Is resident hall mandatory for freshman?

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The Regents’ policy provides that certain students are required to live in university housing. All single freshman students under 20 years of age must live in a university residence hall for the academic year EXCEPT for those who have earned 24 or more hours of college credit in residence or have already lived in university residence halls for two semesters

http://www.ou.edu/housingandfood/residence_halls/housing_policy.html

Certain exceptions are made for students living at home with parents within a 50 mile radius of campus but that is handled on a case by case basis.