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Residence halls to receive improved Wi-Fi

CSU-Pueblo's residence halls will have improved Wi-Fi this semester. | Photo courtesy of csupueblo.edu. The residence halls at Colorado State University-Pueblo will have updated Wi-Fi this year. The rest of campus will also see improvements in the system in the coming months. The improved Wi-Fi is a result of efforts by the Associated Students’ Government and the IT Fee Committee. “This summer, there was a monumental meeting in order to get better Wi-Fi for our students in the residence halls,” said ASG President Sarah Zarr. “We pushed hard to get...
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CSU-Pueblo welcomes incoming freshmen on move-in day

A Residence Life and Housing employee and CSU-Pueblo football players help a freshman move in as his mother watches. Photo by Michelle Pham. Students new to Colorado State University-Pueblo moved into the residence halls for the 2015-2016 school year Aug. 20. They were welcomed by the Residence Life and Housing staff and CSU-Pueblo student-athletes, who assisted with moving their belongings. Desk assistant Lance Cox said this year’s move in was more organized than last year’s. Cox, a junior nursing student at the university, has been working as a DA for...
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CSU-Pueblo installs cameras in residence halls

Cameras have been installed in the residence halls. Photo courtesy of csupueblo.edu. Cameras have been installed in the residence halls at Colorado State University-Pueblo. Crestone, Culebra and Greenhorn Halls were subject to the installation, while cameras in Belmont Residence Hall are currently in the process of being put up. “Cameras help us with the number of people that we have at the front desk,” said Marie Humphrey, dean of Students and Residential Life. According to Humphrey, the front desk does not have coverage at all times. She said the cameras...
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Residential life official addresses new policies

Photo courtesy of csupueblo.edu. Dean of Students and Residential Life Marie Humphrey addressed a controversial new policy in the 2014-2015 resident handbook for CSU-Pueblo. The policy says that “only guests of the same sex are allowed to stay overnight in a resident’s room” under the visitors and cohabitation section in the handbook. It has been speculated that the new visitors and cohabitation policy had already been implemented in previous years. However, past resident handbooks do not state that only guests of the same sex are only allowed to stay overnight...
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National policies influence campus residential policies

The roommate bill of rights allows students to have "an environment conducive for studying and learning.” Dean of Students and Residential Life Marie Humphrey said that there are certain guidelines and best practices nationally that are used to institute new residential policies. New to CSU-Pueblo, Humphrey began her duty as dean of students and residential life on Jan. 20. Prior to that, she served as the director of residence life and housing and event services at Regis University since 2003. She also has a doctorate in educational leadership and human...
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Resident assistants react to new policies

Resident assistants respond to new policies, which will affect all resident halls on campus. Photo courtesy of csupueblo.edu. Current and former resident assistants at Colorado State University-Pueblo addressed new policies that were instated this school year for the residence halls. According to the 2014-2015 Residence Life and Housing Handbook for Policies and Procedures, an RA is one of the most important resources university residents have. RAs are CSU-Pueblo students who are hired by the university and are assigned to live on a floor community within the residence halls. A section...
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CSU-Pueblo students abide by new set of policies at residence halls

CSU-Pueblo has a new Housing Handbook. New policies have been instated this school year for the residence halls at Colorado State University-Pueblo.  All four residence halls, consisting of Belmont Hall, Crestone Hall, Culebra Hall, and Greenhorn Hall are affected. Junior business major Jonothan Stephenson, a former desk assistant, says that one of the major changes in Resident Life and Housing is concerning guests. “If you have someone over in your room that you did not sign in, it would be considered as breaking housing policy,” said Stephenson. The Resident Life...