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Overnight guests are permitted under the following circumstances:

  • Students must be present on campus when they have guests.
  • Visitors are expected to follow all campus regulations including, but not limited to, the Student Code of Conduct and campus parking guidelines.
  • Students are responsible for any damage to CIA property caused by their guests as well as any parking or traffic fines incurred by their guests.
  • Guests of students must carry an official form of identification at all times and be prepared to produce it at the request of any college official.
  • Guests of residential students must park in designated residential student parking spaces.
  • Guests are not permitted to remain in the host’s room when the host is not present.

A guest is defined as, but is not limited to, a person a student permits into a building and/or a person involved in an activity in a student's room.

Guests must be 18 years of age or older. Students may have a registered overnight guest in their room twice per semester, each time for a maximum three-day visit not to exceed 72 hours.

Students are obliged to inform any/all roommates of their intent to have an overnight guest. Roommates must acknowledge and agree to having a guest. Students’ guests who have not received advanced permission to stay overnight must vacate the room and campus by 12 a.m., Monday–Friday and by 2 a.m., Saturday and Sunday.

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