Campus-area housing limited
Enrollment increase appears to be cause
By Scott McFet ridge
(M Ihr Kmnld
An oatimated enrollment in
cmtiw of nearly 500 students
appears to Im* Ihe blame for a
shortage of University-area
houses and apartments this fall,
which is causing many students
to find housing farther off
campus than they had planned.
“A lot of people haven’t been
able to get anything," said
Yolanda I (agues, a Bennett
Management employee,
llagues said Bennett Manage
ment has vacancies in only one
complex, which should he full
soon. The demand for housing
has increased dramatically near
campus, and many students are
settling for rentals in other areas
of the city, she said. °
nwnt count will not lx> available
for about two weeks.
"People come in and say.
'What have you got?' " said Joy
Poust, an associate with I uni
son Associates, a rental agency
with several campus properties,
"They are willing to take
whatever we have.”
People began searching for
housing earlier than usual this
year, and fewer students moved
out of their rentals in the sum*
mer, Poust said. Many students
began inquiring about housing
as early as Juiy. she said.
University residence halls
also were filled quickly this fall,
with all dormitories full by
Aug. 1. said Marjory Rainey,
director of University Housing.
The University Inn was at
The demand for housing has increased
dramatically near campus, and many
students are settling for rentals in other
areas of the city
“Students say, *1 guess I’m
not going to get what l want. so
til have to settle for the second
best.* ** Hague* said.
The latest University enroll
ment projections call for an in
crease of 4t>0 students this fall,
bringing total enrollment to
ltt,3fK).. Admissions Director
lint Hitch said The final enroll
capacity by June,'she said.
. . As of Friday. 2.958 students
were living, in the residence
halls. Ramey said That is about
150 more occupants than is con
sidered ideal by the housing
department, she said.
The packed dormitories are in
sharp contrast to the fall of 198 J
when two residence halls were
closed because of a lack of de
mand, Ramey said,
Ramey credits the increased
University enrollment' as the
reason for the high demand,
and the fact that living in the
dormitories is fairly inexpen
sive. Students living in a
double-occupancy room, must
pay $253 a month, she. said.
. "It’s a darn good . deal
econonfticallyV* Ramey said.
Boyd Schorzman. a resident'
at the Parr Tower student'
cooperative, said, his co-op also
filled a little earlier than usual
this fall.
"It's clear .there were few
alternatives (hat were better
than us," Schor/man said.
Sehorzman said he has
spoken with past Parr Tower
residents who told him the in
creased demand for space at ihe
Co-op is "kind of rare, but not
exceptional."
OSPIRG joins national drive against hunger
By Robert Oakes
IM I Hr >mrr«l»l
With <i verse from the hit song that rais:
eii monev anil international concern for
famine victims in Afric a, the Oregon Stu
dent Public Interest Research GIt)tip is
joining a campaign to enroll University'
students in the light against hunger.
“So I ait's Start Giving: The'National
Student Campaign Against Hunger." is a
nationwide fund-raising drive designed
to educate and spur student action, said
Kathy Duvall. OSPIRG campus
coordinator.
"We re Irving to raise money to give to
USA For Africa that will go to developing
Third World countries in desperate need
now." said Carol Benedick.' OSPIRG
volunteer and former state board
chair.
Money also will go to. hunger programs
such as soup kitchens' in the United
Slates as part of phase one in OSI’IRU's
fund-raising campaign. The plans also in
cludes phone pledge campaigns and
possible fund-raising competition l>et
wnon University and Oregon State frater
nities and sororities.
' Spreading information about hunger is
the second part of OSPIRO’s plans for the
year. *
‘‘What we found through our research
is that poof people.don't need our chari
ty." benedick said. “They need our
understanding".
Kducating people about the causes,
scope and results of hunger in America
and abroad is crucial, she said.
The effects of foreign debt on Third
World countries is something students
should learn about. Benidick said. Na
• ions in debt, to the United Stales often"
grow, cash crops.to'pay off loans instead .
of subsistence-crops to feed, their citizens.
"“They're starving. they're, in debt,”;
Benedick said.’"We (the 'United States)
are on sort of an evil side of the fence and
“if we educated, ourselves we could help
(he Third World countries get out of their
situation.” • " ... • .
Student organization arid action that
began with a national meeting last May is
the third part of the campaign.
■ We’re creating a lasting infrastruc
ture.” Duvall said.
Benedick attended the meeting of col- -
lege and university public ’ interest
research groups in Boston in May. as the
representative for Oregon. Projects to
enroll students against domestic' hunger
problems were a big part of the direct
action plan.
• OSPIRG wan(f> student volunteers- now;
.and plans to send those interested into
soup, kitchens to directly .help the poor.
' "OSPIRG gives you a chance to get
real-life experience,” Duvall said. "It
gives students the feeling of really being
able to'have an impact."
"We hope to create a permanent
organization, .where'students can conie
and find out what they can do about
hunger.” Benedick said.
OSPIRG will join in sponsoring an in
formation fair and a question and answer
session with Oregon politicians Oct. that
"World, food Day" in the Central
Presbyterian Church. 1475 Kerry St. in
Kugene.. An African dinner begins at 5:30
p.m, and at 7 p.m. Peter DeFazio, Lane
i.County Comr ' ioner; Mary Burrows,
. Oregon House >f Representatives; and
lirti* Weaker,. .S. House of Represen
tatives will speak and answer questions.
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