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vball10set
Posts: 24,795
Jan 13, 2011 2:43pm
I know we have quite a few OU students/alumni on this site...thoughts, reactions??
http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110113/NEWS04/110119767
http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110113/NEWS04/110119767
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Manhattan Buckeye
Posts: 7,566
Jan 13, 2011 2:57pm
My reaction is that this:
Student Senate member Sean Martin says students in dating relationships who try to live together under the new housing option will be "frowned upon.""
is hilarious.
If you let two people with different genders live together, you have to let all people with different genders live together. I take it OU has a non-discrimination policy. I don't know how they could maintain the preferable treatment under it.
Student Senate member Sean Martin says students in dating relationships who try to live together under the new housing option will be "frowned upon.""
is hilarious.
If you let two people with different genders live together, you have to let all people with different genders live together. I take it OU has a non-discrimination policy. I don't know how they could maintain the preferable treatment under it.
OSH
Posts: 4,145
Jan 13, 2011 3:17pm
I think this is absurd. Miami (OH) is (or has) also looked into the coed housing option.
This just opens up a whole new can of worms.
But then again, when you have dorms that have female halls, male halls, female halls, and male halls stacked like that in a building, it's not that far off. But now, accepting the fact that you'll put them in the same room is just asking for trouble.
It's not like OU is really out for being conservative though. They'll get the crowd that they are marketing themselves to -- if that's what they are trying to do, it sure seems like it.
This just opens up a whole new can of worms.
But then again, when you have dorms that have female halls, male halls, female halls, and male halls stacked like that in a building, it's not that far off. But now, accepting the fact that you'll put them in the same room is just asking for trouble.
It's not like OU is really out for being conservative though. They'll get the crowd that they are marketing themselves to -- if that's what they are trying to do, it sure seems like it.
FatHobbit
Posts: 8,651
Jan 13, 2011 3:22pm
When I went to OSU they had coed halls. I don't really think it's that big of a differencea as long as everyone in the room is ok with it.
When my wife was in college they stuck a guy in her apt and she wasn't too happy about it. (mainly because he was a big slob, always invited friends over too late and smoked pot every night.)
edit - as a parent I would HATE the idea of sending my daughter off to live in the same drom/apt as a guy. That would be a deal breaker for me.
When my wife was in college they stuck a guy in her apt and she wasn't too happy about it. (mainly because he was a big slob, always invited friends over too late and smoked pot every night.)
edit - as a parent I would HATE the idea of sending my daughter off to live in the same drom/apt as a guy. That would be a deal breaker for me.
power i
Posts: 1,296
Jan 13, 2011 3:26pm
I would not pay for any of my kids to be in a dorm with someone of the opposite sex.
Fab4Runner
Posts: 6,196
Jan 13, 2011 3:28pm
If both parties are fine with the arrangement I see no problem. There would obviously have to be an opt out for students who were not okay with it. I lived on a co-ed floor in college. The rooms went guy, girl, guy, girl all the way down the hall. I don't think it caused anyone to bang out more. Most people brought people that didn't live in our wing back to their rooms rather than the guys or girls that lived next door.
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thavoice
Posts: 14,376
Jan 13, 2011 3:37pm
WHat did Costanza say in the ep where his gf had a male roommate? 'the hardest thing is getting the woman to come back to your place. he already has that'
More drunken sex possibly?
Who knows...
More drunken sex possibly?
Who knows...
Laley23
Posts: 29,506
Jan 13, 2011 4:14pm
Honestly, I cant see much good from it, and a lot of bad. What happens when the first rape allegation is made? When the first fight occurs? etc, etc, etc.
Now, same halls is fine with me. Some IU dorms had co-ed halls, and if you started a relationship, the girl just moved in anyway. But they are asking for trouble with putting kids together off the bat imo.
Now, same halls is fine with me. Some IU dorms had co-ed halls, and if you started a relationship, the girl just moved in anyway. But they are asking for trouble with putting kids together off the bat imo.
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bLuE_71
Posts: 226
Jan 13, 2011 4:18pm
OU OH YEAAAAHH!!!!!!!!!
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fan_from_texas
Posts: 2,693
Jan 13, 2011 4:49pm
At my undergrad (Rice), we were fully co-ed by suite, so I was in a suite with 4 guys, right next to a suite of 4 girls. On our floor, we were roughly split 50/50. There were at least a handful of suites that were co-ed within the suite, but that was generally two gay guys who wanted to share a suite with two girls. I can't imagine most girls wanting to room with a guy or vice-versa, for all sorts of reasons.
I didn't think it was particularly strange, and I didn't see any big issue with it. The idea that drunken hookups won't happen in college if floors/dorms are segregated by sex but will happen if they're co-ed is kind of silly.
In my time at undergrad, I didn't know of any rape allegation or problem that came from being co-ed by suites or rooms. I don't get the uproar here.
I didn't think it was particularly strange, and I didn't see any big issue with it. The idea that drunken hookups won't happen in college if floors/dorms are segregated by sex but will happen if they're co-ed is kind of silly.
In my time at undergrad, I didn't know of any rape allegation or problem that came from being co-ed by suites or rooms. I don't get the uproar here.
SportsAndLady
Posts: 35,632
Jan 13, 2011 5:00pm
What happens if the guy and girl break up 2 weeks into the semester?
Aawwwwkward
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yobro08
Posts: 237
Jan 13, 2011 5:00pm
think its wierd, but as of next month we will have a female roommate in our house at osu because my one roommate moved out
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friendfromlowry
Posts: 6,239
Jan 13, 2011 5:05pm
The DDN had an article about this not too long ago -- apparently Miami was experimenting with it. Some girls swear by it because it eliminates that girl drama of living together. My sister moved into OSU this past Fall into a suite with 3-4 other girls and she's already had a couple different girls move in/out because of drama. Blah blah blah. But I could see both sides of the argument. Why mess with a fine system of same-sex rooming. There's definitely potential for trouble.
If I lived with a semi-attractive girl who was cool and fine, then no problems, I could do it. But my luck I'd be stuck with some weirdo who watched Twilight every night and the room would be purple with glitter and christmas lights coming out of everywhere. Or worse, a black girl. Call me racist, but black girls are fucking annoying.
If I lived with a semi-attractive girl who was cool and fine, then no problems, I could do it. But my luck I'd be stuck with some weirdo who watched Twilight every night and the room would be purple with glitter and christmas lights coming out of everywhere. Or worse, a black girl. Call me racist, but black girls are fucking annoying.
darbypitcher22
Posts: 8,000
Jan 13, 2011 6:04pm
people already do this, at least on my campus. If you have a guy/girl as a roommate in a relationship you can pretty much count on having a 3rd roommate
tk421
Posts: 8,500
Jan 13, 2011 6:06pm
Laley23;637267 wrote:Honestly, I cant see much good from it, and a lot of bad. What happens when the first rape allegation is made? When the first fight occurs? etc, etc, etc.
Now, same halls is fine with me. Some IU dorms had co-ed halls, and if you started a relationship, the girl just moved in anyway. But they are asking for trouble with putting kids together off the bat imo.
I'll tell you what will happen. The first time a girl is raped by her "roommate", her parents are going to sue the school for a shit ton of money and this program will be going bye bye.
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Manhattan Buckeye
Posts: 7,566
Jan 13, 2011 6:45pm
darbypitcher22;637369 wrote:people already do this, at least on my campus. If you have a guy/girl as a roommate in a relationship you can pretty much count on having a 3rd roommate
That happens, and it usually pisses the third party off. Co-ed floors and suites are one thing - most colleges have them, but access to a particular room is another thing. I can't imagine a parent wanting their daughter to be in a room with a guy that wants to room with a girl (for whatever reasons).
CinciX12
Posts: 2,874
Jan 13, 2011 7:16pm
Its not really any different than what I had my freshman year. I had girls across the hall from me. There were no co-ed rooms but I had to walk literally 5 feet and be in a girls room.
That being said, I am jealous. I want someone to clean up my shit for me.
That being said, I am jealous. I want someone to clean up my shit for me.
tk421
Posts: 8,500
Jan 13, 2011 7:28pm
Those who say it's no different than having male/female rooms next to each other are fooling themselves. Are these roommates supposed to change in front of one another? What about privacy? You think if some girl is rooming with a guy, that girl's bf is going to be okay with that? Same thing for the guy's gf. This is a terrible idea. Some things just aren't meant to be co-ed.
What is OU going to do about the showers and bathrooms for these students? Some of the dorms at OU the bathrooms are shared between a certain hallway such as south green mods. Are the guys/girls going to be sharing bathrooms now, how will they work all this stuff out?
If this truly came about because of transgendered students, then OU should make a transgendered dorm. No need to go to all this trouble and invite all the trouble this idea will cause.
What is OU going to do about the showers and bathrooms for these students? Some of the dorms at OU the bathrooms are shared between a certain hallway such as south green mods. Are the guys/girls going to be sharing bathrooms now, how will they work all this stuff out?
If this truly came about because of transgendered students, then OU should make a transgendered dorm. No need to go to all this trouble and invite all the trouble this idea will cause.
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friendfromlowry
Posts: 6,239
Jan 13, 2011 7:49pm
tk421;637438 wrote:Those who say it's no different than having male/female rooms next to each other are fooling themselves. Are these roommates supposed to change in front of one another? What about privacy? You think if some girl is rooming with a guy, that girl's bf is going to be okay with that? Same thing for the guy's gf. This is a terrible idea. Some things just aren't meant to be co-ed.
Students living in these dorms actually want to, right? That is, OU just can't make whomever live in them -- they actually have to be comfortable with it? I'm assuming that's the case. If so, why would a girl who has a boyfriend volunteer to live with another guy? OU probably isn't going to let just anyone live in these rooms and wait for the timebomb to go off.
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Be Nice
Posts: 1,120
Jan 13, 2011 8:27pm
Is OU also passing out free condoms?
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Be Nice
Posts: 1,120
Jan 13, 2011 8:29pm
darbypitcher22;637369 wrote:people already do this, at least on my campus. If you have a guy/girl as a roommate in a relationship you can pretty much count on having a 3rd roommate
Wow! They promote 3somes at your college?
SportsAndLady
Posts: 35,632
Jan 13, 2011 8:38pm
Be Nice;637476 wrote:Is OU also passing out free condoms?
I'm pretty sure most campuses pass out free condoms.
CinciX12
Posts: 2,874
Jan 13, 2011 8:43pm
And some high schools in health class do too.
dazedconfused
Posts: 2,662
Jan 13, 2011 8:56pm
it's awkward enough living with a member of the same sex in the room with you let alone a member of the opposite sex. this is going to end badly
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slide22
Posts: 330
Jan 13, 2011 9:36pm
FYI, OU student here, these will not be random selections like the regular housing is done. You will have to request to live with that person (and they with you obviously,) and they will be in certain halls on South Green.