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Gender-neutral bathrooms planned for installation
READ MORE: Gender-neutral bathrooms are planned for installation this coming fall semester, wrapping up a project that has been in the works since last spring. To Vice President of Student Association (SA) Eve Stern, there is more to gender-neutral facilities than just creating a restroom that is usable by both men and women. “I’m fighting for gender-neutral bathrooms and housing because this creates a statement and environment on our campus; a welcoming, progressive, open-minded, accepting and conscious -
EDITORIAL: Continue The Call For Progressive Change
READ MORE: Next fall, gender-neutral bathrooms will finally be available to the campus community. We applaud the efforts of all of the students, administrators and representatives from Facilities Management that have made this happen. Now that we have seen that this kind of progressive change can happen, we hope that the college will continue to move in the right direction. -
Gender-Neutral Housing To Be Offered
READ MORE: After years of student activism in support of the change, the Department of Residence Life will be offering gender-neutral housing options for next year. Rafael Calderon, coordinator of housing operations, announced in a campus-wide email last Friday that Bevier 112, Lefevre 111 and Lefevre 301 will be converted to gender-neutral suites. -
EDITORIAL: Stepping In The Right Direction
READ MORE: A campus-wide email recently announced that three suites in Bevier and Lefevre Halls will be converted into gender-neutral residences come fall 2012. We at The New Paltz Oracle would like to praise the students who worked to make this happen and the college officials who understood the high value we would place on such a change. We feel it is a small but necessary step in the right direction. -
Momentum Grows For Gender-Neutral Housing
READ MORE: There are currently 38 schools in the United States that offer gender-neutral housing. Student Association (SA) Executive Vice President Eve Stern is hoping that SUNY New Paltz will be added to the list. -
Gender-Neutral Suites To Open In Fall 2013
READ MORE: Beginning next semester, there will be three gender-neutral suites in Bevier Hall, according to Coordinator for Housing Options Rafael Calderon. The suites will differ from the “gender-mixed” suites currently available in LeFevre Hall, which will be moved to Dubois Hall in the fall, and the co-ed floor in Gage Hall, Calderon said. -
EDITORIAL: Stepping Up To The Plate
READ MORE: Announced at last week’s cabinet meeting, three gender-neutral suites will be available in Bevier Hall next fall. These suites will allow students of any gender or gender identity to live in rooms together.
