Staff Revamps Policy in Students' Favor
Cari Elliot
Issue date: 2/1/10 Section: News
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Life staff, the dorm visitation rules have been completely revamped and are much more lenient and agreeable than previous policies.
Last semester, Smith and Newberry dormitories checked guests in at 2 p.m.
East and West checked in guests at noon. All guests had to be registered, and students
could not have more than three guests in their room at a time.
"The old rules were inconsistent
throughout campus," said Dan Mabery, director of Residence Life at Henderson.
This inconsistency made visitation complicated and often frustrating, which is exactly why steps were made by the Residence Life staff to improve their policy.
New rules were implemented
at the beginning of the semester to create a consistency
throughout the campus.
Guests are now allowed in all dormitories from 10 a.m. to midnight on regular school nights and to 2 a.m. on Friday and Saturday.
Guests only have to be checked in at the desks after 4 p.m., and only when visiting
someone of the opposite gender.
There are also no limits to the amount of guests you can have in your dorm, something
that students specially asked the Residence Life staff to change.
"The limit last semester made it difficult for students to study in groups effectively and often deterred students from meeting up at all," said Mabery.
While the number of guests is not limited, guests may not be unattended at any time.
"All guests must be escorted,"
said Mabery. "We don't want guests wandering the hallways alone."
The change in policy this semester is a prime example of student-faculty cooperation.
"We met with students from each dormitory and had open forums," Mabery said.
"Students complained that checking in and out was a hassle, especially if they only needed to go up to their rooms for a minute.
"We looked at our needs and the needs of the students and made a compromise.
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