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Article: INCREASE IN COLLEGE ENROLLMENT DOESN'T MEAN CROWDED CAMPUS.(Editorial)(Column)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Article date:
- August 27, 1997
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The routine of these college towns has been constant for more than a century. The streets of Moscow and Pullman are quiet during the summer. Then, around mid-August, the pace picks up: Lines get longer in stores, cafes and fast food joints are crowded, and ``For Rent'' signs are nearly as common as window shades.
Every new season of students brings with it the hope of profits for businesses that make nine-month ventures last year round.
Not that there are always more students at Washington State University and the University of Idaho. Higher education has its own cycle of growth.
True, it's not as volatile as Wall Street, but there are ...