the campus.

“We had outgrown our old policy,” said Chip West, assistant dean of student affairs and director of student life. “We think this new policy fits our campus again.”

The flyers will be approved for a maximum of 14 days and will be taken down as soon as the event being advertised has passed.

In order for the posters to be approved they should be no larger than 11” by 17” and must include name and contact information of the organization.

The time, place, and cost should be included if it is an event.

“We want to take care of our campus,” West said. “We want it to be beautiful.”

There are 35 posting locations throughout the campus including Davenport Dining Hall, Founders Hall, Wilson Library, the Oaks, Stu-Han, and Brandt residence halls.

In order to post bulletins in any of the residence halls they must be approved by Housing and Residential Life as well as the Office of Student Life.

The Office of Student Life will also take care of this additional requirement.

“It’s a one-stop-shop service,” West said.

The changes were designed with the help of Barbara Mulligan, associate director of student life, and West as well as with the input of Robert Beebe, assistant director of facilities management, to minimize the clutter and ensure that all bulletins posted have been previously approved.

“It is really going to make the campus seem so much better,” Mulligan said. “We are trying to provide a service.”

Some students are skeptical about the changes and are instead looking for better ways to publicize their events.

“At first, I was annoyed that we would be unable to post events,” said Amanda Stapleton, junior business administration major. “[Now] I think we will see a sort of ‘survival of the fittest’ in terms of an organization's ability to market in creative ways.”

West, who has worked at universities such as Cal State Fullerton, said this procedure is standard for most colleges and universities.

“This is nothing more than just a microcosm of society,” Beebe said. “I do support this, absolutely.”

Most bulletins and flyers will be approved unless they include offensive, inappropriate or sexually explicit material.

Students or organizations who violate the new posting policy will be excluded from the use of University public outlets, will be denied the use of University facilities and equipment and will risk the denial of University club recognition.

Laura Bucio can be reached at lbucio@ulv.edu.