Visitation on Campus “This is just ridiculous”

Throughout my life I have always been the one to follow the rules, but sometimes when rules are ridiculous people expect you to break them. Southern University’s visitation policy is one of the most ridiculous things I have experienced.
First of all when school begins you are not allowed to have visitation from the opposite sex. That group project you need to work on? Not going to happen unless you sit in the noisy first floor lobby with everyone else.
During mid-October visitation is finally granted, but not without ridiculous rules. This policy applies to all residence halls except for the University Apartments. The visitation policy allows you to have one person of the opposite sex in your room between the hours of 3 p.m. and 12 a.m. as long as they are signed in with the office.
In order to sign that particular person in you both must have a Southern University id and phone numbers. You give the Residential Assistants your id and information and you can go to your room. You are now responsible for this person and anything they do, as if they were your child. Well you may ask yourself what if my boyfriend or girlfriend does not attend Southern, what do I do? The answer is “nothing.” Your boyfriend or girlfriend will not be able to visit unless you again plan to sit in the noisy first floor lobby. Well what if your family member of the opposite sex would like to visit you, can they? The answer again is “no.” They must have a SU id.
When I lived in one of the residence halls my cousin who lived in Lafayette bought me groceries, but because he was a man he was not allowed to help carry my groceries to the third floor. This is what I mean by ridiculous.
Most of the students who attend Southern University are grown (18 or older), so why are we not being treated as adults? We are in college, so we must have some kind of common sense. “Your mama and daddy did not send you out here for a boy” is a common phrase I heard when girls broke the rules and were caught with someone in their room.
We understand that we were not sent to college for a girl or boy, but as long as our GPA is good and we are going to classes we should be able to make adult decisions. I understand that the policy is there to increase safety, but is it really increasing safety? If something happens to a student who has a visitor signing that visitor in or out will not change what happened. It is also will not help anyone find the truth in the situation. It will still be a he say she say matter. Southern University’s Department of Residential Life and Housing should let the students be adults and trust us to make adult decisions while living on campus.