College Students need to learn about money
Register - 19 Jan 2008
... RICHMOND KY - I live in a college town and interact with lots of college students. Most are loaded with credit card debt and have monster student loans to boot.

They are going to be enslaved by debt for years.

There are two solutions. One is not issue credit cards to students who don’t have income. The second is to teach people about money so they know to avoid easy credit in the first place.

Neither are simple solutions ...

Bill seeks to ban same day voter registration
A bill recently moved forward in the state Assembly that would end same day voter registration, splitting supporters and opponents largely along party lines.
Daily Cardinal - 18 Jan 2008
... Madison WI - State Rep. Louis Molepske, D-Stevens Point, also on the committee, said more than 20 percent of voters use same day registration. He also said same day voter registration has shown increased voter turnout in Wisconsin and since he represents a college town his constituents would be affected negatively by the bill.

Molepske said bill supporters could “not offer a shred of evidence” of pervasive voter fraud in the state.

Kyle Richmond, spokesperson for the Government Accountability Board that oversees elections in the state, said there have been no widespread problems with voter fraud in Wisconsin ...

Macon has become movie lovers' Mecca
Telegraph - 18 Jan 2008
... MACON, GA - Once upon a time not so very long ago, midstate residents whose film tastes occasionally called for something more than the standard cineplex fare usually had to resign themselves to a drive to Atlanta. That situation is beginning to change.

Macon's climate for those with an interest in film has become steadily more salubrious over the past few years, especially since the advent of the Macon Film Guild at the Douglass Theatre and, more recently, the launch of the Macon Georgia Film and Video Festival (known as MAGA), which returns in just more than a month (Feb. 21-24) at the Cox Capitol Theatre. This event has grown steadily each year. A partial schedule of this year's films is already available at www.maconfilmfestival.com ...

University sees fewer cars, more bicycles in future
The Acorn - 18 Jan 2008
... CAMARILLO, CA - More bicycles, fewer cars- that's what officials at California State University Channel Islands want to see on the Camarillo campus in the next few years.

The state university that wants to be known as the "green campus" could achieve its aim with a bikeshare program that officials are interested in bringing on campus. The program would allow students and faculty quick and low-cost access to rental bikes ...

'Healthy tension' in town-gown
Both sides stress communication for the future
Daily Tar Heel - 17 Jan 2008
... CHAPEL HILL, NC - Chapel Hill, chartered in 1793 specifically to serve the needs of the new University, is a true college town.

Today, however, it takes no more than a glance down Franklin Street to see that the University also exists to serve Chapel Hill's needs ...

Movie theater, tanning beds to highlight new dorm
Two-thirds of upperclassmen housing
Web Devil - 17 Jan 2008.
... TUSCON, AZ - A 52-seat mini movie theater, a heated pool with underwater speakers and complimentary tanning beds — not exactly the things you'd expect to find in your average residence hall. What you might not expect either is a single-room rent check that could be as high as $1000.

But Vista del Sol, the ASU housing project being constructed on Apache Boulevard between McAlister Avenue and Rural Road, will feature all kinds of amenities and prices.

Residential Life teamed up with American Campus Communities, a developer based in Austin, Texas. ACA owns more than $650 million worth of student housing nationwide, totaling 81,000 beds at 85 colleges and universities, according to its Web site ...

Downtown student housing in high demand
Centre Daily - 17 Jan 2008
... UNIVERSITY PARK, PA — Think of Penn State like a giant lung. The place inhales applications — just about 100,000 a year now — and exhales students, filling State College with some 42,000 souls a year.

But with applications and University Park enrollment now at all-time highs, anyone looking to rent an apartment in or near State College — not just students — could be in for a minor tussle ...

Students create online solution to bar lines
The Cord Weekly (Wilfrid Laurier University) - 16 Jan 2008
... ONTARIO, CA - Savvy nightclubbers in several Ontario university towns have a new online tool to help beat the long—and often cold—lineup.

With just the click of a mouse and 21 clicks of the keyboard, people can access www.BeatTheBarLine.com to get a first-hand look at the lineups outside the bar and even the crowded (or not-so-crowded) dance floor—all from the comfort of their own homes ...

A 'real' student's life unveiled online
Sun - 16 Jan 2007
... CANADA - All-nighters, breakups and the dreaded "freshman 15" -- you likely won't find these things mentioned on any university's website.

But one university grad has created his own company dedicated to showing future students what Canada's campuses are all about, without reading hackneyed brochures that trumpet ivy-covered buildings and school spirit.

"There's university-sponsored information, which is great, but it comes from the university and it feels slightly contrived," says David Diamond, 24, founder of UTours, a web-based company with headquarters in Toronto ...

Plattsburgh takes on college students
Press Republican - 16 Jan 2008
... PLATTSBURGH, NY — City of Plattsburgh officials hope changes in law will ease problems with drunken college students.

The Common Council will hold public hearings soon to give residents an opportunity to offer their two cents on proposed changes to city ordinances. The Common Council is considering altering noise ordinances and the definition of what constitutes a family ...

Six students sent packing
City ordinance sets cap at three for unrelated individuals in a single house
BG News - 16 Jan 2008
... BOWLING GREEN, OH - When senior ... and five of her friends moved into a five-bedroom house on Troup Avenue, she didn't know much about a city ordinance that does not allow such an arrangement ...

Their landlord, Douglas Cheetwood, had separate agreements with the three students who weren't on the lease and had allowed them to mail their rent checks to him, according to court records. Six male university students who lived in the house last school year had a similar arrangement. Their parents signed agreements and mailed checks to Cheetwood.

By Jan. 9, Cheetwood was convicted of 200 violations of city code. Cheetwood could be fined nearly $50,000 if he violates the code again during his two-year probation ...

Rabil Purchases Student Housing for $22M
GlobeSt - 16 Jan 2008
... MACOMB, IL - Rabil Properties LLC, based in Armonk, NY, is buying Campus Pointe Apartments at 900 Linden Lane, and Campus Manor Apartments at 902 N. Charles St. The combined acquisition price for the two properties is nearly $21.9 million. Boston-based Mass Operating Group LP is the seller of Campus Point Apartments and Boston-based Macomb Brook Hollow LP is the seller of Campus Manor Apartments, says Scott Harris, VP of investments for the Oak Brook office of Marcus & Millichap. The cap rate is 8% with a return on investment “north of 12%,” ...

Old Blue Gives Back
Courant - 16 Jan 2008
... NEW HAVEN, CT - Yale is commendably sharing its wealth with students and staff by tripling financial aid and offering the most generous homesteading grants of any university.

New Haven's largest employer has lured more than 800 faculty and staff into buying homes in the city with $5,000 down payments and annual grants. Yale is now increasing the grant from $2,000 a year for 10 years to $2,500 a year.

It's a gown/town bargain that benefits everyone. Yale gets stable neighborhoods around the campus. The city gets homeowners who pay taxes, mow their lawns, coach Little League and create healthy communities. Homeowners get up to $30,000 in grants. For most, it's their first home ...

Firm’s report deems off-campus housing ‘high cost, low quality’
Post - 15 Jan 2008
... ATHENS, OH - Of the 19,704 enrolled students in 2004 — the numbers used in the report — 11,756 reside in local rental housing and occupy approximately 86 percent of the rental properties in Athens, according to the Off-Campus Capacity Analysis. The university houses 7,231 students in on-campus facilities.

OU hired Brailsford & Dunlavy, a facility planning and program management firm serving educational institutions, to conduct the analysis for $11,120.

The study found that the cost of off-campus housing is nearly $2,000 to $2,400 more expensive than living on-campus in a traditional single room, which is atypical compared to the national trend ...

Tensions run high at student housing meeting
Students, landlords say their concerns were ignored
News Durham Region - 15 Jan 2008
... OSHAWA, ON - A sense of mounting frustration hung over a crowd of about 300 people at Sikorski Hall Monday night, as the City hosted a second public meeting on the hot-button student housing issue.

The first took place in October, when students, landlords and homeowners were invited to weigh in on a proposed bylaw to regulate rental housing near the Durham College/UOIT campus.

The bylaw aims to calm tensions between residents who own homes near campus, university students moving into their neighbourhoods in droves and landlords profiting from the uneasy coexistence ...

New privately owned Hawaii dorm filling up
Advertiser - 15 Jan 2008
... KAHULUI, HI— A new $30 million housing project is expected to attract more students from greater distances and improve Maui Community College's chances to develop into a four-year university.

Three dozen students were living at the privately owned 100-unit Kulanaa'o complex in Kahului during the fall semester, with the population eventually to grow to 400 after construction is completed by the end of the month ...

Site near IUPUI could get 16-story apartment tower
Star - 15 Jan 2008
... INDIANAPOLIS, IN - “We believe there is absolute demand for this product,” said Stephen Shea, president of Paramount Realty Group.

IUPUI is primarily a commuting campus, with limited on-campus housing and extensive parking lots to accommodate the thousands of students who drive Downtown each day to take classes there.

Shea said his company, which is developing the $40 million tower with a partner he wouldn’t name, thinks that rooms in the tower can be rented to foreign students and other students who want housing near the campus ...

Community college presidents say student housing would boost enrollment
Times Herald-Record - 15 Jan 2008
ORANGE / ULSTER, NY - Community colleges are key players in the Gov. Eliot Spitzer's drive to upgrade higher education in the state.

Spitzer's Commission on Higher Education had plenty to say about community colleges in its preliminary report released last month.

Finances, the need for student housing and the ability of students to transfer and have their community college course work count are among the key recommendations for the two-year community colleges.

GROUP SEEKS TO REDEVELOP AREA OF PINE BLUFF
Commercial - 14 Jan 2008
... PINE BLUFF, AR - “The whole idea is to develop a campus area that would be consistent with what you find in any other campus community and that would lend value to Pine Bluff as a whole,” said Henry Golatt, director of UAPB’s Economic Research and Development Center. “Most college towns, you know it’s a college town. ... We think we can generate that same kind of movement and synergy.”

So far, the nonprofit has signed 32 “options to purchase” contracts with owners of property in the targeted neighborhood. They are working on acquiring about 150 more lots and raising $3 million for the purchase and demolition costs before beginning construction ...

Parking idea piques developers' interest
Messenger - 14 Jan 2008
... ATHENS, OH - An idea being floated by Mayor Paul Wiehl to reduce parking requirements for some projects to generate revenue for public transportation has some local developers intrigued.

"This might be a positive thing," said Les Cornwell, who has developed student housing in Athens. "It might enable more building in the downtown area." ...

Land development often used for economic gain for schools such as UNM
Tribune - 14 Jan 2008
... ALBUQUERQUE, NM - When the University of New Mexico's Board of Regents revealed a proposal to develop a retirement complex on part of the school's North Golf Course acreage, it didn't take long for the surrounding community to express its shock and opposition.

But, in fact, using university land for income and development is hardly a novelty — it's a tradition in New Mexico and a growing trend across the nation ...

Student subdivision approved
Western Courier - 14 Jan 2008
... MACOMB, IL - Starting in August 2008, Western Illinois University students will have one more option for off-campus housing. The new subdivision, called "The OC @ WIU," was approved for development at last Monday's Macomb City Council meeting ...

The revamped subdivision will contain only 100 unattached homes and has moved one block south on Ward to Grant Street. Potential renters can choose between two-, three- or four-bedroom prefabricated units ...

Gallery provides showcase for community artists
O'Collegian - 14 Jan 2008
... STILLWATER, OK - Everything on display in the gallery is for sale. Jewelry made by Himes-McRory and Jenson, scarves, made by Jenson and paintings and sculptures created by local and nationally known artists are available.

“We would like to bring in more jewelry and lower-priced items. We realize this is a college town and we are trying to figure out what the community wants,” Jenson said.

Prices are flexible, with art and jewelry costing from $5 to the most expensive sculpture priced at $2,200. Prices will fluctuate depending on what exhibit is running ...

High rise construction slated to start in spring
The Breeze - 14 Jan 2008
... HARRISONBURG, VA - Construction is scheduled to begin this spring for the Shoppes and Residences at 865 East, an apartment building and shopping center at Devon Lane and Port Republic Road.

“This is [the] first of its kind…higher-end, nicer-style housing,” said Jaime Porter, director of marketing for 865 East. “[We are] trying to outdo the competition and go a little better and above that.”

The apartment building will be the first of its kind in Harrisonburg, according to Porter. The city rezoned the area to R-5 zoning, allowing for multi-units to be built on top of one another. Porter said the city is running out of land and there is nowhere to go but up ...

Cramped Quarters for Returning Stanford Students
U.S. News - 14 Jan 2008
... STANFORD, CA - Stanford University's housing officials had a cozy surprise waiting for a handful of undergrads who were returning from studying abroad: a dingy basement room with three other displaced roommates ...

Drinking isn't always the only thing to do
Exponent - 14 Jan 2008
... WEST LAFAYETTE, IN - For starters, there's always going out to eat, bowling and/or seeing a movie. Going to a batting cage or a skating rink would be more creative, seasonal activities that could end up being entertaining whether you participate or just watch.

Several winter sports seasons are getting started. This Saturday, the men's basketball team will be playing a conference game in Mackey Arena. It should be a fun game to watch, if you can get tickets. If you can't, the wrestling team, the men's and women's swimming and diving teams and the men's tennis team will be competing in West Lafayette this weekend as well. What Purdue fan wouldn't want to cheer on the Boilers, no matter which sport? The teams would welcome extra student support ...

Binge drinking among students remains high
Times - 14 Jan 2008
... ST CLOUD, MN - For some young people, it's a rite of passage. They spend their weekends drinking copious amounts of alcohol and spend the weekdays sharing war stories about how sick they got.

But with four recent alcohol-related deaths of college-aged Minnesotans, new concerns have arisen about whether the youth drinking culture is getting worse ...

A town without students
Sun - 13 Jan 2008
... GAINESVILLE, FL - The ghost town solution has some folks trembling.

University of Florida officials are floating a budget plan that would significantly curtail summer school, a proposal that could empty Gainesville of tens of thousands of residents come May. In so doing, most speculate UF would begin a chain reaction that could suck millions of dollars out of the local economy, hamper student graduation rates and leave some faculty looking for work.

"This would be a profound event," said Janie Fouke, UF's provost. "The impact on the students, the faculty, the staff, the community would be enormous." ...

Builders make a bet on U-M students
News - 13 Jan 2008
... ANN ARBOR, MI - The growth of student housing options isn't because developers anticipate a rapid rise in university enrollment. Since 2003, U-M has grown relatively slowly, increasing its enrollment by 2,011 students to about 41,000 undergraduate and graduate students.

Instead, developers say, they're responding to a pent-up demand among students to live in modern apartments. Some offer what would be considered jaw-dropping amenities to anybody who came of age in a cramped student apartment with peeling paint, tattered furniture and a single bathroom ...

Eateries, chefs raise culinary appeal
Star - 13 Jan 2008
... BLOOMINGTON, IN - Bloomington’s growing reputation for a food-focused atmosphere — which may soon rival those of such culinary college towns as Madison, Wis. — influenced Orr’s decision to locate there.

Orr, who also served as chef at New York’s Guastavino’s and executive chef at Anguilla’s CuisinArt Resort & Spa, calls Bloomington “a wonderful destination town. You can stay in a local hotel or bed and breakfast, go to the galleries, hear some great music. And now there are restaurants.” ...

Talk of Our Town
Star - 13 Jan 2008
... BLOOMINGTON, IN - The native Hoosier is just back to Indiana after years making culinary news at famous restaurants, including Le Genouille and Guastavino’s in New York City ...

Filmmaker Angelo Pizzo, who lives in Bloomington, met Orr about three months ago when he worked celebrity judge duties at a local chef’s competition. Pizzo believes the market/tapas/fine dining and bourbon blues bar combo will be a hit in the college town. The advantage Bloomington has over a bigger city, Pizzo said, is “the concentration of location. It’s like the difference between driving up to Keystone,” he said referring to the distance diners might have to drive from Downtown Indianapolis to Northside eateries ...

Drive for green
New apartment projects back on course for Lawrence
Journal-World - 13 Jan 2008
... LAWRENCE, KS - Two of the projects alone — The Links, proposed on 80 acres of open land at the edge of northwest Lawrence; and The Exchange, planned for near 31st and Ousdahl streets — would boast a combined total of at least 1,600 new bedrooms, to be marketed to everyone from new college students to seasoned retirees ...

Add in the outdoor pool, fitness center and other features, and the folks at Lindsey Management Co. Inc. are looking to make a major investment after studying the market for the past dozen years.

“College towns have been very good to us,” said Hugh Jarratt, a corporate attorney for the company based in Fayetteville, Ark ...

Champaign using five tower cranes — more than Indianapolis
News-Gazette - 13 Jan 2008
... CHAMPAIGN, IL - There are also tower cranes at the Burnham 310 development site at Fourth Street and Springfield Avenue, and at the 24-story student apartment complex at 307 E. Green St., C.

In recent years, tower cranes have been used to build student housing complexes at Indiana University and Purdue University, Carson said. As university housing ages and needs to be replaced, universities and private developers alike are building new facilities.

"It seems to me like all these colleges are following this trend," ...

Residents, developers address housing project aimed at UA students
Times - 13 Jan 2008
... FAYETTEVILLE, AR - Though developers plan on reducing the number of buildings from 39 to 17, they plan on increasing the overall density from 220 units to 288 units by building up instead of out. The added density, Jacobs said, will create more greenspace, adding an additional acre to a public park.

Other plans for the New Hill Place development include a clubhouse, on-site property management, covered parking, and just more than 800 parking spaces. Units will rent for between $ 500 and $ 700 including utilities ...

The boors next door
Neighborhood etiquette means turning down the noise, curbing the dog and trying to be civil
Sun - 13 Jan 2008
... BALTIMORE, MD - The neighborhood nuisance law holds property owners responsible for tenants whose disorderly conduct, such as loud noise or profanity, affects their neighbors. Penalties for violations of the new law can include fines up to $500 or 90 days in jail.

"It's about how we protect quality of life," says Holton, adding that the law represents a partnership between city police and housing departments. "People pay a lot of property taxes, and they deserve a level of quality." ...

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