<p>Needs to be voted on but Dean Elmore presented a new guest policy - as described [url=<a href=“http://media.www.dailyfreepress.com/media/storage/paper87/news/2007/03/01/News/Elmore.Presents.Liberal.Guest.Policy-2751717.shtml?mkey=2291762]here[/url”>http://media.www.dailyfreepress.com/media/storage/paper87/news/2007/03/01/News/Elmore.Presents.Liberal.Guest.Policy-2751717.shtml?mkey=2291762]here[/url</a>] - which eliminates the major student complaints.</p>
<p>To explain, the guest policy is essentially the ability of a BU student to go in and out of various dorms at night and to have an overnight guest. Probably the major area of complaint on campus.</p>
<p>The current policy seems a bit restrictive …but for some reason, I kinda like it! Oh man, I’m gettin old.</p>
<p>Yes, when I read the article I agreed that this was much stricter than when I went to school years ago—but it had some good points too (as a mother of a soon-to-be-18 yr old girl !!!) …yeah, well.</p>
<p>Seriously . . . the policy really has been a source of friction between the kids and the administration and a source of bad publicity for the school among kids. This is a very big step forward that shows the school under President Brown is truly moving forward.</p>
<p>as a high school senior i think i would be considerably more likely to come to BU if they eased up on the policy… its not that i have girls in my dorm every night at all, but to have freedom andliving without many restrictions while your in college is, i think, important</p>
<p>I hope it changes. The new policy seems to be restrictive, but not TOO restrictive, as the old one definitely was.</p>
<p>the current guess policy isn’t that much of a pain in the ass. people make it seems like it sucks SO much and whatnot but hey, i feel safe and that is all that matters. allowing all bu students to swipe into dorms at any time is the only change i think should be made.</p>
<p>I understand how a lot of parents support this… but since I’m not a parent, these strict rules kind of make me angry. Going to college is about having a certain amount of freedom and parents and staff involved with these decisions having a certain amount of trust. It’s kind of insulting to me that they believe that they should have to monitor college kids this way. Does anyone know if this new proposal is going anywhere? Because I’d feel a lot better about going to BU without all these restrictions. Like crouton said, I don’t want this so I can have sex with a different person every night, but because it seems stupid to be monitored so strictly in college.</p>