Word: genderism
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Officially, coed living shenanigans are sternly frowned upon. But mixed-gender rooming can be legitimate under exceptional circumstances. According to the Handbook for Students, it all has to do with appropriate number of bathrooms and the judicious installation of locks in suites where “the configuration of space ensures a large degree of privacy.” Bottom line: couples who want it bad enough can usually figure out how to live together with the blessing of the administration, if not their parents...
Those who choose to live dangerously and try unapproved mixed-gender arrangements may face official wrath, even if their intentions are platonic. Matthew A. Romero ’02 and Susan P. Long ’02 tried to share a nest in Pforzheimer this fall, when rooming problems and sexuality issues within their blocking group led to it seemingly being “the only feasible arrangement.” Unfortunately, their resident tutor happened to live right across the hall and he immediately put an end to the violation. Romero and Long were made to move their belongings...
...does not have time to rest on her pecuniary laurels. In between reading congratulatory cards and gracefully turning down marriage proposals, Redd has found time to work on writing a book on the SAT gender gap, which will help others tap into her talent for answering multiple choice questions. Obviously, Redd is into sharing these days...
...skills that made Redd a game show winner, national spokesperson for a major public service organization and part-time inspirational speaker have also gone into her job as co-author of The Girl’s Guide to the SAT: The 40-Point Gender Gap and What YOU Can Do About It, coming this summer from Random House and the Princeton Review. According to Redd and co-author Ron Foley Jr., the book explores the history of the gender gap in standardized test scores from a sociological perspective and suggests measures that young females can take to tackle the problem...
...appeal to “male readers” offers little more in the way of substance. The preface of the book differentiates The Women’s Guide from previous gender-focused guides—in that it was “created with the intention of being distributed to female and male undergraduates alike.” The “underlying premise of this publication,” editor Peggy Lim ’01 states, is “that women’s history and women’s issues are questions in which both...