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Article: U. Arizona residence life department leaving incomers homeless
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- February 22, 1999
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Tate Williams
University Wire
02-22-1999
(Arizona Daily Wildcat) (U-WIRE) TUCSON, Ariz. -- Since U. Arizona Residence Life caved in to overwhelming student protest and scrapped its lottery plan, 400-500 incoming freshmen who miss the May application deadline could be turned away unless the university finds more space.
James Van Arsdel, University of Arizona's Residence Life director, announced last month that the UA planned to deny beds to 200 returning dorm residents this fall. But he began to draft a new idea to shrink that number after the previous plan faced heated student criticism.
"What we've said is that we'll make every effort to increase the number of spaces by 200," Van Arsdel ...