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ASR opens residence halls to all
Proposal approved by Res Life, off-campus policies at other schools compared in decision
Camden Miller
Issue date: 10/20/06 Section: News
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In an all-campus e-mail, President of the Association of Student Representatives (ASR) Manny Gonzalez, senior, announced that partial access to residence halls and study lounges had been granted to off-campus students.
The new guidelines allow 24-hour access to the Murchison and Heidi Study Lounges and entrance to residence halls between the hours of 9 a.m. and 11 p.m.
At this point, the new measures have been approved as a type of experiment, and off-campus students who are believed to be causing disturbances will have their access privileges revoked, Gonzalez wrote.
"One of the reasons we got dorm access for off-campus students is that the library closes early, and it allows student to get into the study lounges attached to dormitories," said ASR Vice President Katie Hampton, senior.
The old policy was unpopular because a significant number of students living off campus had mentioned that it was a hassle for them to visit people, said Senior Katrina Bayer, ASR senator.
"For instance, my weekly ASR Amenities meeting is in Thomas and, because I don't have access to Thomas, I have to stand there every week and wait for someone to let me in," Bayer said.
According to Bayer, seniors previously had access only to the Murchison and Heidi Study Lounges if they asked special permission for an exception from David Tuttle, dean of students and director of Residential Life.
Tuttle said that, in the past, access has been given to students who wanted to use the study lounges, and off-campus students have never been given access to the residence halls.
According to Hampton, ASR had been told that, if it wanted to pursue the issue, it would need to research the policies of other schools for system models and comparisons.
"I told [Bayer], if you could find any other school that lets seniors into dorms, I'll consider it, but you're not going to find it," Tuttle said.
Bayer said that she took the list of "reference institutions," schools Trinity views as its peers, and e-mailed various other residential life offices. Bayer asked in her e-mail if these other schools would they be willing to help Trinity reconsider its off-campus dorm access policies.
The new guidelines allow 24-hour access to the Murchison and Heidi Study Lounges and entrance to residence halls between the hours of 9 a.m. and 11 p.m.
At this point, the new measures have been approved as a type of experiment, and off-campus students who are believed to be causing disturbances will have their access privileges revoked, Gonzalez wrote.
"One of the reasons we got dorm access for off-campus students is that the library closes early, and it allows student to get into the study lounges attached to dormitories," said ASR Vice President Katie Hampton, senior.
The old policy was unpopular because a significant number of students living off campus had mentioned that it was a hassle for them to visit people, said Senior Katrina Bayer, ASR senator.
"For instance, my weekly ASR Amenities meeting is in Thomas and, because I don't have access to Thomas, I have to stand there every week and wait for someone to let me in," Bayer said.
According to Bayer, seniors previously had access only to the Murchison and Heidi Study Lounges if they asked special permission for an exception from David Tuttle, dean of students and director of Residential Life.
Tuttle said that, in the past, access has been given to students who wanted to use the study lounges, and off-campus students have never been given access to the residence halls.
According to Hampton, ASR had been told that, if it wanted to pursue the issue, it would need to research the policies of other schools for system models and comparisons.
"I told [Bayer], if you could find any other school that lets seniors into dorms, I'll consider it, but you're not going to find it," Tuttle said.
Bayer said that she took the list of "reference institutions," schools Trinity views as its peers, and e-mailed various other residential life offices. Bayer asked in her e-mail if these other schools would they be willing to help Trinity reconsider its off-campus dorm access policies.
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