Swimming Pools
A pool is located behind Angwin Hall and Sierra Towers for residents only. Please observe the following guidelines:

• Angwin is for all residence hall women, and Sierra Towers is for male residents only.
• Never go swimming alone, and do stay in the shallow area if you don't swim well.
• Know where the body hook and life buoy are hung and use only in case of emergency.
• Have hair tied up to keep hair from clogging the pumps and drains.
• Do not throw or push anyone into the pool.
• Do not bring glass into the pool area.
• Do not use suntan oils just before entering the water. This is to prevent the filter from becoming clogged.
• No topless sunbathing or swimming.
• The pool is not open Friday night or Saturday during the Sabbath hours.
• When swimming after dark, please refrain from making noise. It disturbs the community.

  Jacuzzi
  These are located at Angwin and Sierra Towers in the pool area--to be used only by residents.

• Please do not use any oils.

Telephones
On-campus telephone service is available in the residence hall by plugging in a telephone. Extension numbers are assigned to the room and cannot be transferred. Students may arrange for access codes for off-campus and and long distance service at the office of Telecommunications in the Administration Building. Each student must make arrangements for himself/herself. Contact Telecommunications for rate information. Students wishing phone service should bring your own phone with you. The residence halls have campus lines and pay phones available for your convenience as well.

Please note: Your phone service is a contract between you and the office of Telecommunications. Residence halls do not hold any responsibility for your phone and will not become involved in any phone disputes.

Additional Services

There are many services on campus that give you the complete college experience. However, we would like to mention a few of these services now. These services help to care for your spiritual, physical and psychological needs.

Counseling Center
The services provided by the Counseling Center are: Personal and career counseling in individual interviews, couple counseling, personality testing, computerized career guidance, group counseling, and workshops. Consultation services are also offered to student groups. Counselors at the Center are professionally trained in counseling, psychology, marriage and family, group therapy, and career development.

Students use counseling services for reasons as varied as people themselves dealing with concerns about relations with others, coping with a personal crisis, clarifying career goals and exploring options, or wanting advice on how to help a friend. The social or emotional concerns that occur occasionally in most people's lives can interfere with effective functioning and academic performance. Problems in interpersonal relationships, marital or family conflicts, loneliness, depression, and feelings of inadequacy are issues students often encounter. Talking with a counselor in a confidential, interactive, and non-judgmental atmosphere can aid self-understanding and resolution of personal issues. The hours are Monday - Thursday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on the first floor of La Sierra Hall. Call 2011 for information or an appointment.

Learning Support Center
The LSTC serves the campus community by providing assistance in strengthening basic competencies as well as developing new learning strategies and skills. Peer tutoring provides friendly assistance with math and writing as well as courses in the sciences and calculus. Computer assisted learning programs, ranging from basic math to graduate admissions examinations, are available for individual, self-placed study. Student with learning disabilities may contact the Director, for services available to learning disabled students.

The Center has a variety of computers, and educational software. These computers are available for general student and staff use when the LSTC is open. The LSTC is located in the first floor of La Sierra Hall, and is open Monday through Thursday 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Friday 8:00 a.m. to noon. For placement, undergraduate and select graduate testing call or visit the LSTC web site or at x2453 for more information.

MICOL
La Sierra University's main Computer Lab (also known as MICOL) is located at Ambs Hall 102 (Math & Computing building next to the Library). This computer lab provides computer resources and software support to students, staff, and faculty. Hardware available at MICOL include 22 IBM-PC compatible and 22 Macintosh micro computers; several terminals are provided for terminal access to campus-wide mainframes. Software available at MICOL include word processing, spreadsheet and database packages such as Word, WordPerfect, Excel, Lotus 1-2-3, and Access; desktop publishing and graphics applications such as Xpress, Illustrator, Photoshop, and PageMaker; mathematical and statistical applications such as MathCad, and SPSS; and Internet applications such as Netscape, Telnet, and Eudora.

Health Services
Health Services provides a variety of specialized services, including allergy desensitization, immunization, illness evaluation/treatment, first aid, physicals, laboratory and gynecological services, and referrals.

Crisis Information
To maintain the academic atmosphere of the residence halls, students are expected to conduct themselves in a considerate manner with regard to the rights, obligation and safety needs of others. Accordingly, students are obliged to live in a cooperative manner with their roommates and other community members.

Trained and caring staff members provide assistance to students experiencing temporary emotional crisis or psychological needs. Long-term assistance cannot be expected in the residence halls setting and must be obtained through local, private resource or community agencies. Students requiring long-term assistance may be evaluated as to their suitability for continued residence status.

In order to provide students with timely and quality assistance, hall staff are required to follow standardized procedures whenever a student alludes to or engages in self-destructive or disruptive behaviors. These behaviors. include but are not limited to remark about suicide, threats of suicide gestures or attempts, etc. All situations in which potential suicide may be a a factor will be reported by residential life staff so that arrangements for psychological help can be made. Similar behavior which disrupts the residence hall community may result in disciplinary action and/or removal from the residence halls.

Should a student refuse to consult with the La Sierra University Counseling Center once an appointment has deemed necessary, the Office of Residential Life may take action that will affect residential status of the student.