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By Terra Chapek
Staff Reporter
If the number of residence hall
applications continues to match last
year’s numbers the UNL residence
halls expect to be over capacity when
school begins in the fall.
In UNL’s 13 residence halls 4,600
to 4,800 spaces are available and
4,000 have already been reserved for
the fall. Doug Zatechka, the UNL
director of housing, said the housing
department had received the same
number of applications by June 1996.
“If the numbers hold, everything
is pointing to being very full in the
fall,” Zatechka said.
The residence halls opened last
fall with approximately 300 more stu
dents than the number of two-person
rooms available, Zatechka said. The
extra students are housed in the resi
dence hall lounges and placed in
triple rooms.
Because of cancellations and no
shows, Zatechka said, the number of
extra students drops rapidly in the
first two weeks of classes. In past
years, he said, the residence halls have
always been down to capacity by the
middle of the fall semester.
Zatechka said the overcrowding
meant that students who didn’t get
their applications in early wouldn’t
get the options they wanted. Late
comers may lose their choice of halls
or roommates. The late students also
could miss the opportunity to live on
special interest or drug-free floors.
“It’s the kid who comes in at the
last minute who is going to have the
problems,” Zatechka said.
Upperclass students also need to
be concerned with getting their appli
cations in early, Zatechka said.
Because most freshmen are required
to live in the residence halls, Zatechka
said, there will be a cut-off date for all
upperclass applications. The cut-off
date depends on how many applica
tions the housing department
receives.
The increase in upperclass stu
dents in residence halls is a major
cause of the residence hall application L_
overload. There are approximately
500 more returning students this year
than five years ago, Zatechka said.
A returning students discount is
drawing students back to the resi
dence halls, Zatechka said. Students
who return to the residence halls pay
the same price as their first year,
despite the increase in housing costs.
The low cost is also a reason stu
dents opt to live in the residence halls,
Zatechka said. He said UNL offers
the lowest housing rates in the Big 12
Conference.
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