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ACADEMIC FREEDOM AND CIVIL LIBERTIES OF STUDENTS AT HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY

necessary medical, legal, or domestic violence resources and contacting local law enforcement upon a victim’s request. • Administering emergency first aid and referral to medical, counseling, and other necessary services as needed. • Residential security through patrols of residence halls and staffing of entrance areas to all residence halls and gates leading to North Campus from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. • Campus escorts for those who prefer to have someone accompany them to their car, academic building, or residence hall. • Workshops to educate students on topics such as campus safety, personal safety, dating violence, and sexual assault. • Motorist assistance, including retrieval of keys, jump-starting dead batteries, and/or towing disabled vehicles to a local service station. • Vehicle registration, as all students, faculty, and staff must have their vehicles registered in order to park their vehicles on campus. Please visit the Hofstra portal and click on the parking application icon to register your vehicle. (Note: All students, including first-year students, are permitted to have cars on campus, as long as they are registered with the

University and adhere to all parking and motor vehicle regulations.) • A Lost and Found program from which recovered items may be claimed after proper identification has been produced; any found Hofstra ID cards are sent to HofstraCard

Services.

Transportation provided by the Department of Public Safety include the following: • University shuttle that provides the Hofstra community with transportation throughout campus and scheduled stops at both the Mineola and Hempstead Long Island Rail Road stations. • Weekend courtesy shuttle, with scheduled stops at local shopping centers and restaurants. • Hofstra Night Shuttle that has stops on campus and in the residential areas of

Uniondale and Hempstead during the hours of 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. For the route and arrival times of the Hofstra Night Shuttle, please visit hofstra.edu/nightshuttle.

Students are encouraged to review the Annual Security and Fire Safety Report, which is available at hofstra.edu/publicsafety. The Annual Security and Fire Safety Report contains important information related to emergency policies and procedures, as well as crime statistics in compliance with the Clery Act. In addition, in compliance with the Clery Act, the Department of Public Safety maintains a daily crime log, available for review at the Department of Public Safety.