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4. Do not allow salesmen or solicitors into your room. These people should be reported<br />
to your RA, the Office of Residence Life, or Public Safety.<br />
5. Money or valuables should not be left in your room. Transfer large amounts of cash<br />
into checking accounts. Guard credit cards carefully.<br />
6. Report suspicious persons to Public Safety (ext. 4999). Do not take unknown<br />
overnight guests into your room. Residence halls are not a good environment for<br />
persons not associated with the University.<br />
7. Bicycles should be carefully secured.<br />
8. Do not hide your key over your door.<br />
9. Have your parents extend their homeowners insurance to cover your belongings at<br />
Wilkes.<br />
10. When laundering your clothing, it is suggested that you are present in the laundry<br />
room.<br />
Roommate Survival Checklist<br />
Listed below are a few common sources of roommate problems. Roommates should<br />
discuss these issues at the beginning of the semester, thereby avoiding communication<br />
breakdowns during the school year. Roommates must remember that compromise is<br />
essential and only by communicating with each other will roommates solve any<br />
problems.<br />
1. Daily schedule — sleeping times, quiet hours, TV viewing, mealtime, study conditions<br />
2. Housekeeping — making beds, vacuuming, picking up clothes, interior decoration<br />
3. Locks and keys — getting locked out, leaving the door open<br />
4. Visitation — friends in the room, parties, privacy, overnight guests<br />
5. Personal habits — exercising, watching tv while studying, etc.<br />
6. Sharing — territorial imperatives, saying “please,” respect for other’s property<br />
7. Moods — grouchiness, silliness, depression, taking things out on your roommate,<br />
early morning person<br />
8. Values — prejudice, religion, philosophy, politics<br />
The relationship you develop with your roommate will have a significant effect on your<br />
experience of residence hall living. Each residence hall student has the right to expect<br />
the following from his or her roommate:<br />
1. The right to read and study in one’s room without unreasonable noise and other<br />
distractions<br />
2. The right to sleep without undue disturbance from guests of roommates, noise, etc.<br />
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