Around 90 Cleveland State University (CSU) students have moved out of the dorms on campus, so far, due to the management's new dorm policies that are making their stay more difficult with each passing day.
Some of the new rules include: students are discouraged from bringing guests between 2 a.m. and 6 a.m. and those under legal drinking age are not allowed in more than a six-pack of beer or one bottle of wine or spirits.
In addition, they can now have only two guests per person and up to four guests per room.
Last year, March, the Residence Hall Association had signed a petition urging the officials to drop the new rules.
Some students, all aged 21 or above, told Cleveland that these new rules had been implemented without their consent and that they were being treated as children and their independence and college fun was being taken away from them.
Alberto Paneccasio, 23, an Euclid Commons resident told the newspaper that it's like living in a prison as they have cameras everywhere. On the other hand, for CSU student, Kevin Vargo, 20, it's like living in with your parents again.
University officials allege that these new rules are being imposed for the well-being of the campus community.
Kaila Montgomery, a 23-year-old who is a part of the CSU Vikings women's basketball team, told the newspaper that these new policies have prompted her to move out of Euclid Commons, a modern, four-story dorm.
Montgomery was not allowed to drink beer in front of an underage roommate, to have friends stay in her dorm room after a night out and was denied request to host her boyfriend and a brother, who came from her hometown in Ontario, Canada.
University officials said that previously, they had encountered some alcohol and conduct problems at Euclid Commons. The changes were recommended by the American Campus Communities.
The Communities is a Texas company that manages CSU's dorms.
"Basically, we had grown too big for our old policies and needed to have stricter guidelines," Megan Nicholson, CSU's director of student life, told the newspaper. "We looked at other schools and they each have restrictions similar to what we put in place."
Earlier, students were allowed to carry infinite amount of alcohol and up to six guests were permitted per dorm room.
The new rules are part of the efforts undertaken by the university to convert itself into a residential college.
James Drnek, dean of students and vice provost for student affairs, told the newspaper that the changes have reduced vandalism and alcohol-related incidents.
Other security measures adopted at the dorms feature passing a security desk for bags checking and swiping cards to access the living area and guests must submit their drivers' license before entering the dorm.