The Sandspur

Issue date: 9/11/06 Section: Life & Times

Media Credit: Ashliegh Bauman I WON'T CHEAT...: Cheating is a defi nite no-no at the Offi ce of Community

Becoming a freshman in college brings a liberating feeling. You are finally free from the clutches of your parents' dominion and Rollins College seems like the perfect place to let loose and revel in this newfound independence. However, now that you are no longer a minor you are held accountable for all your actions.

Rollins College's Judicial Affairs, now called "The Office of Community Standards and Responsibility," supervises undergraduates' infractions of the Code of Students' Rights and Responsibilities. Their aim is to "protect the College community from disruption and harm" by "effectively adjudicating alleged violations of the Code."

As a student of Rollins College, it is your responsibility to learn and adhere to the rules and expectations mandated by the Code of Conduct as to avoid the consequences of being "written up." You can find the entire Code of Students' Rights and Responsibilities on the Rollins Office of Community Standard and Responsibilities' website (http://www.rollins.edu/reslife/rules/code.shtml). All should abide by it, new students and upperclassman alike, because the consequences of an infraction are more severe then one would expect.

Some commonly broken policies include the following: disruptive behavior, violence, harassment, discrimination, abuse (physical, sexual, verbal, emotional, etc.), underage drinking, possession of illegal substances and/or paraphernalia, sexual misconduct, fire safety (like pulling the fire alarm as a prank), fireworks, explosives, weapons and all other dangerous items, academic honesty, damage to property and violation of federal, state, and/or local laws.

You may have been unaware that you can be written up by an RA (resident assistant), CA (community assistant), or Campus Safety officer for being too loud in the hallways or playing music too loudly during quiet hours; having a "party" in your room (any more than 6 people in your dorm room); walking around with an opened alcoholic beverage container, even if you are of legal consumption age. For those undergraduate students that live in residential housing on campus, you are also expected to oblige by the rules in the "guide of residential living." Furthermore, with the instillation of the new Honor Code there are more policies to respect.

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