Housing
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CicelyShannon on October 12, 2011 at 12:00 pm • 0 Comments •
UAPD officers will implement emergency plans on campus to better respond to threats on student safety, officials said.
Residence Halls have drills once a semester, but UAPD is working with the fire marshal to develop fire drills elsewhere on campus, said ...
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Matilde Bonifaz on October 12, 2011 at 11:52 am • 0 Comments •
With the large number of students currently enrolled at the UA and construction taking place throughout campus, the university has had to make several adjustments — but students are beginning to feel the strain.
With midterms around the corner and final ...
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Emily Jones on October 11, 2011 at 8:43 am • 0 Comments •
With the growing student population comes the heightened concern for student safety at the UA.
To ensure that campus has the safest conditions for students, the Residents’ Interhall Congress, UAPD and Reggie Houser, assistant director of housing, collaborated on a plan ...
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Jannee Sullivan on October 5, 2011 at 10:09 am • 0 Comments •
Renovations to the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity house are behind schedule, a UA public relations said.
Officials anticipate the construction, which began in spring 2010, will be completed sometime in October, said Scott Flanagin, director of communications and student affairs. The ...
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Megan Huckaby on October 4, 2011 at 8:00 am • 0 Comments •
UA officials will restore Hotz Hall as a co-ed residence hall in the next two years to accommodate the record number of students living on campus, officials said.
The $10 million renovation, which is slated for a fall 2013 completion, will ...
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Brady Tackett on September 28, 2011 at 7:00 am • 2 Comments •
Two weeks ago, when Chancellor G. David Gearhart announced that the UA was considering capping enrollment at 25,000 students, he said the cap might not take effect for at least a couple years.“I doubt we will reach 25,000 next year, ...
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Landon Reeves on September 27, 2011 at 9:27 am • 0 Comments •
University Housing officials are investigating the cost of putting air-conditioning in Humphreys Hall, but they have not given any dates for when the project
Alyssa Samp, freshman, sleeps with her trusty fan close by in Humphreys Hall. The lack of ...
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Jannee Sullivan on September 26, 2011 at 10:57 am • 0 Comments •
While some students study so frequently it seems they are living in a study room, some students at the UA have actually had to live in study rooms this semester.
There are still 14 students assigned to overflow housing, said Florence ...
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Mark Cameron on September 21, 2011 at 4:10 am • 0 Comments •
The MAP-Works, or Making Achievement Possible, survey is being administered this month at the UA. The survey has been given yearly since 2008, housing officials said.
“MAP-Works is much more than a survey,” said Florence Johnson, director of housing. “It is ...
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Traveler on September 21, 2011 at 12:05 am • 0 Comments •
By Cicely Shannon
Contributing Writer
At least 14 students are living in study rooms as a result of the overcrowding on campus, a housing official said.
There are 5,214 students living on campus or in extended on-campus housing, said Florence Johnson, executive director ...
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Bobbie Foster on August 25, 2011 at 1:30 am • 0 Comments •
In order to accommodate the largest freshman class ever to attend the UA, with 4,400 students, the university turned away more students than usual, leaving some with questions of where to live.With each student rejected housing, apartment owners saw the ...