Payment must be made by the due dates as indicated on your student account in your Student Center. Balances not paid by the designated due date will be charged a 1.75% late fee on any balance 30 days past due. Balances not paid by the due date will also create a negative service indicator preventing future class enrollment, release of transcripts, and receipt of your diploma. It is important that you respond to communication from this office in a timely manner. If you have questions regarding your account, please contact the Office of Student Finance in Schafer Hall. If the Office of Student and Residence Life receives notification of outstanding charges on your BSC student account related to unpaid room, board, and/or housing fines, the office will make an attempt to visit with you about these matters or notify you via letter about these concerns. Please remember this does not void all contract terms, but every effort will be made to mitigate and evaluate your contract appropriately.
Guests and Visitors Our guest and visitation policy are enforced with the following priorities in mind: • • • •
The need to maintain a safe environment in the halls. The need to respect student’s desire for privacy and the roommate’s rights in sharing a space. The need to recognize the value of visitors. The need to provide a policy to students and visitors who have different desires regarding visitation.
When receiving guests in the residence hall, as a host you must always accompany your guests. A guest is defined as any person who is not a current resident of the college residence hall being entered and has a specific resident of the hall being entered as a host. A resident that hosts a guest or visitor assumes responsibility for any policy or regulation infractions committed by his/her guest(s). Residents may only escort guests they are hosting. A resident who does not comply with the guest and visitor’s policy may have his/her guest privileges revoked or suspended. Visiting hours are posted in each hall. Open Hours are 8:00 a.m. – 1:00 a.m. Sunday-Thursday, and 8:00 a.m. – 3:00 a.m. Friday through Saturday. Phones are posted in entryways with the exception of Mystic Hall so that guests may contact whom they wish to visit for an escort during these hours. If there is a variation of Open Hours during a holiday, those changes will be posted by the Residence Hall Coordinator. Overnight guests of the same gender are permitted to remain in the residence hall if arrangements are made with your roommate and the residence hall staff on duty by 8:00 p.m. that night. There is a $10.00 charge per night for guests. Guests, regardless of gender, who are in a romantic relationship with their host, are not permitted to stay overnight.
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