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Colleges Adding Meow to Mix
 Colleges Adding Meow to Mix 

Colleges Adding Meow to Mix

MIT among higher-ed bastions allowing students to keep cats in dorms

(Newser) - Colleges around the country are warming up to furry friends, the Boston Globe reports. MIT is in the vanguard, offering as an example its 8-year-old program that allows student-vetted felines to live in certain dorms. "They can really lighten the mood,” one senior says, “especially when students...

Dorm Rooms Go Coed
 Dorm Rooms Go Coed 

Dorm Rooms Go Coed

Sexes sharing a room no biggie, students say

(Newser) - Parents who schooled in same-sex dorms are surprised to hear that their kids are sharing coed college rooms, the AP reports. About two dozen schools—including Brown, Penn, and Oberlin—allow the practice, and more are following suit this year, including Stanford. Schools say coed dorm users are usually heterosexual...

Stanford Considers Co-Ed Rooms
Stanford Considers Co-Ed Rooms

Stanford Considers Co-Ed Rooms

Students clamor for change, say it's about comfort, not sex

(Newser) - Stanford students want co-ed dorm rooms, and the administration may take them up on the idea. "It's not about sex," one student told the San Jose Mercury News, but about feeling "comfortable in your living space." Transgender students started the initiative to build on the school's...

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