58
Rules Governing Student Life
evacuation plan mounted in your hall. 4. Close your door when evacuating the building. This procedure can prevent the needless spread of fire within the building. 5. Do not panic. Leave the building as quickly as possible, but without bolting or becoming a part of the problem. 6. Do not linger. Never remain inside a building after a fire alarm has sounded. Treat all drills as fires. You will not likely be able to distinguish a
drill from the real thing until it is too late! Again, get at least fifty feet from the building at the location designated by your RA and cooperate with firefighters and check in with your RA (when possible). 7. Do not return to the building until told to do so by a fire official or someone in charge. 8. Always report to your RA or house manager all dangerous and suspicious behavior that might contribute to a fire problem in your residence hall.
Appendix J: The Use of Vehicles for College Business ........................... Students are not covered under the College’s insurance if they are operating their personal vehicle or a borrowed vehicle while traveling on College business. When a student uses his personal vehicle to travel on College business, the student’s personal insurance is responsible for all damages to the personal vehicle and any other vehicles or property, should the student be held responsible for such damages.
If a student drives a College-owned vehicle or a College-leased vehicle to conduct College business, coverage is provided under the College’s insurance. College insurance provides coverage for all damages to the College’s vehicle, a College-leased vehicle, and any other vehicles or property, should the student be held responsible for such damages. Students planning to travel for the College should take into account these insurance provisions.
Appendix K: Firearms and Weapons Policy ............................................ Registration And Regulations
To ensure a safe campus community, all firearms/ bows and related items, including ammunition and arrows, must be registered with the Department of Public Safety and Police in the Bush House, where they are stored in an assigned gun locker. All firearms and archery equipment must be checked in with Campus Police immediately when brought on campus. They may not be stored in residences or vehicles at any time when on campus or on Collegeowned property. Check out your firearms/bows at Campus Police and when you return to campus, the firearm and archery equipment, including ammunition, must be immediately checked back in with Campus Police to be secured in the designated locker. Students may have up to three (3) firearms or archery pieces in the locker at any one time. Approved firearms include rifles, shotguns and any archery equipment that meet Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries’ specific requirements to be considered legal for hunting use or sporting clays, skeet, or trap shooting. No firearm may hold more than five rounds. Firearms must be carried in a protective case while being transported. Items prohibited at all times on campus or
College-owned property are handguns, pistols, BB/ CO2 guns or pistols or their like, compressed air guns or pistols, air-soft guns or pistols, stun guns, tomahawks or machetes, slingshots, blow guns, switchblade knives, butterfly knives, axes, metal/ brass knuckles, fireworks or explosives or chemicals that are explosive in nature (not under the control of an academic department), paintball guns, and any toy or replica thereof. This policy does not apply to law enforcement personnel. The College retains the final authority to evaluate potential dangers and determine what constitutes a dangerous and unauthorized weapon. Items deemed as dangerous and unauthorized weapons may be removed or confiscated at any time by Campus Police. Direct all questions regarding this policy to the Director of Public Safety & Chief of Police at 434-223-6164. Violation of this policy may result in action by the Student Justice System including, but not limited to: a fine, the forfeiture of a student’s privileges to keep firearms at the College, the confiscation of said firearm(s) until the student can reasonably return his firearm(s) to his home and verify he has done so, and possible eviction from campus housing.
Hampden-Sydney College Weapons Policy It is the policy of Hampden-Sydney College to maintain a safe environment for all persons, including students, faculty, staff, and visitors. It is the College’s policy to maintain a weapons free environment, and
Definitions
Weapons: This definition includes, but is not limited to, handguns, pistols, BB/CO2 guns, compressed air guns or pistols, rifles, muskets, long guns, stun
prohibit the possession of weapons regardless of any permit that an individual (excluding law enforcement officers) may have which would otherwise authorize the individual to carry firearms. guns, tomahawks or machetes, slingshots, archery equipment, blow guns, switchblade knives, butterfly knives, axes, metal/brass knuckles, fireworks,
