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"Unisex is just such an uncomfortable and outdated word," Waldman said.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
... and "toilet" is such a more sophisticated Euro sounding word. Why don't they just call it "crap hole"?
What a waste of money and stupid crap to worry over. We almost need an asteroid to be hurling toward the earth to snap us out of the idiocy but I’m afraid they’d still be arguing about the transgender name it should have as it hits the earth and splits it in two...
Call it the “Little Transgender’s Room”.
Don’t dare hurt the feeling of the snowflake freaks.
In keeping with this policy, the university also announced that they will issue “diplomas”, rather than degrees, for completing 120 hours of non-structured coursework. Grades were eliminated last year due to latent racism.
Wonder if their feelings will be hurt when some Muslim terrorist starts shooting at them???
If we don’t get a hold on our government and military and get it back to “lean, mean fighting machines” that’ll happen....
Grades were eliminated????????
Seriously??????
So nobody flunks out....
WTH????
“...Let’s just call it “Room”...”
Better yet...S&P Room......
Sorry, my little bit of satire/sarcasm.....
“Grades were eliminated last year due to latent racism.”
This,of course is a great decision because I’m sure most of the whites and Asians couldn’t keep up with the classwork./s
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Snowflake alert?
Well OUTHOUSE was ahead of its time. Let’s bring it back.
Unless you identify as a white heterosexual constitutional conservative. Then you should be isolated, shunned, arrested, drugged, reeducated, and shot.
In the name of peace.
Will they have video surveillance to make sure no one is being harassed by heterosexuals?
*LOL*...OK...I see...Had me going for a minute!!!!!
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