RESIDENCE ACCESS

To ensure that only authorized residents and their guests enter University residences, BU Housing provides uniformed security coverage twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week at the main entrances of the large dormitory-style residences and the Student Residence at 10 Buick Street. Students must keep their Terrier Cards with them at all times. All students who enter the large residences must show their Terrier Cards to the security assistant each time they enter.

The small dormitory-style residences and the apartment-style residences have locked front entrance doors. Residents of these facilities are provided with a key to the front entrance doors (or in some, students use their Terrier Cards for swipe access into the residence). These doors should never be propped open.

When someone visits a resident of a large residence, they must call the resident; a telephone is available in the lobby. The resident must then meet their guest at the security desk where the resident must present his/her Terrier Card and sign in the guest. All guests must leave a photo identification card at the security desk. No more than three visitors per student are permitted at any time. Guests must be signed in and must be escorted by their hosts at all times. Boston University's guest policy is detailed in the Boston University Lifebook.

Identification is usually not required to leave a residence, but any person leaving a residence with a valuable item such as a stereo, television set, or bicycle will be required to present positive identification and to sign the items out. This practice has helped decrease the number of thefts on campus.

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