The bulletin board on the landing of the south stairway. Photo by Cainon Leeds
By Cainon Leeds
Editor in Chief
The bulletin boards on campus are reserved for materials related to DMACC -- no business or political ads are allowed.
“Bulletin boards are for information or announcements relevant to the College, students and staff,” says the DMACC Student Handbook on page 36. The handbook also states that “items must not be affixed to glass or painted surfaces” on page 36.
For the material to be relevant, it must have something to do with DMACC.
For example, Tom Lee, provost of DMACC Boone, said, “We do not want business ads or political ads up on our billboards.”
He explained that unfair or over representation would be the result of allowing ads not related to DMACC. Lee also expressed that any student would be welcome to propose a billboard specifically designed to address a topic of interest.
There are several bulletin boards located around DMACC Boone. There are two set up next to the bookstore, one at the landing of each stairway to the second floor, two outside rooms 128 and 130, two along the hallway outside the restrooms on the first floor, one devoted to transfer information on the second floor and five in the nursing wing.
Some of them are specifically centered around sports, fitness, intramural activities, medical information, transfer information, job announcements, and travel. Others provide general information regarding upcoming events at DMACC.
Editor in Chief
The bulletin boards on campus are reserved for materials related to DMACC -- no business or political ads are allowed.
“Bulletin boards are for information or announcements relevant to the College, students and staff,” says the DMACC Student Handbook on page 36. The handbook also states that “items must not be affixed to glass or painted surfaces” on page 36.
For the material to be relevant, it must have something to do with DMACC.
For example, Tom Lee, provost of DMACC Boone, said, “We do not want business ads or political ads up on our billboards.”
He explained that unfair or over representation would be the result of allowing ads not related to DMACC. Lee also expressed that any student would be welcome to propose a billboard specifically designed to address a topic of interest.
There are several bulletin boards located around DMACC Boone. There are two set up next to the bookstore, one at the landing of each stairway to the second floor, two outside rooms 128 and 130, two along the hallway outside the restrooms on the first floor, one devoted to transfer information on the second floor and five in the nursing wing.
Some of them are specifically centered around sports, fitness, intramural activities, medical information, transfer information, job announcements, and travel. Others provide general information regarding upcoming events at DMACC.
When asked about whether or not a class project could be put up on the billboards for public attention, like a creative writing assignment that an instructor requires the student to share with the student body, Lee said, “That would be acceptable because it has to do with a DMACC class.”
However, students cannot simply post things up on the billboards whenever they feel like it. They need to get them approved, otherwise the material will be removed. In order to post something on the billboards, someone must submit the content to the front office for approval, have it stamped and dated.
If an unstamped, undated piece of material is posted on one of the billboards, it will be removed.
“I do my best to check on the billboards periodically,” Lee said, adding that sometimes DMACC custodians also remove unstamped and undated content from the billboards and walls.
DMACC student Anthony Ames, posted political fliers on the bulletin boards earlier this semester. He noticed they were no longer posted a short time later.
Ames, who hadn’t had his fliers stamped, said he was unaware of the rules governing bulletin boards.
“Honestly, I’ve never heard of this policy before,” he said.
However, Ames does understand the need for the policy. “I think there should be some regulation of what goes up on the billboards.”
However, students cannot simply post things up on the billboards whenever they feel like it. They need to get them approved, otherwise the material will be removed. In order to post something on the billboards, someone must submit the content to the front office for approval, have it stamped and dated.
If an unstamped, undated piece of material is posted on one of the billboards, it will be removed.
“I do my best to check on the billboards periodically,” Lee said, adding that sometimes DMACC custodians also remove unstamped and undated content from the billboards and walls.
DMACC student Anthony Ames, posted political fliers on the bulletin boards earlier this semester. He noticed they were no longer posted a short time later.
Ames, who hadn’t had his fliers stamped, said he was unaware of the rules governing bulletin boards.
“Honestly, I’ve never heard of this policy before,” he said.
However, Ames does understand the need for the policy. “I think there should be some regulation of what goes up on the billboards.”