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Sep 05, 2017

Howard University Is Turning Former Dorms Into Apartments In LeDroit Park

Carver and Slowe halls, both built in 1942, will offer 162 rental units that range from studios to two bedrooms.

Nov 30, 2011

Single-Sex Dorms Aren’t Discriminatory, Says D.C.

The District’s Office of Human Rights ruled yesterday that Catholic University’s single-sex dorms don’t violate the city’s Human Rights Act, reports the AP.

Sep 27, 2011

Reality: Kids Are Going to Hook Up, No Matter What

As a District mediation board decides whether Catholic University’s same-sex dorms violate the city’s Human Rights Act, we’ll leave it to the university’s student-run newspaper to help determine whether or not the segregated dorms actually prevent binge drinking and hook-ups, as administrators hope.

Sep 16, 2011

Catholic University Forced to Justify Same-Sex Dorms

When Catholic University President John Garvey announced in June that the university would be reverting to same-sex dorms for on-campus students, he probably didn’t expect much of a legal challenge. Well, he got one.

Jun 14, 2011

Catholic University To Offer Only Same-Sex Dorms

John Garvey has obviously been studying the trends: the new president of Catholic University of America announced in a Wall Street Journal op-ed on Monday that students at the school would go back to living in same-sex dorms this fall.

Dec 03, 2010

We Hereby Welcome These Universities To The Year 2010

George Washington University is planning on allowing men and women to live in the same residence hall rooms all over its campus next fall — just like how anyone living nearly everywhere else in the world is able to do! The university’s decision is part of a national trend, ridding the somewhat-insane policy of forcibly separating genders in student housing; Georgetown is also considering scrapping gender-separate dorms. (A mild thumbs up to American, who already…

 
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