University of Virginia Library

Student Discretion

Statements issued by the
dormitories call for students to use their
own discretion on conforming to or
violating the administration's regulations
until the house councils and dormitory
governing bodies rewrite policies.

Current regulations allow visitation by
members of the opposite sex only during
a few hours each weekend and require
that all students hosting visitors leave
their doors open at least six inches.

When passed by the administration
last spring, these regulations sparked six
days of demonstrations, petitioning and
marching. There were scattered incidents
of window breaking and the burning of
an office building.

This fall small groups have disobeyed
the regulations but, for the most part,
have not been given disciplinary
punishment.