Posted on 08/30/2016 1:38:55 PM PDT by ncfool
COLUMBIA — Many single-occupancy restrooms across the MU campus that were labeled as "unisex" will be re-labeled "toilet" by the time students return in August.
The change to "toilet" will only affect single-occupancy bathroom stalls. In residential halls, single-occupancy stalls with showers and sinks will be re-labeled "shower" and "toilet," depending on the contents of the restroom.
The move follows a resolution passed by the Missouri Students Association in January. According to the resolution, the change will "make MU's campus bathrooms more accessible to trans and gender non-conforming students."
Sterling Waldman, a social justice chair in the MSA Senate, engaged the support of the MSA for the re-labeling. Waldman said the word unisex excludes people who do not identify as male or female.
"Unisex is just such an uncomfortable and outdated word," Waldman said.
Nathan Hurst, who works for the MU News Bureau, said in an email that MSA donated $5,000 to the project and the Department of Residential Life thas used $1,000 of the funds to update signage in 14 residential halls and two campus dining halls.
MU Residence Hall Association President Matt Bourke said it will help make the MU campus as inclusive as possible to as many identities as possible.
"This is our way of making people feel that no matter how they identify, there is a space for them," Bourke said.
However, according to Waldman, finding a private place to go to the bathroom on campus can sometimes be difficult.
"There aren't enough, not even close to enough," Waldman said. "There's not even one in every building."
According to a map provided by the LGBTQ Resource Center at MU, there are more than 200* single-occupany stalls across campus, most concentrated in the center of campus. There is currently not enough money to complete the renaming project for all 200 stalls, Hurst said.
It will cost an estimated $11,600 to change every relevant sign on campus and, due to budget cuts, Hurst said there is insufficient money available to support the entire project.
"Campus facilities is currently working with students from MSA to identify which bathroom signs are of the highest priority and change the signage on those bathrooms using the remaining $3,000 of the allotted MSA money," Hurst said.
New residential halls and recently renovated buildings will have updated signs installed during renovation or construction
Call it a “Safe Space” and all your problems are solved.
Maybe Comfort Zone?
The entire country knows that the University of Misery is in the toilet. The insane are running that asylum. No normal person would enter such a dump and pay for a diploma with an embarrassing name plastered on the masthead.
Oh good, not only is there female pee on the seats (yes many women are messy too) but now there will be a mixture of male AND female pee on the seats. The disinfecting wipe stocks should go up. I know I will be carrying more of them.
What ever happened to “Rape Culture”? I thought all men were just itching to rape any woman they saw. Won’t this promote rape? How is the women’s room a “safe space” for women anymore?
There's an idea ... instead of calling it "Unisex" or "Toilet" or whatever, call it "Snowflakes". That ought to satisfy everybody!
Reminds me of the 60s when yellow bellied school and university administrators totally caved to the hippies demands.
Given the scums the 60s have given us for leaders I can only imagine the “quality” of future ones that today’s indoctrination camps will produce.
I'm ready to close that place down. We have plenty of other colleges & universities for the students to attend.
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