Macalester College Housing and Dining Contract

Housing Contracts for Fall 25-Spring 26

• Full Year Contract (Fall 25- Spring 26)

  MACALESTER COLLEGE HOUSING CONTRACT FULL ACADEMIC YEAR 2025-2026

  This agreement, which is a legally binding contract between you and Macalester College, its trustees, officers, employees, and agents (“College”), established the terms and conditions of your occupancy in College Housing, whether in residence halls, College houses, or College apartments, and participation in the College Meal Services program. The Macalester College Student Handbook and Residential Life Policies are incorporated into and are a part of this contract and are likewise legally binding. You accept this legally binding contract by completing and electronically signing the Housing Contract. You understand that by residing in College Housing, you are assuming the risks associated with communal living and, as in any shared living environment, those risks include potential exposure to contagious viruses, including the coronavirus. You agree to release the College from any and all damages, liability, claims, expenses, or loss (collectively, “Claims”) resulting from or arising out of your use of space in connection with College housing, including those related to the potential exposure or exposure to contagious viruses like the coronavirus, and to indemnify and hold harmless the College from any Claims resulting from or arising out of exposure to a contagious virus or your breach of the terms and conditions of your housing contract. 

   

  Electronically signing the online contract and application signifies your acceptance of the entire 2025 – 2026 academic year housing and dining contract, subject to the terms and conditions of this agreement, including acceptance of the financial obligations for your housing and dining services. This contract establishes specific rights and responsibilities. Please read it carefully because failure to do so does not excuse you from complying with the terms, conditions, rules, policies and procedures contained herein. 

   

  Important Dates for the 2025-2026 Academic Year

  Pre-Semester – August 12-24, 2025

  First Year Move-In – August 25, 2025*

  New Student Orientation – August 25-29, 2025

  Returning Student Move-In – August 30-31, 2025

  Fall Closing – Noon on December 18, 2025

  Winter Break (including JTerm) – December 18, 2025 – January 21, 2026

  College Services including Café Mac and Hamre Center Closed – December 19, 2025 – January 1, 2026**

  Spring Move-In- January 20-21, 2026

  Spring Closing- Noon on May 12, 2026

  Spring Commencement Closing- Noon on May 17, 2026

   

  *Residents requesting to move into their assigned housing space prior to their contracted start date must submit a request to the residential life office.  Early move-ins are typically approved for college sponsored activities such as athletics, orientation, departmental training (Pre-Semester). International students may also be approved by contacting the Residential Life Office.  Early arrivals are approved based on housing availability.  If their assigned housing space is not available, approval for an early arrival may be approved based on housing availability. Please note that some campus services, including dining services, may not be in operation for early arrivals/move-in.

   

  **These dates are estimated based on the yearly cycle of Macalester and may be tweaked once campus announces the days the college is closed. Services are extremely limited on campus during this time. Any students who live on campus will need to organize their own meals and can expect Press 2, Public Safety, and some Open Pantry hours to be the limited resources available.

   

  1. Housing Eligibility

   

  To be eligible for housing in a campus residence hall or house, you must be an enrolled, full-time

  student at the college. A student who is full-time is taking a minimum of 12 credits throughout the semester. Should a student withdraw from a course that puts them below 12 credits, the student will have 5 business days (from the day their credit load drops below 12 credits) to move out of their residence hall room and check out. Moving and checking out means returning their key(s), removing all of their personal items (including in storage), and physically leaving the campus (unless they are on campus as a current resident’s guest, in which case they are subject to guest policy limitations). Students who fall below 12 credits and are still looking to live on campus must go through an accommodation process through the Center for Disability Resources. Other approvals could be made by the Executive Director of Residential Life or Dean of Students.

   

  If a student drops below full time and moves out of a residence hall during fall semester, their specific residence hall room will not be held for their return for spring semester. Students may not reserve a space to return to after their leave; Residential Life reserves the right to place another student in that vacated space. If a student is a first-year, sophomore, or has a year-long housing contract as a junior or senior, Residential Life will communicate with the student about their housing assignment for the spring semester. Additionally, Residential Life is not able to provide storage for a student during the period they check-out from campus housing and when they return on campus.

   

  The time that the student is on leave is not counted toward their two-year live-on requirement. As an example, a sophomore student who takes a leave in their second semester will need to live on campus when they return to complete their two year live-on requirement (when four academic semesters are completed). The two-year live on requirement is completed when four academic semesters are completed by a student.

   

  • Students who return from leave and are still within their two-year residency requirement are still guaranteed housing and will be placed in housing, with consideration to any active accommodations in place.
  • Students who return from leave and are still within their two-year residency requirement and do not want to live on campus, need to file a housing exemption request.
  • Students who return from leave and are not within their two-year residency requirement and are interested in campus housing can go through the housing request/waitlist process.
  • Students who return from leave and are within their two-year residency requirement, but started at Macalester over two years ago, can complete an application to live off campus. Residential Life and campus partners may choose to review those applications and approve any, if there is a larger number of students living on campus that year.

   

  Transfer student housing is available. Incoming transfer students must submit a form including their need for housing. Residential Life partners with Admissions to hold rooms for transfer students in addition to international exchange students.

   

  In addition to the foregoing, the college reserves the right to deny housing to any individual for any

  lawful reason, including, but not limited to, (1) if the college reasonably believes that doing so is

  necessary to the safety, health and well-being of residents or staff, or that the denial is necessary or

  advisable to permit the college to carry on its functions, and (2) the individual seeking housing has

  been convicted of a felony which is related to the safety or security of residents, staff or property.

   

  Additionally, first-year students will be staying in traditional residence halls (Doty, Turck, Dupre, Bigelow) and are not permitted to live in living learning communities and/or specialty housing.

   

  2. Dates

   

  First year student housing will begin on August 25, 2025. 

  All returning students can start moving-in on August 30-31, 2025. 

  Pre-Semester housing starts August 12, 2025.

   

  To be eligible for Pre-Semester housing, students must have a housing contract for Fall 2025 and be sponsored by a Macalester department. 

   

  Residential Life reserves the right to deny or approve early move-in requests. Requests for early move-in may be denied for, but not limited to: getting over jetlag, non-Macalester related events, transportation arrangements or prices, and errors in scheduling. While this is not an exhaustive list, Residential Life reserves the right to deny or approve requests.

   

  Residence Halls and Apartments will close from 12 pm on Thursday, December 18, 2025 – 9am through Friday, January 2, 2026. Should a student need access to living on campus due to being an international student or a domestic student who has nowhere else to go, they can work with Residential Life to register for an exception to stay on campus. The deadline to register for an exception and more information about this process can be found on Residential Life’s website.

   

  J-Term (January Term) Housing:

  J-Term housing begins January 2, 2026 at 9:00 AM. Eligibility for J-Term housing includes 1) have a housing contract for Fall 2025 or Spring 2026, 2) Approved by a Macalester affiliated program such as: internship, sport, and/or Macalester employment. International students are eligible for J-Term Housing. Domestic students, who have nowhere else to go, are also eligible for J-Term Housing. More information about this process can be found on Residential Life’s website.

   

  Residential Life reserves the right to deny or approve early move-in requests. Requests for early move-in may be denied for, but not limited to: getting over jetlag, non-Macalester related events, transportation arrangements or prices, and errors in scheduling. While this is not an exhaustive list, Residential Life reserves the right to deny or approve requests. 

   

  Commencement Move-Out:

  Students not participating in Commencement must be moved out by May 12, 2026 at 12:00PM.

   

  Students participating in Commencement must be moved out by May 18, 2026 at 12:00 PM.  

   

  Students volunteering for Commencement must provide documentation and be moved out by May 18, 2026 at 12:00 PM.

   

  3. Room and Board

   

  The student shall pay Macalester College for the residence hall room and dining plan fees for the 2025-2026 academic year. Room and board charges are added by semester. 

   

  Room charges per year and per student are as follows:

  • Language Houses and Eco House – $8,990
  • Grand Cambridge Apartments – $9,923
  • All other residence halls including Cultural Houses – $8,722

   

  Dining Addendum:

   

  Various departments manage different aspects of dining. For questions about…

  • Adding or changing a meal plan on your account, contact Residential Life
  • Dining operations, contact Bon Appetit
  • Food related questions, contact Bon Appetit
  • Meal hours and costs, refer back to the Dining Services Addendum. 

   

  Students should read through the Dining Services Addendum for additional details about the meal plan contract. Dining charges per year and per student are as follows: 

  • Dining charges per year is $7,754
  • Commuter Plan charge per year is $2,030

   

  A dining plan is not required for residents in the Language Houses, Eco House, Grand Cambridge Apartments, Cultural House, Veggie Co-op, and The Layover: A Study Away Community as these spaces are considered “off-board” areas. A Commuter Plan is available for purchase for students living in off-board residence halls and students living off-campus. 

   

  Dining Plans A-C and the Commuter Plan will be available during Fall Break, Thanksgiving Break, Spring Break, move-in days, and during the regular academic semesters. The dining plans will not be available during winter break or J-Term. Dining plans can be changed until Validation Day (aka Last Day to Add/Drop a Class) is resolved – per the Academic Calendar.

   

  4. Fees and Cancellation Schedule

   

  First-year students and second-year students have a two-year residency requirement to live in on-campus housing and cannot cancel or terminate a housing assignment unless the student is no longer attending Macalester or they have been approved for a housing exemption.

   

  Returning students (third, fourth, and above) who have signed a housing contract may cancel their housing contract prior to checking in or occupying a residential space by submitting a request to cancel to Residential Life at [email protected] All cancellations are subject to a cancellation fee based on the fee schedule below.

   

  Cancellation Fee Schedule:

   

  For Fall Semester:

  Date of Signed Contract through April 1, 2025:       no fee

  April 2, 2025 – May 11, 2025:          $250

  May 12, 2025 to June 15, 2025:               $500      

  June 16, 2025 to July 31, 2025:                   $1000

  August 1, 2025 to CHECK-IN: 50% of fall semester room

  CHECK-IN until move-out: 100% of fall semester room 

   

  CHECKING-IN:

  A resident is considered checked-in when a Macalester staff member has given them their key or activated their card access for their fall assignment. Move-out is considered the day of fall closing.

   

  For Spring Semester:

  December 10 until CHECKING-IN:   50% of spring semester room

  CHECKING-IN until move-out: 100% of spring semester room 

   

  Students with a housing assignment who fail to CHECK-IN and occupy their room by the first day of classes or fail to make arrangements for late arrival will have their assignment canceled. Students will be billed 50% of that semester’s room and board (Fall or Spring). 

   

  Study Away Cancellations:

  Students canceling their housing assignment to participate in a study away program will not be charged a cancellation fee. A refund of any previously charged room and board will be made only after confirmation of a study away program has been made.

   

  This contract constitutes the entire agreement between the student and Macalester College pertaining to all housing and dining assignments for the fall and spring semesters of 2025-2026. 

  5. Request for Release from Contract

   

  You may request that the College release you from this agreement without further financial responsibility. The College may approve or decline any such requests in its sole discretion, but generally will not approve a request unless you: 

  1. Withdraw from the College; 
  2. Are academically dismissed from the College; 
  3. Graduate from the College; 
  4. Study away or are studying out of state; 
  5. Enter into a marriage and provide documentation (I would include entering into a domestic partnership and provide documentation)
  6. Are called to active military duty 
  7. Take a Leave of Absence and have documentation to support an inability to pay the difference due to financial reasons.

   

  To request a release from this agreement, you must submit an online Request for Release of Contract form and include supporting documents and reason for the request.  Examples of supporting documents are; a marriage license, letter from a licensed medical professional, withdrawal document from the registrar. The Contract Release Committee, which consists of representatives from departments across campus will review your request followed by confirmation or denial of your request. The Request for Release of Contract form can be found here. Unless you receive approval for a prorated refund or specific amount, you will not be refunded by the college and will be liable for paying the remaining balance on your bill. 

   

  The College may request additional documentation to consider your request. Release from your agreement is not guaranteed, and the College has discretion whether to approve or decline requests. If your request is approved, the College may charge you a cancellation fee and you will be responsible for paying prorated amounts due under this agreement based on the day you officially check out of your housing. If you move out of campus housing early without an approved contract release, you will be responsible for paying all remaining amounts due under this contract.

   

  Students who are permitted to live off campus as a result of a Center for Disability Resources accommodation (through Housing and Meal Plan Exemption process) will have an automatic prorated refund of any remaining room and board balance.

   

  6. Cancellation of Agreement by the College:

   

  The College may cancel this agreement at any time if any of the following occur: 

   

  1. You become ineligible for residency under this agreement, including if you are no longer an enrolled student at the College or enrolled for fewer of the 12 credits; 

   

  1. You fail to pay any amount owed under this Contract when due; 

   

  1. You violate, or the Contract has reasonable cause (under a preponderance standard) to believe that you have violated, any term of this Contract, or any College rule, policy, regulation or directive; 

   

  1. Your residency puts the safety, health or well-being of residents or staff at risk; 

   

  1. You have a proven criminal record/demonstrative behavior that your presence in the College housing may provide an unreasonable risk to yourself or to others in the College community, including students, faculty, and staff, or to College property. 

   

  If the College cancels this agreement you will receive written notification by email and/or by letter which will provide a date by which you must vacate College housing, and you agree to vacate your housing by such date. In the case of a serious violation, or a reasonable belief that an imminent threat exists to safety, health or property, you may be required to vacate immediately. If you fail to vacate the property as directed, you may be evicted. In such an event, you agree to pay the College all costs and expenses incurred in the eviction, including attorney fees regardless of whether legal action is commenced. 

   

  If this contract is canceled by the College, you will be responsible for paying all remaining amounts due under this contract. If amounts have not yet come due under this contract, such as in the case of a payment plan, the College may accelerate these amounts and require that you pay them immediately. 

   

  7. Personal Property

   

  The College provides limited storage in College housing. Storage is limited to all international students and any student that lives 400 miles/645 km or more away from Macalester College Campus. All students utilizing storage must have a future housing assignment (Fall or Spring). 

   

  Students accept a level or risk when using college storage. Storage areas are not temperature controlled spaces. Students should refer to their own insurance policies to determine whether their items are covered in community storage locations. It is suggested that students do not store items of significant value.

  Prohibited items in storage closets: furniture, carpets, flammable items, chemicals, food, bicycles, or any item prohibited in the housing contract. 

   

  All Macalester College furnishings must remain in your assigned apartment/room/house unless written permission is obtained from the Office of Residential Life or Center for Disability Resources, or Facilities Services. You agree not to move any furnishings from common areas into your room.

   

  House and apartment residents may hang pictures and other personal items, but you must use a minimum number of small nails or other hardware. Nails may not be used on any doors. Residence hall residents may not use nails to hang items anywhere. Blue painters’ tape and command hooks may be used to hang items, but you are responsible for removing any adhesive residue left on walls, doors, or floors. You are responsible for the cost of any repairs necessary to fix damage caused by hanging items on walls. You may not paint or make alterations to your room, apartment or house. Televisions cannot be mounted on walls. 

   

  8. Residence Hall Safety: 

   

  The foundation of the College’s Safety Program in the residential halls is a partnership between the student and the College. The College has responsibility for maintaining a reasonably safe environment which may include such things as: working door locks, fire alarms and extinguishers, and education and awareness programming on issues of safety. 

   

  The student has a similar responsibility: to be aware of potentially dangerous interpersonal situations, to lock doors, and to report strangers and unsafe or damaged equipment. 

   

  Any student user of Macalester facilities or services is required to comply with the Campus Security Act and Sex Crimes Prevention Act of 2000, including registration with appropriate State Agencies. Failure to comply with the requirement may jeopardize one’s status as a Macalester student. 

   

  9. The Student Shall:

   

  Pay the associated housing and dining fees for fall and spring semesters. CHECKING-IN to a residence space, accepting a room key and/or completing a room inventory contract, constitutes a contractual agreement subject to the fees and terms of the semester. 

   

  Live in the space that is assigned to them via their housing and dining portal. The student must notify Residential Life should an internal room switch occur. Should a student not notify Residential Life, they are liable for any damages and penalties that occur in their assigned room.

   

  Pay for damages to the premises and for damages to or loss of College-provided furniture, keys, and fixtures therein, as determined by Residential Life staff. Apartment, house, and room keys and access cards are the property of the College and may not be duplicated. You agree to immediately report the loss of any key or access card to the Office of Residential Life or another authorized College staff member. If your key is lost, you will be charged a $112 lock change fee. If your access card is lost, you will be charged a $5 fee. You may not share or lend your key or access card to any individual. You agree to pay the College a $112 fee and could be charged with a policy violation if you are in possession of another person’s key. All questions about access cards should be directed to Macalester Public Safety at 1-651-696-6555. In situations which involve excessive damage to public space within a community, the College may elect to bill all residents, otherwise called “Community charges”.

   

  10. Insurance and Liability

   

  The College’s insurance does not cover your possessions or protect you from claims and liability from any damages that you may cause or that may occur from natural causes. The College strongly advises that you obtain personal (renter’s) insurance against such eventualities. Subject to the exception below, you agree to release the College and its agents, officers and employees from any and all liability for personal injury, death or property damage resulting in any way from the condition, maintenance, or operations of College Housing, or any other act or omission of the College, its agents or employees. You further agree that the College and its agents, officers and employees shall not be liable to you, or your guests for personal injury, damage, death or loss of personal property resulting from fire, smoke, rain, flood, environmental problems, water leaks, hail, ice, snow, lightning, wind, explosions, criminal acts, appliance malfunction, insects, rodents (or other pests), and interruption of utilities, or any other cause. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this paragraph shall reduce or release liability for conduct by the College and/or its agents, officers and employees that constitutes greater than ordinary negligence (such as intentional, willful or wanton acts, or gross negligence).

   

  Refrain from repeated acts or practices which unreasonably disturb the other occupants of the dwelling and/or violate College or Residential Life policy. 

   

  Maintain the premises in accordance with the Macalester College Rules and Regulations as set forth in the Macalester College Student Handbook and Residential Life publications. In living situations which include public or shared space, such as bathrooms, living rooms, kitchens, etc. the students assigned to that space shall be both jointly and individually held to maintain cleanliness standards as determined by the College’s Facilities Management staff. Failure to do so may result in cleaning charges or room reassignment or both. 

   

  Understand that Macalester College is not responsible for lost or damaged personal property. Residents are encouraged to insure personal property. 

   

  Uphold the Information Technology Responsible Use Policy. Student understands this policy and agrees to abide by it. The Student understands that Computing and Information Technology policy statements govern the support they can reasonably expect, and agrees to abide by these policies as well. 

   

  If you breach or fail to follow any of the terms of this agreement, you agree to pay all costs and expenses, including attorney fees, incurred by the College enforcing its rights, including an eviction, or collecting amounts owed by you under this agreement, regardless of whether litigation or other formal proceedings are commenced, and including all costs and expenses, including attorney fees, incurred enforcing any judgments entered by a court. he room and would be placed elsewhere

   

  11. Macalester College Shall: 

   

  Maintain in good working condition any and all furniture and appliances provided by Macalester College. Install and maintain in good working order locks on all doors leading from living units to the hallways. 

   

  Provide screens, storm windows, window shades and/or curtains on all windows in each unit. Paint interiors of all dwellings and exteriors as needed. Maintain the premises in compliance with the applicable municipal codes and state health and safety regulations. 

   

  The College accepts responsibility for providing the above-mentioned items except where damage has been caused by the malicious, willful, or irresponsible conduct of the student or a guest of a student. 

   

  12. Apartment/Room/House Entry by College Staff

   

  The College has the right to enter the dwelling unit of the student owned/operated/leased by Macalester under the following stipulations and understandings. The College in turn agrees not to enter or allow anyone under their charge to enter the dwelling in cases other than those mentioned below, or outlined in the Macalester College Student Handbook: 

   

  To make necessary repairs or maintenance at any time between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., unless otherwise arranged by the student at a time convenient to both the College and the student. 

   

  In emergency circumstances when imminent danger to life, health, safety, or property is reasonably feared, or where emergency entrance is permitted by law. 

   

  In circumstances when it is believed that violation(s) of Residential Life and College Policy are taking place. 

   

  Residential Life staff will conduct a general inspection of all student rooms during scheduled break periods. 

   

  13. Emergency Closure of College Housing

   

  The College reserves the right to, in its discretion, close, suspend or alter all or parts of its campus, including College housing, or to cancel or curtail services, including meal services, if it believes that the closure is necessary or advisable to protect the safety, health or well-being of students, residents, staff and/or the community, including, but not limited to, in the event of (i) war; (ii) natural disasters; (iii) credible threats or acts of civil disobedience, terrorism or similar acts; (iv) public health events, including epidemics and pandemics; (v) federal, state or local government advisories recommending person’s self-quarantine, shelter-in-place, not travel or avoid assemblies; (vi) actual or anticipated curtailment or interruption of transportation facilities; (vii) civil disturbance; (viii) peacetime emergencies or disaster declarations; or (ix) any similar causes or act of God. If the College elects to close College housing, temporarily or for the duration of the school year, you agree to vacate College housing as directed. The College will attempt to provide advance notice of any closures as reasonable under the circumstances but is not required to provide advance notice in emergency circumstances. The College may allow individual residents to remain in housing during such a closure on a case-by-case basis, such as if a resident is unable to travel to their permanent residence. The College’s decision to allow other residents to remain on campus does not grant you a similar right to remain in the event of a closure. You agree that if you are required to vacate College housing, temporarily or otherwise, or if any services are canceled or curtailed, under this provision you will remain responsible for paying all remaining amounts due under this agreement and you will not receive any refund of amounts previously paid. 

   

  14. Room Buyout

  
  Each semester after validation day, Residential Life will offer students the opportunity for Room Buyout. Students are eligible for a Room Buyout if the space they live in has an unoccupied bed in it (i.e. a triple with two residents in it or a double with only one student in it). A resident who agrees to a Room Buyout will pay to have the unoccupied bed not filled throughout the semester for an additional cost. For example, a student who elects to buy out their room in a double will be able to use that double as a single for the duration of the semester. 

  At the start of each semester, Residential Life will identify all students who are eligible for a Room Buyout and reach out to provide them with three options:

  1. Buyout room at a price based on a sliding scale – This will be determined by Financial Aid’s calculations
  2. Keep bed open with no change to their housing costs and bed may be assigned to another student at any point during the semester.
  3. Consolidate with another student(s) who have openings in their room. Residential Life will provide a list of names and spaces upon request. Costs will be adjusted based on the room.

  Students will be given one week to decide which of these three options they would like to take. Should a student not respond during the week time frame, they will not be able to buyout the room and the open bed may be assigned to another student at any point during the semester. Residents will be given a 72 hour notice prior to a new roommate. These three options will only be available for students to select during this week-long period – for example, a student at mid-semester is unable to buy out their room should a roommate be placed in their space. 

  Each room buyout agreement will be for the semester only and if a student elects to buyout their room in the fall, they will have the same option in the spring based on availability. Students will need to sign the Room Buyout agreement and pay the associated fees in order to complete the Room Buyout process. Payment for the associated fees must be made immediately following the posting of the charge to their student billing account.

  Fall, 2025 Timeline – per the Academic Calendar:

  • September 2 – First Day of Classes
  • September 3 – Room Buyout options will be sent
  • September 10 at 9am – Deadline to accept Room Buyout opportunity
  • September 12 – Validation Day
  • September 15 – Student charged for Room Buyout (should they accept)

  Sring, 2026 Timeline – per the Academic Calendar:

  • January 22 – First Day of Classes
  • January 23 – Room Buyout options will be sent
  • January 29 at 9am – Deadline to accept Room Buyout opportunity
  • January 30 – Validation Day
  • February 2 – Student charged for Room Buyout (should they accept)

  Residential Life will communicate with students on how Room Buyout options are impacted throughout the Room Change Process. By signing this contract, you give Residential Life permission to share your information with the Financial Aid Office to determine whether you qualify for a reduced buyout price. If you do not grant permission for the Financial Aid Office to share information and do not wish to be considered for a reduced buyout price, contact Residential Life prior to the start of the Fall semester.

   

  15. Consolidation of housing space: 

   

  In an effort to house all registered students requiring on-campus housing, the college retains the right to consolidate housing space through an assignment or reassignment process. Any vacancies that remain, including those in partially occupied doubles, triples, quads, suites, houses or apartments will be used to consolidate residents or to house wait listed, readmitted, or new transfer students. The furniture in the vacant room should remain as you found it. We will notify students of new room or roommate assignments as they occur. You can view any new roommates on your 1600 grand housing and dining portal.  If you receive a new roommate, please create a welcoming environment both in the physical space and within your interpersonal interactions during the move-in process. Please note, there is not an option to deny a roommate, suitemate, or housemate in the event there is an unoccupied bed in your room, suite, house, or apartment. Additionally, you cannot force someone to move out of their room. If there is a conflict that rises above the level of resources that have been exhausted in Residential Life, you cannot tell a roommate to move out of a room because you want to be there alone and without them.

   

  By signing this contract, the student understands that Residential Life has the right to implement any additional housing policies so long as it is deemed proper and for the good of the student body. Nothing contained in this contract shall be construed to waive or limit the protection of the student body under any statute of the State of Minnesota or ordinances of the City of Saint Paul. 

   

  For any questions regarding policy or statements made in this contract, contact Residential Life or consult the Macalester College Student Handbook.

   

• Semester Only Contract (Fall 25 OR Spring 26)

  MACALESTER COLLEGE HOUSING CONTRACT

  FALL, 2025 OR SPRING, 2026 SEMESTER ONLY

  This agreement, which is a legally binding contract between you and Macalester College, its trustees, officers, employees, and agents (“College”), established the terms and conditions of your occupancy in College Housing, whether in residence halls, College houses, or College apartments, and participation in the College Meal Services program. The Macalester College Student Handbook and Residential Life Policies are incorporated into and are a part of this contract and are likewise legally binding. You accept this legally binding contract by completing and electronically signing the Housing Contract. You understand that by residing in College Housing, you are assuming the risks associated with communal living and, as in any shared living environment, those risks include potential exposure to contagious viruses, including the coronavirus. You agree to release the College from any and all damages, liability, claims, expenses, or loss (collectively, “Claims”) resulting from or arising out of your use of space in connection with College housing, including those related to the potential exposure or exposure to contagious viruses like the coronavirus, and to indemnify and hold harmless the College from any Claims resulting from or arising out of exposure to a contagious virus or your breach of the terms and conditions of your housing contract.

   

  Electronically signing the online contract and application signifies your acceptance of the fall, 2025 or spring, 2026 semester housing contract, subject to the terms and conditions of this agreement, including acceptance of the financial obligations for your housing and dining services. This contract establishes specific rights and responsibilities. Please read it carefully because failure to do so does not excuse you from complying with the terms, conditions, rules, policies and procedures contained herein.

   

  Important Dates for the 2025-2026 Academic Year

  Pre-Semester – August 12-24, 2025

  First Year Move-In – August 25, 2025*

  New Student Orientation – August 25-29, 2025

  Returning Student Move-In – August 30-31, 2025

  Fall Closing – Noon on December 18, 2025

  Winter Break (including JTerm) – December 18, 2025 – January 21, 2026

  College Services including Café Mac and Hamre Center Closed – December 19, 2025 – January 1, 2026**

  Spring Move-In- January 20-21, 2026

  Spring Closing- Noon on May 12, 2026

  Spring Commencement Closing- Noon on May 17, 2026

   

  *Residents requesting to move into their assigned housing space prior to their contracted start date must submit a request to the residential life office.  Early move-ins are typically approved for college sponsored activities such as athletics, orientation, departmental training (Pre-Semester). International students may also be approved by contacting the Residential Life Office.  Early arrivals are approved based on housing availability.  If their assigned housing space is not available, approval for an early arrival may be approved based on housing availability. Please note that some campus services, including dining services, may not be in operation for early arrivals/move-in.

   

  **These dates are estimated based on the yearly cycle of Macalester and may be tweaked once campus announces the days the college is closed. Services are extremely limited on campus during this time. Any students who live on campus will need to organize their own meals and can expect Press 2, Public Safety, and some Open Pantry hours to be the limited resources available.

   

  1. Housing Eligibility

   

  To be eligible for housing in a campus residence hall or house, you must be an enrolled, full-time

  student at the college. A student who is full-time is taking a minimum of 12 credits throughout the semester. Should a student withdraw from a course that puts them below 12 credits, the student will have 5 business days (from the day their credit load drops below 12 credits) to move out of their residence hall room and check out. Moving and checking out means returning their key(s), removing all of their personal items (including in storage), and physically leaving the campus (unless they are on campus as a current resident’s guest, in which case they are subject to guest policy limitations). Students who fall below 12 credits and are still looking to live on campus must go through an accommodation process through the Center for Disability Resources. Other approvals could be made by the Executive Director of Residential Life or Dean of Students.

   

  If a student drops below full time and moves out of a residence hall during fall semester, their specific residence hall room will not be held for their return for spring semester. Students may not reserve a space to return to after their leave; Residential Life reserves the right to place another student in that vacated space. If a student is a first-year, sophomore, or has a year-long housing contract as a junior or senior, Residential Life will communicate with the student about their housing assignment for the spring semester. Additionally, Residential Life is not able to provide storage for a student during the period they check-out from campus housing and when they return on campus.

   

  The time that the student is on leave is not counted toward their two-year live-on requirement. As an example, a sophomore student who takes a leave in their second semester will need to live on campus when they return to complete their two year live-on requirement (when four academic semesters are completed). The two-year live on requirement is completed when four academic semesters are completed by a student.

   

  • Students who return from leave and are still within their two-year residency requirement are still guaranteed housing and will be placed in housing, with consideration to any active accommodations in place.
  • Students who return from leave and are still within their two-year residency requirement and do not want to live on campus, need to file a housing exemption request.
  • Students who return from leave and are not within their two-year residency requirement and are interested in campus housing can go through the housing request/waitlist process.
  • Students who return from leave and are within their two-year residency requirement, but started at Macalester over two years ago, can complete an application to live off campus. Residential Life and campus partners may choose to review those applications and approve any, if there is a larger number of students living on campus that year.

   

  Transfer student housing is available. Incoming transfer students must submit a form including their need for housing. Residential Life partners with Admissions to hold rooms for transfer students in addition to international exchange students.

   

  In addition to the foregoing, the college reserves the right to deny housing to any individual for any

  lawful reason, including, but not limited to, (1) if the college reasonably believes that doing so is

  necessary to the safety, health and well-being of residents or staff, or that the denial is necessary or

  advisable to permit the college to carry on its functions, and (2) the individual seeking housing has

  been convicted of a felony which is related to the safety or security of residents, staff or property.

   

  Additionally, first-year students will be staying in traditional residence halls (Doty, Turck, Dupre, Bigelow) and are not permitted to live in living learning communities and/or specialty housing.

   

  2. Dates

   

  First year student housing will begin on August 25, 2025.

  All returning students can start moving-in on August 30-31, 2025.

  Pre-Semester housing starts August 12, 2025.

   

  To be eligible for Pre-Semester housing, students must have a housing contract for Fall 2025 and be sponsored by a Macalester department.

   

  Residential Life reserves the right to deny or approve early move-in requests. Requests for early move-in may be denied for, but not limited to: getting over jetlag, non-Macalester related events, transportation arrangements or prices, and errors in scheduling. While this is not an exhaustive list, Residential Life reserves the right to deny or approve requests.

   

  Residence Halls and Apartments will close from 12 pm on Thursday, December 18, 2025 – 9am through Friday, January 2, 2026. Should a student need access to living on campus due to being an international student or a domestic student who has nowhere else to go, they can work with Residential Life to register for an exception to stay on campus. The deadline to register for an exception and more information about this process can be found on Residential Life’s website.

   

  J-Term (January Term) Housing:

  J-Term housing begins January 2, 2026 at 9:00 AM. Eligibility for J-Term housing includes 1) have a housing contract for Fall 2025 or Spring 2026, 2) Approved by a Macalester affiliated program such as: internship, sport, and/or Macalester employment. International students are eligible for J-Term Housing. Domestic students, who have nowhere else to go, are also eligible for J-Term Housing. More information about this process can be found on Residential Life’s website.

   

  Residential Life reserves the right to deny or approve early move-in requests. Requests for early move-in may be denied for, but not limited to: getting over jetlag, non-Macalester related events, transportation arrangements or prices, and errors in scheduling. While this is not an exhaustive list, Residential Life reserves the right to deny or approve requests.

   

  Commencement Move-Out:

  Students not participating in Commencement must be moved out by May 12, 2026 at 12:00PM.

   

  Students participating in Commencement must be moved out by May 18, 2026 at 12:00 PM.

   

  Students volunteering for Commencement must provide documentation and be moved out by May 18, 2026 at 12:00 PM.

   

  3. Room and Board

   

  The student shall pay Macalester College for the residence hall room and dining plan fees for either fall, 2025 or spring, 2026 semester. Room and board charges are added by semester.

   

  Room charges per semester and per student are as follows:

  • Language Houses and Eco House – $4,495.00
  • Grand Cambridge Apartments – $4,961.50
  • All other residence halls including Cultural Houses – $4,361.00

   

  Dining Addendum:

   

  Various departments manage different aspects of dining. For questions about:

  • Adding or changing a meal plan on your account, contact Residential Life
  • Dining operations, contact Bon Appetit
  • Food related questions, contact Bon Appetit
  • Meal hours and costs, refer back to the Dining Services Addendum.

   

  Students should read through the Dining Services Addendum for additional details about the meal plan contract. Dining charges per year and per student are as follows:

  • Dining charges per year is $7,754
  • Commuter Plan charge per year is $2,030

   

  A dining plan is not required for residents in the Language Houses, Eco House, Grand Cambridge Apartments, Cultural House, Veggie Co-op, and The Layover: A Study Away Community as these spaces are considered “off-board” areas. A Commuter Plan is available for purchase for students living in off-board residence halls and students living off-campus.

   

  Dining Plans A-C and the Commuter Plan will be available during Fall Break, Thanksgiving Break, Spring Break, move-in days, and during the regular academic semesters. The dining plans will not be available during winter break or J-Term. Dining plans can be changed until Validation Day (aka Last Day to Add/Drop a Class) is resolved – per the Academic Calendar.

   

  4. Fees and Cancellation Schedule

   

  First-year students and second-year students have a two-year residency requirement to live in on-campus housing and cannot cancel or terminate a housing assignment unless the student is no longer attending Macalester or they have been approved for a housing exemption.

   

  Returning students (third, fourth, and above) who have signed a housing contract may cancel their housing contract prior to checking in or occupying a residential space by submitting a request to cancel to Residential Life at [email protected] All cancellations are subject to a cancellation fee based on the fee schedule below.

   

  Cancellation Fee Schedule:

   

  For Fall Semester:

  Date of Signed Contract through April 1, 2025:       no fee

  April 2, 2025 – May 11, 2025:                                    $250

  May 12, 2025 to June 15, 2025:                                 $500

  June 16, 2025 to July 31, 2025:                                 $1000

  August 1, 2025 to CHECK-IN:                                  50% of fall semester room

  CHECK-IN until move-out:                                        100% of fall semester room

   

  CHECKING-IN:

  A resident is considered checked-in when a Macalester staff member has given them their key or activated their card access for their fall assignment. Move-out is considered the day of fall closing.

   

  For Spring Semester:

  December 10 until CHECKING-IN:                         50% of spring semester room

  CHECKING-IN until move-out:                                              100% of spring semester room

   

  Students with a housing assignment who fail to CHECK-IN and occupy their room by the first day of classes or fail to make arrangements for late arrival will have their assignment canceled. Students will be billed 50% of that semester’s room and board (Fall or Spring).

   

  Study Away Cancellations:

  Students canceling their housing assignment to participate in a study away program will not be charged a cancellation fee. A refund of any previously charged room and board will be made only after confirmation of a study away program has been made.

   

  This contract constitutes the entire agreement between the student and Macalester College pertaining to all housing and dining assignments for the fall and spring semesters of 2025-2026.

   

  5. Request for Release from Contract

   

  You may request that the College release you from this agreement without further financial responsibility. The College may approve or decline any such requests in its sole discretion, but generally will not approve a request unless you:

  1. Withdraw from the College;
  2. Are academically dismissed from the College;
  3. Graduate from the College;
  4. Study away or are studying out of state;
  5. Enter into a marriage and provide documentation (I would include entering into a domestic partnership and provide documentation)
  6. Are called to active military duty
  7. Take a Leave of Absence and have documentation to support an inability to pay the difference due to financial reasons.

   

  To request a release from this agreement, you must submit an online Request for Release of Contract form and include supporting documents and reason for the request.  Examples of supporting documents are; a marriage license, letter from a licensed medical professional, withdrawal document from the registrar. The Contract Release Committee, which consists of representatives from departments across campus will review your request followed by confirmation or denial of your request. The Request for Release of Contract form can be found here. Unless you receive approval for a prorated refund or specific amount, you will not be refunded by the college and will be liable for paying the remaining balance on your bill.

   

  The College may request additional documentation to consider your request. Release from your agreement is not guaranteed, and the College has discretion whether to approve or decline requests. If your request is approved, the College may charge you a cancellation fee and you will be responsible for paying prorated amounts due under this agreement based on the day you officially check out of your housing. If you move out of campus housing early without an approved contract release, you will be responsible for paying all remaining amounts due under this contract.

   

  Students who are permitted to live off campus as a result of a Center for Disability Resources accommodation (through Housing and Meal Plan Exemption process) will have an automatic prorated refund of any remaining room and board balance.

   

  6. Cancellation of Agreement by the College:

   

  The College may cancel this agreement at any time if any of the following occur:

   

  1. You become ineligible for residency under this agreement, including if you are no longer an enrolled student at the College or enrolled for fewer of the 12 credits;

   

  1. You fail to pay any amount owed under this Contract when due;

   

  1. You violate, or the Contract has reasonable cause (under a preponderance standard) to believe that you have violated, any term of this Contract, or any College rule, policy, regulation or directive;

   

  1. Your residency puts the safety, health or well-being of residents or staff at risk;

   

  1. You have a proven criminal record/demonstrative behavior that your presence in the College housing may provide an unreasonable risk to yourself or to others in the College community, including students, faculty, and staff, or to College property.

   

  If the College cancels this agreement you will receive written notification by email and/or by letter which will provide a date by which you must vacate College housing, and you agree to vacate your housing by such date. In the case of a serious violation, or a reasonable belief that an imminent threat exists to safety, health or property, you may be required to vacate immediately. If you fail to vacate the property as directed, you may be evicted. In such an event, you agree to pay the College all costs and expenses incurred in the eviction, including attorney fees regardless of whether legal action is commenced.

   

  If this contract is canceled by the College, you will be responsible for paying all remaining amounts due under this contract. If amounts have not yet come due under this contract, such as in the case of a payment plan, the College may accelerate these amounts and require that you pay them immediately.

   

  7. Personal Property

   

  The College provides limited storage in College housing. Storage is limited to all international students and any student that lives 400 miles/645 km or more away from Macalester College Campus. All students utilizing storage must have a future housing assignment (Fall or Spring).

   

  Students accept a level or risk when using college storage. Storage areas are not temperature controlled spaces. Students should refer to their own insurance policies to determine whether their items are covered in community storage locations. It is suggested that students do not store items of significant value.

  Prohibited items in storage closets: furniture, carpets, flammable items, chemicals, food, bicycles, or any item prohibited in the housing contract.

   

  All Macalester College furnishings must remain in your assigned apartment/room/house unless written permission is obtained from the Office of Residential Life or Center for Disability Resources, or Facilities Services. You agree not to move any furnishings from common areas into your room.

   

  House and apartment residents may hang pictures and other personal items, but you must use a minimum number of small nails or other hardware. Nails may not be used on any doors. Residence hall residents may not use nails to hang items anywhere. Blue painters’ tape and command hooks may be used to hang items, but you are responsible for removing any adhesive residue left on walls, doors, or floors. You are responsible for the cost of any repairs necessary to fix damage caused by hanging items on walls. You may not paint or make alterations to your room, apartment or house. Televisions cannot be mounted on walls.

   

  8. Residence Hall Safety:

   

  The foundation of the College’s Safety Program in the residential halls is a partnership between the student and the College. The College has responsibility for maintaining a reasonably safe environment which may include such things as: working door locks, fire alarms and extinguishers, and education and awareness programming on issues of safety.

   

  The student has a similar responsibility: to be aware of potentially dangerous interpersonal situations, to lock doors, and to report strangers and unsafe or damaged equipment.

   

  Any student user of Macalester facilities or services is required to comply with the Campus Security Act and Sex Crimes Prevention Act of 2000, including registration with appropriate State Agencies. Failure to comply with the requirement may jeopardize one’s status as a Macalester student.

   

  9. The Student Shall:

   

  Pay the associated housing and dining fees for fall and spring semesters. CHECKING-IN to a residence space, accepting a room key and/or completing a room inventory contract, constitutes a contractual agreement subject to the fees and terms of the semester.

   

  Live in the space that is assigned to them via their housing and dining portal. The student must notify Residential Life should an internal room switch occur. Should a student not notify Residential Life, they are liable for any damages and penalties that occur in their assigned room.

   

  Pay for damages to the premises and for damages to or loss of College-provided furniture, keys, and fixtures therein, as determined by Residential Life staff. Apartment, house, and room keys and access cards are the property of the College and may not be duplicated. You agree to immediately report the loss of any key or access card to the Office of Residential Life or another authorized College staff member. If your key is lost, you will be charged a $112 lock change fee. If your access card is lost, you will be charged a $5 fee. You may not share or lend your key or access card to any individual. You agree to pay the College a $112 fee and could be charged with a policy violation if you are in possession of another person’s key. All questions about access cards should be directed to Macalester Public Safety at 1-651-696-6555. In situations which involve excessive damage to public space within a community, the College may elect to bill all residents, otherwise called “Community charges”.

   

  10. Insurance and Liability

   

  The College’s insurance does not cover your possessions or protect you from claims and liability from any damages that you may cause or that may occur from natural causes. The College strongly advises that you obtain personal (renter’s) insurance against such eventualities. Subject to the exception below, you agree to release the College and its agents, officers and employees from any and all liability for personal injury, death or property damage resulting in any way from the condition, maintenance, or operations of College Housing, or any other act or omission of the College, its agents or employees. You further agree that the College and its agents, officers and employees shall not be liable to you, or your guests for personal injury, damage, death or loss of personal property resulting from fire, smoke, rain, flood, environmental problems, water leaks, hail, ice, snow, lightning, wind, explosions, criminal acts, appliance malfunction, insects, rodents (or other pests), and interruption of utilities, or any other cause. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this paragraph shall reduce or release liability for conduct by the College and/or its agents, officers and employees that constitutes greater than ordinary negligence (such as intentional, willful or wanton acts, or gross negligence).

   

  Refrain from repeated acts or practices which unreasonably disturb the other occupants of the dwelling and/or violate College or Residential Life policy.

   

  Maintain the premises in accordance with the Macalester College Rules and Regulations as set forth in the Macalester College Student Handbook and Residential Life publications. In living situations which include public or shared space, such as bathrooms, living rooms, kitchens, etc. the students assigned to that space shall be both jointly and individually held to maintain cleanliness standards as determined by the College’s Facilities Management staff. Failure to do so may result in cleaning charges or room reassignment or both.

   

  Understand that Macalester College is not responsible for lost or damaged personal property. Residents are encouraged to insure personal property.

   

  Uphold the Information Technology Responsible Use Policy. Student understands this policy and agrees to abide by it. The Student understands that Computing and Information Technology policy statements govern the support they can reasonably expect, and agrees to abide by these policies as well.

   

  If you breach or fail to follow any of the terms of this agreement, you agree to pay all costs and expenses, including attorney fees, incurred by the College enforcing its rights, including an eviction, or collecting amounts owed by you under this agreement, regardless of whether litigation or other formal proceedings are commenced, and including all costs and expenses, including attorney fees, incurred enforcing any judgments entered by a court. he room and would be placed elsewhere

   

  11. Macalester College Shall:

   

  Maintain in good working condition any and all furniture and appliances provided by Macalester College. Install and maintain in good working order locks on all doors leading from living units to the hallways.

   

  Provide screens, storm windows, window shades and/or curtains on all windows in each unit. Paint interiors of all dwellings and exteriors as needed. Maintain the premises in compliance with the applicable municipal codes and state health and safety regulations.

   

  The College accepts responsibility for providing the above-mentioned items except where damage has been caused by the malicious, willful, or irresponsible conduct of the student or a guest of a student.

   

  12. Apartment/Room/House Entry by College Staff

   

  The College has the right to enter the dwelling unit of the student owned/operated/leased by Macalester under the following stipulations and understandings. The College in turn agrees not to enter or allow anyone under their charge to enter the dwelling in cases other than those mentioned below, or outlined in the Macalester College Student Handbook:

   

  To make necessary repairs or maintenance at any time between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., unless otherwise arranged by the student at a time convenient to both the College and the student.

   

  In emergency circumstances when imminent danger to life, health, safety, or property is reasonably feared, or where emergency entrance is permitted by law.

   

  In circumstances when it is believed that violation(s) of Residential Life and College Policy are taking place.

   

  Residential Life staff will conduct a general inspection of all student rooms during scheduled break periods.

   

  13. Emergency Closure of College Housing

   

  The College reserves the right to, in its discretion, close, suspend or alter all or parts of its campus, including College housing, or to cancel or curtail services, including meal services, if it believes that the closure is necessary or advisable to protect the safety, health or well-being of students, residents, staff and/or the community, including, but not limited to, in the event of (i) war; (ii) natural disasters; (iii) credible threats or acts of civil disobedience, terrorism or similar acts; (iv) public health events, including epidemics and pandemics; (v) federal, state or local government advisories recommending person’s self-quarantine, shelter-in-place, not travel or avoid assemblies; (vi) actual or anticipated curtailment or interruption of transportation facilities; (vii) civil disturbance; (viii) peacetime emergencies or disaster declarations; or (ix) any similar causes or act of God. If the College elects to close College housing, temporarily or for the duration of the school year, you agree to vacate College housing as directed. The College will attempt to provide advance notice of any closures as reasonable under the circumstances but is not required to provide advance notice in emergency circumstances. The College may allow individual residents to remain in housing during such a closure on a case-by-case basis, such as if a resident is unable to travel to their permanent residence. The College’s decision to allow other residents to remain on campus does not grant you a similar right to remain in the event of a closure. You agree that if you are required to vacate College housing, temporarily or otherwise, or if any services are canceled or curtailed, under this provision you will remain responsible for paying all remaining amounts due under this agreement and you will not receive any refund of amounts previously paid.

   

  14. Room Buyout

  
  Each semester after validation day, Residential Life will offer students the opportunity for Room Buyout. Students are eligible for a Room Buyout if the space they live in has an unoccupied bed in it (i.e. a triple with two residents in it or a double with only one student in it). A resident who agrees to a Room Buyout will pay to have the unoccupied bed not filled throughout the semester for an additional cost. For example, a student who elects to buy out their room in a double will be able to use that double as a single for the duration of the semester.

   

  At the start of each semester, Residential Life will identify all students who are eligible for a Room Buyout and reach out to provide them with three options:

   

  1. Buyout room at a price based on a sliding scale – This will be determined by Financial Aid’s calculations
  2. Keep bed open with no change to their housing costs and bed may be assigned to another student at any point during the semester.
  3. Consolidate with another student(s) who have openings in their room. Residential Life will provide a list of names and spaces upon request. Costs will be adjusted based on the room.

   

  Students will be given one week to decide which of these three options they would like to take. Should a student not respond during the week time frame, they will not be able to buyout the room and the open bed may be assigned to another student at any point during the semester. Residents will be given a 72 hour notice prior to a new roommate. These three options will only be available for students to select during this week-long period – for example, a student at mid-semester is unable to buy out their room should a roommate be placed in their space.

   

  Each room buyout agreement will be for the semester only and if a student elects to buyout their room in the fall, they will have the same option in the spring based on availability. Students will need to sign the Room Buyout agreement and pay the associated fees in order to complete the Room Buyout process. Payment for the associated fees must be made immediately following the posting of the charge to their student billing account.

   

  Fall, 2025 Timeline – per the Academic Calendar:

  • September 2 – First Day of Classes
  • September 3 – Room Buyout options will be sent
  • September 10 at 9am – Deadline to accept Room Buyout opportunity
  • September 12 – Validation Day
  • September 15 – Student charged for Room Buyout (should they accept)

   

  Sring, 2026 Timeline – per the Academic Calendar:

  • January 22 – First Day of Classes
  • January 23 – Room Buyout options will be sent
  • January 29 at 9am – Deadline to accept Room Buyout opportunity
  • January 30 – Validation Day
  • February 2 – Student charged for Room Buyout (should they accept)

   

  Residential Life will communicate with students on how Room Buyout options are impacted throughout the Room Change Process. By signing this contract, you give Residential Life permission to share your information with the Financial Aid Office to determine whether you qualify for a reduced buyout price. If you do not grant permission for the Financial Aid Office to share information and do not wish to be considered for a reduced buyout price, contact Residential Life prior to the start of the Fall semester.

   

  15. Consolidation of housing space:

   

  In an effort to house all registered students requiring on-campus housing, the college retains the right to consolidate housing space through an assignment or reassignment process. Any vacancies that remain, including those in partially occupied doubles, triples, quads, suites, houses or apartments will be used to consolidate residents or to house wait listed, readmitted, or new transfer students. The furniture in the vacant room should remain as you found it. We will notify students of new room or roommate assignments as they occur. You can view any new roommates on your 1600 grand housing and dining portal.  If you receive a new roommate, please create a welcoming environment both in the physical space and within your interpersonal interactions during the move-in process. Please note, there is not an option to deny a roommate, suitemate, or housemate in the event there is an unoccupied bed in your room, suite, house, or apartment. Additionally, you cannot force someone to move out of their room. If there is a conflict that rises above the level of resources that have been exhausted in Residential Life, you cannot tell a roommate to move out of a room because you want to be there alone and without them.

   

  By signing this contract, the student understands that Residential Life has the right to implement any additional housing policies so long as it is deemed proper and for the good of the student body. Nothing contained in this contract shall be construed to waive or limit the protection of the student body under any statute of the State of Minnesota or ordinances of the City of Saint Paul.

   

  For any questions regarding policy or statements made in this contract, contact Residential Life or consult the Macalester College Student Handbook.