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March 1, 2007
Co-ed residence halls, co-ed floors, co-ed rooms
Living with a male when going off to college for the first time? I can just see the look on my dad’s face if he moved me into my dorm room (sophomore year) and my roommate was a boy...I don’t event want to visualize that scenario.
On our local news channel's website, www.kdka.com, along with the article about co-educational dorms, there was a poll asking “Good idea, Bad idea”. Once you placed your vote, you could see the results of other readers. 35% thought it was a good idea and 65% said it was a bad idea.
The article referencing Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) briefly stated that a small group of colleges (30) on the east coast were trying this out. The reason for this new wave is to provide a different living situation that best suites each students.
When I researched this further, I saw that a few of the schools were Swarthmore, Haverford, Wesleyan College, Brown University among others. This particular article calls this ‘co-ed’ venture a “gender blind/neutral housing” this is “to better accommodate gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender students who would either be more comfortable with an opposite sex roommate or who are concerned that they would not be accepted by a same sex roommate.”
A number of the institutions do not permit freshmen students to live with members of the opposite sex.
In CMU’s defense, they stated that they are not promoting sex, but just allowing students to pick the best roommate for themselves. (www.kdka.com). Thoughts?
Posted by AshleyHoffman at March 1, 2007 1:28 PM
Comments
co ed housing should not consist of both male and female living in the same room! That is absolutely rediculous. that is definently promoting sex or a call for some type of sexual assualt.
Comment by: arian Mackey at April 24, 2007 4:51 PM