681—12.7 (262) General rules.
	 12.7(1) Dogs and other mammals, birds, and reptiles are not permitted in any university building or structure, and if found are subject to impoundment. Leader dogs and experimental subjects are excepted.
	 12.7(2) University buildings, except hospitals, are closed to public access from 10 p.m.	until 7 a.m., except when different hours are communicated by signs at one or more points of access.
	 12.7(3) Salespersons or agents for any product, proposition, or cause are prohibited from soliciting employees or students in any building or part of the university property, except with the permission of the vice president for business and finance in the case of employees, or the vice president for student services in the case of students.
Permission is given by the vice president for finance and university services for the solicitation of employees by charitable organizations under all of the following circumstances:
	  a.   	 The charitable organization presents documentation of its tax-exempt status as provided in Section 501(C)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
	  b.   	 The solicitation is conducted through the university’s campus mail system.
	  c.   	 The solicitation by any one such charitable organization may occur once in any calendar year.
	  d.   	 The organization may be expected to pay the administrative and out-of-pocket costs associated with using the university campus mail system or other university facilities.
	  e.   	 No solicitation using the university’s facilities may occur except through campus mail as described above; however, any eligible charitable organization may arrange to conduct information sessions at which no solicitation occurs, at times and places and in a manner the university deems reasonable.
	  f.   	 Any eligible charitable organization acting pursuant to the authority of this rule may also make use of the payroll deduction system described in Iowa Code sections 70A.14 and 70A.15, if qualified under the terms of those provisions.
	 12.7(4) Photographs, film, or videotapes for publication for commercial purposes may only be made of university programs, events, or activities in university buildings upon the invitation of or approval of the immediate supervisor of the program, event, or activity. If a decision to grant or deny invitation or approval is challenged, an appeal may be made to the vice president within whose responsibility the program, event, or activity is assigned.
	 12.7(5) Lost and found items are reported to and deposited promptly with university security. After 30 days unclaimed items are disposed of as surplus property or given to charitable organizations dealing with used materials.
	 12.7(6) The use of cameras, tape recorders, and noisemakers is prohibited during performances in the various theatres, auditoria, ballrooms, and lounges. Such items may be impounded by university personnel and returned at the conclusion of the performance. Permission may be granted for an exception by the president of the university or the president’s designee, to be announced publicly in advance.
	 12.7(7) Hancher auditorium aisle doors will be closed when performances begin. Latecomers will be taken to an observation room and seated at intermission. Standing in aisles during performances is not permitted, except by employees.
	 12.7(8) Smoking of all types is prohibited in the following locations and circumstances:
	  a.   	 In all rooms in which organized academic activity is occurring. This includes specifically, but is not limited to, classrooms, seminar rooms, auditoria, teaching laboratories, and gymnasia.
	  b.   	 In all rooms, areas, and buildings posted with “no smoking” signs. The administrative (e.g., collegiate, departmental) unit primarily responsible for a room not covered by paragraph “a” above shall decide whether or not “no smoking” signs shall be posted. In rooms where smoking is not expressly prohibited, smoking will be permissible as long as no one present raises an objection.
	 12.7(9) Food and beverages shall be consumed in academic buildings only in areas designated by the responsible administrative (e.g., collegiate, departmental) unit.
	 12.7(10) Tickets for concerts scheduled primarily for the entertainment of university students, held in the field house are not to be made available to minors who are not university students; however, minors may attend field house concerts if accompanied by their parents or parent. Commencing with the academic year 1980-81, the prohibition against sales of tickets to minors and the attendance of minors at field house concerts unless accompanied by parent(s) is suspended on a concert-by-concert basis and the university administration is authorized to reinstate the rules after any concert if conditions warrant such action.
	 12.7(11) Use of the Iowa memorial union and university recreation facilities by minors who are not university students is not permitted, except in the following situations:
	  a.   	 When participating in university-sponsored activities or when guests or invitees of the university;
	  b.   	 While on campus tours or at preregistration events;
	  c.   	 When accompanied by teachers, parents, or other responsible adults;
	  d.   	 When displaying a university name badge for a conference or event in progress.
	 12.7(12) No alcoholic beverages or metal or glass containers are allowed in the field house, football stadium, or recreation building. Checking service is provided. A search sufficient to ensure that articles are not taken into the field house, recreation building or football stadium will be made. Refusing search or refusing to check the items are grounds to deny admission.
	 12.7(13) The following articles may not be taken into the field house or football stadium during contests or concerts for which admission tickets are required: placards, noisemakers, bugles, banners, horns, seat backs, coolers, disruptive devices.
	 12.7(14) Spectators who are not contestants are not permitted on the football field, basketball court, or other areas where athletic contests are taking place or to take place. Spectators may not block aisles and passageways which provide ingress and egress to seating at athletic contests.
	 12.7(15) The following fees or deposits apply to the members of the public prior to admission to the university as students:
	  a.   	 A $10 fee is required to accompany an application submitted by a prospective student. This fee is not required from a student previously enrolled for full-time study at the university during a regular academic year, or an applicant to the graduate college or the colleges of dentistry, law or medicine who has earned a degree from the university.
	  b.   	 A $50 deposit is required to accompany applications for contracts for residence hall accommodations. The deposit is credited to the first required payment for the accommodations.
	  c.   	 A $25 deposit is required to be paid at the time a married student apartment is assigned to the prospective student. The deposit is credited to the first required payment for the apartment.
	 12.7(16) University sponsored productions.
	  a.   	 The selection of an artistic presentation to be produced or sponsored by the university through its colleges, departments, programs, or university committees, and to be presented to the public in a university auditorium or theatre should be made solely on the basis of its serious artistic merit as well as its educational value. Primary responsibility for ensuring the serious artistic merit and educational value of any such artistic presentation rests with the head of the producing or sponsoring unit.
	  b.   	 The head of the producing or sponsoring unit will be responsible for:
	 (1) 	 Providing adequate and reasonable advance notice to patrons of the nature of the artistic presentation, or portions thereof, which the head judges may be offensive to a substantial number of the prospective audience, using contemporary community norms as the criterion;
	 (2) 	 Providing adequate and reasonable advance notice to patrons of the nature of the artistic presentation, or portions thereof, which the head judges to be legally obscene for minors, although not for adults, under the standards set forth in Iowa Code section 725.1, subsection 1; and
	 (3) 	 Initiating and supervising procedures to exclude minors from any presentation described in subparagraph (2) unless such minors furnish parental or a guardian’s permission to attend.
	 12.7(17) Nonuniversity sponsored productions. Any person, group or organization which is not defined in subrule 12.7(16)“a,” as a condition of leasing or otherwise using a university auditorium or theatre, must agree to do so in a manner consistent with the laws of the state, including, specifically, Iowa Code chapter 725.
	 12.7(18) The memorial union is operated as a center for activities directed towards the entire university community. Members of the community are granted use of the facility, including the Iowa House, subject to scheduling restrictions and rules regarding such use. The university community includes:
	  a.   	 Students, faculty, and staff of the university.
	  b.   	 Participants in events sponsored by recognized student organizations, university departments, and conferences and institutes.
	  c.   	 Others who have business related to university functions.
	  d.   	 Visitors to the university.