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An article in The Santa Clara newspaper describing the history of Nobili Hall, notably, it's function as a dorm.

An article in The Santa Clara newspaper explaining the tentative plans to create coed dorms on campus.

Initial approval by the Board of Trustees to establish the first coed dorms at Santa Clara

Santa Clara newspaper article announcing the decision to place women in Nobili Hall once again after the university lacked space for women to live due to the increase in student population.

An evaluation of dorm life at Santa Clara illustrating that having coed dorms on campus has been successful.

A photo in The Santa Clara newspaper showing how female students make use of the male spaces in Swig Hall now that Swig is a coed dorm.

An article in The Santa Clara newspaper marking fourteen years since coed dorms were established at Santa Clara. Now, all dorms are coed on campus.

The University Community Council (UCC) approves the proposal for the abolition of parietal hours that would make dorms open twenty four hours. The proposal will next go to President Terry for approval.

As students push for open dorms, trustees are hesitant to approve this proposal, as discussed in this article from The Santa Clara newspaper. Concern for decrease of donor support is at steak if twenty four hour parietal hours are implemented.

Two articles in The Santa Clara newspaper illustrating the current debate surrounding parietal hours and whether or not dorms should be open.