The University argued that the shorter visiting hours preserved students’ privacy and the study atmosphere of the floor, which was essential, as the primary purpose of attending University is, of course, successfully attaining one’s degree.  Students countered these arguments by citing the difficulty of establishing study groups for their classes with the limited visiting hours, especially for co-ed study groups who were, they claimed, occasionally forced to sit in the hallway in order to study.

Another concern of the University’s was the age of the students.  The majority of the students living in the Halls were under the age of twenty, and, as such, the University felt that they were responsible for providing an environment that parents would feel comfortable placing their children in.  One of the concerns raised was that parents would feel uncomfortable with the idea that their children potentially cavorting with the opposite sex whenever they felt like it.  One attempt to address such concerns was that when floors voted on co-ed housing, the vote of anyone younger than twenty would be cast by their parents.