Policies of the GSC

• The building, specifically the upper floor, will be for the primary use of registered graduate students and graduate alumni. Undergraduates may have access to the upper floor if accompanying a registered graduate student or if attending a graduate student organized event (e.g. TA office hours).
• The study rooms on the upper floor are primarily for quiet activity. They may be reserved according to the following guidelines:
  • Campus organizations consisting only of graduate students may reserve these rooms up to 4 hours per week, for any date during open hours in the current academic year.
  • Individual graduate students may reserve rooms for academic purposes (e.g. TA office hours, academic meetings, practice talks, study sessions) up to 2 hours per week for the current quarter, starting the first day of each quarter.
  • Individual graduate students may reserve the rooms for non-academic purposes up to 2 hours per week, up to a month in advance. Non-academic reservations will be considered only after the first full week of the quarter. This is to ensure that academic reservations receive priority. The purpose of the reservation must primarily target graduate students.
  • All other campus affiliates may reserve space on a case by case basis, if the event is primarily targeting graduate students. All such reservation must be made 2 weeks in advance. A usage fee may be charged.
• Rooms which are not occupied by the reserving party will be held for no more than 15 minutes after beginning of reservation time.
• Rooms may only be reserved for staffed hours, except for special event.
• The Fireside Lounge may only be reserved with the approval of the facilities manager.
• Reserved rooms must be left as found. The individuals reserving a room and/or their sponsoring organizations may be charged for damage or significant cleaning.
• Reservation requests can be made on-line or with GSC staff in person.
• After-hours access will available in the future to all registered graduate students using the magnetic stripe on your student ID card. In order for your card to work, you need to contact the Facilities Manager either in person at the GSC, or via email at dbrookesucsc.edu. Note that propping the doors open in the evening is not permitted and could result in losing 24 hour access.
• The Commons maintains a library of DVDs, an overhead (transparency) projector, a digital LCD projector, and various computer-related peripherals. It also manages the Graduate Student Association's laptop checkout program. Further details on checkout policies for these equipment are detailed here.

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