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Wednesday,
September 26, 2001
Milton
to vote on visitation hours
By Aaron Chimbel
Staff Reporter
Freshman business major Clark Rucker said he would like to
see visitation hours changed in Milton Daniel Hall.
Rucker
and the other 324 men of Milton Daniel, mostly freshmen will
have the chance to vote on visitation hours today from 11
a.m. to 11 p.m. in the hall’s lobby, Hall Director Artist
Thornton said Tuesday.
Two
items will be voted on, Milton Daniel Hall Council President
Matt Freedman said.
Residents
can vote for visitation to begin at 10 a.m. instead of noon
and also to have visitation extended one hour at night until
1 a.m. Sunday through Thursday and 3 a.m. Friday and Saturday.
Either or both items can be passed, but require two-thirds
of all Milton Daniel residents to approve it, Freedman said.
More
than 215 men would have to vote yes for one or both items
to pass.
The
time changes are the maximum allowed by residential services
according to a memo sent by Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
Don Mills in May 2000. Prior to that time students had no
say in their hall’s visitation hours. No hall has been
successful in changing hours.
Thornton
said if the hours change it would require more accountability
from the students for their actions.
“It
is exciting to see what will happen,” Thornton said.
“Higher education is a growth process and this is part
of that.”
Thornton
said any change would likely go into effect Friday, the day
after the vote tallying is expected to be completed.
Sophomore
history major Alex Johnson says he thinks the current visitation
hours for Milton are fine the way they are.
“I
think (later visitation) would invite people to stay later
and more trouble would happen,” Johnson said.
Student
Government Association President and Milton Daniel Resident
Assistant Brian Wood said he would rather see hours either
kept the same or changed to 24-hour visitation. Wood said
by moving visitation an hour back at night, RAs would not
be able to enforce visitation policy.
Thornton
said the times for RAs to perform rounds would not change.
He said the responsibility would be placed on the resident
to follow the new rules.
“I’m
glad students have the power to (change visitation), I just
hope they do it responsibly,” Wood said.
Aaron
Chimbel
a.a.chimbel@student.tcu.edu
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