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CONTENTS Contents 1 Introduction 2 Rochester and Rutherford Hall 3 Your Welcome 4 History 5 Welfare of Residents 8 Cultural Facilities 13 Sport 14 Dining in the Hall 15 Staff and Residents 18 The Buildings 20 Miscellaneous 23 Our Five Main Rules 26 Calendar 2016 31 Fees 32 What to Bring 35 General Conditions of Residence 38 1 1 INTRODUCTION This handbook has been written to help you settle in quickly and live as part of the community here at Rochester and Rutherford Hall. The Principal, Council and Staff, warmly welcome you to belong in this community. The Principal Stephen Kissick Chairperson of the Executive Council Keith Yardley Deputy Principal Warren Frost Office Manager Josephine Jones Property Manager Steve Jensen Catering Manager Martin Spooner-Alliance Catering Chaplains Father Clement Tutors Edward Coughlan Abbie Hollingworth Grace Leonard Bianca Scrimgeour Trent Summers Domestic Staff Lynette Bellamy Robyn Haugh Kelly King Clare Pearce Chrissie Tanu We provide an environment that will encourage you to achieve your best during your first year at university, and allow you to establish friendships that may well last a lifetime. 2 2 ROCHESTER AND RUTHERFORD HALL Congratulations on being selected as a resident of Rochester and Rutherford Hall. In our handbook you can read about how we can help you in your first year studying in Christchurch. Reading the following will demonstrate how you will fit in with the other residents having chosen to live in this warm, friendly and comfortable place to live. Rochester and Rutherford’s environment is one that is conducive to learning, relaxing, making new friends, cultivating new interests and enhancing personal and spiritual growth. The Hall is a foundation of the Baptist, Catholic, Methodist, and Presbyterian Churches. The Hall is a self regulating community of young and aspiring scholars who are full-time students at the University of Canterbury. It is a community based on the Christian values of mutual respect and co-operation. We wish you every success for the year and hope that you will come to feel at home here, and that your time in the Hall will be a rewarding part of your University experience. Along with the Staff and Rochford Hall Students’ Association, I look forward to welcoming you when you arrive in Christchurch for the 2016, academic year. Stephen Kissick Principal 3 3 YOUR WELCOME ARRIVING IN CHRISTCHURCH As you fly to Christchurch you may be on the plane with many others going to the University of Canterbury, you may even be on the plane with students coming to Rochester and Rutherford Hall. The airport isn’t large by International standards and once you get your baggage, there are airport shuttles waiting to take you to the Hall. The cost of the shuttle is about NZ $20 (and an additional $5 for 2 persons in the same group), all the drivers know the location of Rochester and Rutherford Hall (77 Ilam Road) ARRIVING AT THE HALL When you arrive at the Hall the front door of Ashby is clearly visible. Tutors and Staff will be looking out for you and will help you with your registration; where you will be given your keys and show to your room. The tutors will arrange to show you around the Hall and introduce you to others on your floor. ARRIVING AT THE UNIVERSITY Before classes start, the tutors will organise tours around the University so that you know where to go for lectures and to confirm enrolling. Tutors will try to show you where places are and where to go for things you want in Christchurch. Being only five minutes from the Bush Inn Shopping Centre and ten minutes from the Westfield Mall Riccarton is quite an advantage. HALL ORIENTATION All the tutors organise events where you meet others in the Hall. Included in the program in the first week are study and survival skills for success in a University course. Also personal safety, health and safety issues, living in a community, university and a city bus tour. In conjunction with the Halls activities Residents are able to participate in the Get Connected Program at the University. UNIVERSITY ORIENTATION UCSA organises its own orientation events. These are mainly in the evenings and some students choose to go. A few students get tickets for all events in advance but most here seem to buy single tickets for events that they want to attend. 4 4 HISTORY THE BEGINNINGS Rochester and Rutherford Hall was founded in 1984 with the merger of Rochester Hall(1956) and the Rutherford Hall(1971). It provides accommodation for 178 students. They are grouped into three houses Fisher, More and Wilson, which are surrounded by one and a quarter hectares of trees and lawns. The Ashby Building, in the centre of the site contains the Dining Room, offices, reading room, Chapel, Music Room, Study Centre and, upstairs, two Television Lounges, and Recreation Room. THE NAMES Rochester and Rutherford Hall is one of three independent Colleges at Canterbury and one of nine in New Zealand, The life and work of John Fisher (1459-1535) is commemorated twice at the Hall-the inclusion of “Rochester” in the title of the Hall, and in the name of Fisher House, which accommodates 44 students. Fisher created a Cardinal in the last year of his life was canonized in 1935. A graduate of the University of Cambridge, Fisher won recognition as a renaissance scholar. His ability as a forward thinking university administrator led to Fisher being elected Chancellor at Cambridge in 1504. That same year, Fisher was appointed Bishop of Rochester in Southern England, a position which drew him into national politics. Henry VIII, in his reforms of the Church in England, had declared himself its head. The King sought Fisher’s unequivocal allegiance on this point and on the question of his divorce. When Fisher would not give it, the King had him beheaded. One of the most distinguished scientists of his generation and a graduate of Canterbury, Ernest Rutherford (1871-1937) is honoured in the name of the Hall. During his lifetime, Rutherford gained many distinctions, including the Nobel Prize and a peerage of the United Kingdom. As a research student at Canterbury, Rutherford investigated electromagnetic waves; later at the Universities of McGill, Manchester and finally Cambridge, he pioneered investigations related to the structure of the atom. His studies of the growth and decay of radioactive material are regarded as the culmination of his work. 5 More House honours the English statesman, politician and visionary, Thomas More (1447- 1535). After an education as a lawyer, More considered becoming a Carthusian monk but recognized he lacked a vocation. He then entered Parliament, where his abilities brought him to the attention of Henry VIII, who honoured him with a knighthood and appointed him Chancellor of England. In his Utopia (1516), More developed the enormously influential and attractive themes of a society in which religious tolerance and universal education are the norm, and in which land is held in common. Like, Fisher, More could not acknowledge Henry VIII as head of the Church of England, therefore he was executed like Fisher. He too was canonized in 1935. The same in size as More House (67 residents), Wilson House commemorates Malcolm Wilson (1905 – 1969), whose inspiration and drive for a new Hall of Residence at Canterbury developed from a conversation with his friend John Grocott during a cricket match at Lancaster Park. A leader of broad sympathies, during his time as minister of Knox Church, Christchurch, Wilson chaired the Christchurch Civil Liberties Council and was elected Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand. Long concerned with education, Wilson served on the University Council, and on the Boards of Rangi Ruru School and St Andrew’s College. The Present There are three accommodation blocks and an administration block. Each residential house has four floors, all of which are co-ed. Each room is furnished with bed and bedding, desk, wardrobe, desk chair, bookcase, phone, study lamp and curtains. Each floor of More and Wilson has four bathrooms, and each floor of Fisher three. Each cubicle is self-contained and private, containing a shower, basin and toilet. Each floor has a refrigerator, microwave and coffee/tea making areas. The single study rooms are carpeted and centrally heated. Each room has a telephone with voicemail, (local calls free) and a computer terminal by which you can link your computer through Snap Internet at a minimal starting cost of $15 for broadband speed 100mg, which is approximately one month’s use or alternatively you can use the wireless access through your university internet account. There is a television lounge with Sky, a recreation room with pool and table tennis tables. There is a study centre, used for tutorials and study. A music practice room is also available. The Hall's Ethos Statement of Purpose The Hall exists for its Residents and their welfare is its main concern. Through its tutors and Staff, it provides a supportive family atmosphere. Through its academic tutors and academic facilities, it provides academic help. Through its Rochford Student’s Association, it provides companionship, cultural, musical, sporting, and social opportunities. The Hall is a comfortable home with warm rooms, good food, and congenial company. 6 Selection of Residents Selection of Residents does not rest on privilege but on a proven application to work and a commitment to helping others. The Principal considers whether an applicant will contribute to and benefit from Rochester and Rutherford Hall. Rutherford Hall is an independent Hall serving the University of Canterbury. Hall Expectations While Residents can expect academic, cultural, sporting, and social advantages, the Hall expects certain standards of behaviour of its Residents so that others' rights are safeguarded.