Graduate School
Washi Con 2017 Rules
NOTE: refusal to follow any of these rules is grounds for removal. Security personnel have the authority to facilitate these removals.
1. All attendees must follow the campus rules of Eastern Michigan University. Please consult the student handbook if you are unfamiliar with the rules of EMU's campus. Basically, if it isn't allowed on campus, it is not allowed at Washi Con.
2. No weapons of any kind. Your props are permitted, but as with any convention gun tips must be orange and no real swords are allowed. Also, please be aware that is is a University and the Department of Public Safety has the final word on what is considered safe, so if an officer asks you to stow a prop, comply immediately.
3. Harassment of any kind is not allowed at Washi Con. A huge part of our mission is fostering discourse amongst fans. Pursuant to that goal, any disrespect on the basis of gender, sex, sexuality, race, ethnicity, physical appearance, fandom or expression thereof, religion, et cetera will not be tolerated. This is a safe space for all expressions of self. If anyone is found to be harassing students or other convention attendees, their badge will be revoked and they will be escorted from the convention. Please contact a staff member if you are in a situation that makes you uncomfortable!! Panelists reserve the right to remove anyone acting as a disruptive force.
4. No smoking. EMU is a tobacco free campus and Michigan does not allow smoking of any sort inside of buildings. As with anywhere else, his DOES include vapes. If you wish to smoke, you must walk off of campus onto public property. The courtyard, balconies, verandas, and parking garage are university property and ARE therefore included in the smoking ban.
5. Please keep all costumes “beach legal”, as it were. All state and local laws regarding nudity must be met. Please, no booties, boobies, or boy-parts flopping about! Also, please make sure you are meeting minimum legal footwear requirements.
