RESIDENT RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILTIES
As a resident in the K-State residence halls, you have responsibilities and rights which you, your roommate, and those living around you are to maintain and respect throughout the year.
As a resident you are expected to:
- Be accountable for your behavior and actions;
- Respect and preserve the rights of other residents;
- Respect the individual differences of all other residents;
- Respect the property of other residents and the university;
- Make every effort to keep your room secure and safe;
- Promptly report any maintenance and facility problems;
- Fulfill the provisions of your residence hall contract;
- Abide by all the applicable laws, published university policies, and residence hall regulations and expectations;
- Ask members of the residence hall staff to help when you need assistance;
- Report all violations of published university policies and residence hall regulations and expectations;
- Help the residence hall staff and other appropriate agencies to intervene and preserve the rights and responsibilities of all residents.
As a resident you have the right to:
- Reasonable privacy in your room;
- Work, study, and sleep in your room without distraction or interference;
- Free access to your room and facilities when the building is open;
- Respect of your personal and university property by your roommate(s) and other residents;
- Host guests in your room as long as they respect the rights of your roommate(s) and other hall residents;
- Reasonable cooperation from your roommate(s) in sharing common room and residence hall facilities;
- A reasonably clean and usable residence hall environment free from fear of intimidation, physical, and/or emotional harm;
- Confront others and discuss your grievances about their behavior which infringes on your rights, and ask the residence hall staff to help you preserve these rights;
- Intervention and preservation of the rights and responsibilities of all residents by the hall staff;
- The fulfillment of the provisions in your residence hall contract.