Quiet Hours

Students are expected to be considerate and responsible residents. They enjoy the freedom to make their own decisions provided they do not violate others’ rights or undermine the well-being of the community. This means that one should be careful of unreasonable noise, observe quiet hours, attend hall meetings, etc. Special consideration to fellow students should be observed during final exam periods when 24-hour quiet hours are in effect.  Students, along with the RAs and RDs, are responsible for determining and implementing guidelines promoting hall environments conducive to study and to good relationships on the floor. The Residence Life office has the authority to exclude from campus residences for a specified time period any individual whose behavior or citizenship disturbs the good order of the residence. The College also reserves the right to change a student from one room to another if housing requirements make it necessary.

With the exception to approved College-sponsored events, quiet hours for all residences, student rooms, and corridors (including fraternity and sorority houses) are:

Our lives together at Centre have several components, among which are academic, social, and personal activities. It is important to recognize that the primary mission of the College is an academic one. Because of that, respect for the peace and quiet of residence hall corridors and rooms is an important quality of our community success. Social activities which may occur either spontaneously or as a result of previous plans and which occur during quiet hours must not be conducted in such a way as to disturb the peace and quiet of residence hall corridors and rooms. During the minimum quiet or consideration hours, a resident who feels that nearby social activity is creating a disturbance may, after making an effort to quiet the disturbance themselves, request assistance from an RA or DPS. On Friday and Saturday nights, social activities in and around campus must not become so loud as to create a disturbance for people not involved in the activity and not located in the immediate vicinity of the activity. Details of a noise control policy can be found in the section on Risk Management Policies.

Additionally, Courtesy Hours are in effect 24 hours a day.  This means that any student has the right to ask you to lower your noise level at any point in any of our residential facilities.  Failure to abide by Quiet Hours or 24 hours Courtesy Hours could result in disciplinary sanctions.