The Deal with Do Rags

laylo · #1 10-25-2006, 05:58 PM

I think part of the issue is that although a university prepares you for the workplace, it is also where you live. Even if I was a corporate lawyer, nobody could tell me I can't wear a scarf around my yard or in the car on the way to work. The level of control some HBCUs have over what students can do and say and wear 24-7 is insulting. I've been sent back to my room to change because I was wearing jeans to arts events on saturdays that I was attending for personal enjoyment.

DSTCHAOS · #2 10-25-2006, 06:28 PM

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I've been sent back to my room to change because I was wearing jeans to arts events on saturdays that I was attending for personal enjoyment.

LOL. This wording was funny. Did they send you to bed with no dinner, too?

laylo · #3 10-26-2006, 11:53 AM

lol...I'm saying though, it isn't that far off! RAs punished their halls by putting people on early curfew for a week (that is, earlier than regular curfew). Come on now, I'm getting grounded by another student??

PhrozenGod01 · #4 10-26-2006, 12:20 PM

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lol...I'm saying though, it isn't that far off! RAs punished their halls by putting people on early curfew for a week (that is, earlier than regular curfew). Come on now, I'm getting grounded by another student??

I'm really curious about that. How does one enforce that policy?

laylo · #5 10-26-2006, 12:59 PM

They put sign-in sheets in the lobby. If the curfew was 6:00pm, the sign-in sheet was removed at 6:05 or so. If you lived in the offending hall and your name wasn't on the list, you'd be punished further. A staff member would watch you sign it to make sure you weren't covering for your friends.

PhrozenGod01 · #6 10-26-2006, 01:15 PM

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They put sign-in sheets in the lobby. If the curfew was 6:00pm, the sign-in sheet was removed at 6:05 or so. If you lived in the offending hall and your name wasn't on the list, you'd be punished further. A staff member would watch you sign it to make sure you weren't covering for your friends.

That seems rather Orwellian. What would happen if you wanted to sleep at your girlfriend's place, or you had to visit your parents or something? Did the RA's know everything about everyone's personal lives?

laylo · #7 10-26-2006, 03:27 PM

If you were on curfew, too bad. In the case of parents there is leeway because parents are the people who pay the school. And the punishments didn't apply to weekends, but if you went somewhere for the weekend you had to sign in letting them know the city and the phone number of who you'd be staying with.

DSTCHAOS · #8 10-26-2006, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by laylo

lol...I'm saying though, it isn't that far off! RAs punished their halls by putting people on early curfew for a week (that is, earlier than regular curfew). Come on now, I'm getting grounded by another student??

I laughed out loud back in '95 when a certain HBCU not only had a curfew-like system but also turned incoming cars away because students weren't allowed to have visitors after a certain time.

PhrozenGod01 · #9 10-26-2006, 06:42 PM

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I laughed out loud back in '95 when a certain HBCU not only had a curfew-like system but also turned incoming cars away because students weren't allowed to have visitors after a certain time.

Was that 1995 or 1895? *Sighs in relief while looking at U of M graduation stole*