Room Personalization
Since your room is your home during your stay here, we encourage you to personalize it. Please follow these simple guidelines:
Do:
- Bring posters & pictures of family and friends – these may be put up on the tack strip provided in some of the rooms or with "fun tack."
- Find bed linens that show your personality. Be sure to purchase the right size sheets for the room you are assigned, some of the mattresses are Extra Long.
- Bring TV, radio, VCR, low voltage microwave, and refrigerator (no larger than 4.6 cubic feet). These are items that you might want to coordinate purchase with a roommate to avoid duplication.
- Hang curtains on your windows (for décor enhancement or more privacy). A tension rod must be used rather than brackets.
- Area rugs work well in residence hall rooms with tile. Wall to wall carpet is difficult to install and remove and is strongly discouraged.
Some other items that will be important to remember to bring with you are:
- alarm clock
- backpack
- coaxial cable
- coffee maker
- computer disks
- desk lamp
- desk supplies
- dictionary
- drawer liners
- extension cord
- fan
- floor lamp
- hair dryer
- snack food
- knick-knacks
- laundry basket
- laundry detergent
- phone
- pillows
- plants
- shower caddy and shower shoes
- small garbage can
- thesaurus
- thumbtacks
- toiletries
- towels
- UL approved power strip
- umbrella
- videos/DVD’s
- small tool kit
- sewing kit
- over the counter medicine
Don't:
- Do NOT alter or modify any of the physical structure of your room. You may not drill or nail into the walls, floors, or ceiling. You may not remove any permanent or stationery furnishings or fixtures.
- Do NOT loft your beds. With the exception of Bruno and New Men’s, all beds are bunkable.
- Do NOT paint any wall, floor, ceiling, or furniture in your room.
- Do NOT remove or alter any of the furnishings provided by the College from your room.
- Do NOT install a ceiling fan in your room.
Appliances and other items which are strictly prohibited in the residence halls:
- Toasters
- Oil popcorn poppers
- Hotplates
- Space heaters
- Any appliance with an exposed heating element
- Candles, including decorative candles
- Incense
- Fireworks
- Firearms (are not allowed anywhere on campus! Hunting guns may be checked in and out with security at the Bruno gate)
- Flammable art supplies, such as paint thinner
- Propane
- Pets, excluding fish in a tank 20 gallons or less.
- George Foreman-type grill
- Risers are allowed only if they are purchased from a store.
- No homemade bed risers allowed.
- Convection refrigerator/microwaves larger than 4.6 cubic feet