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Cornell to Offer Gender-Neutral Housing
You might think this is because some students feel they’re mature enough to share a room with a person of the opposite sex.
You’d be wrong. Read this post all the way to the end.
Alfonse Muglia of the Cornell Insider reports.
At its weekly meeting last Thursday afternoon, the Student Assembly adopted Resolution 12, which will give current students the option of selecting gender neutral housing starting this spring. The Resolution comes with only one week until information sessions begin for current freshman, sophomores, and juniors who plan to utilize Cornell housing next year.
This upcoming deadline compelled the Resolution’s sponsors to label it as “time sensitive” and was used as a tool to push the policy change to a vote, while limiting the time of debate that usually encompasses a change of this magnitude.
Because of the shortened debate (which was further interrupted by a scheduled visit from President Skorton), the details of the policy are not known, even to some Assembly members. But in the words of one Representative who voted in favor of the Resolution, “Giving students more options is always a good thing.”
What is known is that current students will have the option to live with a member of the opposing sex in Cornell dormitories. These rooms will then be grouped into small suites with other gender-neutral rooms. These suites will then be dispersed on various, random floors around West Campus and Program Housing next year, with the hope of stimulating conversation about “gender issues” that apparently exist at Cornell, although the Resolution supporters lacked any data on the number of students who are negatively affected by the current housing structure.
What is not known (besides the lack of supporting data) is how the application of the program will be evaluated or what (if anything) is stopping romantic couples from utilizing the Cornell housing system to live together next year.
Ricky
October 4th, 2012
Is it just me or – does it sound like they’re trying to cater to the metrosexuals??
Webonot
October 4th, 2012
With what God “Assigned” me at birth, there is no “confusion” about my gender.
Mountain Dog
October 4th, 2012
That is one way to keep the devout muslims out, but I’d be damned if I would let my daughter attend any school that uses such looney policy.
persecutor
October 4th, 2012
I can see it now; gender neutral housing in the Sandra Fluke dorm! Get ‘yer free condoms!
theJadedBarrel
October 4th, 2012
Oh, there will definitely be a lot stimulating going. Imagine the conversations. Oo ah Oo…
Boobie the Rocket Dog
October 4th, 2012
Yet another opportunity to f_ck up during sophomore year and waste daddy’s money.
Troy
October 4th, 2012
WTF?:
These supporters spoke of a “structural change” that is needed within our housing system. Their argument, according to Resolution sponsor Emily Blick, ’13, involves removing all barriers for students who are confused because of “the gender you are assigned at birth.”
Stranded in Sonoma
October 4th, 2012
In an unrelated story, the number of out-of-wedlock pregnancies has quadrupled at Cornell since the spring of 2013.
In a further unrelated story, the instances of sexually transmitted diseases have increased by 500% at Cornell since the spring of 2013.
Though while some have tried to spin this story by saying that gender neutral housing, and the increase in pregnancies and STDs all started in the spring of 2013, the democrat party would like to remind you again that these stories are unrelated.
Corona
October 4th, 2012
Now I know what Australians do with all those banana peels.
mkultra
October 4th, 2012
We’re going to remove the distinction between the sexes in order to accommodate the one-per-10-million lunatics who qualify for college but are so mentally ill that they can’t decide what dorm they belong in.
wildman
October 4th, 2012
Lovely, and for this, parents pay a premium to go to cornell. wonder how Much of the tuition cost goes to the administrators who think up this nonsense.
Tim
October 4th, 2012
Why would anyone send its brat to Cornell?
It’ll be just as unemployable attending a state college.