Items to Leave at Home

• Animals (other than fish in a 10 gallon or smaller tank)
  • For information regarding the approval process of service animals, click here.
• All decorative, holiday, and battery-operated lights (including LED string lights)
• Bed lofts or risers
  • Bed mattresses will be raised to their highest level prior to move-in. Additional lifts or risers of any kind are not permitted.
• Waterbeds
• Octopus, torchiere lamps, and Light bulbs or lamps that utilize halogen gas
• Wall decorations covering more than twenty percent of each individual wall
• Scented plug-ins
• Curtains used in hallways, windows, or as partitions
• Firearms, explosives, or any sharp weaponry
• Any type of gun/weapon (toy, bb guns, airsoft guns, pellet guns, bow and arrow, etc.)
• Illegal drugs
• WiFi routers
• Heaters, hot plates, and other “open element” appliances
• Devices using an open flame, such as candles, portable gas stoves, grills, fondue pots, gas burner hot plates, or gas lanterns
• Toaster ovens, toasters, rice cookers, crock pots, air fryers, and George Foreman grills (Note: these are only allowed in our apartment-style kitchens)
  • Be aware that if your appliance sets off the fire alarm, the fee is a minimum of $375.
• * Bikes
  • You are allowed to have a bicycle on campus as long as you secure it properly to a bike rack outside. However, we find that the majority of students who bring a bike to campus never use it throughout the year. Carefully consider whether you will actually use your bike before bringing it to campus. You may not keep your bicycle inside any housing facility for any reason.