Prohibited Items

The following are prohibited in or around the college residence halls and violators are subject to immediate action and/or removal by college personnel. The Department of Housing and Residence Life reserves the right to authorize personnel to confiscate any prohibited item or item deemed to be a danger to the individual, other residents or college property at any time. Confiscated items must be picked up by the resident within thirty (30) days of confiscation for the purpose of taking the item off-campus. Residents are responsible for any charges related to confiscated items including, but not limited to, storage or transport. All confiscated items which are not picked up and taken home may be disposed of by the Housing and Residence Life staff.

• Alcohol advertisements, signs and/or potentially offensive material in public viewing areas (including windows, hallways and doors)
• Animals or pets of any kind including snakes and turtles (small 5-gallon fish aquariums are permitted, limit one per resident)
• Any type of smoking substance or inhalant, any tobacco products (cigarettes, cigars, chewing tobacco, electronic cigarettes, marijuana)
• Candles (with or without wicks; decorative or otherwise), fireworks, explosives, charcoal/gas grills, oil lamps, incense or any combustible device (i.e., gasoline, benzene, flammable liquids, chemicals)
• Dartboards of any kind including magnetic, felt or plastic tipped darts
• Electric blankets or air mattresses
• Electrically amplified instruments, including DJ equipment and drum sets
• Extension cords or multi-plug outlets, plug-in air fresheners (power strips and surge protectors are permitted)
• Exterior television, radio antennas, or satellite dishes or any object that protrudes from a window or attaches to the exterior of a residence hall
• Federal, state, college, local or other signs
• Firearms, weapons, or other dangerous instruments which may cause injury or damage to person or property. This includes, but is not limited to: firearms, BB guns, paintball guns, fireworks, knives, and archery equipment
• Halogen lamps, black lights, lava lamps or other high-intensity lamps including torchier lamps, spider lamps or any upward facing bowl lamps
• Hot plates, toaster ovens, George Foreman and similar grills, electric fry pans, waffle, sandwich and quesadilla makers, oil fryers or auxiliary heaters and refrigerators exceeding 4.0 cubic feet
• Indoor use of any athletic or recreation equipment, any hall sports/gaming, water/food fights, or horseplay including bouncing or throwing any type of ball, skateboarding or utilization of any other recreational device with wheels
• Kegs and beer balls, alcohol cans/bottles (full or empty), beer pong tables, funnels, shot glasses or any other item affiliated with the consumption or possession of alcohol (including those beers designated “non-alcoholic”)
• Live-cut Christmas trees and flammable decorations
• Neon signs
• Strings of lights (including holiday and rope lights)
• Waterbeds, air mattresses, hot tubs, jacuzzis and non-college lofts and cinder blocks
• Weightlifting apparatus (barbells, free weights, exercise machines, pull up bars etc.)
• Wireless routers from external providers
• Personal mattresses, without medical documentation
• Tattoo equipment may not be used in the residence halls
• Sexually explicit material in the common area of the suite