Word: parentus
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...heart of Harvard's ban on co-ed rooming groups is an attitude that the college serves in loco parentus, a concept that works well in high school, but not in college. Harvard does not baby its students in any other way, leaving many to suffer in a sink-or-swim academic atmosphere. For Harvard to suddenly act parental when it comes to living conditions epitomizes hypocrisy. Harvard treats its students as adults when it comes to academic life--why not treat us as adults when it comes to private life...