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Student sues over coed bathrooms



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The Associated Press - Published: December 20, 2009

POULTNEY — A Green Mountain College student has filed a lawsuit over the lack of single-sex bathrooms in her coed residence hall.

Nineteen-year-old Jennifer Weiler filed a civil complaint last week against the Department of Public Safety, which enforces building and plumbing codes she claims were violated.

All seven of the school's residence halls are coed. According to the lawsuit, Weiler and others are uncomfortable with the flimsy curtains on the shower doors and men using the toilets without closing the door.

Weiler's father, Ron Weiler, told The Burlington Free Press that school officials agreed to label the bathroom on her floor "female" but males continue to use it.







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Boys and girls should not be sharing bathrooms, period.
-- Posted by How do I heart thee on Mon, Dec 21, 2009, 7:48 pm EST

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Duh..it's co-ed..get real...and toughen up..if the guys can put up with women not flushing the toilets and forgetting to put the seat up, then she can get used to their particularities too
-- Posted by CJ maloney on Sun, Dec 20, 2009, 12:08 pm EST

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Make an outhouse out back, that ought to be universal enough.
-- Posted by Are you Kidding? on Sun, Dec 20, 2009, 8:06 am EST

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