Thanksgiving break is almost here, and some of you are copping out early. But before you leave in a frenzy, don’t forget that staff members will be giving all your rooms a look-see for any suspicious “water” bottles and oddly shaped “vases.” So, in preparing to leave remember to:
- Hide all things you’re not supposed to have in your room.
- Turn in your homework.
- Open your fridge and shut it off — don’t waste power. I forget what they threaten to do if you don’t leave your fridge open, but I think it’s pretty bad.
- Shut and lock your windows. This isn’t because they’re afraid of the Clinton St. prowler, it’s also because of that environment.
- Take out the trash. Not just what’s in the garbage can, but all empties too.
- Unplug everything. At least turn off your power strips if you have them.
- Bring home everything you could possibly fit into your car. Just kidding.
Unless you live in Jonsson Tower, McClellan, or Wiecking (vacation dorms), they’re kicking all of you high-paying undergrads out of your dorms at 10am Wednesday (11/26) morning.
FYI: Wiecking is also a vacation dorm.
could you possibly post a list of all contraband? I feel like i may forget something.
Hide paraphernalia such as a bong, vaporizer, (crack/bowl/tobacco) pipe, grinder, beer bong/funnel, beer pong table, and any other device used for illicit drug use. It should go without saying that the drugs themselves should be taken out of sight. Also, hookahs are not allowed in dorms. In addition to hiding full containers of alcohol, you may want to hide empty ones too.
Clear anything that could be considered a fire-hazard, and take home any animals.
Check out the res life website for anything else.
http://cms.skidmore.edu/reslife/index.cfm
Actually staff members are just looking to make sure you followed all instructions on the checkout sheet. They dont go in with intentions of searching through your crap for stuff. But obviously when you leave bottles of booze on your desk in plain view…
Please do yourself and your staff members a favor and get rid of that stuff because staying extra time to write you up for being stupid when they could be on their way home for break is no more exciting for your staff members than it is for you.
Thanks for the reminder SkidUnofficial!