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By KATRINA BLASETTI
Staff writer
Sleeping double in a single bed was on
everyone's mind Wednesday night at the Towers
Issues Forum.
By a show of hands, a majority of the 100
students attending the forum in the Main Towers
Lobby indicated they disagreed with the
current visitation policy.
As it stands, Towers residents are allowed
opposite-sex visi- tation from 12 p.m. to 11:30
p.m. during the week, and to 2 a.m. on
weekends.
Residents on the first floor of Douglas and
the second floor of Burney are denied oppositesex
visitation at all times.
Mark Twohey, one of the students opposed to
the current policy, said, "I believe the current
policy is unnecessary. We students are expected
to assume adult roles in an environment
which places adolescent restrictions on us."
"If I am expected to pass a biochemistry
course, I should be allowed to choose who I
allow in my room," Twohey continued.
Overnight opposite-sex visitation is not the
only freedom the students feel they are denied.
Brian Gambrell, a political science freshman,
said, "I had times last semester when I had to
study in the lobbies at 2:30 in the morning because
I happened to be studying with females."
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the status of the visitation policy.
Jim McMahon, director of Resident Studeni
Development, explained that safety and securii}
must also be considered.
He stressed that students and administrators
were concerned about vandalism and behaviora!
problems when the policy was introduced ir
1988. Prior to that time, overnight visitatior
was allowed on weekends in the Towers.
"There was a lot of concern about 17 anc
18-year-old freshmen being away from homt
for the first time and having loo much free
dom . . . There was a great deal of discussioi
on the Board of Trustees in the Spring of 1988,'
McMahon said.
The controversy became a moral issue
championed by state Rep. Mike Fair, R
Gro.e.nville. who was on Board of Trustee:
member at that time.
Fair was concerned that the sons and daught
crs of taxpayers were given an opportunity K
sleep together.
Fair's opposition to opposite-sex visitatioi
was widely publicized and became an importan
factor in the implementation of the stride
policy.
However, Fair is no longer a member of th<
Board of Trustees, which dictates the policy
This factor was seen as a positive sign by stu
dent leaders on the panel who discussed ho\
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"One man was able to manipulate the climate
at that lime. And he is no longer on the
board," Student Government Vice President
Shine Brooks said.
; "But it will take more than an emotional apI
peal on our part ? our leverage comes from
! drawing out the faculty and staff," Brooks said.
, "It seems as if every group is going in different
directions. We need to get on the same
j wavelength."
, Residence Hall Association President Joelle
Lastica agreed. "We need to get organized if we
1 want to change visitation. Only together can we
make a difference," Lastica said.
Papel members encouraged student action
through involvement in residence hall meetings
s and student petitions.
Despite the overwhelming support for
change, not every student present wanted a
more lenient policy.
i After the meeting, Pickens Hair, a resident
t advisor in Moore, said, "I'm against overnight
r visitation. Being a resident advisor, I see that
especially in a freshman residence hall, people
- aren't ready for it."
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