Animals
Furniture
In The Halls
Smoking / Alcohol
Assorted Policies
100

Type of animal allowed in the halls without needing approval from the ORL.

(Fully Aquatic) Fish
100

Where hall furniture should be during the year.

All furniture should be left in the room.
100

Quiet hours begin at these times.

Sunday - Thursday: 10pm

Friday/Saturday: Midnight

100

Alcohol related items that can be confiscated.

Bottles, cans, boxes, flasks, etc

100

Days that overnight guests are allowed.

Friday and Saturday

200

The item RAs should ask for if they see an animal that a resident says is an ESA/registered service animal.

Animal's Carthage ID
200

The number of fridges allowed in a traditional, 2 person room.

1

200

The only type of cooking permitted in the dorm rooms.

Microwave cooking.  All other cooking must be done in a Tower kitchenette.

200

The residence halls are considered drug and alcohol free zones at ___ times.

The residence halls are considered drug and alcohol free zones at ALL times.

200

Examples of noxious odor as described in the Carthage Community Code. (minimum 2)

Cigarettes, marijuana, cigar or pipe smoke, perfume, air freshener, or large amounts of dirty laundry.

300

Students looking to have an ESA should contact this office for this form.

Office of Residential Life; Housing Accomodation Form

300

What kind of room issues may result in a charge? (minimum 2)

Tampering with fire alarm, damage to furniture, improper check out, lot of mess after moving out

300
Poster/advertisements in the halls must be approved by and receive a stamp from this office.

Office of Student Life

300
These items can only be confiscated by OPS.

Marijuana and marijuana paraphernalia, weapons

300

As a mandatory reporter and RA, you are expected to report on these topics immediately.

Title IX issues, intention/mention of self-harm, suicide ideation, intimate partner abuse, etc.

400

Places where ESAs are permitted and places where service animals are permitted.

ESAs - dorm room / hallways to exit building

Service animals - anywhere as long as they are with the individual they are trained to task for

400

If a responsible party is not found for damage to common areas, the fine falls to this group.

The community on the floor / the floor.  Maybe the building depending upon the area.
400

Hall games and sports are prohibited in the dorms.  What else is defined as "hallway activity" by Carthage's Community Code?

Riding bikes / skating in the halls. / Leaving bikes out in the halls.

400

RAs found violating AODA policies will be subject to this discipline.

Job termination

400

Examples of what the Carthage Community Code acknowledges as firearms.

Firearms including airguns, BB guns, pellet guns, paintball guns, splat guns

500

Federal policy which acknowledges an ESA as a reasonable accommodation in a place of residence (including college dorms)

The Fair Housing Act
500

What you should advise a student to do if their key breaks.

Contact ORL to request new key.  Bring broken key to ORL.  DO NOT throw away broken key, they will get charged if broken key is not given to ORL.

500

Carthage Community Code specifies these actions as prohibited in relation to windows. (Name 1)

Disposing things out the window.  Removing the screen of windows.  Entering or exiting room through window in non-emergency situations.
500

Smoking is prohibited in the halls.  Use of smokeless tobacco is restricted to this space.

Smokeless tobacco is restricted to individual residence hall rooms.

500

Places that bikes can be stored on campus.

At the bike racks or in a resident's room.