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Policies and Guidelines

Alcoholic Beverages - Campus Guidelines for Marketing

Alcoholic beverage marketing programs specifically targeted for students and/or held on campus should conform to the STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT  of the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown and should avoid demeaning sexual or discriminatory portrayal of individuals.

Promotion of beverage alcohol should not encourage any form of alcohol abuse nor should it place emphasis on quantity and frequency of use. 

Beverage alcohol (such as kegs or cases of beer) should not be provided as free awards to individual students or campus organizations. 

Promotional activities should not be associated with otherwise existing campus events or programs without the prior knowledge and consent of the Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs. 

Display or availability of promotional materials should be determined in consultation with the Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs. 

Informational marketing programs should have educational value and subscribe to the philosophy of responsible and legal use of the products represented. 

Beverage alcohol marketers should support campus alcohol education programs that encourage informed and responsible decisions about the use or non-use of beer, wine or distilled spirits. 

If permitted, beverage alcohol advertising on campus or in institutional media, including that which promotes events as well as product advertising, should not portray drinking as a solution to personal or academic problems of students or as necessary to social, sexual or academic success. 

Advertising and other promotional campus activities should not associate beverage alcohol consumption with the performance of tasks that require skilled reactions such as the operation of motor vehicles or machinery. 

Local off-campus promotional activities, primarily directed to students, should be developed in consultation with the Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs. 12/96

Bulletin Board Policy - Student Union Building
In order to more effectively communicate when events and programs are happening on campus, the following bulletin board policy has been established.  The intent of this policy is to curtail abuse and ensure that everyone has equal access to the bulletin board locations. 

1.   Office Bulletin Boards are located near each office in the Student Union.  These bulletin boards are used solely by the designated office to post related materials or announcements of interest to the Pitt-Johnstown community.  Office bulletin boards are not for student use. 

2.   Those organizations or departments who want their poster or sign to appear on the bulletin board locations in the Student Union shall submit 15 posters/signs per event to the Office of Student Life, 130 Student Union for approval and posting.  

3.   Posters/signs should not exceed 17" x 24". 

4.   The name of the sponsoring organization/department(s) must be clearly indicated on all posters/signs as well as a date, including the month, day, and year.        

5.   Any poster/sign that contains profane or indecent expressions or graphics will not  be approved.  

6.   There shall be no reference or graphical inference to alcoholic beverages on any poster/sign.  

7.   Only one active poster/sign per event per bulletin board location is permitted.  

8.   Postering over other active posters or signs is not permitted.  

9.   No one is to deface other posters or signs. 

10.  Under no circumstances may posters or signs of any nature be affixed to building surfaces, doors, windows or furnishings. 

11.  Posters/signs will be removed after the publicized event has occurred or after having been posted for ten days. 

12.  Candidates campaigning for all elections must adhere to bulletin board policy which applies to Organizations' signs as well as individual publicity. 

13.  The bulletin boards are maintained by the Student Union staff and only posters/signs submitted to the Office of Student Life, 130 Student Union will be displayed; all others will be removed.

Mailings
When sending out bulk mailings to PO Boxes of students: put IN ORDER NUMERICALLY by Pitt-Johnstown Box number.

Organizational Reports and Rosters
Available on home page of Student Organizations under "Forms Needed"

Publicity - On-Campus Guidelines
The University provides two types of bulletin boards at strategic locations throughout the campus. Official bulletin boards are located at central points in each building on campus. 

The glass-enclosed boards are used solely by the Pitt-Johnstown administration to post official announcements of interest to the Pitt-Johnstown community. 

Official bulletin boards are not for student use. Miscellaneous bulletin boards are provided by the University and may be used by individual students and campus organizations.  The Student Senate and Office of Student Life govern use of these bulletin boards. 

The following are the bulletin board regulations:  

1.  Official boards are not for student use.             

2.  No posters or signs are to be attached to any doors, windows or wood PANELING IN any building.  Posters on any of these surfaces will be removed IMmediately.
  

3. 
Signs are permitted on the tile surface, but masking tape must be used to post all signs.  

4.  No one is to deface other signs or posters.
             

5.  No sign or poster may overlap or conceal any portion of another sign or poster.
  

6.  No sign or poster on a bulletin board may be larger than 11" by 17".
  

7. There may be no more than one poster advertising any one event on any one bulletin board.
  

8.  There shall be no reference or graphical inference to alcoholic beverages on any advertisement.
  

9.  Signs designed in poor taste will be removed.  Signs using obscene language will be removed and a three week probation period will be served to the organization. 
 

10.  A repeated violation of # 9 will result in the suspension of usage of the bulletin boards for the remainder of the school term.
 

11.  Candidates campaigning for all elections must adhere to bulletin board regulations which apply to organization’s signs as well as individual publicity and must not post any signs on doors, windows, or wood paneling of any of the buildings.
 

12.  The name of the sponsoring organization/department(s) must be clearly indicated on all posters/signs as well as a date, including the month, day, and year.
 

13.  Following the completion of an event, the sponsoring organization must remove all signs which advertise said event within one day.  (Friday, Saturday, and Sunday event signs must be removed by the following Monday.)

PUBLICITY VIOLATIONS
Unless otherwise stated:

FIRST OFFENSE: Formal warning
SECOND OFFENSE: $10.00 FINE
THIRD OFFENSE: Suspension of Bulletin Board privileges for the remainder of current school term.

VEHICLE RENTALS
The vehicle must be reserved far in advance. 

  • Rentals MUST BE approved by the Student Life Office.
  • Contact Roxanne Blough at the LLC: 269-1901.
  • 12-person van: approx $65 per day
  • 7-person Minivan: approx $45.00 per day
Last Reviewed: September 7, 2006