Chemical-Free Housing

nontraditional
Sat, 14 Jun 2008 15:37:57 +0000

I don’t know what responsibility you would have for your suitemates’ intoxication, but it looks as if you could be asked to leave if you or your guests showed up under the influence of alcohol or recreational drugs.

If your parents are paying the bills they can demand that you request chemical-free housing, but it’s really not a good idea for you to agree to things if you haven’t read (and understood) the rules that that agreement commits you to following.

And it’s a little ridiculous that you would think chemical-free housing just means you can’t have alcohol on the premises. You wouldn’t be allowed to have alcohol in your suite anywhere in the school’s housing. Moreover, since you have to sign up to be assigned to chemical-free housing (as opposed to signing an agreement from wherever you are in the dorm) it’s virtually certain that you’re being expected not to allow your chemical use to affect others – and having alcohol in your closet is a lot less likely to affect your neighbors than having alcohol in your bloodstream.