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College of Engineering Removes Women’s Restrooms From Zachry

By BTHO Rabies , in Campus Life , at December 6, 2022 Tags: , ,

On Monday, Dr. John Hurtado, interim dean of the Texas A&M University College of Engineering, announced that the college would be converting 90% of the women’s restrooms in Zachry into men’s restrooms.

“We have done the math,” Dr. Hurtado said. “Nearly 80% of our students identify as men. Of the 20% of our students who are ‘Women in STEM,’ only a tiny fraction feel comfortable using the restroom in Zachry anyway. Thus, it is illogical to provide an even distribution of bathrooms for each of these groups.”

This new initiative, known as “95 by 25,” will start with Zachry, but by 2025, the College of Engineering plans to convert 95% of all the bathrooms in other buildings to men’s restrooms. A recent survey by the Texas A&M Survey Club found that four out of five engineering students believe this will be a positive change for the college.

The interim dean reassured students that, for legal reasons, there would still be one women’s restroom available on the 5th floor of Zachry. However, rumors speculate that this remaining restroom will contain only urinals as “they’re engineers, they can figure it out.”

 

— BTHO Rabies