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August 23, 1983. I unlock the door to 1 13 Coit Dormitory. Dust swirls from the opening door and disappears in the sun- beams streaming through the window. My mother sets the crate of plants in one of the windows. She attempts to open the win- dow — it opens approximately eight inches. We exchange worried glances and start to unpack. As I step into the hall I hear sounds of The |am from the male side of the hall. There are several boys men playing frisbee in the hall, periodically slamming into one another to the erratic chords of music. My mother looks worried once again. A clear plastic ball carrying what appears to be a furry rat rolls down the hall and bounces off my sneaker. The furry rat changes position and rolls through the lobby and back down to the men ' s side of the hall — where it belongs. I leave the dorm and head for the car to unpack. From a second floor window Def Leppard is blasting furiously on someone ' s stereo. Someone yells what I assume is a Spanish obscenity. As I reenter the lobby, arms full of suitcases, I notice the frisbee men en- grossed in the fuse box. They are turning off the electricity in selected rooms on the first floor, mine included. So this is Coit . . . In lanuary of 1983, Residence Life an- nounced plans to turn the female dorm Coit into a coed dorm due to an increased num- ber of male dorm students. Coit would be UNC-G ' s first REAL coed dorm. (Mary Foust and Shaw dorms, both coed, are spe- cial educational dorms.) A lottery deter- mined who the lucky residents would be, and upperclassmen had first choice of rooms. Coit houses males on the left side of the first floor, females on the other side. Fe- males are on the third floor, and males occupy the second floor. The lobby and parlor were neutral territories. Contrary to popular belief, Coit does have visitation rules. After visitation ended in the evenings, males who lived on the second floor were to use the stairs on the left side of the first floor; females were to use the right side. Residents argued, how- ever, that the location of the right and left stairs depended on whether one entered the dorm from the front door or the back door and the extent of one ' s sobriety. Coit was host to many private gatherings during the year. One of the most memora- ble was the nut bolt party. Males were given bolts at the party; females were given nuts. The idea was to stumble about and find your match. The first twenty couples to get screwed received T-shirts stating I GOT SCREWED IN COIT. A video night was also arranged by one of Colt ' s more enterprising residents. Two VCRs were rented and movies such as Excalihur and The Life of Brian were shown. Llndocu- mented rumors claim that more risque movies were shown as the night pro- gressed. Coit is a unique place to live, but it isn ' t just because it is coed. Residents describe it as a cross between a camping trip with brothers and sisters and a singles ' bar; a wonderful home with a great variety of people to have fun with and a rowdy den of iniquity. Coit wasn ' t ordinary, and neither were its residents. Anne Darragh
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(J Bill Mickelson and Manoli Knnos and a Iriend head tur Rugby practice trum Coil dorm The exterior ot Coit wa renovated last year. New windows, window casings, and doors were installed, among other improvements. 18 Coit Dorm
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