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Universities face overcn By College Press Service MILWAUKEE, Wis. ? While USC may be facing a surplus of dormitorv rooms, tnat nasn't been the case at several universities and colleges. Barb Zicari, a history major at Marquette University, found herself stuck into a rented hotel room this fall, instead of moving into a university dorm as she'd expected. To Zicari, it's great. "I'd never go back to the dorms if I didn't have to. Here, you don't have to worry about doing your towels or linens, and a maid comes in every day and cleans the place up," she said. BUT TO Marquette officials, it's a terrible situation. Besides placing Zicari and 29 other women students in the Continental Hotel, they've had to rent additional floors of a nearby YMCA and convert dorm lobbies into temporary living quarters for their new students. The cost is significant. The damage to a school's reputation as a desirable, comfortable place to study can be bigger. But a number of schools across the country are sustaining such damage, as dorm officials are being surprised by the number of students who have shown up asking to move into dorms in recent weeks. Besides Marquette, Middle Tennessee State, Western Michigan, Iowa ltd.Gj Chil \ Vm Time: V O' I Place: The GAMECOCK It the student newspaper of the University of South Carolina and is published three times a week oa | | Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays dur- P1" I lug the fall and spring semesters and *" ? weekly on Wednesdays during both mmmer sessions, with the exception of unl- ^?v verslty holidays and examination periods. Opinions expressed la the GAME- i COCK are those of (be editors and not those of the University of South Caroliaa. The University of South Carolina Is aa j equal opportunity institution. The Board of Student Publications and Communications Is the publisher of the GAMECOCK. The Student Media Department is the parent organization of the GAMECOCK. ~ Change of address forms, subscription <J requests and other correspondence should tee sent to the GAMECOCK, Drawer A, University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C. 29208. Subscription rates are $15.00 for (1) year, M.OO per fall or spring semester and S3.GO for both summer sessions. Third class postage paid at Columbia, S.C. [ The "Gamecock" Is a licensed student ij organization of the University of South Carolina and receives funding from stn4eat activity fees. ? 1 NEED BIB g CONTRO INFORMAT All information strictly c( Physical examination incl smear All methods of birth cont VD testing/treatment incl j? * Student discount fee I Pregnancy testing & 2nd Low cost abortion servicc Nurse Practitioner availa The Family I j Planning Clinic of j the Ladies Clinic ! 1411BarnwellSt^^C i across the owding of d( State, Connecticut, West Liberty State, Notre Dame and Oklahoma, among others, unexpectedly have run out of dorm space. "MOST OF the Big Ten schools are pretty much at capacity or in need of special housing for their overflow," said Gary North, housing director at the University of Illinois and past president of the Association of College and University Housing Officers. "And most of the larger state universities are in similar circumstances," he said. "Little and private schools may be experiencing a surplus of dorm space, but even some of them are having overflows this year." It wasn't supposed to be like this. Virtually all long-term predictions of enrollments in the 1980s showed the college population dropping off precipitously. Many campus officials shied away from building new dorms, fearful they'd be left vacant after the decline scheduled to start in fall, 1981, and to accelerate after that. Snmp srhnnls pvpn rlncprl PYictino V/?.V/V...D dorms over the past several years at the first hints of enrollment decline. BUT THE decline, despite a decrease in the number of 18 to 24 year-olds in the general population, is on hold. The college population, which peaked at 12.4 million this past year, is expected to stay at or near that ipsa RanmiPt I B WV M H M V ?i Thursday Oct. 6, 6:30 p.m. Russell House Ballroom s: Sept. 26-Sept 30 10:00 a.m.~7:30 p.m. 5:00 p.m.-7:00 in Russell Hot $5.00 THIS SURE > IS A BEAUx TIFUL PLACE - ? COULD*1 NT ^ HAVE GOTTEN / utrpp \ /ituni it I II I \ i VV II I Iw MY JEEP 1TH I ^ ION? I )nfidential |i uding pap j ;rol available I luding Herpes 1 opinion testing B ? . i 254 7553 | Columbia, S.C. | i nation irmitories level throughout the decade, the National Center for Education Statistics now predicts. Moreover, the continually rising price of off-campus housing around the country has convinced more students to choose dorms over apartments. The result: an unanticipated increase in the number of dorm residents this fall. "We keep waiting for things to level off like they're supposed to, but it's not happening," Marquette spokesman Dave Foran said. Western Michigan closed three dorms over the past few years, but has had to reopen two of its Valley II projects to absorb this fall's increase in dorm requests. OKLAHOMA, DESPITE an overall enrollment decline of 400, also has reopened a dorm it shut down in 1982, and has made some double rooms in existing dorms into triples. West Liberty State College in West Virginia is stuffing three students in rooms designed for two, and moving people into resident advisers' rooms, normally reserved as singles for advisers. Iowa State has 300 students temporarily living in offices, recreation halls and meeting rooms at the Student Union. At one facility, 19 men have to share two showers. More than 200 ISU students CUUIUI1 I CVCI1 &CI ICllipUliJiy IlUUMllg. ImJm Chinese " Exhibit Time: Friday, C 10:00 a.n Place: Russell I *se FREE ^XP Sponsored by Chii 1 .. . . 1 WHAI 5 ^2/THAT? 1 / ?,z: ADE ir- M Y Oft <3> I l i ^ /NEW <= > ** DTMnri? 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