Student Handbook

 

Music, Noise & Quiet Hours

Although your room is your home away from home and a place for you to relax and enjoy yourself, remember that not everyone’s lifestyle is the same as yours. For this reason, the hall must be reasonably quiet at all times, allowing for work or study as desired.

Under the direction of the Resident Assistants and Resident Director, each living area will be allowed to set specific expectations for that area during certain periods of the day. It is a general expectation for the residence halls to have “quiet hours” between 10 p.m. and 8 a.m. the next morning so that students can get a reasonable amount of undisturbed study and rest.

During the day and evening, students must remember that the acceptable volume level for speakers, televisions, radios, and noise is exceeded when it is audible to anyone outside the walls of their room or suite. Each student is expected to exercise caution and consideration for others in this area. In addition, the choice of music needs to be appropriate - not offensive – to other community members or contrary to the lifestyle expectations of the university.

No electric pianos, guitars, or drums are allowed in the residence hall unless played with headphones. Speakers should not be directed outside due to the disturbance they could create on campus. Students should remember that consideration of those living around them is key in determining the choice of music, level of horseplay, and volume of noise emitted from rooms at any time during the day or evening. Even outside of “quiet hours,” students do not have the right to make as much noise as they like. At all times, all residents have the right to a quiet, peaceful environment for study and sleep.

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