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Students seemed satisfied by the off-campus presentation, as they munched on scores of shrimp and dumplings that were served to them in a banquet room of the Charles
...students point out that Yale has winked at off-campus housing for Orthodox pupils in the past as long as they paid their room and board, now $6,850. Indeed, Lewin says college officials have offered that arrangement to his clients, who find it offensive. The students say Yale's concern over the money lays bare its vaunted rhetoric about the value of dorm life...
Spokesman Tom Conroy counters that Yale has never explicitly allowed off-campus living. But, he told a local reporter, "we don't monitor where students sleep"--only whether they have a Yale address, issued when the fee is paid. Besides, he told TIME, "they knew about [the residential rule] when they applied...
...Judaism or Christianity? It would fall upon administrators to judge the validity of moral beliefs and compare the relative validities of different religions--an impossible task for students, administrators, legislators or philosophers. Yale therefore has only two choices: rescind the rule and allow anyone who wants to to live off-campus to do so or enforce the rule across the board, with no exceptions...
Lewin-who has argued several religious freedom cases before the Supreme Court-said the students' requests to live off-campus were denied by campus officials outright...