| Residency Campus Housing
Wesleyan
University believes that residential life represents an
extremely important aspect of the overall college
experience. It therefore commits a great deal of its
resources and energy to providing students with
opportunities for their development as scholars, social
beings, and as individuals. However, to get the most out
of these possibilities, it is essential that students
bring to residential life a spirit of understanding for,
and generosity toward, all members of the community. This
spirit, accompanied by an active and enthusiastic
willingness to share and participate for the good of all,
virtually guarantees the realization of a successful and
rewarding residential community.
In the spirit of
creating and maintaining this unified community at
Wesleyan, the University has a residential requirement
for all undergraduate students. A limited number of
exemptions from the residential requirement are permitted
via the off-campus lottery process. Wesleyan provides
University housing sufficient to accommodate all single
undergraduate students.
Residential
Smoking Policy (July 1, 2002)
Wesleyan
University has a responsibility to its students and
employees to provide a safe and healthful environment.
Secondhand smoke, also known as environmental tobacco
smoke, is a Class A carcinogen and has detrimental
effects on health. Research findings have established
that environmental tobacco smoke triggers asthma attacks
and causes lung cancer, cardiovascular and lung diseases.
Secondhand smoke contributes to increased absenteeism;
institutional costs for medical care, medical insurance,
fire damage; and cleaning and maintenance costs.
The goal of the
existing smoking policy was intended to limit exposure to
environmental smoke to enclosed spaces in residence
halls. This has been found to be ineffective because
smoke is transferred through the ventilation systems,
hallways, spaces between doorframes, and open
doors.
To limit
environmental smoke, the University prohibits smoking,
except in senior wood-framed houses. The ban includes
private living spaces, common areas, lounges, hallways,
balconies, and windows.
Although smoking
will be permitted in wood-framed houses, residents are
strongly encouraged to smoke outside. Resident groups
will be asked to discuss and come to agreement as to
whether smoking will be permitted in their houses.
In light of
compelling research findings about the effects of
environmental tobacco smoke, the University strongly
discourages students from smoking in areas where
nonsmokers cannot avoid exposure to smoke. These include
areas near windows, doorways, breezeways, and ventilation
systems.
Effective
implementation of this policy depends upon the respect
and cooperation of all members of the Wesleyan University
community. Students are encouraged to discuss problem
situations regarding smoking in residential areas and
outdoor areas with fellow students. Complaints and
disputes that are not resolved through discussion should
be brought to the attention of a resident advisor, house
manager, head resident or area coordinator. If a
satisfactory resolution is not reached, the director of
residence life should be consulted. Students who
repeatedly violate the smoking policy may be charged with
violating the Code of Non-Academic Conduct.
The Office of
Student Health Services (x2470) provides assistance to
students who wish to stop smoking. WesWELL, the Office of
Health Education (x2460), offers educational programs
about the effects of smoking. We encourage all students
who smoke to take advantage of these programs to protect
their own health and the health of other members of the Wesleyan
community.
Social
Event/Party Policy
- General Guidelines
- Social
events/parties occurring in University
buildings or on University grounds must
be registered with
the Dean of Student Services Office if
the following apply to the event:
- Fifty or
more people will be in
attendance, or no provision has
been made for limiting
attendance to fewer than 50
people, and any of the following
apply:
- No formal
program or agenda is planned.
- Admission
will be charged.
- The event
will be open to any persons who
are not Wesleyan students.
- Alcohol
will be served.
Specifically
excluded from this policy are concerts
with a fixed program and seating, lectures,
art show openings, and events designed
specifically for educational rather than
social purposes.
- This policy is in
effect throughout the year, regardless of
whether or not classes are in session.
- Event hosts must
attend a host training program prior to
registering the event. A schedule of
workshops will be posted at the beginning
of each semester.
- The Wesleyan
Student Assembly (WSA) and Association of
Wesleyan Area Residents (AWARE)
have developed a common set of community
standards. Social event hosts will be
responsible for
adhering to these standards. The
following statement related to noise is
particularly
noteworthy:
All students
should be mindful of their
neighbors’ schedules and of
Middletown’s ordinances with
regard to noise, which require reduced
levels after sundown every day. Noise
should be kept within
reasonable levels at all times, and
special care should be taken to contain
noise indoors during
evening and night hours. Students should
make an effort to communicate with neighbors and to inform
themselves about the impact of their
activities. Students who repeatedly disturb neighbors
with excessive noise may be charged
before the appropriate judicial board under the
provisions of the Code of Non-Academic
Conduct. Wesleyan Public
Safety will shut down social events after
receiving two complaints about noise or
disruptive behavior.
- Social event/party
hosts will be responsible for registering
events as being either alcohol-free or
not. If the event is registered as an
alcohol-free event, hosts will be
responsible for ensuring that no alcohol
is present at the event. If alcohol is to
be part of the event, hosts will
be responsible for ensuring that any
alcohol at the event is legally procured,
dispensed, and consumed.
- Specific
event guidelines have been established as
outlined in the chart for Social Event Guidelines.
- The
number of registered parties in any given
block/area will be limited to one per
night; for
In-Town and Williams Street residents, no
more than two events per night will be
allowed. Events requiring uniformed
security officers will be limited to 10
per semester, and not more than one per
weekend.
- Phase
3 events will not be
allowed on weekends of home
football games or other large University
events. A group may file for only one
Phase 3 event at a time. A second
registration may not be submitted until
the first event has
taken place.
- Advertising
Guidelines
- Any
form of off-campus advertising is
prohibited without the approval of the
dean of student
services (or designee). This includes
radio, television, and newspaper
advertisements.
- All
advertising should clearly indicate the
name of the host organization, date of
the event, starting
and ending times, location, name of the
event, maximum capacity of the event
location (if
applicable), and entrance fee/ID
requirements.
- Phase
2 and 3 events will
require GSA
approval of publicity.
- Alcohol
may not, in any context, be the central
focus of any event and should not be advertised as such.
Individual exceptions to this policy may
be petitioned to the dean of student
services or designee.
Questions
relating to this policy should be
directed to the Office of Student
Activities and Leadership
Development.
- Liquor
Permit: Who Should Obtain One?
A state liquor
permit is required anytime a GSA-recognized or
University-recognized group is selling or distributing (serving) alcohol.
This will apply to any club, organization,
athletic team, fraternity, program house, etc.
This will not apply to groups of seniors (or
others who are of age) living in wood-frame
houses or other residential units.
Applying
for a Liquor Permit
- Liquor
permit applications are available from
the director and associate director of
public safety.
- The
person applying for the permit must be 21
years old and have a "letter of good conduct" from
his/her hometown police department.
- The
application must be received by the
Liquor Control Commission (LCC) at least
14 days
prior to the event.
- The
application must be completed in this
order:
- Director
or associate director of public
safety
- Middletown
Fire Department- Fire
Marshal’s Office
- Middletown
Police Department —the
person whose name is appearing on
the form as the
permittee must go to the PD and
not someone else affiliated with
the group.
- Town
clerk’s office — city
of Middletown
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