Guests may visit for up to three nights within a two-week period. Any guests remaining for an extended period of time will be asked to leave. Students are urged to extend the same respect, consideration, and understanding to roommates that they would appreciate for themselves. Entertaining guests is a negotiable issue with a roommate, not an inalienable right. Each student has the right to entertain guests in their room/suite, as long as the roommate’s rights to access, privacy and to study and sleep free from disturbance are respected. A resident may not entertain guests in a room over the objections of a roommate. When roommate conflicts arise over guests, the students involved are expected to make every mature and responsible effort to resolve the situation, utilizing the resources of the Residential Life staff if necessary.

Residents are responsible for the conduct of their non-Kalamazoo College guests and for other students who are visiting their residence hall, room or suite. Residents are responsible for their guests at all times and for escorting them while they are on campus. This also requires that hosts are with guests for the duration of their stay at the College, and that guests have picture ID with them at all times. In addition, guests must follow all College policies. Residents may also be held accountable for intentional abuse of the guest policy. A violation of such policies will result in the guest being removed from campus and the host being held accountable through the student conduct process.