<p>Is it okay for me to, say, have someone stay in my dorm room for about two days?</p>
09Mom
July 2, 2005, 12:50am
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<p>I hope not. As a parent of an incoming freshman, I wouldn’t want non-students staying in the dorm. But I bet your not interested in my opinion.</p>
<p>check out this post</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=75837[/url] ”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=75837</a></p> ;
<p>soho is a Columbia student</p>
<p>Yes, my daughter has friends visit often. Flip around this part of the Columbia website to find out all that you need to know.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.columbia.edu/cu/reshalls/gtl/[/url] ”>http://www.columbia.edu/cu/reshalls/gtl/</a></p> ;
<p>This is what the Columbia website says about visitors…</p>
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Nonresidents allowed in Housing and Dining residence halls are classified into two groups: guests and visitors.</p>
<p>Guests</p>
<p>Guests do not have to be accompanied by their hosts at all times and may enter and exit their hosts residence halls alone. To obtain a guest pass, you and your guest must go to Security (111 Low) together and present proper identification.</p>
<p>Upon entering your building, your guest must leave his or her picture ID and guest pass at the Security desk. When your guest leaves your building, his or her pass and ID will be returned.</p>
<p>Air mattresses are available for rental at the Hospitality Desk 24 hours a day, and can provide a comfortable sleeping arrangement for an overnight guest. Pricing is as follows:</p>
<p>Basic Rental $10.00 per night
<p>Weekend Special $ 25.00
<p>Linen Packet $5.00
<p>Please note that there are limitations to overnight guests. For more information, see Responsibilities of a Host.</p>
<p>Visitors</p>
<p>A visitor is a person who does not live in any of the seventeen Housing and Dining residence halls and who will be accompanied by his or her host at all times. Visitors must be signed in to enter residence halls. All visitors must leave a picture ID with the Public Safety attendant and sign the Security log when they enter.
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Responsibilities of a Host</p>
<p>As a host, you are responsible for the actions of individuals whom you invite into your residence hall. Inappropriate behavior by a host, guest or visitor may result in disciplinary action, including suspension of guest and visitor privileges. Please observe the following:</p>
<p>If an individual plans to visit overnight, it is your responsibility to consult any room- or suitemates first and to ensure that this individual stays only for a reasonable period. Overnight stays for one individual are limited to five days in any thirty-day period (no permanent guests/visitors are allowed). Exceptions to this policy are subject to the approval of the Assistant Dean for Advising and Residential Programs in consultation with Housing and Dining.</p>
<p>You must remain on campus while hosting any guests. You may not leave campus during a break or weekend and host a guest who will be staying on campus in your absence.
<p>Under no circumstances will the Hospitality Desk issue keys directly to a guest or authorize a guest to enter a hosts room if not in the presence of the host. However, as the host, you may borrow a key for the duration of your guests stay by filling out a key loan request and presenting the guest pass issued by Security.
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<p>Elleneast, thank you for the information!</p>
<p>You are welcome.</p>
<p>An Aerobed is not a bad investment if you think that you will have friends from other schools visiting. You will be surprised at how many of your high school friends attending schools outside of the metropolitan area will want to come in for a taste of city life. My daughter took an Aerobed to Columbia with her as a first year and found that either she or someone on her floor used it every weekend.</p>