Disciplinary Sanctions
Standard Sanctions for Residence Hall Disciplinary Violations
It is our goal to create responsible citizens
within the residence life community. Therefore, it is necessary to
hold students accountable for behavior that is inconsistent with
good citizenship. The outline below indicates standard sanctions for
common policy violations.
Level I- Resident Assistant
Level II- Area Coordinator
Level III- Area Coordinator and/or Director, Residence Life
Level IV- Dean of Student Development
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Judicial Level
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Violation
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Standard Sanction
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Level
I
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Propping
door(s) open
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Automatic
$25 fine and discipline session with RA
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Level
I
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Violations
of Residence Hall Visitation Policy
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Automatic
$50 fine and discipline session with RA.
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Level
I
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Violations
of Noise/Quiet Hours Policy
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First
offense: warning by RA, repeat offenses: sanctions as
determined by RA/AC.
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Level
I
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Tampering
with Fire Safety Devices (extinguisher, smoke detector)
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Automatic
$50 fine and discipline session with RA.
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Level
I
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Smoking
in Residence Hall
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Automatic
$50 fine and discipline session with RA.
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Level
II
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Improper
Residence Move (moving residence without proper approval)
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Automatic
$100 fine and discipline session with AC. Immediate move to
original residence.
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Level
II
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Improper
Check-Out (not completing contract cancellation, not
completing RCR)
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Automatic
$100 fine and room damages as determined by residence hall
staff.
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Level
II
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Violations
of Residence Hall Pet Policy
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Automatic
$100 fine, confiscation of pet (with 24 grace period to pick
up animal- after 24 hours, humane society), and discipline
session with AC.
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Level
II
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Damages
to Residence Hall facilities/equipment
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Automatic
fine per damage incurred (see damage range sheet), discipline
session with AC, and/or other sanctions depending on the
severity of the violation
|
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Level
II
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Pulling
Fire Alarm
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Automatic
$500 fine and discipline session with AC.
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Level
II
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Possession
of a weapon
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Automatic
$100 fine, permanent confiscation of weapon, and discipline
session with AC,
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Level
II/III
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Violations
of Millikin University Alcohol Policy
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Automatic
$50 fine, discipline session with AC, and/or further sanctions
depending on severity of violation
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Level
II/III
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Theft
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Police
report to be filed, discipline session with AC, and further
sanctions to be determined by AC (may include reassignment or
suspension of housing).
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Level
II-IV
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Use
of weapon
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Automatic
$100 fine, permanent confiscation of weapon, discipline
session with AC, and additional sanctions as determined by AC.
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Level
II-IV
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Person
to Person Violence
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Discipline
session with AC (or upper level judicial officer depending on
severity of violation), ban from hall in which violence
occurred (if not own residence) or curfew for an assigned
period of time (if own residence), and/or required anger
management program and meeting with Director of Safety &
Security to determine police department involvement. Student
may also be reassigned to or suspended from residence without
consultation.
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- All
fines are per violation incurred
- Judicial
officers reserve the right to deviate from the above sanction
list as well as to assign additional sanctions if deemed
necessary.
- Failure
to complete sanctions or to comply with reasonable requests of a
University official may result in additional sanctions.
- All
funds raised from disciplinary fines will benefit professional
development for Residence Hall staff as well as in-hall
programming.
- If
a student cannot pay the assigned fine, they may be employed
on-campus (at the discretion of the judicial officer) in order
to work off their assigned fine. One hour of work will
constitute $5 towards the assigned fine.
- This
list is not meant to be an all-inclusive list of violations.
Judicial officers reserve the right to interpret violation of
Millikin University Policies.
- Violations
of State, local, or federal law are also considered violation of
Millikin University policies.
- When
a felony is committed, the Decatur Police Department will be
involved in addition to any University sanctions deemed
necessary.
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