QUIET HOURS – Minimum quiet hours are scheduled from 10 p.m. to 9 a.m., Sunday through Thursday, and from midnight to 9 a.m., Friday and Saturday. During quiet hours noise should not be heard beyond the closed door of a resident’s room. Quiet hours are 24 hours a day beginning the day before the first day of any final exam period and continuing through the remainder of the quarter.
REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE/WORK ORDERS – Non-emergency
repair requests and extermination
concerns can be sent via the online work order form located on the Housing Services website at offices.
depaul.edu/housing. Housing Services receives the form and assigns personnel or vendors to perform the service as needed and as warranted. To expedite service, please be as detailed as possible when completing the request form and send no more than one work order or repair request per form. For example, if reporting a broken light switch and a heating issue, two work orders must be submitted: one to repair the light switch and one to address the heating. Please specify the location of the problem (e.g., the light switch in the bathroom). Work orders are only processed during business hours, Monday through Friday, when the university is open. If you need to report a facilities emergency during the weekend or non- business hours, notify the front desk of your building or call Public Safety at (773) 325-7777.
ROOMMATES – Even the most respectful roommates may experience communication issues at some point during the year. There are steps to take to maintain open lines of communication. All residents should complete the roommate agreement so that an equal consensus on important issues can be reached. All residents will be required to complete the roommate agreement and meet with their resident advisor for discussion during fall quarter. How well the relationship works depends on the quality of communication among roommates when completing it. It is important to remember that the roommate agreement is negotiable at any time.
When a residence hall room or apartment is allocated for the use of two or more residents, it is expected that occupants will work cooperatively to arrive at a mutually- agreeable living style. Mediation of conflicts may be sought from the resident advisor or residence director, but every effort should be made by residents to work out issues among themselves. Attempts by one or more residents of a room or apartment to make unilateral decisions about the use of the room or apartment may be viewed as a deliberate
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residents and may result in the termination of the housing agreement. Similarly, failure to cooperate with attempts to resolve disputes through the involvement of Residential Education staff may result in the termination of the housing agreement. If a vacancy occurs in a residence area, the university may assign a new resident to fill that vacancy at any time. Any resident involved in deliberately discouraging or rejecting a roommate may be subject to the disciplinary process.
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ROOM PERSONALIZATION – When decorating your unit, you should be mindful of the opinions and sensibilities of your roommates, fellow building residents and guests. You should not paint your unit or make other alterations that affect the current condition of the walls, ceiling, window coverings or flooring. Posting or hanging items from the ceiling is prohibited. Decorations, displays or postings on residence hall windows are prohibited. Additionally, tampering with, decorating or altering fire safety equipment is prohibited.
SAFES – You are allowed to bring and store personal items in a personal portable or electronic safe. However, the dimensions of the safe must not exceed 10”H x 14”D x 19¼”W and the safe may not weigh more than 40 pounds. Safes may not be bolted to the ground, furniture or any other surface belonging to the university. Upon reasonable request by a university official, the safe must be opened by you immediately. Failure to do so is considered a violation of university policy.
WINDOWS AND SCREENS – Windows, window bars and screens are constructed to keep people and objects from falling out and to keep people and insects from getting in. It is for these reasons that the following policies exist: • Tampering with or taking out windows, screens or window bars is prohibited
• Throwing, dropping or launching objects from a window is prohibited
In addition to disciplinary action, violations of these poli- cies may result in fees for work and materials being assessed to residents of affected rooms or apartments. Decorations, displays or postings on residence hall windows are prohibited and if present may be removed by a staff member at any time.
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