If you’re a student at Blackburn College, in a leadership position or not, we all have common rules we’re responsible for knowing and abiding by. The B-Book has every policy and guideline that the college has. At the beginning of every school year each and every student must sign a waiver saying that they have read and understood the rules. Most students don’t find the 113 pages of rules and guidelines to be the most interesting thing they’ve read. In fact, I think we all know that people don’t actually read the B-Book. You might skim it, but most policies are taught to you during training. While some policies are hit hard during training, others may go unrecognized and unread. That being said, here are three of Blackburn’s lesser known policies that you may need to know:
- Medical Amnesty Policy : This policy is located at the bottom of page 28 and the top of page 29 . Put simply this policy states that if you are in a medical emergency due to alcohol or drugs of any sort and seek medical attention, you will not be formally disciplined. In other words you will not be written up for an alcohol violation in this case. However, other actions will/can be considered case-by-case.
- Working while in Class: On page 101 of the B-book you can find this policy. It prohibits students from working while class is actively in session. It also, in other words, states that if you are clocked in during a class, the hours you were clocked in for will be removed and you will be written up if you are clocked in for paid hours.
- Work Committee Visitor Policy: This policy located on page 113 states all of the rules for attending work committee. One policy that has been created this year in regard to work committee is the ‘Four Times Rule’. It is dictated as follows, “Any member of the Blackburn Community is allowed to sit in on Work Committee meetings as a visitor four times per academic calendar.” Before there were no guidelines allowing students to attend the work committee meetings. Now, it is open to students and limited to only four times an academic school year rather than any time.
One thing students have to remember is that they are responsible for knowing everything in the B-Book, no matter how much reading it is. If any rules, or policies are broken “not knowing”, is never an excuse that will get a student out of trouble. Take responsibility; read and understand your B-Book.