He gives his student ID to the resident adviser on duty, informs her what room he is visiting and checks the clock one last time before walking down the hallway, just to keep a mental note of how much time he has until visitation ends. The resident adviser quickly but accurately jots down the information and hopes that the male will return before visitation hours are over so she will not have to scour the halls to look for him. The above description is fictitious but not unusual, and one could state that having a sign-in procedure for women s dorms is merely a facet of Hillsdale s conservative tradition. After all, history claims that women students need to be protected and men fend for themselves. Nevertheless, the fact that males need to sign in and females do not is only one of many differences between the male and female resident advisers, or RAs, at Hillsdale College.
Some rules blanket all dormitories.
For example, alcohol, drugs and other contraband items are not allowed anywhere on campus, and visitation parameters are consistent among the 10 dorms. All RAs, regardless of gender, are expected to enforce these rules. Basically, the code of conduct for the college applies to everyone, said Dean of Men Kevin Andrews. However, he also went on to note that some policies are specific to women s dorms. One such policy is the responsibility of sitting desk, the time when a female RA is on duty.