Campus Council approved a resolution equating Central Campus quiet hours with those on East and West campuses at its general body meeting Thursday night.
The current 24/7 quiet-hour policy is now suspended to allow for community building through programming and social events. Specifically, the policy is lifted from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 5 p.m. to 2 a.m. Friday, 1 p.m. to 2 a.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday.
"Next year's going to be an entirely different campus," said Vice President Kevin Thompson, a junior. "We want students to be proud to live on Central."
Despite Campus Council's support for the resolution, Central Campus Council representatives voted against the suspension of quiet hours.
Representatives argued that Central is much closer to the Durham community and not isolated on a quadrangle, and changing the policy would cause more noise problems as the infrastructure of Central apartments is different from the buildings on East and West.
Treasurer Molly Bierman, a junior living on Central, said many undergraduates living on Central are excited for the opportunity for increased community bonding on campus.
"Central Campus Council may not be representative of the campus as a whole," she added. "It's impossible for a quad council to be ideal as they represent one opinion."
The council also discussed options for the restrictive suspension of quiet hours to hold daytime programming. The resolution will be presented again to the new Central Campus Council next fall to discuss possible restrictions in the suspension of the hours.
The resolution was passed this semester to notify students applying for housing on Central of a potential suspension of the 24/7 quiet hours, Thompson said.
"I would imagine this will go through a lot of discussion," he added. "Something of this nature is necessary."
In other business:
The council discussed the efficacy of the current quad council programming requirements.
"Quadrangle councils were looked at by other students as a bank to fund their activities," said Deb LoBiondo, assistant dean for residence life on West. "The requirements were put in place to build a sense of quad community."
Currently, quad councils must fulfill the following event categories each semester: five social and campus interaction, two wellness, three faculty and staff interaction, two cultural and two community outreach. In addition, they must spend at least 75 percent of their first semester funds to be eligible for their Spring allotment.
"There is minimum accountability for a quad [in the Spring semester] as opposed to in the Fall," Bierman said.
The council discussed reducing the requirements in favor of creating events that would receive greater attendance.
"Quad councils could choose what programming to do," LoBiondo said. "You want councils to meet the needs of the quad."
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