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When additional electrical outlets are needed, residents must use Underwriter’s Laboratory (UL) approved electrical power strips with built-in circuit breakers. Multiple plug adapters and extension cords are not permitted. Power strips should never be plugged into another power strip. Power strips should never be placed above the ceiling tiles, underneath carpet or stapled or pinched in any way. Running power strips underneath the mattresses is prohibited. Bed risers and lamps with outlets must be UL approved and have a built-in circuit breaker.

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In accordance with guidance provided by the Texas State Fire Marshal’s Office and Texas A&M University Environmental Health & Safety, the Corps Area Housing Office has established the following as it relates to general, holiday and special event decorations:

1. All decorations must be approved by Corps Operations Staff prior to placement.
2. Nothing to hinder or restrict access to any hallway, room, stairwell or maintenance closet.
3. No decorations may be placed on the floor in hallways.
4. No decorations may be placed on ceilings.
5. Nothing may be attached to or block function or vision of any fire/life safety equipment (i.e. hallway fire doors, emergency lights, exit signs, hallway lights, fire extinguishers or smoke detectors).
6. Covering the fire door window is strictly prohibited.
7. Sufficient lighting in hallways and stairwells to permit safe passage must be maintained at all times.
   1. Hallway windows and light fixtures will not be covered with black out curtains/trash bags in an attempt to block out light.
8. Paint (as well as other coloring substances including but not limited to fake blood) and/or adhesive materials including duct tape, masking tape and /or tape of any type cannot be utilized on floors, walls, ceilings, doors and windows. This is strictly prohibited.
9. Use of a smoke/fog machine is strictly prohibited.
10. Use of spray-snow and/or confetti snow (i.e., Styrofoam packing peanuts and other Styrofoam based material) is prohibited.
11. Spider-webbing material:
    1. Must be classified as flame-retardant.
    2. Cannot be placed on the ceiling or span the width/length of the hallway.
    3. Cannot be placed on any part of the fire doors.
12. Holiday lighting:
    1. Cannot be used in hallways.
    2. Must maintain a clearance of 24 inches from the smoke/heat detector.
    3. Cannot cross under or touch the light fixtures.
    4. Cannot be placed on the ceilings.
13. Power strips used for holiday lighting must be Underwriter’s Laboratory (UL) approved with built-in circuit breakers and may not cross the fire doors or the stairwells.
14. Electrical wiring may not be bent, crimped, or run under any doors.
15. Wrapping paper cannot be applied to the hallway walls or ceilings.
    1. Wrapping paper may be applied to a resident’s door but is not permitted on the fire doors or utility/maintenance closet doors.
16. Decorations (including but not limited to plastic wall-wrap, streamers, etc.), regardless if they are flame-retardant or not, cannot be applied through more than 20% of the length of the hallway (including in between the fire doors). Application of such decorations hinders effective evacuation of an area or floor.
17. Placement of a live tree in the hallway is not permitted.
18. All decorations in hallways must be cleaned up prior to the cadet leaving for the semester break. Decorations must be cleaned by cadets and all trash taken to outside dumpsters (not placed in hallway trash cans).

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Texas A&M University owned and leased housing (apartments, residence halls, and houses), are smoking and tobacco-use free with the exception of smokeless tobacco, snuff and chewing tobacco when disposed of in an appropriate manner.

Smoking and tobacco products include, but are not limited to cigarettes, cigars, pipes, water pipes (hookah), bidis, kreteks, smokeless tobacco, snuff, chewing tobacco, and electronic cigarettes (includes vapors, personal vaporizers, tanks and other). While smoking outside near entryways, please be considerate of others. You may be asked to move if your smoke begins to travel indoors.

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Tampering, damaging, or inhibiting the use of emergency/safety equipment, including exterior residence hall doors, in any residence hall is prohibited. Residents may not use emergency equipment for any purpose other than emergency use. Residents involved in such activities will be subject to disciplinary action and may be removed from University housing. Additionally, residents may be held financially responsible to damage done to emergency equipment. This regulation includes, but is not limited to, fire extinguishers, heat and smoke detectors, exit signs, fire alarm pull stations, or locked exterior doors.

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As permitted by The Standard, cadet residents may have one microwave and one refrigerator in the room provided they meet all of the following conditions below. A combination refrigerator/freezer/microwave appliance will be counted as one microwave and one refrigerator.

• Microwaves must be U.L. approved and may not exceed a stated FCC rating of 700 watts (FCC rating placard must be intact).
• Refrigerators must be U.L. approved and the total size of the refrigerator and freezer combined may not exceed 4.4 cubic feet.
• Refrigerators must be kept clean for sanitation reasons.
• Refrigerators must be cleaned, defrosted, and unplugged between semesters.
• Refrigerators must be removed from the room prior to check-out unless rented from the University. Microwaves and refrigerators may not be plugged in and placed inside a room closet.
• Microwaves and refrigerators must be plugged directly into a wall outlet.

For information regarding renting a combination refrigerator/freezer/microwave, contact the Corps Area Housing Office.

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All exterior residence hall doors are locked 24 hours a day with limited exceptions as determined by the Office of the Commandant. Propping of exterior doors and/or tampering with locks is considered a serious security violation. Residents involved in such activities may be removed from University housing.

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The term “solicit” is defined as advertising, the taking of orders, sales, donations, proselytizing, campaigning (political or other), collection and distribution of literature. Door-to-door solicitation by individuals, non-residence hall organizations or companies is prohibited in the residence halls. If you are approached by sales personnel, do NOT allow them to enter your hall or room and inform UPD at 979.845.2345 or the Corps Area Housing Office at 979.845.3443 immediately.

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Windows should not be left open while cadets are not present in the room, nor should they be open after dark. UPD Security will notify the Commandant’s Duty Officer if windows are found open after dark. Nothing should be propelled or thrown out of a window. Any attachments outside room windows must be approved in advance by the Director of Residence Life. If you observe a problem that needs to be reported, complete an AggieWorks Work Request.

Window Height Limiters

Removal of or tampering with window height limiters is strictly prohibited. Cadets may be billed for missing, removed and /or damaged window height limiters. This includes any damage(s) to the window unit itself.

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The use of chalk on any surface other than an approved chalkboard is strictly prohibited. Students are prohibited from using chalk on sidewalks, walls of buildings, and residence hall room doors. Necessary clean up may be billed back to the residents of the hall.

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The practice of obstructing a room (e.g., filling the room with newspapers, installation or use of a device/object to prevent room entry/exit) so the resident cadet cannot enter/exit or prevent the resident from using the room as designed is strictly prohibited.

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