by Amelia Ong | Feb 14, 2011 | News Slider
Did you see a boy walking around the halls of Elam last Friday night, without climbing out of a window for a quick escape when an RA came around the corner?Well, it’s because that is now perfectly legal in the dorms on Lipscomb’s campus. After listening to the desires of students to have somewhere to hang out with their friends on campus, SGA realized the need for a change in the dorm visitation policy. It conducted an 1,100-person poll among students, and made some suggestions for change based on the polling results to the office of Residence Life. Residence Life then organized student focus groups, which eventually led to the new policy. With this much research done on what students want and need, you’d think the policy would be welcomed by all students living on campus. But with any and all changes, some welcome the new and others reject it. Caitlin Selle, a freshman communication major from Tega Cay, S.C., said she likes that the policy change allows students more leniency, but parts of it frustrate her as well. “I don’t want to walk from my shower [to my room] in my towel and meet some guy walking in the hall,” Selle said. “So, it’s a nice thing to have, but it’s not like I’m crazy about it.” The new policy, implemented on Jan. 12, is focused on helping students find gathering spaces and to provide the “opportunity to share their ‘home away from home’ with their friends across campus,” said an email from Dr. Sam Smith, associate dean of Campus Life and director of Residence Life. The effectiveness...
