Guidelines for Laboratory Etiquette:

General
1. Do not go into a classroom or laboratory while in session! Such interruptions are distracting to students and faculty alike.

2. Please be polite, plan ahead and take advantage of office hours whenever possible. This is especially true if you are conferring with faculty not teaching the course(s) you are taking. Faculty are more than happy to talk with you if you set up an appointment or you ask first if they have time.

3. Lists are provided in the stockroom that will give directions to any item in the stockroom. There is a chemical list and an equipment/general List. Please use them!

4. Please leave the areas you use cleaner than you found them.

5. Any glassware that you use must have the tape removed and be rinsed before returning to stockroom to be washed. Do not write on glassware with marking pens.

Computers
1. General computer use is not allowed during scheduled class or laboratory times or outside of regular evening and weekend open laboratory hours.

2. Printers are provided for your use in the teaching labs. Do not use the Bio. Dept. Laser or SC 215 Dept. Laser printers. These are reserved for faculty and staff. If a class/laboratory is in session, please print to another printer.

3. Use of Biology computers is limited to students enrolled in Biology classes. Use of these computers should be related to these classes and printing of personal or other material not directly related to classes may result in loss of privileges.

Laboratory Behavior
    St. Olaf students are proud of their honor code that explicitly gives students the responsibility of ensuring that work is done independently and honestly on tests and other exercises. Normally we ensure honest work by a signature on an exam. However, the honor code can extend to all of our activities and be implemented by each student taking responsibility to make sure that our collective behavior is "honorable" , i.e. honest and in the spirit of learning. This means that we take responsibility to say something to each other if there is a problem and that we accept suggestions to alter any inappropriate
behavior.

This means (1) following all the safety rules, (2) being fully prepared for lab, (3) using things appropriately, especially those that might be taken (calculators, glassware, etc.) or broken, (4) remaining civil and respecting others, and (5) working together and contributing fully to group projects.