Alcohol, Drugs, and Smoking in Residential Facilities

In accordance with state and local laws, persons under the age of 21 may not keep or consume alcoholic beverages at any time. Policies governing alcohol use within the residential communities exist within the framework that all spaces within the residential properties are categorized as either “private” or “community.” Private spaces include student rooms with a closed door in all properties, common rooms within quads, and the living room and kitchen areas within a cooking unit. Community spaces include student rooms with an open door; building entries, lobbies, balconies, bathrooms, corridors, porches, stairways, and study rooms; and any other residential areas accessible to all residents of a property.

Alcohol is not permitted in any residential building where first year students are assigned. First Year residential communities include, but are not limited to, the following buildings: Jackson, Wheaton, Smith, Jones, Elton, North Campus. Smoking and vaping is prohibited in all College buildings.

1. At any time, a College official or residential staff member may ask students to show proof of age (21+). All individuals present are required to comply. If a person does not have any proof of age when asked, then the individual will be treated as an underage person and asked to dump his or her alcohol.
2. Alcoholic beverages and/or empty containers (including beer-can displays, and alcohol containers used for decoration) are not permitted in rooms where underage students are present.
3. Regardless of age, any apparatus designed for the rapid consumption of alcohol or “drinking games” are not permitted in or around the residential communities (e.g., beer “bongs,” funnels, “Pong” tables, ice luges, etc.). Such items are subject to immediate confiscation.
4. Persons 21 years of age or older residing in upper-class residential communities may keep or consume alcohol in private spaces only. All roommates must also be of legal drinking age. Persons regardless of age may not have alcohol in any residential building where first year students are assigned.
5. Regardless of age, no person may keep or transport common sources of alcohol (e.g., kegs or beer “balls”—empty or full and of any size) in or about any residential space. Students found with common sources of alcohol will be subject to disciplinary action, including restriction from The Bantam Network Residential Community.
6. Regardless of age, no person may bring open containers of alcohol into residential buildings. Furthermore, alcohol is not permitted outside the buildings, in public areas.
7. Regardless of age, bar setups are not permitted in residential buildings.
8. All violations of the above policies are subject to immediate confiscation or dumping of the alcohol. When asked by a College official or residential staff member to dump an alcoholic beverage, all individuals present (students and guests) are required to comply.

1. College policy is cited in conjunction with the following provisions regarding drugs and paraphernalia in residential communities. Possession, use, sale, and/or distribution of any narcotic, drug, nonprescribed medicine, chemical compound, or other controlled substances is prohibited, except as expressly permitted by law.
2. The possession of drug paraphernalia (pipes, bongs, roach clips, marijuana vaporizers, etc.)—used, unused, or decorative—is prohibited. Such items are subject to confiscation.

1. Smoking and vaping are prohibited from all buildings on campus. If the smoker is not caught in the act, but two independent parties confirm that smoke is present, students assigned to the room cited will face disciplinary action.
2. Smoking is also prohibited within a 20-foot perimeter outside of buildings on campus.
3. Candles and incense are prohibited in residential buildings (whether lit or un-lit). They will be subject to immediate confiscation and financial penalty.
4. Tampering in any way with the fire safety systems in student rooms (including covering a smoke detector) is extremely dangerous and jeopardizes the safety of all who live in the building. Students living in a space where the fire safety system has been tampered with will be referred for immediate disciplinary action. If the resident is found responsible a second time for covering a smoke detector, that student may be removed from the residential community system.
5. Students who set off fire alarms by cooking, using kitchen equipment, or otherwise creating smoke in a residential space will be responsible for all costs incurred by the College resulting from the smoke as well as referred to the residential judicial system.