Dorm/Dorm rules

I wish I did go to a 4 year college. I would assume the rules was the same they have a curfew and have to be back by a certain time.

I don't know about today, but I went to college from the fall of 1987 to graduation 1991 and I do recall us not having too much of a strict curfew. NYU at the time didn't really have too much of a strict curfew. But from other friends that went to college, the curfew was midnight and the opposite sex was restricted during certain hours. But by the time I was a junior, I moved off campus.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2288050/board/thread/236193626?d=236193626#236193626

I went to school at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA. The rules were not that strict. At the other crosstown school in Norfolk, called Norfolk State University, the rules were that strict!

I actually wondered the same thing, and I asked my mom about it not too long ago. She went to an HBCU like Hillman in the late 70s - early 80s and she said that the dorms at her school were very strict when it came to opposite sex visitors. She couldn't imagine a situation like Kim's happening at her school. So I really do think it just depends on the school. Some HBCUs are more conservative than others.

I wish the show had explained (or explored in depth) why Hillman decided to go coed with its dorms. That seemed like such a drastic policy change given how strict the rules had been before regarding opposite sex visitors.

To the person who asked why someone would choose a college with such strict dorm rules, I think you have to remember that for many black people in those days, the HBCU was their only ticket out of the ghetto. My mother grew up in rural poverty, so it is not at all surprising to me that she chose the college she did. How much choice did she have, really?

I have the privilege of saying there's no way I could have done it. I graduated from college just three years ago and lived in coed apartment-style dorms the whole time. I couldn't imagine going to a school in which I shared a bedroom with another person (like the girls did on ADW), let alone had restrictions on when I could leave / come in or who I could bring over.

Lastly, this show aired at a time when college was still viewed and treated as a public good rather than a business. Today, dorms are a selling point for schools (and developers everywhere) because dorm life has become less about sisterhood and much more about convenience and amenities. That's why so many dorms today are just apartments owned by the university.