EAST LANSING — When one of Michigan State University's oldest operating dorms, Campbell Hall, reopened this fall after its $37 million facelift, the historic building featured plenty of updates.

While maintaining the 1939 building's historical character, the renovation added a new elevator, versatile spaces for studying and playing music, and gender-neutral bathrooms.

Fully unisex bathrooms proved to be a short-lived experiment.

The bathrooms for the 245 residents, most of them first-year students enrolled in the Honors College and Academic Scholars programs, were gender neutral, meaning students could enter into any bathroom in the building to get ready in the morning to brush their teeth before bed.

Instead of offering stalls typically found in public restrooms, Campbell Hall's bat

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