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Arbor District wecomes students back 'home' with open arms
The Southern - 30 Sep 2007
... CARBONDALE, IL - Our neighborhood has felt mighty empty all summer. The time between semesters is an opportunity to take vacations, or in the case of some faculty, spread out across the globe to pursue their research agendas. But what we've missed are the students. Their high energy and joy of living can become a burden on some week-end nights, but on the whole they are a delight. Something is really missing when they're gone.

This Sunday afternoon we're having our Welcome Back Picnic in the Arbor District. It'll be held at Hundley House on Main and Maple. There'll be hamburgers and veggie burgers and there will be students. At least we hope they'll join us older folk again this year. You never know. They may find something else that grabs their interests on a beautiful autumn Sunday afternoon ...

PLU takes its gown to the town
News Tribune - 30 Sep 2007
... TACOMA, WA - Once a somewhat seedy portal to Pacific Lutheran University, the few blocks that make up Garfield Street are being transformed into a well-walked boulevard peopled by students and shoppers and anchored by a unique concept in college bookstores.

Officials sliced a white ribbon with ceremonial scissors earlier this month as the Garfield Book Company opened its doors amid speeches and smiles. Among the ingredients of the university’s pride: This bookstore is green, it’s inclusive, and it’s there to serve the wider community.

Guster goes for the gusto
The Herald-Times (subscription) - 20 Sep 2007
... BLOOMINGTON, IN - “It’s clearly a college town with a big artisan element, great architecture, gorgeous campus, cool homes and neighborhoods. It has a friendly, ...

Company has high rise plans for St. Patrick's site
Press-Citizen - 30 Sep 2007
... IOWA CITY, IA - A Wisconsin developer wants to build a 12-story high rise building on the former site of a downtown Iowa City church destroyed by a tornado.

Big Ten Rentals of Middleton, Wis., has asked the Iowa City planning and zoning commission to rezone the nearly half-acre site at 228 E. Court St. to allow for a proposed 12-story building, according to a planning and zoning commission report. While one floor of the building would house commercial businesses, the top 11 floors, with 132 units with up to five bedrooms each, would consist of apartments marketed primarily at University of Iowa students ...

GSW: Good neighbor
Times Record - 30 Sep 2007
... AMERICUS, GA — A recent article in the Times-Recorder contained a quote suggesting that one of the limitations to Americus becoming a college town was the fact that most of the faculty at Georgia Southwestern lived somewhere outside of Americus. I can understand how one might have such a perception, but the truth is that the great majority of the full-time employees at the university live in Americus or in some other part of Sumter County. According to our records, out of 246 full-time employees, 185 or 75.2 percent live in Americus ...

I think what is less visible but of equal importance are the social and cultural impacts the university has on Americus and Sumter County. The majority of our faculty and staff live in town. They are tax-paying, law-abiding, voting, civic-minded professionals and good citizens. They send their children to the community’s schools, attend local churches, belong to service clubs (e.g., Kiwanis, Rotary), and support numerous worthy causes. Many of them work on a volunteer basis for organizations that promote the common good ...

Kendall Blanchard, Ph.D., is president, Georgia Southwestern State University.

KSU students energize city Volunteer efforts help offset party problems
Record-Courier - 30 Sep 2007
... KENT, OH - In many ways -- both good and bad -- the students of Kent State University affect businesses, residents and city services throughout their college career.

Many residents, entrepreneurs and politicians often describe an air of vibrancy or a sense of energy when talking about the student population's impact on the city of Kent ...

Competition is brewing
Trading Markets - 29 Sep 2007
... COLUMBIA, MO - It's a whole new world for three Columbia coffee shops entrenched along Ninth Street. They are facing what must seem like barbarians at the gate as out-of-town chains invade and sprout outlets ...

DuCharme did see an opportunity in gourmet coffee shops before they became part of American culture when he opened Lakota Coffee Co. some 15 years ago at 24 S. Ninth St.

Weary of corporate life in Austin, Texas, DuCharme became interested in gourmet coffee and coffee roasting. He and his wife, Deborah, decided to change gears and open their own coffee shop. They selected Columbia after researching college towns with populations of less than 100,000. DuCharme said he is the only coffee roaster in town. He buys raw beans from brokers in New Orleans and Minneapolis and cooks them as needed for his private-label coffee, which is served in his shop and sold in bulk to local retail outlets and restaurants ...

FAYETTEVILLE : ‘Green’ focus of student housing
Democrat & Gazette - 29 Sep 2007
... FAYETTEVILLE, AR - Developed in Canada, Green Globes is a series of online criteria that guide builders in designing and constructing energy-efficient and environmentally friendly structures.

It’s part of the university’s efforts to become “a model for sustainability,” a goal identified by Chancellor John A. White in his 2007 State of the University address released for the first time in video format last week. A common term used in business, industry and government, sustainability refers to finding ways to operate without negatively impacting the environment and harming future generations ...

Coach, elderly fan form special bond
84-year-old lives for UW football, visits from Glenn
Gazette - 29 Sep 2007
... LARAMIE, WY - Marian Busig sits in the hallway at the Ivinson Home for Ladies with her hands folded in her lap, waiting for her lunch guests to arrive. She wears a brown "Wyoming" T-shirt studded with gold pins over a gold blouse, with a corsage on her left wrist.

Then she hears University of Wyoming football coach Joe Glenn's booming voice down the hallway preceding his arrival. Around the corner he comes with his wife, Michele, son, Casey, daughter-in-law, Shannon, daughter, Erin, and grandkids, Regan and Henry ...

Carlisle ponders first step to Downtown Investment District
Sentinel - 29 Sep 2007
... CARLISLE, PA - Malcolm Johnstone of West Chester said his community of 18,000 is a college town with a rich history similar to Carlisle. He explained how West Chester was able to recruit an impressive mix of new businesses that helped to increase property values from an average of $43 a square foot in 1999 to $180 square feet by the end of 2005.

“It doubled and then doubled again” giving property owners who invested in the tax increase a healthy return, Johnstone said. He added morale has also improved in downtown West Chester, which used to have a reputation of being unsafe at night.

The local DID launched a publicity campaign around the slogan “the perfect town,” which sparked enough discussion and excitement to bring in more investment in downtown properties and reverse blight through redevelopment ...

Design panel OKs a taller Olmsted
Hopkins objects to height of Charles Village mixed-use project
Sun - 29 Sep 2007
... BALTIMORE, MD - Plans to replace a luxury condo project planned for the city's Charles Village neighborhood with a taller building containing smaller rental units, double the retail space and offices won approval from the city's design panel yesterday despite objections from neighboring Johns Hopkins University to the added height.

The Urban Design and Architecture Review Panel signed off on developer Struever Bros. Eccles and Rouse's request to build a 13-story building, an addition of 24 feet that still requires City Council approval. The developer shifted plans in May after determining that it would be unable to sell luxury condominiums priced as high as $700,000 ...

UD master plan envisions a large, walkable community
The university hopes to make Brown Street a pedestrian-friendly college avenue.
Daily News - 28 Sep 2007
... DAYTON, OH - The University of Dayton's master plan is in flux, but the goal — to create a campus of three parts, all integrated with similar architecture and establishing a large, walkable community for the public and students — is not ...

... plans include building a "sustainable" residence hall (a building that's sustainable is protective of the environment) and overhauling athletic fields. A campus greenway — pedestrian and bike paths — will link it all ...

A step in the right direction
Daily Princetonian - 28 Sep 2007
... PRINCETON, NJ - At a conference on "Food, Ethics and the Environment" held last November, students and faculty demonstrated their interest in food issues by registering in such numbers that the conference had to be moved from McCosh 50 Richardson Auditorium. Speaking at that conference, Dining Services Director Stu Orefice said that he intended to find more ethical food options where his budget allowed it. Already last year, Dining Services started purchasing cage-free whole eggs instead of eggs from caged hens. Now, Dining Services has committed to phase in the exclusive use of cage-free eggs bought in liquid form as well, which is how the majority of eggs are purchased on campus. Princeton has become the first Ivy League school to move to the exclusive use of cage-free eggs ...

Developer planning condos for fans
Company has already built near Notre Dame
Michigan Daily - 28 Sep 2007
... ANN ARBOR, MI - Following the lead of several real-estate companies across the nation, a developer is working on plans to build hotel-style condominiums in Ann Arbor aimed at fans who want a place to stay on football weekends.

The condos will be about a mile and a half from Michigan stadium and cost between $97,000 and $189,000 ...

A company called Gameday Centers Southeastern operates a similar business in Southern college towns with large football fan bases. The company operates complexes near Auburn University, the University of Georgia, the University of Alabama and Florida State University, with condos in the works at five other colleges ...

Real estate investors home in on student housing
News & Observer - 28 Sep 2007
... USA - More investors are going back to college. But they're skipping the keggers and term papers – even the degree – and heading straight for student housing.

Emboldened by record enrollments and reduced university spending on dormitories, investors from Main Street to Wall Street are seeking heftier gains in this emerging corner of the commercial real estate world.

Investors have spent at least $1.5 billion on U.S. student housing properties this year – already 12 percent more than the average spent over the previous six years, Real Capital Analytics data show ...

Xavier, Corporex plan mixed-use development
Business Courier - 28 Sep 2007
... CINCINNATI, OH - A former industrial area in Walnut Hills will be redeveloped as a residential/retail/office project, Xavier University said Thursday.

The Rev. Michael Graham, university president, offered details on the previously announced project at Xavier's annual Founder's Day dinner. He said "Xavier Square," as the development will be called, will include student housing, affinity housing, stores, restaurants, commercial office space, a boutique hotel, a fitness center, student health center and university bookstore.

Eau Claire on U.S. News’ list of best places to retire
Wheeler News Service - 28 Sep 2007
... EAU CLAIRE, WI - US News & World Report is out with a list of 1,000 good American cities to retire in, including 16 here in the Badger State ...

Smart says more folks are choosing to retire in mid-America these days since it’s more affordable than the East and West coasts.

McMaster needs cap: community president
Most universities grow at slower rate
Star News - 28 Sep 2007
... HAMILTON, ON - "They seem to be taking far more than their fair share," Mr. Payne said, comparing McMaster's recent unprecedented growth to the slower growth of most Ontario universities.

He said it has been difficult for the surrounding community and City of Hamilton to deal with noise, housing, garbage, vandalism and other issues related to students living in the residential neighbourhood because their numbers are growing too quickly ...

CWU Students Complain about New Off Campus Housing
KNDO - 28 Sep 2007
... ELLENSBURG, WA - KNDO is working for you... We've been receiving complaints from Central Washington University Students about an apartment complex that just opened off campus.

They say it was advertised as fully-loaded college living but right now they say their apartment are full of problems.

The Grove looks like an ideal place for college students to live off campus, but there's a problem, it's not finished.

Management moved students in anyway two weeks ago. Now those students are saying the got a raw deal." ...

Just north of campus, a reserve of tranquility
Neighborhood Series
JHU Newsletter - 27 Sep 2007
... BALTIMORE, MD - Manicured lawns and Prius-filled garages make a Sunday afternoon stroll through Guilford more like Desperate Housewives dÃ©ja-vu.

Heading north on St. Paul Street., the urban college town beat of Charles Village transforms into a suburban oasis. Ornate row houses evolve into brick palaces surrounded by vast yards ...

Dome Homes Provide Safety, Savings Audio
VOA News - 27 Sep 2007
VERMILLION, SD - Wood-frame homes with standard roofs are the norm in this Midwestern college town, but there is an odd new addition here. On a tree-lined street only a few blocks from the University of South Dakota campus there is a three-dome home made mostly of concrete.

"Some people really like it, and some people don't," said Kevin Meylor. "That is a personal preference. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder ...

The University of Washington and Washington State
"Wazzu" and "UDubya" were part of the Register's 2001 tour of Pac-10 campuses
Register - 27 Sep 2007
... PULLMAN, WA - Pullman is the last classic college town in the Pac-10. The big cities have swallowed up the famous campuses in Los Angeles, the San Francisco Bay area and Arizona. The two Oregon schools, in Eugene and Corvallis, are among the fastest-growing areas in the western United States, with nearby Interstate 5 acting as a population pump.

Pullman has no interstate. Its airport can't handle jet airliners and closes at the first hint of bad weather. Drive 10 minutes in any direction and you're in the middle of nowhere ...

Landlords Unite to Find Rental Solutions Video
WDIO - 27 Sep 2007
... DULUTH, MN - Duluth landlords say they are ready to get to work to solve rental and housing issues near college campuses now that the city council voted against an ordinance that would have changed the definition of the word 'family'.

Around 35 landlords have created an organization called the Duluth Association of Responsible Rentals to deal with common complaints in neighborhoods.

"At the top of our agenda would be the neighborhood nuisance, partying, parking," ...

New Web site designed to network IU, local community
Daily Student - 27 Sep 2007
... BLOOMINGTON, IN - Five years ago, IU alumnus Dale Staton worked for a company that struggled to communicate between departments because each was isolated from the others. At that time, he realized the situation was not unlike the community in his former college town: Bloomington.

As a result, Staton decided to establish BloomingtonOnline.net, a Web site designed to combat these problems and network Bloomington. He said Bloomington is an eclectic place, and so it is fitting that the site provides an opportunity for the diverse groups of people to communicate on a common ground ...

Substandard Housing on the S.U. Hill Video
WTVH - 27 Sep 2007
... SYRACUSE, NY - They say, in the real estate business, it's all about location, location, location.

That is especially true of many Syracuse University students, who are willing to sacrifice quality housing for a shorter walk to class ...

Editorial: Fine thy neighbour
The Fulcrum - 27 Sep 2007
... OTTAWA, ON - RESIDENCES ON CAMPUS accommodate 3,000 students. The other 27,000 of us (give or take) must look elsewhere. Many don’t stray far, opting for Sandy Hill; a convenient, zero-minute walk (approximately) from the edge of campus ...

The only answer that has been presented as a possible solution to curb the tides of noise complaints and public drunkenness has been a police initiative called Law Enforcement And Reduction of Noise, also known more quaintly as LEARN. This is essentially a zero-tolerance police blitz in Sandy Hill, the ByWard Market, Lowertown, and Rideau Street. One such weekend took place Sept. 20–23, and resulted in 23 criminal charges, 29 noise-bylaw offences, and 317 provincial offences (things like trespassing, or liquor-licence offences). What better way to create a friendly neighbourhood dynamic than to shake down a significant portion of the population? ...

University critic seeks council seat
Atlanticville - 27 Sep 2007
... WEST LONG BRANCH, NJ - Joseph G. Hughes, a critic of Monmouth University's expansion plans in the borough, has entered the race for one of the two seats on the Borough Council up for reelection in November.

Hughes, an attorney, is the president of the West Long Branch Coalition of Neighbors, a group that opposes the university's approved plans to add student housing and related facilities ...

Champaign officials taking educational road trip
News-Gazette - 26 Sep 2007
... CHAMPAIGN, IL – The city council, at least a portion of it, will hit the road Thursday morning, bound for West Lafayette, Ind., on an educational trip. And residents with a serious interest in city government are welcome to come along.

Champaign officials are planning a bus trip Thursday to find out how another Big Ten city, West Lafayette, deals with issues like developing a university research park, controlling student alcohol abuse and methods to improve neighborhoods ...

UC Santa Cruz and Zipcar Partner to Bring Car Sharing to Santa Cruz
PRNewswire - 26 Sep 2007
... SANTA CRUZ, CA - The University of California, Santa Cruz, and Zipcar, North America's largest on-campus car sharing service, today announced a joint partnership to provide Zipcars to campus faculty, staff, and students, as well as community residents, as an environmentally- friendly alternative to the costs and hassles of keeping a car on campus. The partnership continues UCSC's commitment to provide sustainable transportation options that decrease the parking demand on campus and reduce traffic impacts on the community, and grows Zipcar's on-campus programs to more than 50 university partners ...

Living like Rockefeller off campus
Newsday - 26 Sep 2007
... GARDEN CITY, NY - After about two weeks of hunting to no avail, I made mention of my struggles to the women at my office, only to find that a co-worker was leasing an apartment within my price range that had the space and location I was looking for. She shared a touching story of how a late family member occupied the apartment, and it just seemed all too perfect. Three months later, my mother and I made the trek from North Carolina with a U-haul, and I began the life in my "bachelor pad."

The quiet life is serene. The money I'm saving by not living on campus adds up to $1,000 a year. Now that I have the space to spread out and have personal time, my grades are better, and I find myself more sociable than ever, not to mention the fact that I've learned how to cook and take responsibility for my own finances in a way that I never would have on-campus ...

Proposed plan may require ID label on kegs
Northern Star - 26 Sep 2007
... DEKALB, IL - In an effort to control underage drinking, the DeKalb Liquor Commission proposed a plan that will put more liability on adults supplying a keg to underage minors.

The proposed plan would require DeKalb to put an identification label of sorts on the keg to easily identify who purchased it. For the person purchasing the keg, this simply means filling out some additional paperwork.

However, if the label is removed, the person whose name is on the keg is subject to a fine. Purchasing a keg outside the city and bringing it back into DeKalb would require a permit prior to the purchase and would cost a small fee ...

Making a profit from student life
Telegraph - 26 Sep 2007
... UK - House prices in university towns are booming as many parents – and students – buy to let, says Sam Dunn

Many families are offsetting the cost of sons and daughters attending university by giving them an early leg-up on to the property ladder as buy-to-let landlords.

While fears are growing that the 's short-term fix for the banking crisis may not provide a lasting cure – and that mortgage costs may rise in future while house prices fall – this manoeuvre remains highly tax-efficient ...

Furniture drive helps students in need
Guardian - 26 Sep 2007
... DAYTON, OH - Other students recently arrived from their native countries had organized their living spaces through the UCIE office and were promised fully furnished on campus housing but have now moved into empty living spaces, Kakade explains. Regardless of why these students need help or what university department or off-campus landlords may be at fault, it is imperative in any functional community that it welcomes and helps to acclimate its newest members ...

Students' social profiles under surveillance
Orion - 26 Sep 2007
... CHICO, CA -
Photos of drunken escapades and blogs about coke binges are two ways students connect through social networking Web sites. But they aren't the only ones looking at each other's MySpace and Facebook profiles.

"My advice to students would be: If you want to put stuff up on MySpace … I wouldn't put up stuff that I wouldn't want parents and employers to see," said Linda Schurr, interim director of Student Judicial Affairs ...

Wawa, good riddance
Diamondback - 26 Sep 2007
... COLLEGE PARK, MD - When I heard the news Monday of Wawa's impending demise, I heard the shock reverberating throughout the campus as students lamented the loss of a late-night staple and an endearing symbol of College Park's main shopping center. So you could imagine the shock on my friends' faces when I greeted the story with a smile and guarded optimism. Wawa embodied everything wrong with the image and reality of College Park's wretched downtown ...

Council weighs permits for student housing
TO HOLD LANDLORDS ACCOUNTABLE
Herald-Leader - 26 Sep 2007
... LEXINGTON, KY - Lexington is considering a new law that would require landlords to obtain a permit when renting a house to college students.

The permit would be used to hold landlords more accountable for the behavior of those they rent to. If the student renters are persistent violators of city laws such as parking illegally, leaving Herbies on the street or making too much noise, the permit could be revoked ...

One Santa Fe: Developer Weighs In
Curbed - 25 Sep 2007
... SANTA FE, NM - We heard that new residential opportunities that were not condominium ownership were needed, and ONE SANTA FE is not only an attractive residential rental complex, but it is also geared toward both MTA employees and SCI-Arc students.

Another thing we heard -- that more student, artist and creative professional live/work space was needed. ONE SANTA FE provides not only student housing opportunities, but also new live/work spaces for creative professionals ...

Reclaiming our rights
Flat Hat - 25 Sep 2007
... WILLIAMSBURG, VA - As College President Gene Nichol wrote in an e-mail to students just before last spring’s election, “This community will be your home for four years or more. It is your present center of focus and engagement. The decisions of its civic leaders, you have indicated, can have a substantial impact on your lives. And you believe, as I do, that you are full members of this community — entitled to equal rights of political participation and ready to shoulder the civic responsibilities that are their constant companion.” ...

College Town Party Paper Isn't For Everyone
Morning News - 25 Sep 2007
... COLUMBIA, MO - The publication's founders, a pair of University of Illinois graduates, call The Booze News (motto: "Today's News ... Under the Influence") an over-the-top satire modeled after The Onion, the popular parody newspaper started by college students in Madison, Wis., that has since gone global.

But some Missouri students and local business owners aren't laughing. A Booze News book review about interracial gay adoption that referred to the two male parents as "freaks" drew a formal protest and request that university officials censure the paper ...

Wanted: business owners with ideas
Sentinel - 25 Sep 2007
... CARLISLE, PA - task force members visited West Chester early in the process and found a lot of similarities between that community and Carlisle.

Both are college towns with a lot of history and similar size populations, Heath said. Through its DID, members learned, West Chester increased property values in its downtown by recruiting an impressive mix of new businesses.

Between 1999 and 2004, when the DID was renewed by a referendum vote, property values in the West Chester DID increased from $41.12 per square foot to $118.51 per square foot ...

The Alternative Student Press
Inside Higher Ed - 24 Sep 2007
... USA - “What would students do,” one journalism researcher wondered, “if they got to create a media by them, for them — to create whatever they want, and not have to worry about what’s always been?”

Undergraduate staffers at an increasing number of alternative student publications, largely online-only endeavors that students started from scratch, are “changing the very definition of what it means to be a college journalist and revolutionizing how news at colleges and universities is provided and produced,” Dan Reimold, a journalism Ph.D. candidate at Ohio University, wrote in his recent paper, “‘Tantamount to Starting a Rebellion’: The Shifts in Staff Structure, News Production, and Content Presentation at Online Campus Newspapers and Magazines.” ...

St. Joe's president enjoying his close look at student life
Inquirer - 24 Sep 2007
... PHILADELPHIA, PA - That fellow down the hall happens to be the president of St. Joe's, the Rev. Timothy Lannon, a 56-year-old Jesuit who lives surrounded by 214 students in the university-owned apartment building at Wynnewood Road and City Avenue in Merion.

Students volunteer to learn about social issues
Lantern - 24 Sep 2007
... COLUMBUS, OH - Whether students do community service to break out of their shell on campus, or simply use it to help build a resume, the impact it can have on them and the community is one thing that keeps them coming back for more ...

Sodexho hikes price, students strike back
Chicago Flame - 24 Sep 2007
... CHICAGO, IL - A boycott is ensuing at Northeastern Illinois University against Sodexho after the $6.7 billion corporation decided to increase food prices for NEIU this school year. Sodexho is also the new food provider here at UIC campus.

The impending price increases were made public by permission of the Student Government Association senator Steven Jerome. The SGA at NEIU, in a message sent Sept. 16, stated they are continuing an investigation of the Sodexho food service provider on campus ...

OSAF bridges town-gown divide with 'Destinations'
Chronicle - 24 Sep 2007
... DURHAM, NC - Duke Destinations offers free or discounted tickets to community events and even springs for transportation-an offer that nobody can refuse.

The catch? It's all an attempt to lure students out of the Duke bubble and into the greater expanse of Durham and beyond ...

New F Street residence hall to cost $75 million
Construction will cost more than any other hall built by GW
Hatchet - 24 Sep 2007
... GEORGETOWN, DC - On a per-bed basis, this new residence hall and the recently approved Pelham Hall renovation will each be about double the cost of recently erected buildings on campus. Whereas Ivory Tower and Potomac House cost less than $90,000 per bed to construct, this new residence hall is projected to surpass $150,000, said Nancy Haaga, managing director of Campus Support Services. Pelham Hall will likely reach more than $120,000 per bed, according to figures from the capital budget ...

Full halls turn students away
Incoming freshmen may be forced to live off campus because the residence halls are at their capacity
Daily Emerald - 24 Sep 2007
... EUGENE, OR - University residence halls are the fullest they've ever been, and if the housing department doesn't see a decline in residents this week, some freshmen may have to forgo the traditional first year experience and find an off-campus residence ...

Clayton State housing facility rising from the ground
News-Daily - 24 Sep 2007
... JONESBORO, GA - Clayton State University’s first housing facility is starting to take shape less than a month after school officials held a groundbreaking ceremony for the facility.

The construction is part of a $38 million, one-year project scheduled for completion next August. It will not only will provide housing, but also a new student activity center ...

San Marcos weighs tightening rules for landlords
Effort to target lax landlords
American-Statesman - 24 Sep 2007
SAN MARCOS, TX — The proposed ordinance was prompted by renewed complaints from residents living behind Sagewood Trail about loud parties, drunken drivers and gunshots at the duplexes that are rented mostly to students and other young people. City officials hope the ordinance would force landlords to take more responsibility for what tenants do on their property ...

Better in Moderation
News Argus - 24 Sep 2007
... WINSTON-Salem, NC - College students are more likely than other people the same age to binge drink. There are several reasons why some students binge drink. Being away from home and parental supervision for the first time, some students might think drinking is an expression of newfound freedom _ even a sign of adulthood. Some students also use alcohol in an attempt to relieve stress and help them adjust to their new life ...

Goodness, gracious, great walls of pumpkins
Tiny New Hampshire town hosts a big fall spectacle
Press - 223 Sep 2007
... KEENE, NH - Folks in the little town of Keene are gearing up for a nationally acclaimed pumpkin festival and hoping to set a new record for the "Guinness World Records" book. On Oct. 20, residents aim to have enough lighted jack-o'-lanterns on display to outnumber its population of some 24,000.

This year's goal is 35,000 of the orange gourds, said events coordinator Suzanne Woodward of Center Stage Cheshire County, a nonprofit organization that produces the fest.

"It's about pride in a small community. We don't publicize it much. It's just out there that the third week of October is pumpkin festival time in Keene," Woodward said about what has become Keene's biggest community event and a major fundraiser for charities ...

Late nights and student life in Laramie
Daily Camera - 23 Sep 2007
... LARAMIE, WY — Freshman David Steinbergtightly packs his weekends at the University of Wyoming.

There are pickup Ultimate Frisbee games in the afternoon and evening board-game competitions in his dorm. He's also become part of a student-volunteer group and an outdoor adventure club, taking quick weekend getaways.

"I want to dissuade the stereotype of Wyoming — that there's nothing else to do but drink," said Steinberg, of Centennial. "I've filled up every weekend since I've been here."

Students in this town of about 27,000 people may not have the abundance of recreational and nightlife options that they would in Boulder or Fort Collins, but they say there's still plenty to do ...

But for families trying to find an affordable house in the area, this isn't such good news.

U.S. News & World Report has jumped into the game of listing the best places to retire, and Bozeman won first place on the list of hot spots ...

As SDSU evolves, demand for housing grows
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As SDSU evolves, demand for housing grows
University was built as commuter campus
Union-Tribune - 23 Sep 2007
... SAN DIEGO, CA - San Diego State University has scrambled to add more student housing as community outrage over shortages mounts. But it still accommodates far fewer students than many other local universities and is a long way from satisfying its neighbors.

SDSU manages residence halls and apartments for about 14 percent of its students, less than half what the University of California San Diego provides ...

College drinking: It may not be what you think
Democrat - 23 Sep 2007
... TALLAHASSEE, FL - Two German restaurants with messy and delicious meatball sandwiches and cheap draft beers dominated the social scene at the University of Missouri when I was a student.

The Heidelberg and Ivanhoe - I'm thinking there must have been a "ye olde" in there somewhere, too - were to that college town what student hangouts along West Tennessee and Gaines streets are here ...

Desire to get alcohol drives minors to get creative, data show
Times-Leader - 23 Sep 2007
...WILKES-BARRE, PA - Though he said it wasn’t in reaction to any recognized “plague of underage drinkers,” this year, his department obtained an $11,500 Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board grant to create the Underage Drinking Deterrence Patrol. The money pays for off-duty officers to work overtime reconnoitering places suspected of underage drinking and busting the violators. The officers have prime targets identified, and “generally we concentrate on particular areas on a given night,” he said.

The patrol is already having an effect on partying habits of city college students. About two weeks ago, two of-age Wilkes University students were arrested on charges of selling or furnishing alcohol to minors, and students of both Wilkes and King’s College were among 54 people cited for underage drinking at two separate off-campus parties ...

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