Does theft occur in Mount Holyoke residence halls – doesn the honor code cover this?
Unfortunately, theft occurs in our residence halls (as it does around campus). Even the locked exterior doors of the buildings can not prevent theft unless everyone practices crime prevention strategies. See the Theft Prevention page for statistics on where items are stolen from on campus. You will see that most of the thefts reported in the fall of 1998 were from the residence halls. Also refer to our Federal Law statistics in our Safe & Sound brochure. What tends to be stolen, and from where? Most of our larcenies seem to involve items left unattended and unlocked. Refer to the Theft Prevention page again – notice that most of the thefts that occurred occurred in unlocked areas and trunk rooms. Trunk rooms are locked at most times, but may be left unattended as students move their belongings in or out. We receive many reports of bookbags and their contents being stolen while left outside the dining halls, at the bell desks, or in other public areas of the halls. Some theft has been r
