PLU is committed to maintaining safe, respectful and
healthy residential environments that are conducive to living and
learning. This commitment to residential students takes
precedence over any one resident’s preference to host a visitor or
guest. The university believes that overnight visitors and guests
have the potential for being an infringement upon the community by
compromising the privacy and convenience of the people sharing
residence hall space. Therefore, PLU selectively restricts
visitation by members of the opposite sex and expects overnight guests
be hosted on a limited and infrequent basis.
The university encourages roommates to discuss issues of privacy and
personal space. It is recommended that roommates discuss courtesy
guidelines for the use of their room during visitation hours
proactively and early in the semester. If any assistance is
needed, contact a residence hall staff member.
Visitation is unrestricted:
- In residence hall lounges, hallways and kitchens at all times. Residents and guests are expected to act courteously and abide by campus policy at all times.
- In resident rooms between the hours of 8 am and 2 am, Monday – Friday and 8 am – 3 am Saturday and Sunday.
- In South and Kreidler Halls at all times.
Between the hours of 2:00am and 8:00am, Monday through Friday, and
3:00am to 8:00am, Saturday and Sunday, visitation is restricted to
persons of
the same sex.
Any overnight guests must be of the same sex as the resident student
who is hosting them and must stay no longer than four consecutive
nights, any four nights out of seven, or any eight nights out of
thirty.
Guests are not permitted to sleep in university lounges and
lobbies. If the guest or his/her host refuses to abide by
university rules, regulations, notices or directions, as given by the
staff members or other authorized notices issued by the university or
its staff members, the visitor may be asked to leave.
Residents may have overnight guests or visitors of the same sex
provided they do not have an intimate relationship with the guest.
Residence halls and/or residential wings may amend these guidelines to
be more restrictive by working with the Resident Director of the hall
and the Residence Hall Council.
The university reserves the right to remove a visitor or overnight
guest from the residence hall or the campus at any time it deems that
the guest's or his/her host's behavior is contrary to the goals and
objectives of the university. (See also "Guests On Campus and at PLU Events".)