Guest Policy

The Guest Policy can be found in Section 12.5 of our Standing Rules. However, these Standing Rules need to be rewritten to be more clear, so for now, we have interpreted them the way we have been practicing them and in a way that best supports the officer team in tracking guests.

Here is a condensed version of that interpretation:

• A guest, or a non-house member, can stay overnight for a maximum of 2 weeks with a house member as their host.
• A house member can host one guest at a time, but there is no limit to how many times they can host a guest.
• Guests can stay in their host's room, common rooms, or, at the officers' discretion, an empty room.
  • Note: Empty rooms are extremely uncommon during the academic year.
• The President or another officer should be informed of a guest's stay via email. This email should include the dates of the stay and any other pertinent information. This is important for tracking purposes on our roster.
• Guests are allowed to use toiletries, hand soap, laundry detergent, and other similar amenities.
• Guests are generally not allowed to consume guff food. This may be a change to our unspoken rules (as the official guest policy does not specify one way or another), but it is out of a valid concern for our food supply. Over the summer we have had to raise our food charges and have run into shortages. While not entirely enforceable just as it isn't entirely enforceable for daytime guests, it is like other house rules that rely on integrity. An example is not taking unclaimed leftovers until after 12pm. Similarly I ask you to be considerate of your housemates with the food you consume. *If you consume extra dessert one night, on a night where that dessert is in abundance, I don't see a problem with giving your extras to a guest instead. If one night you skip dinner and the next you have a friend over, I don't see a problem with having them join you at dinner. As you can see, I am asking that you use your best judgement here and do what is reasonable and just. To reiterate, guests are generally not allowed to consume guff food.