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Residence Survival Part 3: Rules!

 
The Residence Survival Guide
Part Three: Rules and Regulations

By Danielle Lorenz

You’ve made it. You’ve been accepted into MAC, and into residence. You think the next eight months are all school work; party, party, party; school work; drink, drink drink…with no repercussions. Sadly, you have been misled (and also slightly doomed if you spend much more time partying and drinking than you do in class or doing school work). All of those hours spent basking in television's warm glowing warming glow have done absolutely nothing for you.

In residence at McMaster, there are rules, and I highly suggest that you follow them. Lucky for you, there are no rules that you will be unaware of. In your first night in residence, Residence Life Staff (RLS) will go over (albeit briefly) the Residence Code of Conduct (RCC). Consider that publication your bible for living in residence.You will be given a copy of the RCC to hold onto and look over. Housing and Conference Services also has a PDF file available for you to read online: http://www.mcmaster.ca/univsec/policy/ResidenceCode.pdf. It covers major and minor offences, responsibilities, procedures for dealing with misconduct, appeals, sanctions, as well as a few others: all of which are covered in explicit detail. To say you did not know what you were doing was wrong will not fly, as everything is in the book.

Housing and Conference Services has also provided an FAQ which is also available online. You can find it at the following website: http://housing.mcmaster.ca/RDC_FAQ.htm . Additionally, if you have a question about living in residence, you can always ask someone on the RLS team, as they will have training on the rules and regulations of living in residence. However, it is suggested to ask your question in advance, rather than during.

Say you wish to have a guest stay with you in residence. That is fine (Welcome Week and exam periods being the exceptions to this rule), but they too must follow some rules. Your guest also must abide by the RCC, and not surprisingly, they are your responsibility. If they commit an offence while in residence, you will be the one who will be held accountable. More information can be found here http://housing.mcmaster.ca/guest_escort_policy.h tm, located on the Housing and Conference Services website.

McMaster takes underage drinking very seriously. There are two publications for you to peruse regarding alcohol available on the Housing and Conference Services website. The first is the Residence Community Alcohol Policy, which covers general rules, residence rooms, common rooms, other places within residence, as well as others. It is available to read here: http://www.mcmaster.ca/policy/hlthsafe/alcohol.htm#res. For instance, if you are of legal drinking age you are permitted to consume alcohol in your room and common room but with various restrictions; such as being required to have the alcohol in a container made of plastic or other non-breakable material. Not following the terms outlined in the policy will lead you to minor and major offence charges, and possibly a hearing. In case you are unclear; none of these things are good.

Additionally, there is the McMaster University Alcohol Policy, which covers the rules and regulations of alcohol consumption throughout campus. It is available at this website: http://www.mcmaster.ca/policy/hlthsafe/alcohol.htm. It is apparent that alcohol is the cause of, and the solution to, all of life’s problems (thank you, Homer J.). Well, for underage students living in residence, at least.

While coming to university provides you with many freedoms there are still policies to ensure your safety and the safety of your fellow students. My advice for all of you: know the rules, and don’t get caught breaking them. If that happens, you will actually become a little bit less affluent than you were.


Other parts in this series:

Residence Survival Part 1: What to bring
Residence Survival Part 1.5 Apartment Style Res
Residence Survival Part 2 - Freshman Fifteen
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