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Campus Strictness

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Students Are Most Likely to Get Caught...
  • Hosting a party without registering with your college's chief justice
  • Not registering your bicycle with RUPD
  • Parking without a permit
  • Steam tunneling
  • Violating the honor code

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For the most part, Rice students are very pleased with the relationship between the campus police and the student body. The prevailing attitude is that campus police (known as RUPD) are there for student protection and their well-being. Students admit that RUPD has no tolerance for drug abuse. However, drug usage is not a large problem at Rice, and most students believe that hard drug offenders deserve whatever they get. The same attitude is taken regarding cheating on graded work or exams. Rice students are shaped by the values of the Rice Honor Code and usually agree with any disciplinary actions taken against cheaters.

The Rice alcohol policy allows students to drink on campus, including underage students, as long as they keep it behind closed doors in the atmosphere of a “private party.” Because students recognize the alcohol policy as a privilege that can be lost if not handled responsibly, they usually take care of each other and monitor their friends’ intake. The police care first about the safety of the students, and they are not out looking to bust underage drinkers. In fact, the only chance an underage drinker has of getting in trouble at Rice is if they blatantly violate the alcohol policy (e.g., drinking at a public party or at the pub), and they proceed to call attention to themselves or behave belligerently.

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Campus Strictness at Rice University

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'12

Public Policy Analysis

4.6
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Live and Let Live

There seems to be a strong live and let live policy in place for most everything. However, anything that is harmful in any way, shape, or form to oneself and most importantly to other is strictly prohibited. For the most part, however, we are trusted to police ourselves.

Dec 05, 2011

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Campus Strictness at Rice University

pagrawal

'15

Chemical Engineering

5.0
A+

Rice University Works With You

Rice University Police Department (RUPD) is a student's friend. While they handle dangerous situation seriously, if no one is a danger, they are very chill. They work for you, not against you. Students have a lot of respect for them, and they return that respect to us.

Nov 09, 2011

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Campus Strictness at Rice University

RiceOwls

'14

Computational and Applied Mathematics

4.6
A

They Trust You

RUPD is rather lenient. Rice is a wet campus, and many students drink. Residential colleges are tasked with enforcing most of the rules. RUPD isn't looking to bust you, but they will enforce the rule if underage students drink in public.

Jul 18, 2011

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Visitation Policies

All visitors must have a signed consent form to stay overnight. Plus, roommates have to approve of the guest, and guests can only stay a maximum of seven days a year.

Did You Know? RUPD officers are assigned to different colleges, often forming long-term relationships with the students they protect through interactions at meals and events.

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