7.5 Residential Life
7.5.2 Rules and Regulations
In a residence hall setting, the concern of the residential life staff
is the community living environment. Every effort is made to develop an
atmosphere where students may learn and develop positive academic and
social habits. Rules and regulations have been established to ensure that
the rights of the individual, as well as those of the community, are upheld.
Students are required to adhere to all policies and regulations outlined
in this Policy Manual and in any publications designed for specific residence
areas.
- Alcohol Policy - The College adheres to all New York State
laws regarding the distribution, possession, and consumption of alcoholic
beverages. Students are also required to comply with the Ithaca College
Student Conduct Code (section
7.1.2) and the Ithaca College Campus Event Policy (Volume II, section 2.8.8.6),
contained in of the Ithaca College Policy Manual. (Also see Volume
II, section 2.8.8,
"Drug and Alcohol Policies".)
- Drug Policy -The College adheres to federal and New York State
laws that prohibit nonexempt narcotics and drugs not prescribed by a
physician. (See section 2.8.8
of Volume II of the Ithaca College Policy Manual.)
- Community Responsibility - Students are members of a residence
hall or apartment community and are expected to act responsibly and
not interfere with the rights, comfort, or safety of their roommate(s)
and other students.
- Guests - Residents are responsible for the behavior of their
guests. Overnight guests may not stay more than three consecutive nights.
The invitation of a guest to a room, apartment, or suite must meet with
the consent of all roommates. Guests may not stay in lounges.
- Visitation - The College allows 24-hour visitation but does
not permit cohabitation. Each residence hall has the option to further
restrict visitation regulations.
- Use of Room - Residence hall rooms may not be used for illegal
purposes. Residents are responsible for ensuring that their personal
conduct and the conduct of their guests is not in violation of College
policies or local, state, or federal laws. Ithaca College reserves the
right for personnel acting in the performance of their duties to enter student rooms, apartments, and suites in order to ensure that all health, safety, and fire codes are being followed, provide maintenance and repairs, respond to emergencies, and to locate missing property and/or prohibited articles. Such entries may reveal violations of the Ithaca College Student Conduct Code or the Residential Life Rules and Regulations, which may result in fines and/or disciplinary action being taken against the student(s).
- Quiet and Courtesy Hours - Students have the right to study
or sleep in their rooms without being disturbed by excessive noise.
It is expected that the students in each residence hall will identify
appropriate quiet hours, regular times during which all students keep
noise to a minimum so that fellow residents can sleep or study. The
minimum established residence hall quiet hours are Sunday through Thursday,
10:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m.; Friday and Saturday, 1:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.
Every residence hall observes "courtesy hours" 24 hours a
day as a way to set activity and noise standards. Residents should always
comply with requests from their neighbors to cease bothersome noise
or activity.
- Solicitation and Advertising - Solicitation, sales, and advertising
are not permitted in residence or dining halls without authorization
from the appropriate College office or staff member. No door-to-door
solicitation is permitted. Residents are not permitted to run private
businesses from their campus residence. See the Ithaca College Solicitation
and Advertising Policy in section
2.12 of Volume II of the Ithaca College Policy Manual for specific
information, or contact the Office of Residential Life.
- Residency Requirements and Room Changes - The specific room,
apartment, or suite to which a student is assigned must be that student's
primary place of residence. All room changes must be made through the
Office of Residential Life. Students must follow all proper procedures
for room check-in and checkout. They may not at any time move off campus
without specific written approval from the Office of Residential Life.
For subletting information in the Circle Apartments, see www.ithaca.edu/reslife/checkin.htm.
- Prohibited Activities and Articles in Residential Life Facilities
- The following are prohibited in or around residence halls and apartments
and are subject to immediate action and/or removal by College personnel:
- Pets of any kind, except for fish and guiding eye dogs. Please note:
If you have fish that require electric tank systems, they must be
taken home during recesses because electric appliances must be unplugged
during these periods.
- Weight-lifting equipment (weighing more than a total of 25 pounds)
in rooms, apartments, or suites.
- Bicycles, except when stored in students' rooms or in designated
areas where they do not block fire exit routes.
- Motorcycles, except in authorized locations outside the residence
halls.
- Outside antennae for television or radio.
- Water beds, lofts (except those provided and installed by Ithaca
College), and illegal elevation or stacking of furniture.
- Unauthorized decoration of room, apartment, or suite surfaces or
doors with paint or adhesive-backed wall coverings such as wallpaper
or contact paper.
- Possession or use of firearms (including BB guns, pellet guns,
springloaded guns, or paintball guns), ammunition, fireworks, other
dangerous weapons (including the following, which are illegal in New
York State: chukka sticks, gravity knives, billy clubs or nightsticks,
blackjacks, metal knuckles, or wrist brace-type slingshots), or other
dangerous substances. Students planning to use firearms for hunting
must make arrangements for storage with the Office of Public Safety.
- Storage or use of flammable or explosive liquids or gases including
lighter fluid (except for artists' tube paints).
- Possession and/or use of electrical equipment and appliances in
prohibited areas.
- Tampering with or misuse of elevators or fire and safety equipment
(e.g., fire alarms, door alarms, fire extinguishers, exit signs, emergency
phones, fire doors, sprinklers, or smoke or heat sensors) and/or failure
to respond to fire alarms.
- Propping open residence hall fire or exit doors.
- Engaging in any other activity determined to be in violation of
health, fire, safety, and/or maintenance codes.
- Possession or use of candles, incense, potpourri burners, charcoal
or gas grills, space heaters, or anything that uses an open flame.
However, apartment residents may store charcoal grills for outdoor
(nonbalcony) use only.
- Damaging or misusing residence hall property and/or furniture (e.g.,
moving furniture from public areas into individual rooms, relocating
or removing College property from a room or building, or nailing hooks
into College furniture, walls, ceilings, or doors).
- Removing room screens or safety bars, suspending articles from
windows and/or ledges, or throwing objects from buildings.
- Presence on building roof areas and window ledges or in other unauthorized
areas.
- Playing ball, Frisbee, or any other sports in residence hall rooms,
apartments, suite corridors or other indoor areas.
- Disruptive behavior or excessive noise of any kind.
- Physical, verbal, or mental harassment of any individual.
- Duplicating College keys or changing or adding locks to room, apartment,
or suite doors or any other residence hall property.
- Amplification (electrical or otherwise) of any musical instrument,
or playing of drums.
- Theft or unauthorized possession of College property or property
that belongs to an individual or group.
- Unauthorized entry into, tampering with, or use of facilities,
property, services, or resources belonging to the College, its community
members, guests, or licensees.
- Failure to comply with a study hall agreement or other special
housing agreement.
- Failure to comply with directions of any residential life staff
member or College official performing duties, including refusing to
accept a roommate or impeding the Office of Residential Life's efforts
to make an assignment to a vacant space; failing to provide proper
identification to a staff member upon request; giving false or misleading
information on housing preference forms; failing to be in possession of room keys; giving misleading or false
information to staff members performing their duties; and breaking
agreements reached at a roommate conflict resolution meeting with
a residential life staff member.
7.5.2.1 Procedure for Handling Violations
of Residence Hall Regulations
If in the residence hall living environment an individual's behavior
interferes with or infringes on the rights of others, the residential
life staff must intervene. Administrative or judicial action will be taken
to ensure that the living environment is not disrupted by the individuals
involved. Administrative actions are outlined below in sections 7.5.2.2
and 7.5.2.3. Inappropriate behavior will be dealt
with in a constructive and educational manner with the intent of helping
students understand the impact they have on others in the community.
Violations of residence hall regulations are handled through the Ithaca
College Student Conduct. Code, section 7.1.2.
7.5.2.2 Administrative Reassignments
The director of the Office of Residential Life and Judicial Affairs (or
designee) may, subject to prompt review, administratively reassign a student
from his or her present room to an alternative room pending the outcome
of a judicial hearing. The action may be taken to protect the health,
safety, or welfare of campus residents or to prevent excessive damages to the residence hall or apartment facilities. Persons administratively reassigned
from their housing assignment may be restricted from another person or
building until the conclusion of the judicial hearing. If, as a result
of the judicial hearing, it is concluded that the student's behavior warrants
reassignment, the student may be permanently reassigned to a different
space. If not responsible, the student may be allowed to return to his
or her original assignment.
7.5.2.3 Summary Removal from the College Housing
System
The director of the Office of Residential Life and Judicial Affairs (or
designee) may, subject to prompt review, remove a student from any facility
owned, leased, or operated by the College and require the student to live
off campus when, in the judgment of the director of the Office of Residential
Life and Judicial Affairs, such steps must be taken to protect the health,
safety, and welfare of campus residents or property. Persons summarily
removed from the College housing system shall not be allowed in any Ithaca
College residence hall or other College-owned or -leased housing facility
unless given permission by the director of the Office of Residential Life
and Judicial Affairs (or designee).
The conduct review board must review a summary removal within six (6)
College business days. The decision of the conduct review board will be
subject to final review and decision by the associate vice president for
student affairs and campus life (or designee). All procedures for this
hearing are outlined in section
7.1.2.5 of the Student Conduct Code . The student may waive in writing
the student's right to a hearing before the conduct review board and request
the director of judicial affairs (or designee) to adjudicate the case.
If, as a result of the judicial hearing, it is concluded that the student's
behavior warrants immediate termination of the student's housing agreement,
the student will not be refunded any room fees.
For additional residence hall regulations, see www.ithaca.edu/reslife/handbookindex.htm.
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