College Town News

Building dorms for students: no-win deal for businesses
VietNamNet - 8 Sep 2007
... VIETNAM – Though the Education Ministry is trying hard to keep up with students’ great demands for dorms, few private units are willing to invest in the area because of likely losses.

In Hanoi, for instance, since 2001, there have only been two private dormitory projects: Hacinco Student Village in Thanh Xuan district and Thang Long Dormitory in Cau Giay district.

And even these aren’t reserved exclusively for students. Thang Long was first aimed to provide rooms for 2,800 students. Yet, at the moment, a great part of it is being leased to families. And a major reason is that leasing rooms to students isn’t profitable.

Georgetown Students Bristle At New Restrictions on Parties
Post - 8 Sep 2007
...GEORGETOWN, DC - Georgetown University is cracking down on drinking and parties in college-owned housing, with new crowd limits and registration requirements. Students are rattled, and some neighbors are angry that parties are winding up in their back yards.

In addition, the D.C. police commander for the district that includes the school said officers will be arresting students for party-related violations from now on, rather than issuing citations. The first two weeks of this school year have brought more complaints from neighbors about rowdy parties than he has ever seen ...

ShopGirl hits Orono
Daily News - 8 Sep 2007
... ORONO, ME - Save for a brief interlude in Bangor, I’ve lived in Orono so long, I’m starting to feel like a townie.

I grumble about the traffic when the students return to UMaine in the fall. Never mind that I was one of those students not too long ago. I’ve been known to run outside, screaming, in pajamas, at the sound of beer bottle hitting pavement. And I’m not making dinner plans until October break.

But I chose to live in a college town, and since the students are back, I’d like to welcome them not by complaining, but by letting them in on some of my favorite downtown retail spots. Besides, today is Orono Festival Day, and what better way to celebrate my adopted hometown than to shop locally? ...

Three arrested in deadly attack of Kutztown University student
Morning Call - 7 Sep 2007
... KUTZTOWN, PA -
Three Allentown men looking for a fight brutally attacked and killed a Kutztown University sophomore walking on the borough's busiest street early today to get back to his dorm room, authorities said ...

Cornell Pitches In to Improve Collegetown
Daily Sun - 7 Sep 2007
... ITHACA, NY - The city of Ithaca contributed $75,000 to an urban design study at the Ithaca Common Council meeting Wednesday evening, the first time the city has donated funds to the Collegetown area in a number of years. Cornell collaborated with the city by agreeing to match the donation — dollar for dollar — totaling $150,000 towards the improvement of Collegetown.

The newest resolution is the latest step in what has been an ongoing process to study and recommend improvements for the future development of Collegetown as outlined by the Collegetown Vision Statement, which was presented to the Common Council in February 2006. The statement described how the community envisioned Collegetown in 20 years. The council also established a task force to help manage the project ...

As Classes Resume, Mini-Dorm Fight Continues
VoiceOfSanDiego - 7 Sep 2007
... SAN DIEGO, CA - Friday, Sept. 7, 2007 | Fall classes began last week for 35,000 students at San Diego State University. And as those students returned to classes, they returned to a roiling debate over their place as tenants in the neighborhood.

The fight continues for scores of university neighborhood residents and activists rallying against what they call mini-dorms -- usually houses holding a half-dozen to 10 students and their accompanying noise, trash and cars ...

CSU-Pueblo plans new 500-bed dormitory
Chieftan - 7 Sep 2007
... BUEBLO, CO - In the meantime, officials will seek proposals from private companies for housing designs and construction services. The requests are expected to give university officials a better idea of the cost and scope of the work needed for a public-private partnership.

University officials also are working with a financial consultant on a loan plan to pay for the building of a new dorm, expected to open in 2009.

New student housing is part of CSU-Pueblo President Joe Garcia's overall goal to improve enrollment, diversity, retention and graduation rates at the university ...

Luxury Living
Upscale student housing planned for just-sold space
Herald - 7 Sep 2007
... BROWNSVILLE, TX - Until now the university has not had this sort of off-campus student housing. Just 326 of the university’s roughly 15,000 students live in the dorms that were fashioned out of defunct hotels in the area.

Harness isn’t concerned despite entering an untested market here. He figures the only reason more students don’t live closer to campus is because they haven’t been provided an alternative ...

Off-campus house concerns neighbors
Bowdoin Orient - 7 Sep 2007
... BRUNSWICK, ME - A continuing legal dispute over 11 Bowdoin students moving into a house at 17 Cleaveland St. has sparked outrage among neighbors, left students camping out in friends' apartments, and raised questions about the perks and pitfalls of off-campus housing ...

Off-Campus Plan On Hold For Now
Ponde Place Builder Seeking More Data
Courant - 7 Sep 2007
... STORRS, CT - The developers of a controversial proposal to build private apartments for 632 students next to the Carriage House Apartments have temporarily withdrawn the plan, saying they want more time to gather community input and consider how to improve security and traffic safety.

Four neighbors of the property—including Associate Professor of Film Studies Tricia Welsch—have appealed to the town, insisting that allowing the eleven students to live in the house would violate town ordinances ...

Local Kids SAT Well
City, County Scores Beat National, State Average
News-Record - 7 Sep 2007
... HARRISONBURG, VA — City and Rockingham County public school students did better than the state and national mean average on the Scholastic Aptitude Test, according to test results from the 2006-07 school year.

City and county scores topped the state and national results in all three categories of reading, writing and math ...

“There’s a lot that goes into making a good SAT score,” said Harrisonburg Schools Assistant Superintendent Mike Loso. “It doesn’t hurt that we are in a college town with community sense of learning.” ...

UMass breakfast highlights town-gown relations
Bulletin - 6 Sep 2007
... AMHERST, MA - The University of Massachusetts and town of Amherst will thrive if the two entities continue to invest in each other. That was the message delivered to a crowd of hundreds at the 41st annual town-gown community breakfast Aug. 30.

Sponsored by UMass and the Amherst Area Chamber of Commerce, the event brings together town officials, UMass personnel, politicians and community leaders at the Franklin Dining Commons for a look ahead at the coming academic year ...

Get ready for AAFL football
Sun - 6 Sep 2007
... GAINESVILLE, FL - Simply put, it's Team Florida.

There's no nickname for the All-American Football League's Florida franchise, which will make its debut April 12. But there are players and a coach and optimism that the league will succeed by connecting former college players with franchises in college towns ...

Isla Vista Housing Video
KEYT - 6 Sep 2007
... ISLA VISTA, CA - A newly accepted affordable housing plan for Isla Vista gets Santa Barbara County off the hook with the state, but not the community.

The arrangement makes 62 acres of space available for 1200 plus affordable housing units in the college town in order to meet a 2008 mandate.

This afternoon the Santa Barbara County Planning Commission got an earful from critics who complain the plan for Isla Vista doesn't help local families or the commuting workforce ...

Fans 'LOVELIVEDIE' with Perpetual Groove
Post & Courier - 6 Sep 2007
... ATHENS, GA - "We'll make you dance, pump your fist in the air, laugh, maybe cry," McDonald said. "More than anything else, people continually got to show after show of ours because they get something emotional out of it — something they carry with them.

Formed six years ago in Savannah, the band has since relocated four hours northwest to the college town of Athens, which is most notable for being the home of R.E.M., The Drive-By Truckers and the B-52's ...

A developing story
HIGH-PROFILE PROJECTS HELPED SPARK BIG CHANGES
Herald-Leader - 5 Sep 2007
... LEXINGTON, KY - A combination of factors has fueled the renaissance: young professionals and couples without children looking to move from the suburbs to the city, some reasonably-priced property and several high-profile developments that have acted as catalysts.

In February, 2002, the city and the University of Kentucky agreed to put up $200,000 for a College-Town Plan to study ways to revitalize the area between downtown and UK. South Hill occupies part of that area. The goal of the plan was to create a physical and financial bridge between the university, with its thousands of students, and downtown merchants, restaurants and clubs ...

USC, developer sue student housing firm
The suit contends that Conquest Student Housing is illegally trying to block rival developer Urban Partners' upcoming housing project near the university.
LA Times - 5 Sep 2007
... LOS ANGELES, CA - USC joined in a federal lawsuit, filed Tuesday, that alleged a developer of off-campus student housing was trying to squelch competition with intimidation, extortion and fraud.

Conquest Student Housing, a firm that owns numerous apartments in the neighborhoods near USC, is illegally trying to stop construction of a rival's project, University Gateway, that would house more than 1,600 students and include retail stores, a fitness center and a parking structure, according to the suit ...

Commuting to school gives way to living near it
KARE - 5 Sep 2007
... MINNEAPOLIS, MN - It's back to class and back to commuting for thousands at the University of Minnesota. But the number coming by car is steadily dropping, as students trade a drive for a dorm ...

About 5,300 freshmen are starting classes at the U this fall, and all but 1,000 are living on campus in the U's student housing.

The U says that number climbs every year, and it's not the only thing going up. Many of those who don't live in college housing are not just renting, but buying.

Seventy-five new condos in the U Flats building near Dinkytown sold out the first year. Another 50 units down the street in M Flats are also going fast ...

Gainesville more than bars, ball games and Butler Plaza
Alligator - 5 Sep 2007
... GAINESVILLE, FL - Deep down, Gainesville isn't just any college town. Take a look around and venture in to what this city has to offer. Take a bite out of a Belgian waffle at locally-owned 43rd Street Deli. Stand under the lights at Citizens Field and reminisce about your high school days as local football teams battle it out to see which team will reign as city champ. Float down an icy, spring-water river at Ichetucknee Springs and witness the beauty of nature. Ride go-karts, rollerskate and play minigolf at Skate Station. College life is supposed to have a dab of fun thrown in, so don't waste every penny on nightlife when this city has so much more to offer ...

Ithaca, N.Y., in the lush land of the Finger Lakes
Newsday - 5 Dep 2007
... ITHACA, NY - I saw them almost as soon as I walked into the Ithaca Farmers Market: Baskets of apples with odd shapes, strange hues and exotic names like Zabergau Reinette, Red Northern Spy and Calville Blanc d'Hiver.

Containers on a shelf offered slices, some from well-known varieties like Jonagold and McIntosh, others the rarer kinds increasingly popular among connoisseurs turned off by the vapid taste of mass-produced fruit ...

12 Great Places You've Never Heard Of: Ithaca, New York
Mother Earth News - Aug/Sep 2007
... ITHACA, NY - Ithaca just might be a utopia for the eco-minded. Unless, that is, you mind snow — the area averages 67.3 inches of it each year. This dynamic college town (home to Cornell University and Ithaca College) enjoys beautiful scenery at the southern tip of Cayuga Lake in New York’s Finger Lakes region. Within the city limits are gorges, numerous waterfalls and a scenic waterfront. Just a short drive away are charming villages, great parks and bountiful farmland, dotted with orchards and vineyards ...

Millersville 2020 vision appears blurred
Intelligencer Journal - 5 Sep 2007
... MILLERSVILLE, PA - Even though Millersville Borough Council gave the go-ahead to form a Millersville 2020 group last October, that doesn't mean elected officials are ready to open up their pocketbooks to fund the initiative — at least not yet.

What was expected to be a routine approval of up to $7,000 in funds at council's Aug. 28 meeting instead turned into a spirited fracas with some members of council taking aim at the group in order to put the kibosh on future projects ...

Neighbors voice objections to student housing proposal
The Post - 5 Sep 2007
... ATHENS, OH - Residents of Athens’ south-side neighborhoods gathered yesterday outside the Athens County Courthouse to protest a proposed student-housing project above the Ohio University Inn on Richland Avenue.

The Summit at Coates Run, an 858-bed apartment building proposed by Edwards Communities Apartments, was granted a zoning certificate on Aug. 27, bringing them one step closer to starting construction ...

Crackdown At The Carriage House
Authorities Find A Way To Quiet UConn Parties
Courant - 5 Sep 2007
... STORRS. CT - State police, together with apartment management, cracked down on the giant outdoor parties at the Carriage House apartments over the Labor Day weekend, erecting a temporary chain-link fence across the entrance and checking for underage drinking and IDs ...

Last weekend, two off-duty troopers hired to patrol the complex were caught off guard when as many as 7,000 students flocked to Carriage House apartments. Police scrambled to get backup for crowd control, calling in troopers from across the region.

But some neighbors this week complained that the new measures simply seemed to push the crowds elsewhere, such as a house on Gurleyville Road that was recently turned into student housing. The party there got so loud that police ...

Disenfranchisement dilemma
The Flat Hat - 4 Sep 2007
... WILLIAMSBURG, VA - Before 2004, any student of the College could register to vote in Williamsburg elections. This is the norm for Virginia college towns, and it is easy to see why. As College President Gene Nichol wrote in a March 2006 e-mail to students, “This community will be your home for four years or more. It is your present center of focus and engagement … You are full members of this community — entitled to equal rights of political participation.”

It began with the city’s voter registrar requiring students to fill out a long and complicated questionnaire to register. The results spoke plainly to the new policy’s purpose: fewer than 15 students gained the right to vote out of hundreds of applicants. But our students, as Jefferson’s record will attest, are tenacious when it comes to securing our right to representation, and we did not give up ...

Durham is the top city
Echo - 4 Sep 2007
... DURHAM, UK - DURHAM has been voted as the best city in the UK by readers of a travel magazine.

The historic market city, which boasts an impressive castle and cathedral, pushed Edinburgh and London into second and third place respectively.

"It is an extremely pretty university town and they also thought that the people and the cleanliness of the place makes it an amazingly nice place to visit." ...

Unneighborly behavior
Globe - 4 Sep 2007
... BOSTON, MA - "I've never done anything to them," she said yesterday. "Why would they do anything to hurt me? I couldn't believe they could do this to someone they don't know. But they didn't care, as long as they had their party."

Thompson is not some crotchety old lady. She laughs as easily as she cries, especially about herself. For years, she has dealt with personal tragedy by reaching out to others ...

But This is Chico: Attachment to dingbat housing may just be weird
Enterprise - 3 Sep 2007
... CHICO, CA - Chico, unfortunately, has lots of dingbat-infested neighborhoods, especially in the blocks surrounding the Chico State University campus. Almost providentially, the dingbat made its first appearance just at the time the Chico State student population started to explode.

Given the rising demand for student housing, coupled with the mid-20th century lack of concern about good design and neighborhood preservation, the Chico dingbat was inevitable.

What's surprising is that the entire south campus area wasn't leveled and turned into a dingbatland. Chico's oldest neighborhood is remarkably intact, considering the pressure it's been under to provide the lion's share of housing for thousands of students every year ...

Growing By the Billions
SDSU - 3 Sep 2007
... SAN DIEGO, CA - The 2007 Campus Master Plan revision is a comprehensive plan that will allow SDSU to provide increased academic space, student housing and services, and faculty housing to meet growing student demand. It is expected to increase SDSU's enrollment capacity from 25,000 full-time equivalent students to 35,000 in a smart, planned manner over the next two decades. It will also enable the university to achieve its share of the state-mandated growth, and ensures the state will have the benefit of an educated, professional workforce ...

Ave Maria: Building a whole new town
Community getting a full complement of businesses
News-Press - 3 Sep 2007
... AVE MARIE, FL - The new town of Ave Maria in east Collier County is destined to become more than a college town and bedroom community.

As more retail shops, offices and industrial companies sign on the dotted line, the town is well on its way to creating a self-sustaining commercial center for the 11,000 residences to be built in the next decade.

Auburn school taxes rejected
Voters say 'no' in rare refusal of request to improve student facilities
L edger-Enquirer - 3 Sep 2007
... AUBURN, AL - The phone in Auburn City Schools Superintendent J. Terry Jenkins' office rang constantly last Wednesday, the day after the school system suffered a stinging setback in a vote to add 7 mills in property taxes for the system.

Most were from Auburn citizens offering a sympathetic ear to the superintendent after the failure of the tax vote by a margin of 2,318 to 2,054, the first time in recent memory a vote to benefit the public schools in the college town failed to pass ...

Task force works with city to keep Central safe
Herald - 3 Sep 2007
... NEW BRITAIN, CT - In the Fall of 2006, New Britain Mayor Timothy Stewart and CCSU President Jack Miller organized a public forum to discuss issues that impact both the city of New Britain and the campus community. As a result of this well-attended public forum, the Town and Gown Task Force was established. This task force is composed of New Britain residents, Stewart, New Britain police, and CCSU students and staff, including police, faculty and administrators.

Some of the areas that are currently being addressed by the task force include: the prevention of underage drinking, noise and parking concerns generated by off-campus house parties, enhancing the overall quality of life for neighbors and students, creating educational opportunities for students that focus on civic engagement and civic responsibility, fostering positive relations between students and neighbors, and enhancing security and a sense of pride in the neighborhood.
I am very optimistic and enthusiastic about the direction in which the task force is heading. The Town and Gown Task Force has convened five meetings to date. Some of our accomplishments include: an ongoing dialogue through regular monthly task force meetings, a proposed city ordinance that will establish a landlord (dwelling) registration and "approved housing list" for students considering off-campus house/apartment rentals, enhancing communication between the university and off-campus students, and providing information about state and city laws and ordinances to CCSU students ...

ASU adds dorms to meet demand
Arizona Republic - 3 Sep 2007
... TUCSON, AZ - Arizona State University officials believe that students who live on campus have a more successful experience than those who commute.

Last week, the second phase of the $150 million Hassayampa Academic Village opened near Rural Road and Apache Boulevard with room for about 1,000 students, bringing the village capacity to about 1,900 and university housing capacity to about 7,400 ...

UNCP students increasingly turning to on-campus option
Robesonian - 3 Sep 2007
... PEMBROKE, NC - when Swiney talked with students, he quickly discovered that for many, especially the freshmen, the prospect of living off-campus wasn't all that attractive.

“A lot of students want to live on campus,” he said. “I think a lot of it is due to the proximity to their classes, the cost factor and the length of the housing agreement. Students said they are OK with having three to a room until something becomes available.”

Living off campus is not cheap. Rent for a year at Pembroke Place will cost $5,664 and you are required to sign a 12-month lease. Students pay $3,400 for the academic year to stay in Oak Hall, UNCP's newest 360-bed, four-story residence hall that opened Aug. 2 ...

Sweethearts fire ruled arson
News-Journal - 3 Sep 2007
... WILMINGTON, OH - The fire at the Sweethearts sorority house on Rombach Avenue has been ruled arson, and remains under investigation by the Division of State Fire Marshal.

A Blue Ribbon Arson Reward of up to $5,000 is being offered to anyone who can provide information that will lead to the person or persons responsible for setting the Aug. 1 fire, said Shane Cartmill, public information officer, Division of State Fire Marshal ...

Community unfurls vision for East End
Long-term commitment, money keys to project
Advocate - 2 Sep 2007
... NEWARK, DE - Improvements planned for East Main Street from Cedar Street to the East Main Street Bridge will require plenty of patience, commitment and, of course, money.

The East Main Street Urban Visioning Project recommends the creation or restoration of more than 20 buildings as well as fencing, streetscapes and infrastructure along the street.

Designers from the Neighborhood Design Center, a nonprofit design, architecture and planning organization, presented slides earlier this week to about 50 residents and city officials showing a revitalized East End. The final details of the plan will be announced in the fall ...

College dorms get high-tech treatment
Futuristic design has custom rooms and wall-size computer screens
Globe - 2 Sep 2007
... USA - In the college dorm of the future, giant computer screens would cover entire walls, beam video lectures into the room with one touch of the monitor, and fade to a clear floor-to-ceiling window with a second touch. Factory workers would fashion prefabricated rooms to students' liking, then ship the structures to campus. With modular furniture and movable walls, the room could shift shape and style at a student's whim.

College dorms have not gone quite this high-tech yet, but this futuristic vision, crafted by Boston architect Jonathan Levi for a national dormitory design competition, is closer than it seems ...

Seeking a shift in the role of community colleges
Bills would allow housing, bachelor's degrees
Register-Mail - 2 Sep 2007
... ILLINOIS - One Illinois community college could offer bachelor's degrees, and others could run their own student housing operations under separate legislative proposals that have some observers wondering: Are the state's two-year schools looking to change their traditional role?

Supporters of both ideas say no, the schools merely are trying to serve the needs of their communities and their students.

GSU students eager for home on campus
KATC - 2 Sep 2007
... GRAMBLING, LA - The estimated 250 Grambling State University students still without student housing this fall expressed their eagerness to return to campus permanently.

The delay in the final completion of Tiger Village, GSU's new student housing complex with a final completion date of Sept. 15, placed about 400 students in Ruston hotels as they returned for fall classes ...

Madison studies campus relations
Star-Ledger - 2 Sep 2007
... MADISON, NJ - Efforts are under way to bring the Madison's town-and-gown sides in balance. Drew President Robert Weisbuch spoke with business leaders at a recent chamber of commerce meeting, where participants brainstormed a few ideas to increase collaboration, such as launching resident-led tours of the campus and town for incoming freshman.

Drew also recently posted a video on YouTube for incoming freshmen called "Beyond the Campus: A Look at Madison." The video introduces students to eateries that are within walking distance, such as Atlanta Bread Company, Domino's and the ever-popular Bagel Chateau -- where students come in their pajamas before classes to order bagels piled high with Taylor ham, egg and cheese. The video ends with tips on how to catch a train into New York City, about an hour's ride away ...

10 years of growth and gripes at UGA
Despite tensions, Adams transforms state¹s flagship school
Banner-Herald - 2 Sep 2007
... ATHENS, GA - Michael Adams replaced Charles Knapp as president of the University of Georgia on the first day of September, 10 years ago, launching a decade of construction and academic advances punctuated by scandals and actions that angered fans and alumni ...

while Adams concentrated on raising UGA's academic status, his relationship with Athens stagnated - especially when he moved out of the President's House on Prince Avenue, community and civic leaders said ...

Adams hired a local government relations liaison and staff from UGA and the county meet regularly about issues that affect citizens both on and off campus.

"(But) every place I have ever been there has been some town-gown tension because the lifestyle of the 19-year-old is often not the lifestyle of average citizen," Adams said ...

From Lewiston with love
Local wisdom for new residents
Sun-Journal - 2 Sep 2007
... LEWISTON / AUBURN, ME L-A is a gem of a place largely - at least according to those who've chosen to live here - because it has yet to morph into the same-old, same-old commercialized town. So says Brandon Cox, 30, of Sabattus. "Everything is here that you need, but there's not too much that you don't need," he said ...

Here's some local wisdom for newcomers - from our favorite places to talk politics and eat local food, to our tips for getting some wild and wacky entertainment, and everything in between ...

OU fans can hitch a ride to stadium
NewsOK - 1 Sep 2007
... NORMAN, OK — What started as a college student's idea for a business has morphed into comfort and convenience for University of Oklahoma football fans.

Brickshaw Buggy is returning to Norman for football season, starting with tonight's game. OU is scheduled to play North Texas at 6 p.m., and Rocky Chavez said his drivers will provide rickshaw-like transportation service from three hours before kickoff until about two hours after each game ...

CSUS' lofty digs are a suite deal
Campus offering homier housing to ease student life and curb its image as a commuter school.
Bee - 1 Sep 2007
... SACRAMENTO, CA - Friday was move-into-the-dorm day for Sacramento State students, the annual unloading of comforters, lamps and laptops from mom and dad's car.

But this year something is different: the 450-bed Upper Eastside Lofts. A departure from the usual Sacramento State dormitory housing, the new lofts are part of a national trend toward more comfortable college digs ...

Colleges boost campus housing
Business Journal - 1 Sep 2007
... PROVIDENCE, RI - URI and RIC are not the only schools investing in new student housing. Rhode Island School of Design students are starting to move into the Moshassuck Square Apartments at Charles and North Main streets in Providence, for which the school signed a master lease. (Because existing tenants are not being displaced, only half of the units were expected to be available at the start of school this month, with the rest opening by August 2008.)

And two years ago, RISD increased its student housing capacity by 65 percent in a single jump with the opening of “15 West,” a residence hall for 500 students carved out of the upper floors of the former Rhode Island Hospital Trust building ...

The shortage of rooms results in frustrated - and worried - parents, and hundreds of thousands dollars, in some years more than $1 million, in lost income for UA ...

Student property: Steep learning curve
More students are now opting to buy their own homes but it's a hefty responsibility. Is it worth it?
Telegraph - 1 Sep 2007
... UK - It is landlords, not lecturers, who turn a student's pint of Stella sour. Most students would rather hand in a 3,000-word essay than a month's rent - and the breakages assessment at the end of the academic year can be more nerve-wracking than a degree exam. In university towns such as Bristol and Edinburgh, students often pay more rent than young professionals, yet are prepared to live in grottier conditions and less prestigious areas. "Landlords can exploit you financially and always have the upper hand when it comes to giving back the deposit," says Jeremy Carter, 23, a business and economics student. When two small blobs of Bluetack on a bedroom wall jeopardised the breakages deposit on his rented accommodation at Oxford Brookes University, he decided to explore the possibility of buying his own flat when he transferred to Exeter University the following year ...

Alcohol Task Force to reconvene for progress reports
Daily Journal - 1 Sep 2007
... OXFORD, MS - The University of Mississippi's Alcohol Task Force plans to reconvene Tuesday to hear reports from university and community officials on efforts to curb abusive and illegal drinking ...

The task force was chartered last fall after a University police officer was killed while trying to arrest an underage, drunken and drugged student ...

First & Feisty
Street Smarts [ A quickie guide to Main Street Durham ]
Get a dose of college town, shop and snack all on one street.
NH Magazine - 1 Sep 2007
... DURHAM, NH - You’re actually much more likely going to hear “I’m headed to D-Hop” than the official name of this delicious pizza joint at 40 Main St. The Durham House of Pizza, though swamped with the college crowd after hours, is a great place to pause and grab a slice. There’s plenty of seating inside, or take a slice to go as you stroll down the road.

Be sure not to miss Franz’s Food, located in a laundromat at 46 Main St. This eatery, an Editor’s Pick in New Hampshire Magazine’s 2007 Best of NH, serves up a huge variety of food, from French fries and hamburgers to soups and vegetarian fare. Though there isn’t much room inside to sit and eat, when the weather is nice enjoy your Franz selection at a few outdoor tables or eat on the go. www.franzsfood.com ...


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