Washington University Cooperative

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House Rules (6036 Pershing, St. Louis, MO 63112, Jerome Bauer’s Residence)
(in effect from 8/23/05)

Welcome to my Cooperative House! The main floor and basement are private space, used cooperatively. The second floor is off limits (unless I invite you).

“My house is your house.” I want you to feel at home. If everybody follows the rules, and respects my privacy, this cooperative arrangement will enhance the security and enjoyment of my home. If not, my security could be seriously compromised. Either way, I doubt if my insurance company will understand. So let’s be discreet. Please, let’s all work together to make this experiment work!

1) Eligibility. If I sent this notice to your address, or if you are a current or former resident of the WashU Cooperative, or if you are a current resident of Koenig 03, you are welcome to use this space. You may bring one guest at a time, but please introduce your guests to me personally. I may make special exceptions upon request.

2) What is available?
a) A large furnished living and dining room, with many chairs, two coffee tables, and a banquet table.
b) The Cooperative Library (over 1,000 books; donations are welcome! I will post an online catalog soon, with use and circulation policies; please see http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~jhbauer/wucoop.htm).
c) A PC set up as a Linux server, available for email, internet, and simple word processing.
d) A wireless LAN (Apple Airport; ask me for the password).
e) A TV with full cable access, DVD and VHS.
f) A DVD collection (not for loan, but you may watch them downstairs).
g) A phonograph and tape player.
h) A wireless phone with answering machine (local calls only), 314-725-0815.
i) A deluxe wooden chess set.
j) A foldout cot.
k) Full kitchen facilities (refrigerator, oven, microwave, dishwasher, coffee maker, teapot, etc.)
l) A cookbook collection (WashU Coop and Hindu Medicine and Indian Food students only).
m) A washroom with toilet.
n) Basement storage (WashU Coop residents only).
o) Washer and Drier (WashU Coop residents only).
p) Garden tools (WashU Coop residents only).
q) Hand lawnmower (WashU Coop residents only).

3) Weekday Hours (M-Th). 1-7pm (Quiet Study Hours; you may watch TV with headphones). 8-11pm (TV and Quiet Conversation Hours).

4) Weekend Hours (Fri-Sun): by invitation only. I plan to have a weekly or bi-weekly dinner on Sunday evening, followed by a movie night or game session.

5) Entrance. Please knock on the front door. If I do not answer, you may call my home phone number (upstairs): 314-725-1470 (I may be wearing headphones). If I still do not answer, please call the WashU Coop (phone number TBA) or the designated Coop “keeper of the keys,” or your Koenig 03 RA. They may be able to let you in.

6) Procedure for entering my house in my absence. A very few people will be entrusted with my front door key and security code (which I will change from time to time). They may let people they know and who have legitimate business into my home in my absence, and are responsible for locking up and re-arming the security system when everybody is gone. Please turn on the lamp by the security pad when you leave, so that I may have light to see when I return. To learn in advance if anybody is using the Coop Study Room and Library, please call the Coop Library phone number, 314-725-0815.

7) Admission of guests. I want to meet all your guests. Please call my upstairs phone (314-725-1470) to inform me when you are bringing a guest into my home.

8) No admission of strangers. If you do not personally know and trust someone, please do not let them into my home. Please report any suspicious activity immediately.

9) Please keep my doors locked at all times. The front door has a deadbolt that can be locked from within. Even if you are sitting right by the door, I expect you to keep the deadbolt locked. If someone knocks at the door, please look through the windows by the door to see who it is.

10) Please do not come upstairs. To get my attention, please call me. You may use the downstairs Coop Library phone (314-735-0815 to call my upstairs number (314-725-1470).

11) Sign-in and Sign-out. I will keep a notebook on the board above the radiator, right next to the front door. All users are required to sign in and sign out.

12) Message board. You may leave messages to me, and to each other, using erasable markers. There is a message board and bulletin board on the refrigerator.

13) Backyard access. Coop residents only will have access to the backyard and basement. Designated “keepers of the keys” will have backdoor and backyard padlock keys (to borrow garden tools, etc.). Please let me know what you borrow and when you return it.

14) Kitchen use. When I am not cooking, you may use all kitchen facilities except the refrigerator. Please clean up after yourselves, and report any problems to me promptly. If you wish to leave a small supply of coffee, tea, sugar, etc. in my kitchen, please label it clearly.

15) Washer and drier use. Coop residents and former residents only will be permitted to use the washer and drier, for twenty-five cents less than you would pay to use Coop facilities. I will keep a jar downstairs for your money.

16) Foldout cot. With my permission, you or a guest may use the foldout cot or couch in the living room to stay overnight. Please ask me for bedding.

17) DVD use. The following DVDs will be kept upstairs, but please feel free to call upstairs if you want to watch them (I had originally planned to keep most of my collection downstairs, but I think this may be too risky).

The X-Files TV show (all nine seasons)
The X-Files movie
The Lord of the Rings trilogy, deluxe extended DVD (Peter Jackson)
The Hobbit (animated)
The Lord of the Rings (Ralph Bakshi, animated)
The Return of the King (animated)
The Chronicles of Narnia (BBC)
Millennium TV show (both seasons)
Harsh Realm TV show (complete series)
Red Dwarf TV show (all four seasons)
The Matrix Collection (all three movies, Animatrix, and special commentarial versions)
Dark Star (movie)
Galaxy Quest (movie)
Mystery Science Theater 3000, The Essentials
Mystery Science Theater 3000, Volume 5
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (BBC TV show)
Plan 9 From Outer Space (Ed Wood movie)
Bride of the Monster (Ed Wood movie)
Ed Wood (movie)
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension (movie)
I [heart] Huckabee’s (movie)
21 Grams (movie)
Waking Life (movie)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (movie)
Before Sunrise (movie)
Miracles (complete TV series)
Koyaanisqatsi: Life Out of Balance (movie)
Powaqatsi: Life in Transformation (movie)
Naqoyqatsi: Life as War (movie)
Baraka (movie)
What the Bleep Do We Know? (movie)
Healing the Luminous Body (documentary)
Carlos Castaneda’s Magical Passes (documentary)
Carlos Castaneda’s Tensegrity Series (documentary)

I also have a fairly extensive VHS library. Ask me about it.

18) Taking advantage of me. This is not really so easy to do, although it seems so at first. Although I have set clear boundaries, I may be inclined to bend my own rules on occasion (or perhaps frequently). Don’t take this for granted. If you abuse my hospitality or my trust, or show me disrespect, you will not be welcome in my home.

Gandhi said that an implicit trust in human nature is the very essence of his creed, and one must always be ready to trust, even someone who has deceived you twenty times. I say, yes, but twenty-one is the limit, and I am the one keeping count. One should not always turn the other cheek.

I expect this will not be a problem.

19) Once again, welcome to my home! My home is your home (up to a point).

---Jerome Bauer