Meeting Your Roommate

We strongly encourage you to contact your assigned roommate(s). It can be very beneficial to make this connection prior to your arrival on campus. A conversation or exchange of e-mails or phone calls can be helpful as you plan your room set up, ect. Living with another person (or people) can be successful if there is communication, compromise and respect.

Please remember - you filled out a housing application that asked you to answer a few lifestyle questions. That is the information we used (as best as possible) to match you with your roommate(s). We are certain that you will likely find an on-line social networking site that will allow you to check-out your roommates(s). We do not consult any such site when making room assignments. Please do not make assumptions about your roommate(s) based on an on-line site. We will not make any room changes based on Information found on a social networking site. Talk to him/her! Think...what does your on-line profile say about you? Is that what you want your brand new roommate(s) to see as an introduction to you? Just something to ponder.

Here are some tips on talking with your roommate for the first time:• Remember that your roommate is new at this, too.

• If he/she is not home, leave a detailed message– perhaps he/she hasn’t received the packet yet. Also, don’t call too late at night.
• Talk about general areas of interest– music, movies, clubs you are planning to join, fun activities, major, etc.
• Talk about basic lifestyle issues – neat v. messy, stay up late v. go to bed early, etc.
• If you are willing to share items for the room (microwave, TV, stereo, etc.), decide who will bring what.
• Don’t make assumptions about your roommate before you meet him/her.
• Do not hesitate to talk about ‘room rules’ either in advance of your arrival or within the first few days of being here. What are the rules about: Guests? Cleaning? Noise? Borrowing clothing, food, electronics, other personal items? We will give everyone a comprehensive list of talking points at the first floor meeting.

How to Successfully Live within our Community

Expectations of all community members:
1. Respect. You need to be respectful of yourself. You need to be respectful of the property of your fellow community members as well as that of Suffolk University. You need to be respectful of others...even those who are very different than you. Take this opportunity to learn about people...and yourself! 
2. Responsibility. You are expected to take responsibility for your actions and the actions of your guests.
3. Rights. Each member of the community has the following rights:
• The right to read, study and live free from undue interference, unreasonable noise and other distractions which inhibit the exercise of this right.
• The right to expect that others will respect one’s personal belongings.
• The right to a reasonably clean environment in which to live.
• The right to free access to one’s room.
• The right to personal privacy.
• The right to be free from physical or psychological intimidation harassment and/or harm.
4.   Response. You have the right to have concerns and issues responded to in a reasonable amount of time.  In return, when you are asked to respond with information, that is expected to happen in a reasonable/designated amount of time.
5.  Reliability. We rely on all members of the community to speak up when there is a situation that needs to be addressed. In the same vain, we rely on community members to speak up when they have information about a situation.