Letter: Selective groups want to keep co-ed bathrooms

In response to Monday's article regarding locks for coed bathrooms, we cannot help but be disappointed at the lack of dialogue between the administration and selective living groups on this issue. Being part of a selective living group such as Round Table, we were given the freedom to make in-house decisions on a number of significant issues, one of them being the gender specification of the bathrooms due to our coed halls. Whether or not a bathroom is to be coed was decided upon at the beginning of the semester by members of the same hall. Consequently, to use gender-specific locks would be extremely inconvenient and impractical given the setup of our dorm.

Furthermore, most Round Table members feel more secure that our male members can get into the restrooms. Perhaps a reasonable compromise might involve hall-specific locks, to narrow down those who have access to certain bathrooms. Either way, as a co-ed selective living group, we strongly feel that we should be involved in the decision-making process regarding gender specific locks on our bathroom doors.