H. Residence Hall Room Decorations and Furnishings

Room Inspection Form). Note that failure to pass room inspections may be subject to disciplinary action.

3. For reasons of health and safety, GSSM reserves the right to conduct inspections in students’ rooms during any vacation period (see details in #5 below).

4. Roommates and suitemates are responsible for their shared living areas. When individual responsibility cannot be easily determined, students will be held equally responsible for substandard cleanliness or illegal items in their living areas. If a student is aware of a problem in their shared living area, he or she should notify a Residence Life Staff member promptly.

5. Pre-inspections will occur on the evenings prior to breaks for all residents. All items on the

Room Inspection Form will be reviewed. Custodial closets will also be checked.

6. White glove inspections will occur during Long Weekends and the closing day for all other breaks. Resident Assistants will conduct the inspections after all students have left for Long

Weekend or break. Requirements for white glove inspection extend beyond what students must complete for routine room inspections.

H. Residence Hall Room Decorations and Furnishings

1. The names of room occupants must be clearly displayed on the room doors during the entire year with the nametags furnished by Residence Life.

2. Arrangement of furniture must meet basic safety requirements and guidelines established by the Residence Life staff. All furniture must remain in the room and on the floor at all times.

No cinder blocks are allowed in the rooms.

3. No obscene, offensive, or pornographic materials may be displayed.

4. Road and/or building signs are not permitted in student rooms or common rooms and will be confiscated if found.

5. The Residence Life staff reserves the right to determine appropriate decoration of rooms, doors, and hallways. Community-wide posters and notices are to be mounted on bulletin boards only.

6. Lounge, lobby, activity room, and classroom furnishing must not be moved from their designated areas.

7. Command Strips, thumbtacks, or push pins are to be used to hang posters, photos, etc. on room walls. It is not recommended that thumbtacks or push pins be used to place short-term things on walls or doors (e.g. notes, etc.). Heavy duty tape like Duct Tape or nails should not be used on the walls or doors. This includes other adhesives.

8. Thumbtacks, push pins, or nails should not be used in the hallway. Command Strips can be used in the hallway.

9. Televisions are provided in the student lounges. Students may not move TVs from the common areas. Student may opt to use TV monitors versus a computer monitor. If students elect to use TV monitors, note that the purpose of this monitor is primarily academic and not designed to be recreational.

10. Nintendo, Playstation, XBOX, Wii consoles, etc. may be hooked up to televisions in the TV

Lounge; students should avoid leaving their equipment unattended.

11. Each student is permitted to have a refrigerator, but it must be no larger than a “dorm size” or personal refrigerator.

12. Stereo equipment is allowed, and students are encouraged to bring headphones to avoid noise violations.

13. Residence hall rooms are not to be used for music practice. Amplifiers should never be used in the residence hall rooms. GSSM does not provide storage for musical instruments; however, some arrangements may be considered for larger instruments.

14. Students are allowed to keep and use personal computers in the residence hall; however, monitors are limited to 36 inches and only two monitors (e.g. the monitor associated with a notebook computer and one additional monitor) are permitted per student. Requests for exceptions to this expectation must be made in writing to the Senior Vice President for

Residential who will consult with the chair of the math and computer science department for consideration. An explanation as to why a larger and/or multiple monitors is/are necessary for academic purposes will have to accompany the request. Approval is necessary and required before this equipment is brought to campus. The senior academic officer will communicate any exceptions to this requirement and approvals of additional equipment to the Dean of Students.

15. Fish and small fully aquatic animals are the only pets permitted for students living in the residence hall. They are restricted to living in a 10-gallon aquarium and must be taken home over long weekends and breaks. These pets must be incapable of surviving outside of their bowls or tanks. Pets must be registered with Residence Life and qualify based on the criteria outlined above. Students’ personal pets cannot be stored or maintained in science laboratories or in any place on GSSM property. GSSM reserves the right to not allow certain fully aquatic animals based on what might be necessary to maintain them. Additionally, both roommates must agree to share their living space with a fish or other qualifying pet.

16. High lofts are not allowed. Bunking and low lofting the beds as they are designed is permitted with the use of steel pins provided by the Residence Life Coordinators. In bunking beds, two pin openings above the level at which the bed is bunked must be left.

17. Athletic and recreation equipment (including, but not limited to, footballs, baseballs, water guns, nerf guns, potato guns, and basketballs) cannot be used inside the building.

18. Candles, incense, irons, heating elements (e.g. hot plates, woks, coffee makers, hot pots, etc.), electrical appliances, halogen lights without protective screens over the bulb, or any kind of open flames producing device are not allowed in the residence hall.

19. LED lights (string lights) are permitted if they are approved by the residence life staff before they are hung. They must meet the Standard for Flexible Lighting (UL2388) and may not be

UL588 seasonal or holiday lighting. Electrical cords leading to lights must be UL approved and may not be damaged or frayed. Extension cords may not be used, and lights must be mounted in keeping with guidelines for room decorations and furnishing. Lastly, they must be turned off when leaving the building and they are not permitted in the suite’s bathroom or permitted to obstruct doors or the room in any way.

20. Students should not cover more than 10% of any one wall with printed materials. Posters and other printed materials may not be placed in the hallways.

21. Sprinkler systems, smoke detectors, or light fixtures must be left free of things hung on them or covering them.