<p>essentially no because they don't keep check on what's being transferred etc. However, a student wrote an article in one of the student papers (not the cav daily) about taking music cd's from the library and then discussed the burning process. I believe that he got himself into a bit of trouble.</p>
<p>During DOTL someone from UVa was saying it is a bad idea to, for example, leave your laptop unattended in the library, or leave your dorm room door unlocked/open.</p>
<p>Is this true?</p>
<p>It's a bad idea because the library is open to the CVille community and there are plenty of people there who don't follow the honor code. There is a similar problem with stolen bikes.</p>
<p>It's a bad idea in old dorms to leave your room unlocked on party nights (weekends) (even if youre there, esp if youre there) because people will do interesting things. Even in Brown I've heard of times when people (drunk) came in to a random room and jumped in bed with whoever was there... There have been other gross stories too. I heard from old dorm friends similar stories.</p>
<p>Now, I don't know about the honor code. But, man, those Purple Shadows this morning... That is a tradition on the out. For those of you who don't know, the Purple Shadows were founded basically to keep women out of UVA, so a lot of people have real issues with them. A bunch of lawnies and ex-Brownies were there this morning doing silly things the whole time - ie. playing tug of war while they processed... The Sons of Liberty put an American Flag cape on the TJ statue, lol. The best part: campus security had NO idea who they were and were freaking out. Or when the shadows tripped over the volleyball net...</p>
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During DOTL someone from UVa was saying it is a bad idea to, for example, leave your laptop unattended in the library, or leave your dorm room door unlocked/open.</p>
<p>Is this true?
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Regardless of whether you go to a tiny school in the middle of corn fields or a big school in the city, you should not leave valuable possessions unattended in a public place. I think college students sometimes assume that everyone around them is part of the "community of trust", but you can't ever be sure of that.</p>
<p>Be prudent. There are wonderful stories of returned wallets, iPods, etc., but that's not a license to leave your things strewn about.</p>