Bona's looks back: rules and regulations
Amanda Klein
Issue date: 5/1/09 Section: Features
Dating
Before women lived on campus, they lived at St. Elizabeth's Hall with the nuns. This made dating especially difficult.
"We were not allowed in St. Elizabeth's," Stocker said. "You were allowed to walk a girl to the lobby door. Sometimes they wouldn't even let you in the door. It's like a Gestapo."
Even as women moved onto campus, the two sexes were rarely mixed.
"There was no fraternization in rooms," Crowley said. "Males could not be in women's dorms when I was there. You could go in the lobby."
Finally, men and women could visit each other's dorms, but only for a designated time.
"My freshman year, we couldn't have guys on our floor, then they started visitation," Nancy Mayer, '77, said. "They had a desk, and the guys would have to leave their IDs and would have to sign in. It was only to a certain time, and they had to be out. And the RA would say 'all right, all the guys out!' They knew what room you were in, and they had your ID, so you couldn't get away with staying there."
Alcohol Policy
If a Bonaventure student in the 1800s entered a facility where alcohol was served, they were immediately expelled, according to "The First Bonaventure Men.". Since then, the alcohol policy has lightened up a bit.
"It used to be in New York State that the drinking age was 18, which meant that almost anyone on campus could go to The Rathskeller," Crowley said. "It was very popular then. I don't think we could have alcohol in the rooms."
Students did not have alcohol in the rooms because of policy and fear.
"We never had it in our rooms because we were too afraid of being kicked out," Stocker said.
Before The Rathskeller opened in 1967, students had to find other places to drink.
"We weren't supposed to drink, but we all did," Stocker said. "We didn't have The Rathskeller, but the drinking age was 18. We all had our own Rathskeller, spelled B-U-R-T-O-N."
On campus, though, drinking sometimes became problematic.
Before women lived on campus, they lived at St. Elizabeth's Hall with the nuns. This made dating especially difficult.
"We were not allowed in St. Elizabeth's," Stocker said. "You were allowed to walk a girl to the lobby door. Sometimes they wouldn't even let you in the door. It's like a Gestapo."
Even as women moved onto campus, the two sexes were rarely mixed.
"There was no fraternization in rooms," Crowley said. "Males could not be in women's dorms when I was there. You could go in the lobby."
Finally, men and women could visit each other's dorms, but only for a designated time.
"My freshman year, we couldn't have guys on our floor, then they started visitation," Nancy Mayer, '77, said. "They had a desk, and the guys would have to leave their IDs and would have to sign in. It was only to a certain time, and they had to be out. And the RA would say 'all right, all the guys out!' They knew what room you were in, and they had your ID, so you couldn't get away with staying there."
Alcohol Policy
If a Bonaventure student in the 1800s entered a facility where alcohol was served, they were immediately expelled, according to "The First Bonaventure Men.". Since then, the alcohol policy has lightened up a bit.
"It used to be in New York State that the drinking age was 18, which meant that almost anyone on campus could go to The Rathskeller," Crowley said. "It was very popular then. I don't think we could have alcohol in the rooms."
Students did not have alcohol in the rooms because of policy and fear.
"We never had it in our rooms because we were too afraid of being kicked out," Stocker said.
Before The Rathskeller opened in 1967, students had to find other places to drink.
"We weren't supposed to drink, but we all did," Stocker said. "We didn't have The Rathskeller, but the drinking age was 18. We all had our own Rathskeller, spelled B-U-R-T-O-N."
On campus, though, drinking sometimes became problematic.
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