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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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