# Is this unusual (college dorm)? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 29, 2003, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-unusual-college-dorm/215967 "2003-11-29T21:45:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![CadburyAngel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c2a13f/32.png) [@CadburyAngel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CadburyAngel)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-unusual-college-dorm/215967/41 "2003-12-02T04:25:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SmackFu \* > \*\*If they kept the dorms open, every RA/preceptor would have to stay for the holidays. \*\* Exactly. I don’t know if this is the primary reason for closing dorms, but it makes a lot of sense. I’m a House Advisor (Resident Assistant, whatever you want to call it) and I darn well want to go home for Christmas break. To keep every dorm open would deprive dozens of students of that opportunity, not to mention prevent any sort of significant break for their supervisors, the custodians, and so forth. ---
**Author:** ![censored](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/35a633/32.png) [@censored](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/censored)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-unusual-college-dorm/215967/42 "2003-12-02T05:00:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Spectre of Pithecanthropus \* > \*\*At UCSD, when I lived in the dorms there, it was total lockdown during quarter breaks, but I think they might have stayed open for Thanksgiving weekend. I don’t think you could even move in until a day or two before classes began. > > During the breaks, however, the dorms would be leased out to other groups such as cheerleaders’ camps. \*\* It’s still this way. Move-in was a week prior to the start of classes, it was open during Thanksgiving break (but not the dining halls), and quarter breaks are cause for lockdown. ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-unusual-college-dorm/215967/43 "2003-12-02T05:32:50Z")
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