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Mata'utia po'o le Le mautu le potu potu moe: Suiga Potu Fa'afuase'i ma Puipuiga Fausia

E eseese numera o fa'alavelave fa'afuase'i ile atunu'u. O lenei itulau e fa'aaoga ai le 911, le numera mo le Iunaite Setete ma Kanata. O le tele o isi atunuu e faʻaaoga le 112, 999, poʻo se isi numera. Su'e le numera mo lou atunuu.

Being trapped inside a 3.5-meter by 4.5-meter (12-foot by 15-foot) university dormitory room with a roommate who is making physical threats, bringing violent guests or weapons into the room at 03:00, experiencing an acute psychiatric or self-harm crisis, or storing and dealing illegal narcotics, counterfeit pills, or fake IDs out of your shared micro-fridge is an acute personal safety and legal emergency. When freshman or sophomore students report a dangerous roommate to their student Resident Assistant (RA), they are frequently brushed off with an administrative stall: "Our campus has a 2-week room-change freeze right now, you two need to sit down and fill out a Roommate Mediation Contract first."

Waiting two weeks for a mediation meeting when a roommate is threatening violence or keeping felony controlled substances in a shared space can cost you your physical safety, your clean criminal record, and your university enrollment. Under both criminal law and university Student Codes of Conduct, the doctrines of Constructive Possession ("Dominion and Control") and Dormitory Joint/Complicity Liability mean that if campus police or Residence Life raid your room and find illegal drugs, digital scales, weapons, or stolen property in a shared common area (the shared mini-fridge, floor, bathroom cabinet, or unlocked closet), every student assigned to that room can be arrested and suspended simultaneously. By knowing how to bypass the student RA and trigger an Immediate Administrative Emergency Safe-Room Transfer through the professional Residence Life Area Coordinator (RLC/Hall Director) and Dean of Students Behavioral Intervention Team (BIT / CARE Team), executing a Constructive Possession Disavowal Protocol before a room raid occurs, and invoking Title IX / Clery Act / VAWA emergency housing relocation rights when applicable, you can get out safely within hours.


Fai nei loa

  1. Leave the dorm room immediately if a roommate or their guest makes a physical threat, displays a weapon, or is in acute crisis. Never stay in a locked dorm room to argue with an intoxicated, manic, or aggressive roommate, and never attempt to physically confiscate a roommate's weapons or illegal drugs yourself. Grab your phone, keys, student ID, and shoes, walk out into a well-lit public lobby or neighboring building (at least 100 meters or 330 feet away), and call Campus Police / Public Safety or your local emergency number (911 in the United States and Canada, 112 across the European Union, 999 in the United Kingdom, or see all numera fa'afuase'i), or call/text 988 (in the US and Canada) for an acute suicidal crisis.
  2. Bypass the undergraduate RA and demand the professional live-in "Hall Director / Area Coordinator on Duty" tonight. A 19-year-old student Resident Assistant (RA) does not have the administrative authority to unlock an emergency safe room at 01:00 and is trained to push "roommate mediation" for minor chores or noise disputes. Call the 24/7 Residence Life Professional Staff Duty Line (or Campus Police Dispatch) and use the exact administrative trigger phrase: "This is NOT a lifestyle conflict; this is an acute Health, Safety, or Contraband Emergency, and I cannot safely sleep in Room [#] tonight. I am requesting an Emergency Temporary Safe-Haven Room right now."
  3. Never touch, move, flush, or hide a roommate's illegal drugs, pills, or weapons. If you discover a bag of narcotics, fentanyl-pressed pills, a scale, or a firearm in your dorm room, do not touch the container (which places your fingerprints and DNA on the contraband) and never flush or throw it in a hallway trash can (which constitutes the felony crime of Tampering with / Destroying Physical Evidence and Actual Possession on hallway security cameras).
  4. Sever "Constructive Possession" over shared dorm spaces immediately. Under criminal and campus conduct law, you can be charged with Constructive Possession of contraband found anywhere you exercise shared "Dominion and Control" (shared refrigerators, open shelves, unlocked suites). Keep 100 percent of your own belongings strictly on your half of the room inside key-locked/combination-locked trunks or drawers, stop using any shared mini-fridge containing contraband, and report the presence of unauthorized items to the Hall Director or Campus Legal Services before someone else reports the smell or foot traffic and triggers a blind room search.
  5. If your roommate is in a severe mental health or suicidal crisis, hand off care to Campus CAPS and the BIT / CARE Team. You are an 18-to-22-year-old student, not a licensed psychiatric nurse or 24-hour suicide-watch monitor. When a roommate threatens self-harm, stops sleeping for days during a manic or psychotic episode, or forces you to stay awake until 04:00 every night to keep them alive, immediately file an online or phone referral with the university Behavioral Intervention Team (BIT) / Dean of Students CARE Team so clinical professionals step in today.
  6. If the danger involves stalking, dating violence, sexual harassment, or hate/bias intimidation, invoke your Federal Clery Act / Title IX Right to Immediate Relocation. Under the federal Jeanne Clery Act / Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Amendments (34 CFR 668.46(b)(11)(v)) and Title IX, universities are legally required to provide immediate protective housing changes and Mutual or One-Way No-Contact Orders (NCOs) upon request, even if you choose not to file a formal police report.

Why 'Just Keeping Quiet' About a Roommate Dealing Drugs out of Your Dorm Room Destroys Your Future

When a dorm roommate starts selling marijuana, Adderall, Xanax, MDMA, or vape cartridges out of your room, non-confrontational roommates often put on noise-canceling headphones and try to ignore the strangers knocking on the door at midnight. In a college residence hall, high foot traffic and hallway odors guarantee that an RA or Campus Police officer will knock on your door within weeks. First, most university housing contracts contain a "Passive Presence / Complicity Policy" stating that any student who is knowingly present in a dorm room where a violation of the drug/weapons code is occurring is charged with the exact same conduct violation as the owner of the drugs. Second, if Campus or City Police execute a search warrant and find felony distribution quantities in a shared room or mini-fridge while you are sitting at your desk, police routinely arrest both roommates for Felony Possession with Intent to Distribute, forcing your family to spend $15,000+ on criminal defense counsel to prove the drugs were not yours.


Dangerous or unstable roommate emergency decision tree

flowchart TD
    Start["Dorm Roommate Crisis: Threats, Mental Health Emergency, or Illegal Contraband/Dealing"] --> ImmediateDanger{"Is there an IMMEDIATE physical threat, weapon, assault, or active suicide attempt right now?"}

    ImmediateDanger -->|"IOE"| EvacuateCall["LEAVE THE ROOM IMMEDIATELY<br/>Go to a locked safe room or lobby & Call 911 / 112 / 999 or Campus Police<br/>Do NOT return to pack clothes without a uniformed officer escort"]

    ImmediateDanger -->|"NO (Urgent Safety, Psychiatric, or Contraband Risk, but no active attack)"| CrisisCategory{"Which of the 3 roommate emergencies are you facing?"}

    CrisisCategory -->|"1. Physical Intimidation, Harassment, Stalking, Theft, or Dangerous Guests"| BypassRA["Alo'ese le Student RA & Roommate Mediation Freeze:<br/>1. Valaau 24/7 Professional Hall Director / Area Coordinator on Tiute<br/>2. Talosaga se 'Moega Saogalemu mo Fa'alavelave Fa'afuase'i' mo le po nei<br/>3. Talosaga mo se Suiga Potu Fa'atonu + Poloaiga Leai se Fa'afeso'ota'i a le Campus (NCO) e ala i le Dean of Students / Title IX"]

    CrisisCategory -->|"2. Taofi po'o Tausiga Fua'au Fa'asolitulafono, Pills, ID Pese, po'o Auupega a se tasi e potu potu."| ConstructiveDefense["Fa'atino Fa'atonuga Fa'atosina Fa'ate'aina Maliega:<br/>1. 'A'E LE'A'I pa'i, fa'agaoioi, pe fa'amulumuluina le mea fa'atau (aloese mai le DNA & Tampering charges)<br/>2. Loka uma au atigi pusa ma aveese au mea'ai mai le pusaaisa fefa'asoaa'i<br/>3. Fa'afeso'ota'i Au'aunaga Fa'aletulafono a Tamaiti A'oga PO'O lipoti fa'alilolilo i le Fa'atonu o le Hall / Dean of Students A'O LE'I osofa'ia se osofa'iga tauaso"]

    CrisisCategory -->|"3. Tagata e potu faatasi i le Soifua Maloloina o le Mafaufau, Manic, Psychotic, poʻo le Faʻaleagaina o le Tagata Lava"| ClinicalHandoff["Fa'atino Alofa Mutimutivale Tu'ulima Falema'i (Taofi le Fa'afai e le'i Totogi 24/7 Tausi):<br/>1. Afai e mata'utia le fa'amata'u i le pule i le po nei -> Valaau Leoleo Campus / 988 / Mobile Crisis Team<br/>2. Tu'u fa'anatinati le Lipoti a le 'Au FA'AALIGA / Vaega Fa'atino Amio (BIT)'<br/>3. Talosaga le 'Foma'i/Fesoasoani Potu Totogi' & fa'aopoopoga a'oa'oga mai Dean of Students"]

Vaega 1: Fa'afefea ona pasia le "Room-Change Freeze" ma maua se Moega Fa'afuase'i i le po nei

Toeitiiti lava o iunivesite uma latou te tuuina atu le "Room Freeze" i le 2 i le 4 vaiaso muamua o semesa taitasi a o le Residence Life e toe faʻaleleia le aofaʻi o le lesitala, ma faʻaaʻoaʻoina i lalo o le vasega a le Resident Assistants (RAs) e manaʻomia tagata e potu e faʻamaeʻa se "Roommate Agreement / Feteʻenaʻiga Feteʻenaʻiga" aʻo leʻi faʻatagaina soʻo se fesuiaiga o potu.

O lena faiga fa'apulepule ua fuafuaina mo fe'ese'esea'iga i uati fa'ailo, ipu palapala, po'o tulaga fa'amalo, e le mo le saogalemu o le tagata lava ia, fa'afitauli o le soifua maloloina o le mafaufau, gaoi, po'o se gaioiga fa'asolitulafono.

Fa'atusatusaga o auala aloa'ia a le iunivesite e 4 e fa'ato'a fa'amalo ai le Potu Fa'a'aisa vave

Auala mo Faalavelave Tutupu Faafuasei O Ai e Pulea i luga ole Campus O a Tulaga e Faaosofia ai Le Saosaoa e te Siitia ai
1. "Sefe-Saogalemu / Potu Taofi mo Faalavelave Tutupu Faafuasei" Tofiga ** Live-In Professional Hall Director / Residence Life Coordinator (RLC) i luga o le Tiute** (e aapa atu ile 24/7 Tiute Telefoni po'o le Front Desk). So'o se mata'u fa'atuatuaina mo lou saogalemu fa'aletino, amio fa'aleaga e te potu faatasi, malo 'ona/fa'asaua i le po, po'o le malepelepe o le soifua maloloina o le mafaufau o lau uo potu e tupu ** pe a uma le 17:00 po'o le fa'ai'uga o le vaiaso**. I totonu o le 1 i le 2 itula i le po nei. Residence Life o lo'o tu'u fa'ameafale "Fa'alavelave Fa'afuase'i / Potu Saogalemu" i so'o se fatafa'atasi ma avanoa fa'ato'a le tumau ina ia mafai ai ona e moe saogalemu i le po nei a'o fa'agasolo se gaioiga tumau i le taeao o le Aso Gafua.
2. Pulega Saogalemu / Fa'atino Fa'aliliuga Potu Fa'atonu Lagolago o Fale Fale & Ofisa o le Amioga a Tamaiti Aoga. Ua soli e le uo potu le konekarate fale e ala i le ** fefa'ataua'iga/fa'aaogaina o fualaau fa'asaina i totonu o le potu, auupega, gaoi o au meatotino, taufa'amata'u tautala, po'o ni malo fa'atulafonoina fai soo** (va'ai fa'amata'u a tamaiti a'oga, fa'aleaga, ma fa'amata'u i luga ole laiga). 24 i le 72 itula (e masani ona ave i fafo le tagata nofo sala i fafo o le potu pe afai e tu'u i luga o le fa'amalolo le tumau, po'o le si'i fa'alilolilo le oe i se fale fou ina ia le iloa e le tagata o lo'o potu faatasi le numera o lou potu fou).
**3. Clery Act / VAWA / Suafa IX Lagolago Fale Sii ** Igoa o le Campus IX Coordinator po'o le Fautuaina Fa'alilolilo Tolauapiga. O le uo potu (po'o se tagata i lou fale moe) o lo'o faia i le tu'uvalea, fa'afeusuaiga fa'afeusuaiga, ata e le'i malilie i ai i totonu o le potu, sauaga o tafaoga faamasani, po'o le fa'amata'u fa'aituau i le itupa/LGBTQ+ (va'ai Ulutala IX lipoti o sauaga tau feusuaiga a le lotoa ma fale). Mandatory & Immediate under Federal Law (34 CFR 668.46 & 34 CFR 106.44). O le iunivesite e tatau ona toe sii oe (po'o le itu tete'e) pe a talosaga i le zero extra housing cost, e tusa lava pe na'o le tasi potu avanoa o lo'o i totonu o se fale e sili atu le taugata.
4. Vaega 504 / ADA Falema'i Falema'i Nofo Tasi Fale Campus Office of Disability Services (ODS / DRC) + Campus Counseling (CAPS) / Fomai. O le si'osi'omaga o lo'o potu fa'atasi e fa'aosoina ai ni ** osofa'iga mata'utia, fa'alavelave fa'afuase'i o le PTSD, fa'alēmata'u, fa'ateteleina ma'i fa'aumiumi, po'o le fa'aleagaina o lagona/mafaufau**. 3 i le 10 aso pisinisi pe a tu'uina atu e lau foma'i o le lotoa po'o le foma'i se itulau e 1-itulau Fa'amaoniga Fale e mana'omia ai se Foma'i Nofo Tasi e nofo ai.

Vaega 2: Puipuia o oe lava mai le "Fa'ato'aga Fa'atosina" ma Totogi Fa'atasi i le Campus

Afai e aumai e lau uo potu le cocaine, fentanyl/pressed pills, psychedelic mushrooms, cannabis bulk, se numera numera, faaputuga tupe, laisene aveta'avale pepelo, gaoia faailoilo auala / komepiuta, poʻo se auupega e le faʻatagaina i totonu o lau potu malolo faʻatasi, ** e te i ai i se tulaga lamatia faaletulafono i minute uma e te nofo filemu ai **.

1. Malamalama i le "Mea Moni" vs. "Maua Fausia" i totonu o se Potu Fa'atasi.

Pe a ulufale leoleo o le lotoa po o leoleo o le taulaga i totonu o se potu moe (pe i ai se tusi saisai, i le taimi o le afi afi / soifua maloloina-ma-saogalemu asiasiga i lalo o le konekarate fale, pe a uma ona sosogi le asu i totonu o le alatele), e faʻaaoga e loia tulafono ni manatu faaletulafono se lua e molia ai tamaiti aoga: - Taua'i Moni: O lo'o maua le mea fa'akomepiuta i totonu o le taga a le tamaititi aoga, lima po'o le ato fa'afafa a le tamaititi ua loka. - Taua Fausia: O le mea fa'atauva'a e le'o i luga o le tino o so'o se tasi, o lo'o nofo i totonu o le pusaaisa fa'asoa, i lalo o le futon/nofoa fa'asoa, i totonu o le pusa lapisi faleta'ele, po'o luga o se fata tusi masani**. Ina ia taʻusalaina pe aʻoaʻia se tasi e potu faatasi mo le Constructive Possession, e vaʻaia e le pulega ni elemene se lua: (1) Malamalama i le i ai o le mea faʻatau oloa MA **(2) le mafai ona faʻaaogaina le "Dominion and Control" i luga o le nofoaga na maua ai **.

2. Le 6-Step Constructive Possession Disavowal Protocol

Afai e te iloa pe masalomia o lau uo potu o loʻo teuina pe tagofia ni mea faʻaletulafono poʻo mea faʻatau i totonu o lou potu malolo, faʻatino laasaga nei e ono i le faasologa saʻo i le aso:

  1. Laasaga 1, Fa'amautu le Vaeluaga Fa'aletino ma Loka Lou Itu o le Potu:
  2. I lalo o le Teuteuga Lona Fa ma le tulafono o molimau tau solitulafono, o se tasi e potu faatasi e leai se "pulega soofaatasi" po o le "pulega ma le pulea" i luga o se ** ogalaau loka, loka loka, poʻo se pusa kesi loka ** lea e na o le toʻatasi le potu e umia le ki poʻo le tuʻufaʻatasia (United States v. Matlock).
  3. Aveese vave le 100 pasene o au mea'ai, meainu, ma vaila'au mai so'o se pusaaisa fa'asoa po'o le kapeneta o lo'o fa'aputu ai e lau uo e potu ia vaila'au po'o le ava malosi. Fa'atau se $15 mamafa-tiute tu'ufa'atasi loka mo lau kesi moe/loka'ie ma se ogalaau e mafai ona loka i lalo o le moega ina ia mafai ona tu'u'ese'ese fa'aletulafono ma fa'aletino lou avanoa.
  4. Laasaga 2, Fa'afeso'ota'i "Au'aunaga Fa'aletulafono a Tamaiti A'oga" (Sa'oloto, Fa'alilolilo, Fa'apitoa mo Loia-Kalani) Muamua:
  5. Toeitiiti lava o iunivesite uma a le setete ma kolisi tetele e faʻatupeina se Student Legal Services (SLS) Office o loʻo faʻafaigaluegaina e loia laiseneina e fai ma sui o tamaiti aoga e aunoa ma se totogi (faʻatupeina e lau pili o tamaiti aoga).
  6. O talanoaga ma se loia a le Student Legal Services e 100 pasene e puipuia e le Attorney-Client Privilege, e le mafai ona latou lipotia lau uo potu i leoleo poo Dean of Students e aunoa ma lau faatagaga, ma e mafai foi ona latou fautuaina oe i le faiga tonu o le lotoifale e aveese ai oe mai le potu e aunoa ma le toe foi mai faaletulafono.
  7. Laasaga 3, Lipoti vave ma Talosaga Toe Sii A'O LE'I Faia se osofaiga:
  8. I fa'amasinoga fa'asolitulafono ma fa'amasinoga a Tamaiti A'oga i le iunivesite, o le fa'amaoniga e tasi e sili ona malosi o lou leai se fa'amoemoe solitulafono ma le te'ena le umia fa'amalosi o le taimi fa'ailoga i le Residence Life po'o le Dean of Students e talosagaina ai se fesiitaiga vave o le potu i le taimi lava na e mauaina ai le mea fa'asaina.
  9. Aua lava neʻi faatali seʻia tuʻituʻi mai se RA i le faitotoʻa i le taimi o se pati po o se faatauga o fualaau faasāina e faapea atu, * “Faatali, e lē o saʻu mea na.”* O tamaiti aʻoga uma na maua e fai mai lenā mea i le taimi o se osofaʻiga. O le lipotiina fa'agaoioiga i le ofisa o le Fa'atonu o le Hall a'o e i fafo o le potu e fa'amautu ai se puipuiga fa'amaonia.
  10. Laasaga 4, O le a le mea e fai pe a tu'itu'i le faitoto'a o leoleo po'o RA a'o e i totonu:
  11. Aua le poloka faaletino le faitotoa, pepelo, pe taumafai e nana mea i lalo o se palanikeke.
  12. Ta'u le Mea Moni E Uiga i Lou Lava Le A'afia, Ona Talosaga lea o Lau Aia Tatau e Fautua ai:
    • Ia matau le eseesega tele faaletulafono i le va o le Administrative Residence Life Health-and-Safety Inspection (pulea e lau konekarate mo fale, lea e masani ona mafai ai e le RA ona vaavaai i totonu o nofoaga manino ma meaafale a le iunivesite, e ui lava e masani lava **e le o totonu o ato faafafa tapuni po o ogalaau loka e aunoa ma se leoleo / pule saisai) ma se Criminal Police Search (pulea e le Iunaite Setete **Fumera a Kanata Fa'ailoga, po'o le PACE 1984 i Peretania).
    • E ia te oe le aiā tatau fa'aletulafono e tete'e ai i se su'ega a leoleo e aunoa ma se saisai i lou itu o le potu, lau ato fa'afafa, lau ogalaau loka, ma lau telefonipoto. Fa'ailoa ma le to'a ma le fa'aaloalo: "Le ofisa, ou te le fa'aaogaina pe umia ni mea fa'aletulafono, ma e leai se mea i lo'u itu o le potu po'o totonu o a'u ato loka e solia ai le tulafono. se loia a o leʻi taliina so o se fesili.”

Vaega 3: Pe a maua e se tasi e potu faatasi se maʻi tigaina o le Soifua Maloloina o le Mafaufau, Manic, poʻo le Suicidal Crisis

O se tasi o faʻalavelave faʻafuaseʻi i kolisi sili ona vaivai ma mataʻutia e tupu pe a e le o se mea leaga se tasi e potu faatasi, ae o loʻo feagai ma se faʻafitauli ogaoga o le mafaufau: talanoa e uiga i le pule i le ola, faʻaleagaina o ia lava i totonu o le potu, mafatia i le manic poʻo le mafaufau (faʻafefe i le potu mo le 72 itula e aunoa ma se moe, faʻaalia le faaseseina o le mafaufau, poʻo le faʻalogoina o leo), poʻo le mafatia i se faʻalavelave matuia.

Faʻafefea ona fesoasoani i se tasi e potu faatasi i faʻalavelave e aunoa ma le faʻaleagaina o lou lava soifua maloloina poʻo se semesa

  1. ** Iloa Le Taimi e Valaau 911 / Campus EMS / 988 Vave **:
  2. Valaau vave au'aunaga fa'afuase'i pe afai o lau uo e:
    • Ua inu fualaau, 'ai se mea oona, po'o le manu'a malosi o ia lava;
    • Fa'aalia se fuafuaga vave po'o le fa'amoemoe e fa'auma lo latou ola po'o le uuina o se auupega/liga;
    • E le tali mai, manava lemu pe le masani, pe le mafai ona fafagu (vaai afi mo fale moe ma lamatiaga saogalemu); pe
    • O lo'o a'afia i le ma'i o le mafaufau po'o le mania i le mea latou te le o feso'ota'i ma le mea moni ma e ono fesesea'i i feoaiga pe afaina ai i latou lava.
  3. Samaritan Good / Medical Amnesty Policy Protection: Toeitiiti lava o iunivesite uma ma setete e iai le Medical Amnesty / 911 Good Samaritan Law: afai e te telefoni i le 911 po o le Campus Police e maua ai se fesoasoani faafomai mo se tasi e potu faatasi o loo mafatia i le ava oona, soona inu fualaau faasaina, po o le soifua maloloina o le mafaufau, e le o oe po o le tagata maʻi o loʻo i ai se faʻalavelave o le a feagai ma le faʻamaloloina o fualaau faʻasaina
  4. Fai se Lipoti Fa'anatinati "Au a le CARE / Vaega Fa'asao Amio (BIT)" i le Aso:
  5. O kolisi uma e iai le tele a'oa'oga BIT / CARE Team (e aofia ai le Dean of Students, Counseling Services / CAPS director, Residence Life, and Campus Safety).
  6. Su'e lau 'upega tafa'ilagi a le iunivesite mo "[University Name] CARE Report" pe "Student of Concern Form" ma tuuina atu se lipoti i le aso (e mafai ona e talosagaina e le faalauaiteleina lou igoa mai lau paaga). O le a aapa sa'o atu se pule o mataupu tau falema'i fa'apolofesa i lau paaga e fa'atulaga le tausiga o le mafaufau, fa'amaopoopo matua, po'o se livi fa'afoma'i e toesea ai.
  7. ** Seti Tuaoi Soifua Maloloina: O Oe o se Tagata Aʻoga, E le o se 24-Hour Psychiatric Ward**:
  8. E masani ona le taulau a latou uo potu i a latou lava su'ega o le vaeluagalemu ona o lo latou fefefe e alu ese mai lo latou potu malolo pe alu e momoe i le po ona o le fefe ne'i afaina i latou e le latou uo.
  9. Ta'u manino i le Hall Director ma Dean of Students Case Manager: *"Ou te popole i le manuia o [Roommate Name], o le mea lea ou te lipoti atu ai lenei mea i lau vaega o le falema'i i le aso.

Vaega 4: Laasaga taʻitasi laʻasaga siaki mo le faʻatinoina o se saogalemu "Leoleo-faʻaosoina-I fafo"

O le taimi lava e fa'amaonia ai e le Residence Life le fesiitaiga o lou potu fa'afuase'i i se fale fou (po'o se potu Safe-Haven le tumau i le po nei po'o se toe fa'anofo tumau), e taua tele le fa'aogaina o au meatotino mai le potu tuai e puipuia ai le toe taui ma sui po'o le fa'aleagaina o meatotino:

  1. Aua ne'i fa'ailoa atu i se tasi e te potu fa'aleaga ua e lipotia i latou pe ua e alu i fafo a taeao:
  2. O le taʻu atu i se tagata e lē mautū pe fia taui ma sui i le pō o le Aso Lua, * “Na ou taʻu atu i le Pule o le Maota e uiga iā te oe ma o le a ou alu ese i le aoauli o le Aso Tofi,”* e tuu atu ai iā i latou le 48 itula a o e iai i le vasega e pisia ai ou lavalava, sasaa vai i lau komepiuta feaveaʻi, pe gaoia lou tusifolau ma au teuga.
  3. ** Aveese muamua lau "Autu Maualuga 5" A'o le'i faia se isi mea**:
  4. Ae e te leʻi aumaia i totonu talone feʻaveaʻi pe faʻaali atu i le tagata e te potu e vaʻai oe o loʻo e teuina, tuʻu ni mea taua se lima i totonu o lau ato faʻafafa i aso uma ma loka i totonu o lou potu fou (poʻo se uo faʻalagolago):
    • Lapisi komepiuta, laulau, masini faaleoleo, ma uta;
    • ** Tusifolau, Laisene Aveta'avale, Pepa Saogalemu, ma pepa fanau**;
    • Foma'i talavai, matatioata/feso'ota'iga, ma masini fa'afoma'i;
    • Kati aitalafu/aitalafu, tusi siaki, tinoitupe, ma ki ta'avale; ma
    • E le mafai ona suia mea fa'alagona po'o teuga taugata/telefoni.
  5. Talosagaina se "Campus Police / RA Civil Standby Escort" e fa'apipi'i le Toega:
  6. Talosaga i lau Fa'atonu o le Hall ma le Campus Police Non-Emergency Dispatch e te o mo se 20-minute Civil Standby Move-Out (e sili i le itula o lo'o i ai le lua potu i se lauga fa'atulagaina), ma 2 pe to'a 3 uo ma ta'avale ta'avale ua saunia ina ia mafai ona e kilia le 100 pasene o ou lavalava ma moega i totonu o le 15 minute le umi.
  7. ** Tuu atu i le Pule o le Maota e saini lau "Room Condition Report (RCR) Checkout Pepa" i luga ole nofoaga**:
  8. A'o le'i toe tu'uina atu lou ki tuai o le potu, fai i le RA po'o le Fa'atonu o le Hall e siaki lou afa gaogao o le potu ma ** saini lau Lipoti o Tulaga Potu (RCR)**, ma fa'amauina ata o lou puipui mama, matai, kesi, ma le fola. A leai, afai e tu'i e lau uo sa potu ita muamua se pu i le puipui matutu pe lapisi le potu ia Me, o le a otometi lava ona vaevae e le Bursar iunivesete se $600 "Totogi Tuufaatasiga Potu" i luga o lau pili a lau tamaititi aoga.

Vaega 5: Verbatim scripts e maua vave ai se gaioiga mai Residence Life ma Dean of Students

Mau 1: Vala'au i le 24/7 Professional Hall Director Tiute Telefoni e Fa'ase'e le "Room Colze" Nanei.

"Talofa, o lo'u igoa o [Lou Igoa], ID Tamaiti A'oga [#], ma ou te nofo i le [Igoa o le Fale, Potu #]. O lo'o ou vala'au i le Laina Tiute a le Aufaigaluega Fa'apolofesa ona o lo'o i ai so'u fa'alavelave fa'afuase'i fa'alesoifua maloloina ma le saogalemu i lo'u potu ma e le mafai ona moe saogalemu i le Potu [#] nanei.

E le o se feeseesea'iga o le olaga e talafeagai mo le soalaupulega a le au uo a le RA: [ta'u mai mea moni mo le saogalemu: fa'ata'ita'iga, na faamata'uina a'u e la'u uo potu i le (Taimi) / aumai tagata fa'asā ma mea fa'asaina i totonu o lo matou potu / o lo'o feagai ma se fa'afitauli ogaoga o le mafaufau]. Ua uma ona teuina la'u ato ma lau komepiuta feavea'i mo le po, ma ou te talosagaina le tu'u vave i totonu o se Emergency Safe-Haven / Hold Room mo le po nei, sosoo ai ma le fono mo le fesiitaiga o potu pulega ma le Pule o Fale i le taeao taeao."

Mau 2: Imeli Tusia ile Fa'atonu Fale & Dean o Tamaiti A'oga o lo'o fa'amauina le Saogalemu ma le Fa'ate'aina o Fa'atauga.

Matā'upu: FA'AMATALAGA SAOLIOE MA FALE TAUSIA FA'AALIGA: Talosaga mo le Fa'aliliuina o Potu Fa'atonu, [Lou Igoa, ID #], [Dorm & Room #]
"I le Fa'atonu o le Soifua Maloloina ma le Ofisa o le Dean of Students:

O lo'o ou tusi atu e talosaga aloa'ia se Administrative Emergency Room Reassignment i fafo mai le [Dorm Name, Room #], e amata i le aso nei, [Aso], ma ia tu'u i luga o le fa'amaumauga aloa'ia lo'u le auai atoa i gaoioiga e le'i fa'atagaina o lo'o tutupu i lena avanoa.

1. ** Fa'afuaaga mo Fa'aliliuga Fa'anatinati:* I le taimi ua tuana'i [X aso/itula], o tulaga i totonu o le [Room #] ua le saogalemu ma le fetaui ma faiga fa'avae a le iunivesite ona o le [fa'amata'u fa'aletino / tagata asiasi lē fa'atagaina i le po i itula uma / masalomia le teuina po'o le tufatufaina atu o vaila'au fa'asaina e la'u potu na tofia i ai / o se fa'alavelave matuia na ou fa'asino atu i le CARE Team].
2. ** Te'ena aloa'ia o le umiaina o le faufale ma le noataga o potu tu'ufa'atasi:** fa'amolemole fai se fa'aaliga tusitusia aloa'ia o a'u mea totino uma o lo'o fa'atapula'aina lava i la'u kesi loka ma la'u 'ie i le itu [agavale/taumatau] o le potu. Ou te le umiaina, faʻaaogaina, malie i, pe faʻaaoga soʻo se pule i luga o soʻo se mea o loʻo teuina i le nofoaga o le tagata e potu faatasi, mea faigaluega faʻasoa, poʻo avanoa masani, ma o loʻo ou lipotia ma le faʻamalosi lenei mataupu e aveese aʻu mai le nofoaga vave.
3. Talosaga mo le Toe Si'i Fa'alilolilo & Su'esu'ega a le RCR: Mo lo'u saogalemu patino mai le taui ma sui, ou te talosaga ina ia matua'i fa'alilolilo lo'u tofiga fou, ia saini e se tagata faigaluega la'u Room Condition Report (RCR) pe a ou alu ese i fafo i le aso e tatala a'u mai le aitalafu i le lumanai o le faaleagaina o potu, ma ia tuuina atu se Campus No-Contact Directive pe a talafeagai.

O lo'o ou saogalemu nei i le [nofoaga] ma e mafai ona o'o atu i le [Numera Telefoni Fe'avea'i] e su'e ki le potu sefe le tumau i le asō."


Fesili e fai soo

My RA told me the university has a "strict 3-week Room Freeze" at the start of the semester and nobody is allowed to switch rooms. Is that actually true in a safety or drug emergency?

No. A campus "Room Freeze" only applies to **routine voluntary room-swap requests** (such as wanting a bigger room, a different view, or moving closer to friends). **No university in the United States, Canada, or the United Kingdom enforces a room freeze when a student reports physical threats, stalking, Title IX harassment, weapons, drug dealing, or an acute mental health crisis.** Undergraduate RAs often misunderstand this policy because they are told to discourage casual moves during the first month. Politely thank your RA and immediately escalate by calling or walking into the office of the **full-time professional Hall Director / Residence Life Coordinator (RLC)** or the **Dean of Students Office**, who have master keys to designated **Emergency Hold / Safe-Haven Rooms** kept empty specifically for crisis relocations.

If Campus Police or an RA finds illegal drugs or alcohol in our shared dorm room while I am in class across campus, can I still get arrested or suspended?

You can be initially charged or referred to Student Conduct if the contraband was found in an **unlocked common area** (like the middle of the floor, a shared futon, or a shared mini-fridge) unless you can demonstrate that you had no knowledge of or control over the items. However, being away in class helps your defense against "passive presence" complicity, and you can completely defeat **Constructive Possession** charges by: (1) keeping all of your own property in **locked personal trunks/drawers** on your distinct half of the room, (2) never allowing your Venmo/CashApp or text messages to be used to buy or split prohibited items, and (3) having a **prior timestamped email or report** to Residence Life or Student Legal Services asking to be moved out of the room.

If I report my roommate for threatening me or dealing drugs in our room, will Residence Life tell them that I was the one who snitched before I have a chance to move my stuff out?

If you handle the report properly through the **Professional Hall Director** or **Dean of Students** (rather than casually venting to a student RA in the hallway), you can protect your physical safety and property **before** the roommate is ever confronted. Always follow the **"Move First, Confront Second" sequence**: First, remove your laptop, passport, medications, and valuables in your backpack **before** walking into the Housing Office. Second, tell the Housing Director explicitly: *"Because I fear retaliation or destruction of my belongings, I need to be assigned to my temporary Safe-Haven Room and complete a 15-minute Campus Safety-escorted pack-out of my remaining clothes **before** Residence Life or Campus Police contacts my roommate about any conduct violation."*

Will the university charge me an extra $2,000 if the only open emergency room on campus is a single room or in a more expensive dorm building?

It depends on the legal pathway used for the move. If your relocation is processed as a **Supportive Measure under Title IX or the Clery Act / VAWA** (for stalking, dating violence, sexual harassment, or gender/bias intimidation) or as a **Section 504 / ADA Disability Accommodation** approved by the Office of Disability Services, federal law **prohibits the university from charging you a higher room rate** for an involuntary safety or disability accommodation when a standard double room is unavailable. Even in standard Administrative Safety Transfers handled by Residence Life, the **Dean of Students** and **Director of Housing** have full administrative authority to **waive the single-room rate differential** when a student is forced to relocate due to another roommate's severe conduct violations.


Taiala fa'atatau


Punavai ua siaki

  • Matagaluega o A'oga (United States): Jeanne Clery Fa'ailoaina o le Campus Security Policy ma Campus Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act) & Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Teuteuga (34 CFR 668.46(b)(11)(v), Mandatory Institutional Obligation to Provide Written Notification and Recommodations i luga o le taimi nei. * Ulutala IX Tulafono Faatonutonu (34 CFR 106.44 Faiga Lagolago, Poloaiga Mutuale/Tasi-Tasi Leai se Faʻafesoʻotaʻi, ma Aveesea Faʻafuaseʻi).
  • Faamasinoga Maualuga a le Iunaite Setete (Fourth Amendment & Constructive Possession / Third-Party Consent Jurisprudence): * United States v. Matlock, 415 U.S. 164 (1974) (Limits of Co-Occupant Consent Over Locked Personal Containers and Exclusive Spaces)* and standard feterale/state construction consent over Locked Personal Containers and Exclusive Spaces ("O le Poto + Pulea ma le Pulea" i totonu o Nofoaga Tuufaatasi)*.
  • Higher Education Case Management Association (HECMA) ma le NaBITA (National Behavioral Intervention Team Association): * Tulaga Fa'ata'ita'i ma Fa'ata'ita'iga Sili mo Vaega Fa'asao a le Campus (BIT / CARE Teams), Medical Amnesty / Good Samaritan 911 Policies, and Emergency Safe-Haven Housing Protocols*.
  • Ofisa o Aoga mo Aia Tatau a Tagata (OCR) ma le Matagaluega o Faamasinoga (Amerika): Fair Housing Act (FHA), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, ma le ADA Title II/III Application to University Residence Halls (Foma'i talafeagai mo Fale Nofo Tasi e aunoa ma se totogi faaopoopo tau tupe).