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Show Lard approves dorm hours change )! By Terry Newfarmer it Staff Writer tes late. The two couples had called in about ,-seven i minji i to believe it until one of the boys ...ire, but yiss, ease on his hands from changing it. cfflU lPLrv9 What do they prevent or accomplish? boUlS t man and woman, both sophomores, try to p,B.-a yu"8 .edlam 0f a card game on one side and the ' Tt orgy the other. Why? Because there is no Ijjoodwj' A and enjoy a little private conversation ' , jo to btn J ! - nm visitation policies be liberalized? '", jdorm room composeci Gf dorm residents have dealt jjflpuscomm concrete proposals now in the : issues and come uH seeking approval. 1 . Approved New Hours the Housing Policy Board approved the proposal to i :''lay; J m hours to midnight on weekdays and 2 a.m. on ;,Tt?S noroval will be forwarded as a recommendation to t f the Dean of Students for final approval and n ItJ, The Housing Policy Board is a student-faculty body. s represented on it by the president of the Resident Halls was presented to the board by the Ad Hoc Committee Dorm Hours. The committee has formulated three other 'Ah will be presented to the board at a later date. :si Hoc Committee to Change Dorm Hours was formed in 'Iber The committee's four proposed policy changes were Jo the Associated Women Students (AWS) Council on Nov. approved for consideration and further action by the Housing ifaichant, a resident of Carlson Hall and chairman of the tee explained why only the first of the four proposals was id to the board at this time. The committee was scheduled to at the last minute as an addition to the agenda of the board. ' ; of financing proposal number three still have to be worked a Quarter the other proposals will be part of the regular ( lioftheHousing Policy Board. Lists Four Proposals four proposals are: j To change dorm hours from 11 p.m. weekdays to midnight, and Him. weekends to 2 a.m. The committee argues that many " i and social events end at 11 p.m. on weeknights, causing ; :t girls to have to leave early. They say girls don't have time to :i social event on the weekend, get something to eat and ie before the one o'clock hour. They also argue that full use : made of the Library because of present hours. link 11 during the week is medieval," said Parr Barker, Carlson adent. "Locking us up early doesn't necessarily keep us good. n,she pointed out later hours will also move the considerable :jtiiiie noise an hour later. ! committee conducted a poll of 600 campus residing girls iing 50 sorority residents. The poll indicated that 94 per cent are Mied with present policy. Seventy-three per cent favored 'M the hours to midnight and 2 a.m., 5 per cent favored other ::hangesand 22 per cent favored eliminating hours entirely. Create Different Problems -rd Oswald, Van Cott Hall head resident said "eliminating dorm ' would create new kinds of problems" because "we still have the a of keeping the building occupants secure from outside V He cited the example that a man tried to break into a girl s A wing this year. Oswald said, "General sentiment is that the should be changed, but that we need some hours." fter examples of the need for external security are the two of peeping Toms in Carlson Hall last year. One intruder was on the fire escape, and the other posed as a vending 'J stock man. TTie second proposal of the committee is to change the policy on " passes to allow freshman women to take them on The proposal would allow parents of freshman women to 116 unlimited overnights at the girl's discretion on the parental ncard. The girl would still require the permission of her advisor. The proposal would also eliminate the no " Ption from the card as being ambiguous. Gives Parents Options policy gives parents of freshman women only the 5 at sPecified places" or the "no overnights" options. It . reshman overnights during the week. . e nger, University Housing Office director said in tne ; "fen law "it is all ready the case" that a freshman girl can get , "tot an overnight during the week from her head resident. 'e ird proposal is to eliminate the key program for allowing ,"0 admission to the dorms, and replace it with a night Jan at each girl's dorm. The watchman would have a list each ipwith late privileges. u CD X ou'd continue to be used at the sorority houses because ?lW0"ldbe Practical. , 5 committee argues the watchman would eliminate the worry oi S het key- When a key is lost, the girl has to pay for new keys for the building. The watchman would provide better 01 the building, and girls over 21 could be on a permanent y Wou,d not have to sign out. Liberalize Key Privileges :?h PrPal to liberalize the criteria for key privileges (?Plawatchman is used). Freshmen with a 2.5 grade point MA) n high school would be allowed six keys during their (continued on page 3) Students request hours chame proposal, such as the s,gn,n sheet, are unnecessary. The major criticisms the board nad of the policies as presented were that they were tooEp 6? rfT 3 deParture from present policy and unrealistic in their enforcement provisions. Inese two Ad Hoc committees represent the first organized effort in many years to try to change dorm policies. If approved even !n part, the policies will greatly change dorm life at the University. Saturday from 6 p.m. to midnight. Upperclassmen would have the Sunday and Saturday hours in addition to Friday hours of 7 p m fmSnight The board insisted that the policy state that room doors be "wide open allowing unobstructed vision and entry into the room" during visitation. Restrict By Voting The board retained the element ot the original proposal that individual floors could further restrict hours of visitation bv voting to do so. y The revisions call for a separate policy for Van Cott C Wing Maximum visitation hours would be seven days a week until 30 minutes before closing on weeknights and until midnight on weekends. Each apartment would limit its hours as needed. The board is advising the Ad Hoc Committee that certain control devices in the original an entity to set its own hours under the RSVP program. Studied Other Schools The committee has studied other policies of other universities. A recent example of success in liberalizing visitation is at Stanford University where co-educational dorms have led to the establishment of the country's first co-educational fraternity. These proposals were presented to the Housing Policy Board on Tuesday. Monday, the board drafted extensive revisions, which will be given to the Ad Hoc Committee so it may re-draft the proposal. the revisions, to be called Revised Dormitory Regulations, provide for room visitation of freshmen one day a week, Sunday from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. Sophomores could have guests during the Sunday hours plus on -FrmPagel)h Those with less than be allowed three University CPA i'wll !ilowed unlimited SJSse with less 4i five keys per V nnosal also lowers 4 ; ;e unlimited key 4 S Hours Ad Hoc tbe!rmulating its M pother similar V ;a has been working on present co-educational 3icies in the dorms. Set Vg Hours H mittee w'th Dale St Hall as its foliated the RSVP ft?! submitted ot the SSent Student : f?!icy (RSVP) set 'V axtaum parameters on !, ours for both men's and dorms. It cans for H tours to be set by the 0f each floor or CeDt to meet their needs. f.J. eacb floor could have H4 hours depending on the 5Cio( its occupants. 5 Provides Enforcement S proposed policy provides limitations and their "-cement. Guests would be on 'tors by invitation only. hours must be passed by a JJlfaatbs majority and a Jk must have his roommate's jjgon to have a guest in the JL Lights must be left on and - rus: be readily openable. Iljecial policies are being :ki for Van Cott C Wing to its different layout. The i is divided into apartments, jj containing three twin rooms bj : a kitchen-lounge. Each ; .ant is separate from the Js .and from the main hall and Si lof the floor. It is requested ia i new policy that the main r, lounges be open to visitation II 1 regular dorm hours by Ration, and that each :i ;nent be allowed to vote as |