RECAP WOMEN'S LOUNGE

This up coming school year Michigan State University’s historically known women-only lounge will be open to all students. Mark Perry, U of M-Flint professor, is taking most of the blame for the lounge closing down. For Perry filed a complaint against the university this past July, criticizing MSU for the lounge violating the civil rights of male students. However according to Jason Cody, MSU Media Communications, “the decision is not the result of any one complaint.” The decision was made in order to make sure MSU was in compliance with the Title IX portion of the Education Amendments of1972. Cody said the decision to convert the lounge was made within the past few months, before the complaint, and would have been made with or without it. The only thing that matters to MSU students is that the lounge is closing, whether it is the result of one person or not. The women of MSU will miss the lounge greatly.

PREVIEW WOMEN'S LOUNGE

Michigan State University’s women's-lounge has been around since 1925 and is considered a safe haven for female students. The sign outside the door states it’s importance to the women of MSU, it “has long been a quiet secure place for women. It is a safe refuge and serves as a haven for reflection, study and solitude.” The lounge has been loved for almost a century and sadly is closing its doors this coming school year. For U of M-Flint Professor, Mark Perry, has recently filed a complaint against the lounge, stating that it violates the civil rights of male students.  The complaint is currently under investigation and the lounge is being converted into an all gender study area. MSU students are overwhelmed with sadness to see the lounge shut down. “This is so disappointing that someone that has no affiliation with MSU would target the women's study lounge where I and so many other women actually feel comfortable to study,” Carley Ford, MSU senior, said. “Very sad to see the Women’s Study Lounge go”