Word: overnight
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...sign the ledgers, and then only until Thanksgiving, but they had to sign out anywhere they went after dinner, even if the distance was no greater than the 100 yards between the hall and Hilles Library. Undergraduates were required to sign out if they planned to be gone overnight, but only a handful ever did, and then mainly on weekends, Barbara Molony '71 says...
...activities that are prohibited by antiquated rules--drinking, smoking and gambling are a few. But most colleges today are happy to divorce themselves from responsibility for their students' social lives. The most restrictive policy on sex lives may well be getting a roommate's signature on a slip permitting overnight visitors. The stringent codes that regulated parietals in the past have all but disappeared...
...take care of 500 more," Mary Williams, assistant dean of students at Lesley College, says. Some colleges establish a few simple guidelines--at Lesley these include only smoking in the designated areas in the wooden dorms, following state liquor laws, getting roommates' signatures for male or female overnight guests and limiting their stays to three consecutive nights or 12 nights a month. "It's unfair to roommates if a boyfriend lives in the room," Williams explains...
Police arrested the demonstrators, who remained peaceful all day, on charges of disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and obstructing government operations. Police issued summons and then released 757 of the protesters; the other 245, many of whom refused to cooperate with officials, were held overnight...
...obtaining the money needed to buy more arms might be to free funds by cutting the Defense Department's fat. Though Chairman Jones has stressed that it is "just plain wrong" to think that "somebody can tap a 'mother lode' by issuing an order to get more efficient overnight," he has admitted that "our feet should be held to the fire to be more efficient...