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Article: U. Arizona Res Life director: On-campus housing is flourishing
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- May 12, 1999
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Hillary Davis
University Wire
05-12-1999
(Arizona Daily Wildcat) (U-WIRE) TUCSON, Ariz. -- An influx of University of Arizona dorm dwellers made 1998-99 a peak year for on-campus housing, and future figures will continue to grow, said Residence Life Director James Van Arsdel.
Approximately 4,800 University of Arizona students called residence halls home this year - the highest on-campus population in nearly a decade, Van Arsdel said.
"We have been fuller, although certainly not in the 1990s," he said.
He predicted that an additional 500 beds would be filled for the 1999-2000 school year, despite the 600 applications Residence Life has already received.
"It's hard to imagine where all this ...