Academic Calendar – Fall 2012 - Dakota State University

Residence Life
diately. Any personal items found within a residence hall should be turned in to the Resident Director.
Resident staff are authorized to unlock the door to a room only for the occupants of the room. No student should enter the room of
another without first obtaining that student’s permission.
Storage Of Personal Property
When vacating his/her room, a resident is expected to remove all personal property. Residents are permitted to leave belongings in
their rooms at their own risk during Thanksgiving and Easter vacations and semester and spring breaks. Storage of selected items in rooms
designated by the Resident Life Office during the summer for a service charge is evaluated on a year to year basis. Adequate notice will
be given to residents if it is determined storage space can be made available. Bicycle storage during winter months is permissible only
in a student’s own room; motorbikes and motorcycles may not be brought into a hall at any time.
University Expectations
An essential part of the residential student’s education is the learning associated with group living. You will be in contact with a
variety of life styles and with differing value systems, attitudes, and opinions. Because of this diversity, you will need to be patient, openminded,
and understanding. It is hoped your interests will broaden and your understanding of yourself and others will deepen.
The primary requirement upon the student living in a residence hall is that he/she recognize and respect the rights of others.
Use of Residence Facilities
The following are not permitted in the residence halls:
1. Firearms, air guns, bows and arrows, metal-tip darts or other types of potentially dangerous weapons or equipment.
2. Explosives (including fireworks and ammunition) or flammable liquids of any kind.
3. Animals of any kind other than small fish in an aquarium of not more than ten gallons.
4. Electrical heating appliances (except coffee pots, microwave, hair dryers or stylers, and electric blankets),
or air conditioners. All appliances must be in proper working order.
5. Waterbeds or loft unit not supplied by DSU.
6. Cooking in student rooms other than warming food in a microwave.
7. Use of nails, screws, tacks, hooks, or pins as retainers in walls, ceilings, or wood framework.
8. Painting of any portion of a room.
9. Candles an incense or use of decorations (including live Christmas trees and exterior type holiday lights)
which present a fire hazard.
10. Halogen lamps without screens
11. Contact paper
12. Glow in the dark ceiling mount stars
13. Extending electric cords, radio or television antennas, or other devices outside the window or removing
screens from windows.
14. Removal or alteration of ceiling tiles.
15. Use of multiple-head electrical plugs other than two UL approved devices (having a self-contained fuse and not
more than six outlets) per room.
16. Use of smoking/chewing tobacco.
17. Placing stereo speakers such that music is played into hallways or out of windows.
18. Empty alcohol containers
19. Carpets with foam or rubber backing.
Residents and guests are expected to act responsibly toward residence property. Costs resulting from damage or missing furnishings
in a room will be divided equally among the assigned occupants unless the person responsible admits responsibility. Damage, as well as
improperly functioning items, should be reported as soon as possible to the RA or Resident Director. Upon occupying a room, the occupants
should carefully inspect the room and note in detail any discrepancies or damages on the Room Condition Card. This card will
be used by the resident staff when checking the room at the end of the semester or upon change of rooms. Any damage noted by the staff
member which is not listed on the card will be chargeable. A student may not request room checkout until all their belongings have been
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