Old visitation policy confuses residents
Havanna Hagans/Staff writer
Issue date: 9/8/05 Section: News
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When students returned to campus for the fall semester, they thought they faced a new visitation policy that called for equalization between same sex and opposite sex check-in rules.
During the 2004-2005 school year, students were allowed to have guests of the same gender stay past midnight, but with what was thought to be this year's new housing policy, this privilege was struck from the rules.
"There were some miscommunications with regard to this, which has resulted in some confusion," said Kenna Middleton, director of university housing.
According to the housing Web site, visitation is time set aside each day when a guest of the opposite gender is permitted to visit with you in your room.
Although this rule clearly states visitation rules are enforced for guests of the opposite sex, a newer stipulation, put into play this semester, stated it applies to both "same and opposite sex" visitors.
Faced with this new regulation that some students were made aware of through signs posted in elevators following violations and complaints, Housing has clarified the issue with the policy.
"There have been no changes in visitation," Middleton said.
According to Eastern's "Guide To Residence Hall Living," the rules and regulations are supposed to be "distributed to each residential student."
However, there are a number of students on campus like Katie Eftekhar, undeclared and hoping to major in political science, who say they have never received a residence hall guide.
"I have never received one personally," Eftekhar said.
The time, days, number and the arrangements regarding the gender of a guest is not the only thing Housing pays close attention to.
The university has the right to regulate the number of overnight stays and restrict access to violators of the visitation policy.
It also has the right to restrict those who "present a threat to the safety or security of hall residents or its occupants," section 11 of the housing contract stated.
During the 2004-2005 school year, students were allowed to have guests of the same gender stay past midnight, but with what was thought to be this year's new housing policy, this privilege was struck from the rules.
"There were some miscommunications with regard to this, which has resulted in some confusion," said Kenna Middleton, director of university housing.
According to the housing Web site, visitation is time set aside each day when a guest of the opposite gender is permitted to visit with you in your room.
Although this rule clearly states visitation rules are enforced for guests of the opposite sex, a newer stipulation, put into play this semester, stated it applies to both "same and opposite sex" visitors.
Faced with this new regulation that some students were made aware of through signs posted in elevators following violations and complaints, Housing has clarified the issue with the policy.
"There have been no changes in visitation," Middleton said.
According to Eastern's "Guide To Residence Hall Living," the rules and regulations are supposed to be "distributed to each residential student."
However, there are a number of students on campus like Katie Eftekhar, undeclared and hoping to major in political science, who say they have never received a residence hall guide.
"I have never received one personally," Eftekhar said.
The time, days, number and the arrangements regarding the gender of a guest is not the only thing Housing pays close attention to.
The university has the right to regulate the number of overnight stays and restrict access to violators of the visitation policy.
It also has the right to restrict those who "present a threat to the safety or security of hall residents or its occupants," section 11 of the housing contract stated.
