A student-run escort service to and from areas within the campus is available from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. by calling the escort service directly or by calling the security office. Town police enforce the open-container law forbidding the drinking of alcoholic beverages from an open container while on any public way or in a public place. For those over 21, the maximum permitted blood alcohol level is .08. It may also include two years in prison. At parties for more than 20 people where alcohol is served, hosts are required to participate in the college's host education training.
Hosts learn the legal and social responsibilities of serving as host of a party.
Further discussion of the Party Policy and these issues as they relate to students is contained in the Student Handbook. College regulations prohibit the unlawful manufacture, sale, distribution, possession, or use of illegal drugs, or the unauthorized use of prescription drugs. College regulations forbid the possession on campus of firearms, ammunition, air guns and spring guns, or hazardous chemicals. While the college takes care to protect personal property in all campus buildings, students are ultimately responsible for their own belongings. Because the college cannot assume responsibility for loss or damage of residents personal property caused by mechanical mishaps, theft, fire, wind, flood, or other catastrophes, the college advises students to maintain their own insurance for personal possessions.