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...promoters of nude parties contend that their motivation is intellectual and philosophical, not merely sensual. Nonstudent Richard Thome, 29, a Negro who heads an off-campus East Bay Sexual Freedom League, argues that "man will only become free when he can overcome his own guilt and when society stops trying to manage his sex life for him." His idea of freedom is parties in which individuals can engage in any sexual act "that doesn't impose on the desire of other people...
...lawyer or an agitator," founded the New York City League for Sexual Freedom. Poland, who now attends Merritt Junior College in Oakland, took the offensive for nudism by wading naked into the ocean at San Francisco's Aquatic Park last August with two beefy members of the off-campus San Francisco Sexual Freedom League, Ina Saslow and Shirley Einsiedel. All were arrested. The girls got suspended sentences, and Poland was sent to jail for five weekends...
Each student has his own particular reason for wanting to move off-campus. Many of them argue that 3 a.m. conversations have become more of a distraction than an enlightment, and that the dormitory atmosphere is isolated--an Ivory Tower. Others complain that they want to be able to run their own lives, eating when they like, selecting their own company, and winning a sense of independence. Finally there are the economists who insist that they could exist much more comfortably at a lower cost; in fact, many students are paying for two sets of meals--the ones they...
Another of the Administration's reasons for limiting off-campus living is its fear that misbehavior by non-residents might impair town-gown relations. To avoid this, the Administration could require that only students in good academic standing and those who have not been subject to disciplinary action be considered for the privilege of moving off-campus...
...should be remembered that the primary reason for liberalizing the 20-student limit on off-campus living is to alleviate over-crowding on campus. Ironically, there are also students living off-campus who have been refused permission to move into the Houses because of overcrowding. By increasing the number of students allowed off-campus, the Administration could reduce crowding and move closer to its ideal of giving each student his own bedroom. The most rational solution for the transitional period would be to allow students to live off-campus until there is no more overcrowding in the Houses. When...