No Relation:
A Newspaper Article Exposes `Naked Dorm'
By WILLIAM WEIR
The Hartford Courant
March 20, 2000
MIDDLETOWN - National attention has once again visited the campus of Wesleyan University.
This time, it's with a front-page article in the Saturday New York Times on the so-called ``Naked Dorm,' a group of four housing units also known as West College, or Westco.
The article, which tells the story of an unofficial ``clothing optional' policy among the dormitory's 175 or so residents, comes on the heels of national publicity given to a Wesleyan course called ``Pornography: Writing of Prostitutes.'
``We're developing a reputation as having an affinity for nudity,' said Molly Below, a Wesleyan junior who lives off campus. Below said she never knew about the policy.
Actually, there isn't much to know, said senior Jason Schwartz, who lived in the dorm for a year as a freshman.
``We always knew it was an option, but I never saw anyone walking around naked,' he said.
Officially, though, shedding one's clothes is not an option, said Justin Harmon, a Wesleyan spokesman. Rules prohibit students from engaging in behavior that could be offensive to others, he said.
``I think it should be clear that public nudity is (cont)
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