In order to provide a safe environment for everyone, students should not tamper with, destroy, or otherwise impede the functioning of safety equipment. Such acts include, but are not limited to, the improper use of emergency exits (such as propping open doors or sounding alarms by exiting when no emergency exists), tampering with building access systems, tampering with smoke detectors, tampering with sprinkler systems (such as hanging items from sprinkler heads or damaging sprinkler heads through horse play), or tampering with surveillance cameras.
Safety is important both inside and adjacent to buildings. Accordingly, fire hazards—such as candles, paint, flammable liquids, electric scooters or skateboards, and similar—may not be stored in buildings. The University prohibits possession or use of certain items in residence halls. A list of prohibited items can be found in the Residential Life section of this handbook.