A unit is designated as an apartment with shared common spaces and single occupancy bedrooms.

1.  Unit Assignment

   Beginning in the spring semester and over the summer, residents will be assigned to an apartment/bedroom and placed with roommates. JPII Newman reserves the right to reassign students to another unit when deemed necessary for the benefit of the individual student or group of students.

   Residents are expected to reside in the unit to which they were assigned. You may not trade/switch rooms with another resident or move into or store items in an empty space without the prior approval of housing staff.

2. Roommate Agreement

   Residents enjoy a great deal of freedom and are expected to exhibit mature and responsible behavior. One tool that we utilize to ensure a quality living environment is to have residents of each unit complete a mandatory roommate agreement with their Resident Assistant (RA). This document outlines agreed-upon expectations within the unit on lifestyle matters, such as guest visitation, quiet hours, and cleanliness.

   Residents will be provided with a template of an agreement form to be used as a basis for discussion with all roommates and your RA present. All members of the unit must take part in this important discussion and sign off on the form. After completing the agreement form, the RA will give a copy to each roommate, and a copy will be held on file at the front desk.

   The agreement can be renegotiated at any time with the assistance of the RA. If roommate conflicts arise, a resident should contact their RA to determine appropriate steps for conflict resolution. It is expected that roommates will work together to positively mediate situations.

   Moving into a new unit can be an option but is never guaranteed and is determined by the Resident Director. Moving units may also depend on whether a resident has taken positive, actionable steps to mediate the situation. Moving is also based on availability and room transfer fees may apply in some circumstances.

3.  Unit Inspection

   JPII Newman staff are authorized to enter units when they suspect there is evidence of a violation of JPII Newman regulations or for the purpose of maintenance and emergencies.  In these cases, JPII Newman reserves the right to search the unit and have the student's possessions inspected at the direction of the resident director.

   Health and safety inspections will be scheduled throughout the year. Inspections will occur with and without warning. An inspection will be held each vacation period. Rooms will be inspected for cleanliness, safety hazards, and policy violations. These inspections would not be considered a unit search. JPII Newman reserves the right to enter units to inspect the furniture and equipment or to perform maintenance work.

   It is the responsibility of the residents to keep their unit clean. Please contact your resident assistant to check out a vacuum. The health and safety inspection will be looking for standards such as: trash properly disposed; no dirty dishes; no open food containers or excessive crumbs on the floors or counters; shower clean and drain not clogged; toilet clean and functioning; bathroom space clean and sanitized; and floors in all spaces clear of clothing or other belongings.

4.  Housing Security Deposit

   All students are required to pay a $300 housing security deposit. The deposit is retained until the end of the lease term. Any assessment of damage and/or cleaning will be deducted from the deposit. Deposits will be mailed to the resident’s permanent address within 30 days of your lease end date with an itemized list of any deductions. Deposits are assumed by JPII Newman if the resident is evicted.

Christ calls all persons to chastity for the good of friendship and community. The virtue of chastity reserves genital sexual activity for expression only in a monogamous heterosexual relationship of lasting fidelity within marriage.

The Church teaches: “Chastity means the successful integration of sexuality within the person and thus the inner union of man in his bodily and spiritual being. Sexuality, in which man’s belonging to the bodily and biological world is expressed, becomes personal and truly human when it is integrated into the relationship of one person to another, in the complete and lifelong mutual gift of a man and a woman. The virtue of chastity therefore involves the integrity of person and the integrality of the gift. The chaste person maintains the integrity of the powers of life and love placed within him. This integrity ensures the unity of the person; it is opposed to any behavior that would impair it. It tolerates neither a double life nor duplicity in speech” (Catechism of the Catholic Church 2337-2338).

In order to help foster the virtue of chastity, JPII Newman will segregate its residents based upon the student’s God-given biological sex; men will live on floors 1 and 3 and women will live on floors 2 and 4.

1.  Visitation Hours

   JPII Newman has set hours during which students may invite visitors of the opposite sex to the common areas of their apartment. Visitation by members of the opposite sex and/or one’s significant other in a resident’s bedroom within a unit is never allowed.

   Visitation hours play a positive role in the creation of a community spirit among students by encouraging mutual respect for the dignity and vocation of each person. Further, the hours foster the residential mission by honoring a student’s right to private time, study, and sleep.

   Visitation hours help roommates set boundaries and avoid conflict. Friendships are fostered between members of the residential community, and they are empowered to fulfill their individual needs and interests. Deep friendships between men and women are encouraged, while at the same time, the dignity of their differences is respected. The visitation policy is crafted to encourage chastity in relationships and growth in Christian virtue.

   The right of the roommate wanting privacy should always prevail over the roommate wanting someone who is not living in that unit to visit, though both parties’ rights should be considered.

   Permitted visitation hours of members of the opposite sex and visitors (as defined in Section 5C) are as follows:

   Student unit common areas (i.e. kitchen/living room) and second through fourth floor lounges:

   Sunday-Thursday       9:00 a.m. – 12:00 a.m.

   Friday-Saturday          9:00 a.m. – 1:00 a.m.

   First floor common areas:

   Daily                              24-hour visitation

   Newman Leadership Center (lower level of building):

   Daily                              7:00 a.m. – 12:00 a.m.

   While there is no set curfew for residents to return to the residence hall or their unit at night, we encourage residents to be attentive to the need for proper rest for the sake of one’s health, happiness, and well-being, and to better fulfill one’s obligations as a student. In light of this, sleeping on couches in the common areas is not permitted.

2. Quiet Policy

   a. Courtesy Hours - Courtesy hours are in effect 24 hours a day, both in JPII Newman and in the courtyard. Any noise you make is not to be excessive or disruptive to your community. Every student and their guests will lower their voices and/or the volume of their equipment (music, TV, computer, musical instruments, etc.) if asked to do so by another student or staff member. To minimize impact on others, students with amplified instruments, game systems, or audio equipment are advised to use headphones. Speakers may not be placed in windows.

   b. Quiet Hours - While the purpose of courtesy hours is to minimize disruptive or excessive noise, quiet hours are meant to maintain an atmosphere for studying and sleeping. Residents and guests should keep their voice levels low while talking in hallways and lounges. Students in the first floor common areas and courtyard will control disruptive or excessive noise. Again, whenever you are asked by anyone to quiet down, you are expected to respectfully comply.

   Quiet hours are:

   Sunday-Thursday    11:00 p.m. – 9:00 a.m.
   Friday-Saturday       12:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.

   c. Noise Violations - While each student is responsible for managing their own noise level, those affected by noise also share responsibility. Students should first speak directly with the individual(s) causing the disturbance and request that the noise be reduced. If the issue continues after this conversation, the on-call RA can be contacted for further support.

3. Safety for our Community & Visitors

   To maintain the safety and security of our building, residents may never share, lend, or transfer their keys to another person under any circumstances (see Section 6 titled Keys).

   In rare emergency situations where another person needs temporary access to a resident’s apartment or bedroom, the resident must contact the resident director or pastor immediately for authorization. Unauthorized key sharing – even during emergencies – is considered a serious policy violation and will result in disciplinary action.

   Further, residents must meet their visitors at the building entrance or lobby and accompany them to the resident’s apartment. Visitors are not permitted to be in any apartment without the resident present.

Consequences— Failure to follow visitation policies may result in disciplinary action, including, fines, disciplinary probation, suspension or loss of visitation for one or more semesters, or eviction from JPII Newman. Special requirements such as alcohol and/or other drug education or other such services may be added to the consequences when there are other circumstances involved in the violation. Each situation is reviewed separately, as variables may change the consequences.

‍ JPII Newman is private property. One’s presence at JPII Newman is at the pleasure of JPII Newman. It is JPII Newman’s expectation that visitors and overnight guests will abide by its rules and local, state, and federal law. Hosts will be accountable for the safety and actions of their visitors and overnight guests. JPII Newman reserves the right to ask visitors and overnight guests unable to respect its policies to leave its property. Visitors and overnight guests must adhere to the visitation policy noted in section 5.A.

1. Visitor definition

   A visitor is a person who is not a current Newman Hall resident, but who is visiting a resident during regular visiting hours (see section 5A.1). The visitor may not be in the student residence portion of the building (regardless of floor/sex) after visitation hours have ended.

2. Overnight Guests & Procedure

   An overnight guest is a person who resides overnight with a resident of Newman Hall and must be the same sex as the resident. An overnight guest’s host can be a resident or a member of the staff. Residents who are on probation may not be hosts for JPII Newman.

   A resident must obtain permission from the resident director to host an overnight guest and fill out the required form to note the name, contact information, etc. of the guest. The form can be found at JpiiOmaha.org/residents and must be filled out 48 hours before the guest arrives. The host is responsible for his/her guest. Overnight guests are prohibited from staying in the residence hall when their host is not present.

   Overnight guests will only be allowed to stay overnight in a student’s unit with permission of both the resident director and the other residents in the unit. Overnight guests must check in at the front desk before 10:00 p.m. upon their arrival. The maximum number of nights a guest may stay is three nights per month. Hosts who do not obtain permission from the resident director for their guest to stay overnight will be charged $25 for each night their guest stays, and may face additional disciplinary action.

3. Minor Siblings

   Minor siblings who are 14+ years old and of the same sex as a resident may be an overnight guest of the resident, with special approval of the resident director and written permission of the minor sibling’s parent or guardian (Minor Overnight Waiver is available on our website at jpiiomaha.org/residents). He or she must sleep in the resident sibling’s bedroom.

4. Prospective Student Residents

   Prospective student residents who are 14+ years old and of the same sex as a resident may be overnight guests with the permission of the resident director. If they are minors, they also need written permission from a parent or guardian. They are not to sleep in an individual bedroom but rather in the living room area of the unit.

“Temperance is the moral virtue that moderates the attraction of pleasures and provides balance in the use of created goods. It ensures the will’s mastery over instincts and keeps desires within the limits of what is honorable. The temperate person directs the sensitive appetites toward what is good and maintains a healthy discretion. . . We ought ‘to live sober, upright, and Godly lives in this world’ (Titus 2:12)” (Catechism of the Catholic Church 1809).

This policy does not sanction cocktail or heavy drinking parties of any kind in student’s units but is a privilege intended to allow moderate drinking by residents and visitors, who are age 21 or older, in a controlled environment and in a social setting. We understand that on a college campus, alcohol misuse has become the standard and the norm. We wish to create a culture in which alcohol is consumed legally, responsibly, and moderately.

JPII Newman follows city and state regulations regarding the use of alcoholic beverages and expects its residents and guests to abide by them. All members of the JPII Newman community are expected to conduct themselves in a manner that reflects positively on themselves and JPII Newman and share responsibility for this policy. The provisions of this policy are as follows:

1. Beer, wine, and hard seltzers (seltzers may not be more than 5% ALC/VOL) are permitted to be stored and consumed in the common spaces of a:

   *4-bedroom unit where two or more residents are aged 21 or older (any additional roommates must be 19 or older).

   *2-bedroom unit where one or more residents are aged 21 or older (any additional roommates must be 19 or older).

   *Studio unit where the resident is 21 or older.

   Permission is contingent on all resident members of units that meet the above criteria scheduling a meeting with the Resident Director to sign an agreement stating that they will abide by state regulations regarding the use of alcoholic beverages and JPII Newman’s rules associated with drinking alcohol in the building, including those standards listed below.

2. Hard liquor or mixed drinks are never permitted in the residence hall.

3. Drunkenness will not be tolerated.

   *A maximum of two alcoholic drinks can be consumed.

   *Under no circumstances should a student drink alcoholic beverages alone.

4. Though minors (under the age of 21) are permitted to be present in units where alcohol is being consumed, JPII Newman upholds a zero-tolerance policy for underage drinking. Minors are not permitted to consume alcohol under any circumstances; UNO Public Safety will be called, and citations will be issued.

5. Drinking alcoholic beverages in public common areas outside of the unit is not permitted.

   *Any student desiring to host an event in a public common area of JPII Newman where alcohol is served may submit a special request for review and approval through the “Student Event Request” form found at JpiiOmaha.org/events.

6. Additional standards for a gathering in a unit with visitors:

   *A maximum of 12 people total may be in a unit at any one time.

   *A designated person will be responsible for serving the alcoholic drinks, which will be limited to beer, wine, or hard seltzers.

   *Only those aged 21 or older will be served.

   *Drinks are not to be sold.

   *Non-alcoholic drinks must be provided as an alternative for those not drinking alcohol or for those who have already consumed the maximum number of alcoholic drinks (2).

7. All residents assigned to a unit are responsible for violations of this policy in their apartment.

8. Intimidation or harassment of a resident assistant or JPII Newman official in connection with problems due to drinking, or the refusal to follow their directives, may result in immediate suspension or eviction from JPII Newman.

Consequences— If anyone is found to be engaged in illegal activity, notification to UNO Public Safety will always take place and can result in criminal charges. Additionally, residents will have a mandatory meeting with the resident director where specific determination of consequences in each case will be made, up to and including fines, suspension, or eviction from JPII Newman.

Both alcohol abuse and drug abuse are harmful to individuals and their relationships with others. Substance abuse also leads to lessened study/work productivity, increased absenteeism and physiological illness.

The illicit use of controlled substances violates both federal and state laws and most frequently leads to diminished physiological processes, emotional imbalance, and/or withdrawal from others. At JPII Newman, it is important to provide an environment that promotes physical and psychological health, as well as aiding individuals in making sound life choices.

Another essential component to such an atmosphere is the development of consistent practices that offer assistance to those in need and safety to others around the person in need—all within a context of dignity and respect for all those involved. It is the intent of this policy statement to address the problems of controlled substance abuse within the framework provided by these broad goals.

With this in mind, JPII Newman supports the Drug Free Workplace (PL 100- 690) and Drug Free Schools and Communities (PL101-226) Acts. The specific policy below prohibits the unlawful possession, use, and distribution of illicit drugs and alcohol by students and employees on JPII Newman property or as a part of JPII Newman-sanctioned activities.

Objectives—The objectives of this policy are as follows:

1. To prevent, as much as possible, controlled substance abusers from hurting themselves or others

2.  To prevent, as much as possible, illicit controlled substance usage from interfering with the user achieving his/her goals in attending college

3. To aid students and others in making personal choices consistent with their personal goals and the mission of JPII Newman

4. To encourage any needed individual into controlled substance abuse treatment programs, and to assist however possible in a student treatment progress

Implementation—Violations of the following behaviors would specifically violate JPII Newman drug policy:

1. The unlawful manufacture, distribution, and dispensation of controlled substances

2. The possession or use of controlled substances without a physician’s prescription

3. Possession or use of drug paraphernalia

Consequences—Specific determination of consequences in each case will be made by the resident director of JPII Newman, up to and including imposing a fine, suspension or eviction from JPII Newman.