Baby Boomers, Back to Campus
What would it be like to retire on a college campus? More older adults are about to find out.
University Business - 31 Jan 2008
... USA - WHEN THEY WERE YOUNG THEY WENT to college campuses in droves. They are the baby boomers-the generation born between 1946 and 1964-and they total 82.8 million, according to U.S. Census data. This is the most educated generation in American history, the generation for which higher education was the ticket out of the blue collar and industrial lass and into better jobs and bigger homes. In fact, they were often the first in their families to get a college education.

Real estate developers and higher ed administrators now are banking on the hope that this age group, now ages 43 to 61, wants to come back to campus-only this time they won't be rushing fraternities or leading protest marches ...

A Coffee Shop Closes, and There’ll Be Sad Songs Down at Mory’s
NY Times - 31 Jan 2008
... NEW HAVEN, CT - On Monday evening, Rick Beckwith unlocked the door of the Yankee Doodle Coffee Shop, the hole-in-the-wall diner his family has owned for 58 years in the heart of the Yale campus here ...

On Tuesday morning, instead of firing up the grill, Mr. Beckwith taped a sign to the door of what is commonly known as the Doodle. “Today, January 29th,” it said, “the Doodle is closing its door for good.” ...

Housing policy on wrong foot
Oxford Mail - 31 Jan 2008
... OXFORD, UK - Why is the university, on the one hand, wanting to build properties to rent to its staff, and on the other hand, building properties to sell?

If it so badly needs staff accommodation, why is it buying back homes at Jordan Hill and Webbs Close and renting them out on the open market? ...

Town + Gown = Peace
Journal - 31 Jan 2008
... BOONE, NC -Tensions between town and gown are an old story in America, especially in regard to expansion plans by colleges and universities. That’s certainly been the case between Boone and Appalachian State University. But to the credit of both the school and the town, they’ve reached an agreement with which they both can live ...

PM Lee says University Town launch is key development for NUS
NewsAsia - 31 Jan 2008
... SINGAPORE, CH - Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong Thursday launched the University Town project at the National University of Singapore (NUS), which will also be the site of the Youth Olympic Village if the country wins the bid to host the Games ...

Mr Lee also noted that the S$500 million University Town project is a key development for NUS and for tertiary education in Singapore ...

OSU may require sophomores to live on campus
Dispatch - 31 Jan 2008
... COLUMBUS, OH - Ohio State University sophomores, about 6,000 strong, would have to live on campus under a proposal the trustees are considering today.

President Gordon Gee is pushing for the change, fueled by studies that show on-campus students graduate quicker, have higher grades and are happier at school, Provost Joseph Alutto said this morning ...

Colleges target rowdy revelers
Herald - 31 Jan 2008
... BOSTON, MA - Boston colleges are sending a clear message to rowdy students who might run wild in the streets after Sunday’s Super Bowl: Don’t even think about it.

Among the penalties? Expulsion ...

RIGHT TO REJECT STUDENT FLATS PLAN - RESIDENTS
ThisIsExeter - 31 Jan 2008
... EXETER, UK - Residents who opposed a plan to build a three-storey block of student flats behind their homes are pleased that the scheme has been rejected.

The proposal, submitted by the Exeter company Colourcolt, was opposed by nearby residents who felt there was already too much student accommodation in the area ...

Colleges wary of 'helicopter parents'
Journal Sentinel - 30 Jan 2008
... MILWAUKEE, WI - One insisted on sitting in on his college student's job interview. Another demanded that her graduate student be given a different housing assignment.

They're called "helicopter parents." University administrators often bemoan the crippling effect they can have when they intervene on students' behalf. But a recent national survey suggests that while college officials may see many parents' behavior as overzealous, students are largely satisfied with a little helicopter-like hovering, at least in their first year ...

traffic violations... With downtown growth, pedestrian safety suffers
Times - 30 Jan 2008
... ITHACA, NY - Ithaca has a reputation for being progressive when it comes to transportation and downtown rejuvenation. Our city's center has blossomed in the past several years with new buildings and offices, and Tompkins County Area Transit buses bring people from all over Tompkins County into the heart of Ithaca. While this increase in people working and walking downtown means good things for the economy and environment, some fear that pedestrian safety has suffered as a result of the city's revitalization ...

Downtown restaurant brings big-city feel
Orion - 30 Jan 2008
... CHICO, CA - Small college towns are known for fraternity parties, hipster coffee shops and modest eateries, but a new dining option downtown is bringing the excitement of city life ...

THE DEATH OF DOODLE
Yale Daily News - 30 Jan 2008
... NEW HAVEN, CT - “That era,” he clarified, of independent-owner-dominated college towns. It went riding out of town yesterday with Yankee Doodle.

And all that may be left are the reflections.

Two Tenn. dorm fires spark watch
News-Sentinel - 30 Jan 2008
... KNOXVILLE, TN— Authorities investigating arson at a University of Tennessee dormitory called for a 24-hour fire watch at the building on Tuesday.

The state Fire Marshal's Offi ce mandated the watch in Humes Hall after two fires, on Monday and Tuesday ...

Girls are gold when it comes to tenants
Standard - 30 Jan 2008
... MANAWATU, NZ - Female students have housing standards, but boys don't care - they just like to party.

Property Brokers property manager David Faulkner said most landlords with student housing for rent preferred mixed or female tenants, as they had better standards of hygiene.

"They're lower maintenance, they keep the place clean and tidy and guys just, well, they can party hard. They don't actually know what cleaning is." ...

Town council's regulation of big-box stores rejected
Collegiate Times - 29 Jan 2008
... BLACKSBURG, VA - The controversy that has been going on since last spring may have finally come to a close.

Blacksburg town officials were informed Friday morning by letter that Circuit Judge Bobby Turk rejected the Blacksburg town council's effort to regulate the building of a big-box store. The store, which is widely believed to be a Wal-Mart Supercenter, will be located on Country Club Drive next to Margaret Beeks Elementary School ...

Family Nights spark community interest
Greyhound - 29 Jan 2008
... BALTIMORE, MD - "One Dollar Family Night was designed to reach out to the community," Kelly said. "We want to say, 'There's something exciting going on here, and we want you to be apart of it.'"

So those with a young family, tight on expenses and looking for something fun and different to do, have got a prime option right here in Baltimore College Town USA. Or, if they prefer, families can go see Pat's Cat's and the Towson Tigers, or they can journey a little further up the road and see the re-emerging UMBC Retrievers. But the Hounds are separating themselves from the pack, lobbying for those local fans ...

Shop window for our art
Reporter - 29 Jan 2008
... DEWSBURY, UK - EMPTY shops in Dewsbury town centre will be transformed as part of a project with art students at Dewsbury College.

With the help of a £400 grant from the Dewsbury Area Committee, students from the college are to create art on the windows and within empty units in the Princess of Wales Precinct ...

On moral grounds: Winona shops feature fair-trade certified coffee
Daily News - 29 Jan 2008
... WINONA, MN - The consensus among Winona’s coffee shops: Fair trade is the way to go.

Every coffee shop in town buys at least some coffee from raw-bean wholesalers and roasters who offer fair-trade certified coffee ...

Housing's bright idea
Installation of LED lighting in Wolf Village apartment could lead to more widespread use
Technician - 29 Jan 2008
... RALIEGH, NC - To the directors and vice chancellors of University Facilities and Housing, it seemed almost too good to be true.

A new type of lighting developed by a local company has the potential to drastically reduce power consumption by about 85 percent. It can theoretically last up to 20 years or more before burning out. It could reduce the number of fixtures in any given area while providing the same amount of light or more. And it even has a warmer glow than traditional fluorescent bulbs ...

GSU Adds Apartments to Housing Boom
WTOC - 29 Jan 2008
... STATESBORO, GA - On nearly every block surrounding Southern, more privately-owned apartments open every day. On-Campus Housing director Vickie Hawkins said students expect more upscale living quarters than the dorms their parents may called home.

"In our strategic plan, we'll be replacing our traditional residence halls and providing more suites and apartments," ...

Developer plans $75M project near MATC
Business Journal - 29 Jan 2008
... MILWAUKEE, WI - A Milwaukee development firm plans to construct a $75 million mixed-used development that will include student housing, offices, retail space and a new parking structure for a county-owned parcel near the Milwaukee Area Technical College ...

New Vision's plan includes a seven-story apartment tower with 450 rooms that will be marketed to Milwaukee Area Technical College students. Other components of the proposal include a 600-vehicle parking ramp, 50,000 square feet of retail and academic offices with 58,000 square feet that MATC could lease for offices, classrooms ...

University seeking input on student housing plans
No commitment yet, but administration researching through focus groups and surveys
Journal - 29 Jan 2008
... DEARBORN, MI - The University of Michigan-Dearborn has begun to once again look into creating housing for its students.

Research was done on the topic five years ago, but hasn't been followed up on until this year.

The university has already taken several steps toward the development of student housing in the near future, including focus groups and surveys ...

University unveils major construction plan
East Bay RI - 28 Jan 2008
... BRISTOL, RI — Roger Williams University could grow significantly in 2008, as the school unveils plans for as much as $65 million worth of new dorms, classrooms, offices, parking amenities and other improvements ...

In expanding, Yale should avoid gentrification
Yale Daily News - 28 Jan 2008
... NEW HAVEN, CT - The almost $600 million Yale intends to spend erecting these new colleges will certainly change the makeup of the surrounding neighborhoods. The influx of money into the community purports to develop the neighborhood, making it safer and more economically productive, but it does so by pushing out low-income residents who may no longer be able to afford rising property costs. Rather than seeking to shrink the gap between rich and poor in New Haven, this expansion will only change the location of the dividing line between the two. There is a name for this: gentrification. Gentrification is the process by which low-cost neighborhoods undergo change due to an influx of money which results in wealthier residents and businesses displacing the neighborhood’s prior residents ...

Parking on lawns gets critical look
Sun - 28 Jan 2008
... GAINESVILLE, FL - The creation of Gainesville's first resident-initiated special district to control lawn parking in front of homes that are primarily occupied by college students will get an initial hearing with the Gainesville City Commission today ...

The regulations mirror those in the University Context Area, a district encompassing the neighborhoods around the University of Florida that was designated in 1997.

The intent of the special district is to end haphazard parking on front lawns, a practice that has grown as students move into homes that are in single-family neighborhoods ...

College students embrace being frugal to give their money more mileage
Times - 27 Jan 2008
... CHATTANOOGA, TN - College often represents the first time young adults have financial freedom and, in turn, greater responsibility. But they also have more ways to spend their cash: Vending machines, coffeehouses, movies, alcohol and groceries all cost money ...

Few people know more ways to stretch their dollars than cash-strapped college students, who have turned thriftiness into a sort of art form. Some local students share ways they say no to shelling out cash ...

College's costly reality
Press Democrat - 27 Jan 2008
... SANTA ROSA, CA - These days, it takes a life-altering commitment to financing, saving and borrowing to afford a college education. Costs have risen far more rapidly than inflation over the past two decades, and the next few weeks are a critical time for seeking financial aid.

Parents and students already anxious about money are likely to bear an ever-greater burden as state budget woes push fees higher for California's public universities, considered the best bargain available.

The bills can be staggering ...

Happy Valley’s roots still a mystery
Centre Daily Times - 27 Jan 2008
... STATE COLLEGE, PA - It wasn’t until the ’70s that the Chamber of Commerce utilized the term ‘Happy Valley’ successfully to promote the Pennsylvania Arts Festival and other festivities, …” The moniker also was used to promote how great it was to live in State College.

Hence, there are at least four versions of how the name Happy Valley came about. My suggestion would be to either research this yourself or just pick one you like.

I suspect everyone has their own idea of what Happy Valley means to them — I know I do ...

Bobcat project builds town-gown rapport
Daily Record - 27 Jan 2008
... SAN MARCOS, TX — Many Texas State University students every year since 2003 wake up early on a Saturday morning and head out to perform the city's largest community service event.

This year, more than 3,000 students are expected to blanket the city on April 5 for the sixth annual Bobcat Build ...

Major project sites include, among others, the courthouse square, Hays County Area Food Bank, San Marcos Consolidated Independent School District campuses, Spring Lake, Aquarena Center and the Sunrise Village Retirement Community.

But even with a focus on bigger projects, Bobcat Build officers still expect to approve approximately 100 job sites ...

Academic retail: No oxymoron anymore
Colleges are increasingly becoming retailers
Free Lance-Star - 27 Jan 2008
... FREDRICKSBURG, VA - The University of Mary Washington's recent foray into retail operations may be new for Fredericksburg, but it's part of a common trend for colleges nationwide.

Colleges in Virginia and throughout the U.S. have often bought and developed retail centers near their campuses to enhance the student experience ...

A sense of pride, in proper proportion
News - 27 Jan 2008
... CHAPEL HILL, NC - Whether it is Frank McGuire's former players or the many who played for Dean Smith, Bill Guthridge or Roy Williams, there is a closeness and pride in the program that does not always exist at other athletic programs around the country.

In speaking with former Carolina players and men who played at other schools through the years, this quality is something that draws attention.

Some people outside this exemplary group go so far as to mock it or even to call it a "cult," but those people are usually jealous or lack an understanding of what came about here in this college town of Chapel Hill ...

When the music died: Bellingham losing downtown venues
Herald - 27 Jan 2008
... BELLINGHAM, WA - On Saturday, a 23-piece marching band blared through The Nightlight Lounge, beer flowed from the taps and friends shouted over the din. Today, the Nightlight is silent, the fourth major downtown music venue to close in three years.

Many downtown business owners say that on top of financial or management problems at some of those venues, the city is holding a stacked deck against live music: An overly strict noise ordinance, a lengthy permitting process and a police department that holds too much sway over liquor licensing ...

Bellingham’s noise ordinance

The Bellingham Downtown Alliance for Music and Nightlife promotes communication between Bellingham’s music community and local government and law enforcement.

Carnaval on a Smaller Stage
NY TIMES - 27 Jan 2008
... OURO PRETO, BR - Ouro Preto is a stunning former gold-mining town of cobblestone streets and 18th-century colonial churches in the hills of Minas Gerais. But, and this is important come Carnaval time, it’s also a huge college town.

Visitors can stay in the hotels and pousadas around town, but another option for the younger set is to stay in student housing (known as repúblicas), which present their own mini-carnivals. Pay one price and you’re in for five days — with a guarantee of a mattress, bathroom access, and little else. Oh yeah, and free beer, which they call cerveja liberada, as if the beer elsewhere in town was being held for ransom.

You can skip between your own private carnival and the more traditional one on the streets — complete with blocos playing samba and axé, and plentiful cross-dressers making merry — as well as a series of more family-oriented nightly outdoor concerts called the Candonguêro Project ...

Threats taint BC dorm debate
Globe - 27 Jan 2008
... BOSTON, MA - The emotional debate over Boston College's plan to expand to former archdiocese land in Brighton has been muddied by anonymous online threats posted in the last two weeks against neighborhood activists.
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Thomas Keady, BC's vice president for government relations, denounced the threats, which he said made his job - getting the expansion plans approved - more difficult ...

New law enforces alcohol moderation
Herald - 27 Jan 2008
... GRAND FORKS, ND - Bar owners said the bans would have little effect on binge drinking.

“You're just going to be pushing them to the house parties, the keggers, to a totally unsupervised area,” said Eric Hayes, who owns the Haze ...

Nokia's Next Phone May Come from Romania
Germany's loss is rural Romania's gain as the Finnish handset-maker drafts a new labor force.
Rueters - 27 Jan 2008
... CLUG, TRN - Nokia appears to have found a pocket of labor supply around Cluj, a Transylvanian university town dating back to the Roman era, where residents hope that thousands of graduates will attract foreign cash and well-paid jobs.

"We can offer what we have," said Beuran. "We are a big university centre and have a hundred thousand qualified students."

Even though unemployment is as low as three percent in Cluj, local officials say foreign investors are managing to attract labor by paying more than local employers ...

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