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Security at GuilCo has become increasingly strict over the past few years, mostly due to Campus Life. Some students feel that they are becoming overbearing and annoying. Recently, loud “social gatherings” (or parties of any kind) were officially banned on campus. However, this does not seem to matter, considering that when social gathering permits were required, most parties were illegal and unofficial anyhow. As for individual violations of the rules, your risk of getting caught depends on your own discretion and situation. RAs, location, and bad luck are all factors in who ends up on probation or fined. Be reasonable. If you are somehow causing a disturbance to others, security is more likely to pay attention to what you are doing. However, if you stay in your room and be considerate, you can essentially do whatever you like. Security is present, and you may be caught if you wander around campus doing something you’re not supposed to be doing. Another change has been the implication of high fines for alcohol and drug offenses. This increases the exclusive nature of those who do partake in these activities, but they have certainly not decreased.
Lately, Residential Life has become more invasive and has basically given themselves free reign to search your room at anytime without much, if any, warning. There are regular searches of unspecified dorms during any break when most students are off campus. In general, be smart and cautious and don’t give “the man” an easy oppurtunity to bust you.

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Campus Strictness at Guilford College

brooklynboxer

Creative Writing '15

0.0

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College Fail

You would think that the administration would admit to itself that trying to keep 2,000 18-22 year olds from partying is a doomed effort from the start. Since the first day I got here, I have been told by nearly ever upperclassmen that guilford has cracked down enormously on partys in 2011.

In prior years, guilfords social scene was primarily defined by the bonfires that people threw out in the woods. Since I have been here however, only one such bonfire was thrown. The result has been, of course, that instead of not drinking because of the lack of such events, students just engage in dangerous binge drinking in their dorms. In the first month of school, ambulances would arrive at Milner dorm on a nightly basis, to cart off dangerously over-served freshmen to the hospital.

While the administration continues this dangerously incompetent and ineffectual policy, I cannot recommend this school to anyone at this time.

Jan 01, 2012

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Campus Strictness at Guilford College

JamesHulette

Accounting '14

4.2

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Campus Strictness at Guilford

There strictness on campus is very low. There a lot of drugs on campus and the administrators to not seem to care very much. They are probably the most strict when it comes to parking because we have a limited amount of parking on campus.

Nov 20, 2011

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Campus Strictness at Guilford College

buhuh

Biological Sciences '15

3.5

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Meh

I know people who have gotten in trouble, but they were all being stupid. People party in dorms, usually sans ramification. Smell it? See it? Hear it? They will probably search you or something. Academically, we're actually pretty strict.

Oct 24, 2011

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