Email from Clark...

[orwhatyouwill]

help me formulate a response to the below highlighted line and the following paragraph(first years are second class citizens, gosh i'm so sensitive)-

Dear Anna:

You may have heard about Clark's decision to offer gender blind/neutral
housing to undergraduate students beginning in Fall 2007. This topic may arise
when you speak with prospective students

Comments

[youngstudlyboi]

I agree with your statement about first-years being treated as second-class citizens. I don't necessarily agree that genderblind housing should not be an option to them...however, it is a liability issue (shouldn't be, but it is). Parents still retain some degree of control over their kids when they live in the home, even if they're 18. They may deter/prevent their kid from attending Clark if they know about that policy. Once the kid leaves, there is less of a chance that they can do anything to prevent the kid from attending...unless they refuse to oay the tuition.

Also some incoming freshman are still minors when they leave home and get to college. Not many but there are some. And some are still minors when they get accepted and sign an acceptance letter. Legally the parents are still responsible for the student at that time. I think Clark made a smart move by making that policy only available to upperclassmen. Again not that I agree 100% ideally, but given the liability issue it was the right thing to do.

I guess if an incoming freshman is trans/intersex he/she can always write a letter or otherwise contact housing about his/her situation...the policy doesn't state anywhere that exceptions won't be made...as those things have to be taken on a case by case basis.

[orwhatyouwill]

i always cringe at the notion that the oppressed, the othered, must do all advocay work. *sigh*

are you going to IMSL?

[youngstudlyboi]

IMsL?

I haven't made any reservations..wait where is it this year..?

(I know I am sooo out of the loop b/c of work)

[orwhatyouwill]

your neck of the woods
san fran.

[youngstudlyboi]

darn it I will have to look up the details later though because I'm @ the office....

I thought it was SF but wasn't 100% sure..thanx...are you going?

[orwhatyouwill]

L and I are coming in Wednesday night and taking the red eye back on Sunday

[youngstudlyboi]

mmmm....

no dreams about alisa and the desk now, y'hear? (just kidding)

[orwhatyouwill]

i know someone who works with her at UCONN *swoon*