Changes in the university’s door decoration policy will be brought to a head at tonight’s Inter-Residence Hall Association meeting.

A vote is expected to be taken on whether to endorse allowing door decorations in the residence halls. The resident associations are seeking input on the proposal.

Barring standard university name posting, nothing is currently allowed on dorm doors.

The proposed policy change was handed out at the last Union Drive Association meeting to floor vice presidents with the intent of having the vice presidents present the issue and gather comments at the individual house meetings, said Union Drive Association President States Mead.

There is also a copy of the proposal posted outside the UDA office. Several people have stopped to write comments on the bulletin board and many said they “like it” or “it’s about time” for the door policy change.

Richardson Court Association President Heidi Frey said she has received a variety of feedback.

As far as the people who like the proposal, she said they like the idea that they would be able to put signs on their doors, letting visitors know where they are and when they’ll be back. She said many students said it also would make the halls look friendlier.

Frey said there are others who don’t like the idea of door decorations because the halls will get trashed.

Some are undecided.

“I haven’t completely thought about the proposal yet,” Mead said.

Amendments to the proposal may be made at tonight’s meeting. “I don’t know how IRHA will vote,” Mead said.

The bill had its first reading at last week’s meeting. Concerns include: confidentially for those who complain about items on the doors and how specific the person who files a complaint must be in what they find offensive.

One of the changes to the proposal that came out of the IRHA committees lowered the threshold for removal of an offensive item from a majority vote of the floor’s members to one-fourth of the floor members.

Still, some argue the issue is one of free speech. They say it’s not a matter of what people find offensive, but rather the constitutional rights of citizens to express themselves.

Department of Residence Director Randy Alexander will be attending the meeting to help answer questions. A change in policy must ultimately be approved by the university.