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Cohabitation! Often Practiced
But Not Usually Sanctioned
(CPS)--University
rules against men and
women spending the
night under the same
roof have relaxed
somewhat in recent
months, but outright
cohabitation is still
against most official
policy.
More campus dorms
have been converting
to coed living, visi
tation hours on many
campuses run all day
every day and some
local officials won't
enforce anticohabita-
tion laws unless
other complaints are
involved. But most
University administra
tors still maintain
an official stance
against cohabitation
and local officials
will occasionally en
force the city laws.
Earlier this month,
15 University of Mon
tana students learned
or allow cohabitation,
RIT'? directior of
Business Services
said. But "if I just
happen to know we
have a situation pos
sibly violating the
lease but there
aren't any other pro
blems such as dogs or
cats it is practical
ly impossible for us
to police who is liv
ing in apartments,"
he added.
At other schools,
coed 1iving, if not
cohabitation, is mak
ing advances. A uni
versity apartment
building in Oregon is
now officially coed,
a first for the Uni
versity of Oregon.
Changes there were
easier than in other
university housing
since the building
was originally design
ed as an apartment
house with separate
in front of the hous
ing office to reserve
a room in one. The
dorms there are coed
by floor or suite and
there is a 24-hour
visitation policy for
everyone but the co-
ed-by-suite dorms.
For these close quar
ters the university
requires an 8-hour
break in visitation
hours every night.
The reasons for
the policy, as the
SUNY/Geneseo presi
dent explained, are
that there is no way
to enforce cohabita
tion restrictions
with 24-hour visita
tion and that every
one should have the
right to study with
out the boy or girl
friend of the room
mate around.
The irony, accord
ing of one Resident
Advisor there, is
that no one bothers
to enforce the no-co-
habitation rule any
way.
Students at the
University of South
Legal Services Submits to Opinion
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that local
prohibited
tion. The
Missoula's
inspector
zoning law
cohabita-
city of
building
said he
doesn't have the time
to check every house
in the University a-
rea for "zoning" vio
lations but would e-
vict tenants for co
habitation if other
complaints were in
volved.
Students living in
an apartment complex
at the Rochester In
stitute of Technology
(RIT) in New York
have also tangled
with University and
local officials over
cohabitation policies.
In cases where there
have been other pro
blems between student
tenants and the uni
versity landlord, co
habitation has been
cause for eviction.
"We do not condone
bathrooms and living
rooms.
At some schools,
like Stanford Univer
sity, the dorms are
coed by floor or cor
ridor and have been
very popular with stu
dents for several
years. One student
claimed that Stan
ford's dorms had op
tional coed rooms,
but University hous
ing officials claimed
it was not authorized
by them. "Things
like that do occur
but it's not Univer
sity policy," a
spokesman said. "But
coed situations
aren't usually associ
ated with a lot of
problems."
Coed dorms at the
State University of
New York (SUNY) at
Geneseo have worked
out so well that stu
dents camp overnight
"too liberal for
of the girls in
Carolina were told
they could integrate
one of their women's
dorms without any re
quest or agreement
from the^'vramen who
live in it. In fact,
many of the women were
"shocked at the pro
posal." The presi
dent of the dorm
claimed that the plan
was
many
the dorm."
Dorm residents
will have the final
say on the coed pro
posal but the Dean of
Residence Life has
already come out in
favor of the idea.
"Coed living can be
an enjoyable exper
ience educationally,"^
he said. "From my
own experience I can
say that it does not
lead to promiscuity
which the press would
have us believe."
presented to the Stu
dent Senate at its
Oct. 30 meeting. In
light of major con
flicts in the state
ments authored by
Deason and Zumberge,
the Senate endorsed
the Chancellor's sug
gestion to ask the
Attorney General for
a formal opinion. Pre
sumably the Attorney
General will recommend
the adoption of and/or
necessary changes in
one of the two state
ments.
According to Zum
berge, the statements
were sent Tuesday,
Nov. 4, accompanied by
an explanatory cover
letter. Zumberge said
the Chancellor will a-
bide by the opinion of
the Attorney General.
The major differ
ence in the two docu
ments outlining the
responsibilities of
the attorneys relates
to the type of advice
allowed. Deason's
statement maintains
that "the attorneys re
tained will not coun-y.
sel any student on any
matter...which places
the student in an ad
versary relationship or
proceeding against the
University..."
Furthermore, Deason's
statement says "the
attorneys retained
will not advise or ■;
counsel students in
matters pertaining to
University rules and/or
regulations or assist
students in any way so
as to take an adver-.'.
sary posture toward
the University or any
of its agencies or
employees."
Zumberge's "Student
Attorney Act" is based
on the University of
Texas' legal services
document. On a recent
trip to Colorado, Zum
berge collected infor
mation on the legal
services provided by
other public univer-
...FROM Pg. 3.
si ties. Zumberge col
lected material at the
Universities of:
Tennessee, Missouri at
Colombia, Kansas, North
Colorado, and Kansas
State.
Zumberge's Act
states that the attor
neys "may provide the
student with an explan
ation of his/her
rights and responsibili
ties in the area
where the student be
lieves his/her rights
may have been violated'.'
These areas include
landlord relationships,
consumer affairs areas,
and "an explanation of
the law and procedures
regarding the relation
ships between the stu
dent and the Univer
sity, particularly as
that relationship re
lates to student disci
pline and/or grievance
procedures."
The Act restricts
the "Student's Attor
ney" from representing
the student before any
body or hearing at UN-
CA.
An opinion on the
opposing statements
should be forthcoming
from the Attorney
General shortly.
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baldness.
A lotion made from
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ing to Dr. Edward M.
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has successfully ex
perimented with the
lotion for the past
ten years.
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