http://www.p2pnet.net/story/14156 p2pnet.net - reader powered Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:24:35 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/14156/comment-page-1#comment-220917 Reader's Write Thu, 29 Nov 2007 18:01:06 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/14156#comment-220917 Its interesting that the dorm room requirement was brought up here. Decades ago when I went to school, they had the same requirement. Even veterans who were going to college on the G.I. bill had to stay in the dorm. Many students theorised the reason was not fear of immature students; rather it was the schools only means of paying off expensive and probably unnecessary dorms that were so unpleasant and costly to live in that few students would willingly live there. In some cases it was shown that students could live in a Holliday Inn for less. The only out was to live with ones parents. Even "townies" had to lie if they planned to live with more distant relatives, on their own or WITH THEIR WIVES! Is is so amazing that such a school administration would refuse to help unfairly sued students? Colleges are money-making enterprises. Even public colleges need to remember the bottom line. They care about student welfare only if it affects their gross income. Or maybe the reputation of the institution. When some school seems to come to the aid of a sued student its usually a professor that raises the objection, not the administration. Its interesting that the dorm room requirement was brought up here. Decades ago when I went to school, they had the same requirement. Even veterans who were going to college on the G.I. bill had to stay in the dorm. Many students theorised the reason was not fear of immature students; rather it was the schools only means of paying off expensive and probably unnecessary dorms that were so unpleasant and costly to live in that few students would willingly live there. In some cases it was shown that students could live in a Holliday Inn for less. The only out was to live with ones parents. Even “townies” had to lie if they planned to live with more distant relatives, on their own or WITH THEIR WIVES! Is is so amazing that such a school administration would refuse to help unfairly sued students? Colleges are money-making enterprises. Even public colleges need to remember the bottom line. They care about student welfare only if it affects their gross income. Or maybe the reputation of the institution. When some school seems to come to the aid of a sued student its usually a professor that raises the objection, not the administration.

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