The prevalence of overt eating disorders, as well as more obscure disordered eating behaviors, on college campuses is well documented. However, the ability of staff to identify students with eating disorders, and therefore enable referral for treatment, is questionable; it is theorized that part of this difficulty may be due to perceptions that disordered behaviors and attitudes are, in fact, normal. The purposes of this project were to determine (1) the frequency with which university employees observe unhealthy attitudes and behaviors in students and (2) employees' attitudes about behaviors related to diet, exercise, and body image. A survey instrument mailed to university faculty, administrators, and selected staff was returned by 213 employees. In addition to demographic information, respondents were asked how frequently they observed students displaying eight symptoms associated with eating disorders and to rate their own perceptions of six related behaviors on a five point scale. Over one third of the subjects responded that at least monthly they observed students obsessed with their appearance, making negative comments about their size/shape, or wearing loose clothing suspected of concealing weight loss. The majority of respondents indicated that very low body weight, repeated loss and regain, and excessive concern with shape and size were either unhealthy. However, a large proportion of subjects felt that limiting food consumption (45%), exercising two or more hours per day (30%), and eating a low- or no-fat diet (28%) were healthy behaviors. No differences were related to college, sex, or employment category. Results suggest that employees did observe behaviors that could be associated with an eating disorder in significant numbers of students and supports the possibility that individual acceptance of disordered behavior as normal prevents observing disordered behaviors in others.