Community Living
Picking up trash in a shared space demonstrates this quality.
What is responsibility?
This should generally be washed after every use because it comes into direct contact with your body and can accumulate sweat, oils, and bacteria.
What is underwear?
Your roommates DoorDash arrives, and they are nowhere to be found. What should you DEFINTELY not do?
What is eat their food?
Your roommate is on their laptop in the room on a Zoom call. But Olivia Rodrigo just dropped her new album and you want to listen to it. What should you do?
What is use your headphones?
What is leave the room and listen elsewhere?
This person is who you should contact if you have a question about or a problem in the residence hall.
Who is your RA?
Who is hall staff?
Saying hello to people when you pass by them in the hallway is an example of this.
What is building community?
If you sneeze or cough in a shared space, you should use your elbow or this item rather than your bare hands.
What is a tissue?
Keeping your music at a reasonable volume at all hours is an example of this.
What is respecting others?
Or similar.
You and your roommate disagree about how clean the room should be. Which is more effective: silently getting angry or talking about expectations?
What is talk and find a compromise?
If you spill something in the shared kitchen, what should you do?
What is clean it up?
This action can lead to non-residents entering a building, causing safety concerns for the community.
What is door propping?
This item is used every day and should be washed at least once a week. It is probably your favorite thing to see after a long day.
What is your bedsheets?
Leaving your trash or belongings in a shared hallway affects everyone who uses this.
What is shared community space?
You are excited to bring a new friend over to the room and hangout, but your roommate doesn't know about it. What should you do before your friend comes over?
What is make sure your roommate is aware and okay with a friend coming over?
You find someone's lost airpods in the Wolf Den. Where should you take them?
What is your RA?
The people who are not undergraduate students that live in the halls to support you have these names.
Who is Gina the AHD?
Who is Gabe the HD?
Who is Father Tim?
A roommate's trash is overflowing and starting to smell. Good community hygiene means doing this rather than waiting for someone else.
What is taking out the trash?
Your friend is clearly uncomfortable with a joke you are making. What is the respectful move?
What is to stop and check in with them?
Your roommate has a significant other who visits frequently. Rather than becoming silently annoyed, you should do this.
What is discuss guest visitation expectations?
Keeping track of your laundry and not leaving it in there all day after the cycle is done helps out who?
What is everyone in your shared community?
Sometimes on campus, sometimes in the halls, these are great options to make friends, get free food, and interact with staff and faculty.
What is hall programming?
What is campus programming?
You find a giant mess in the bathroom during the weekday. What should you do to make sure this problem gets solved?
What is talk to your RA?
What is submit a service request?
Respecting this means recognizing that everyone has different limits regarding privacy, personal space, belongings, and social interaction.
What are boundaries?
Your roommate has a habit that is bothering you. Instead of saying, "You're so annoying," a respectful conversation should focus on this.
What is the behavior and how it bothers you?
You notice someone new on the floor who looks lost. What should you do?
What is introduce yourself and ask how you can help?