March 07, 2011 (vol. 121, iss. 103) • Page Image 4
…4A - Monday March 7, 2011 The Michigan Daily -- michigandaily.com 4A - Monday, March 7, 2011 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom 0 Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan…
… illustrations represent solelythe views ofttheir authors. FROM THE DAILY Not qiuite open enough 'U' must allow gender-neutral housing for all Before students left for Spring Break, progress was made toward…
… enacting Open Housing at the University. The Michi- gan Student Assembly and supporters of the Open Housing Initiative have worked hard to motivate the University to implement this policy. And the University…
… has worked hard to compromise on, rather than completely enact, this initiative. At a Feb. 23 round table, the University announced its plans to allow students who openly identify themselves as…
… transgender to have roommates of their iden- tified gender. While this proposed plan is progressive, it is far from complete. The University needs to allow gender-neutral housing for all University students…
…, not just transgender students. According to a Feb. 24 Michigan Daily article, the proposed policy is currently being drafted and is expected to take effect this fall. This decision represents progress…
… student community. And as MSA President Chris Armstrong said in the article, the plan is "a departure" from "the comprehensive gen- der-neutral housing policy the Open Housing Initiative requested." Rutgers…



