The issue of having more volunteers for open dorms was discussed with Dean Hand, and she assured us that if the amount of volunteer hall monitors increases, the frequency of open dorms will increase. However, Carner also noted that if there is an insufficient amount of volunteers this semester, the frequency of open dorms will remain the same as last year. Student participation will be vital to the success of open dorms, explained Carner . If students are willing to participate and volunteer to be hall monitors, then open dorms will be a success this year. On the other hand, open dorms are heavily depending on the participation of students and volunteer hall monitors to increase the number of open dorm sessions to be allotted this semester.
Nettles emphasizes student responsibility for open dorms.
He stated, Jennifer Robbins, Womens Affairs Board chairwoman, and I proposed to schedule more efficient open dorms so that RAs and RDs would not have to be responsible for monitoring the halls. Many students were displeased with the days that open dorms were held because of interference with school, work and study time. It s nice to have the privilege of having visitors come by your room, seeing that we are a private Baptist college, but the time frame that open dorms were scheduled for interfered with most students study time, said Lori Pittman of Columbia. As a result of such complaints, other changes, including open dorms during the weekend, will be held on a trial basis. Nettles stated, The reason we decided to have an open dorm from 7 p.m. until 11 p.m. was to give students an alternative to going home for the weekend.