Resident Hall Handbook

RESIDENCE HALL POLICIES

RESTROOM FACILITIES Individuals, both residents and guests, should use bathrooms that correspond to their sex or gender identity, depending on which option they feel is safer, or utilize bathrooms that are desig nated all gender, gender neutral, or gender-inclusive. SAFETY • Playing sports, skating, rollerblading, biking or using any type of bat, ball, stick or other similar objects is not allowed within the residence halls. • Throwing, dropping, kicking, propelling or projecting any object (e.g., bottle, can, container, snowballs, and liquids) in, from, or at the residence halls is prohibited. • No person may climb or walk on the structure or roof of any residence hall, recycling centers or bike lockers. • Tampering with elevators is not permitted, nor is any action that may damage the proper functioning of the elevator, including over- crowding the elevator. • Residents and/or their guests may not utilize common areas of the residence hall for sleeping.

THEFT No person may intentionally take, retain or use another individual’s property without their con sent. Unauthorized possession of any University Housing property is considered theft. Wisconsin State Law prohibits the possession of traffic or street signs and therefore, they are not permitted in residence halls. TRESPASSING Residence halls are open to residents of the halls and their invited guests. Unauthorized individuals found to be in the residence halls may be subject to prosecution for trespassing. Students banned from certain buildings as part of a conduct pro cess and then found to be in a banned building may be in violation of the trespassing policy. UNAUTHORIZED ENTRY You may not enter a residence hall room or suite without authorization. This includes, but is not limited to, gaining a temporary room key or ID by deceit, using force to gain access to a room, or using a key or ID that is lost or stolen. VANDALISM/DAMAGE TO PROPERTY Students may not deface, damage, and/or destroy University property or property belong ing to another resident or guest through either deliberate action or negligence. WEAPONS Weapons, including decorative or concealed weapons, may not be brought into the residence halls. Weapons are defined as firearms, paintball guns, bows and arrows, electric weapons such as tasers and stun guns, non-kitchen knives with a blade longer than 4 inches, blowguns, ammuni tion, airsoft guns, and toy guns.

SCREENS & WINDOWS Screens and windows may not be removed.

SHARED RESPONSIBILITY Residents are responsible for being aware of what is occurring in a room or space that they are in. Regardless of whether or not they are directly engaging in a policy violation, all stu dents may share responsibility for that violation and are subject to sanctions for that violation.

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