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Governance and Student Privacy

“Living Unit” means a residence hall floor, residence hall section, or College-owned or College rented off-campus dwelling used to house students.

Each living unit or residence may adopt regulations appropriate to their needs or interests and may enforce them through their Resident Assistants or Area Directors, providing such regulations and enforcement procedures are not contrary to or inconsistent with other College policies and procedures, and providing such regulations do not violate the prohibitions set forth in the Community Standards section of the Handbook. Rules or floor contracts made by living units must be submitted in writing to the Area Director for review at the beginning of each academic year. Subsequent changes in these regulations must also be submitted to the Area Director.

Students have the same rights of privacy as any other citizen and surrender none of those rights by becoming members of the academic community. These rights of privacy extend to residence hall living. Nothing in the College relationship or resident hall contract may expressly or by implication give the institution or residence hall officials authority to consent to the search of a student’s room by police or other governmental officials, unless under legal compulsion.

When College maintenance, custodial, or security staff seek access to a student room in a residence hall to make improvements or repairs, the occupant shall be notified of such action not less than twenty-four hours in advance. The exceptions to this procedure would be when the resident has requested that such improvements or repairs be made, when the occupant gives permission for an earlier entry, or when there is an emergency situation where there is reasonable fear of danger to life, safety, health, or property. A request for improvements or repairs is considered authorization to enter a student’s room during a 10 academic day period from the date of the request. If repairs or improvements cannot be made in a 10 academic day period, the students shall be so notified and another 10 academic day period established. Student rooms may be entered during breaks by College employees to inspect furnishings, provide custodial or maintenance service, and inspect for safety.

The Dean of Students or his or her designee shall not enter a student room without permission of an occupant unless there is sufficient cause to believe that non-compliance with a specific College policy or multiple dwelling unit law is occurring or has occurred. Such entry shall be only for the purpose of investigating the specific violation. These conditions apply throughout the academic year, including vacations.

Notwithstanding the provisions of the prior paragraph, items belonging to the College which are not part of room furnishings (for example, lounge furniture, dining room equipment, library books), or items which are illegal by law or College policy (for example, drugs, guns, etc.), may be removed if they are in plain view of the Dean of Students or his or her designee, if the Dean of Students or his or her designee is in a student’s room in the course of a permitted entry. Discovery of such items may constitute the basis of subsequent disciplinary action.

For: Students

Last Reviewed: September 15, 2014

Maintained by: Residential Life

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