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‘A perfect storm’ As the University continues to admit large freshman classes, the demand for overflow housing grows. Weeks before classes begin, there are still incoming freshmen without rooms.
ILLUSTRATION BY GRIFFIN LEEDS
Percent change of students admitted and enrolled by academic year
Students with temporary room assignments at start of semester
Each year, the University admits more than three times the number of students than actually enroll. While the University has been decreasing admission rates, more students are still enrolling each year. Each bar represents the change compared to the previous year.
IU has needed to arrange for temporary accommodations to compensate for the rising number of matriculating students in six out of the last 10 years.
2.7% Admissions change
2.5%
Enrollment change
-0.1% -0.6% -4.6% 1.4% -2.9% 1.7%
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‘An inexact science’: Hundreds in overflow hvhays@indiana.edu | @hollyvhays
This year, like almost every year, IU said yes to about 26,000 applicants. It is assumed, for a variety of reasons, not all of those 26,000 students will enroll. But of that 26,000, there’s no way of knowing how many will actually enroll with the expectation of living on campus. According to a 2014 report by the Indiana Daily Student, the average number of beds available on campus annually is around 12,000. There are students
who decide to return to their residence halls. There are rooms that are out of commission for renovations. There are residence hall buildings that have been closed. This year, more than 225 students will be placed in overflow housing, which is the highest number of students assigned to overflow housing since 2011, Assistant Vice Provost Mark Kuchefski said. Overflow housing refers to assignments given to students who are being placed in residence hall floor lounges or other buildings
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on campus to compensate for the lack of space available to students. In recent years, the need for overflow housing on campus has decreased substantially, Kuchefski said. When Spruce Residence Hall opened in fall 2013, Residential Programs and Services said the additional 440 beds had solved the overflow housing problem. Until this year. M. A. Venkataramanan, the University’s vice provost for strategic initiatives, who is also known as SEE INEXACT, PAGE 4
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*In 2012, all students were reassigned to permanent rooms by Sept. 15.
*Information for 2015 is not yet finalized, but estimates from the Office of the Vice Provost for Strategic Initiatives were available.
By Holly Hays
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GRAPHICS BY JAMES BENEDICT SOURCE: OFFICE OF THE VICE PROVOST FOR STRATEGIC INITIATIVES
Incoming freshman still unsure of housing By Bailey Moser bpmoser@indiana.edu
After sending four of her children to college, Elizabeth Bogdanowicz assumed she had the process figured out — until her son chose to attend IU. Elizabeth lives four hours away in Elmherst, Illinois. She has two weeks left to prepare her incoming freshman, Michael, for his first Welcome Week at IU, but the Bogdanowiczs are still not sure what exactly they are preparing for. Michael found out July 25 he will be sharing a
lounge with three or four other freshman in Spruce Hall, a residence hall he didn’t even have as his second or third choice when he submitted his housing requests. Michael made the northwest neighborhood his first preference and central neighborhood his second because he’s hoping to study finance at the Kelley School of Business. “Thank you, Indiana, for the unnecessary stress,” Elizabeth said. “They should have this figured this out already.” Spruce Hall, originally Rose Avenue Residence
Hall, is located at Rose Avenue and Jones Drive. Its construction was completed in time for Welcome Week 2013. In 2013, the number of students in overflow housing had decreased from 94 in 2012 and 272 in 2009. This year, the unusual amount of overflow housing is once again pushing the limits of the University’s resources. Elizabeth has experienced housing procedures through Miami of Ohio, Augustana College and University of Illinois with her four SEE MICHAEL, PAGE 4
Teen Police Academy teaches youth about law enforcement By Annie Garau agarau@indiana.edu | @agarau6
Turning on the television today, it’s hard to avoid stories about altercations with the police. Whether it’s about racial discrimination or excessive brutality, the current media environment has created a growing distrust of America’s law enforcement. One way to counter that, Bloom-
ington police officers said, is with education. This week, the Bloomington Police Department is offering the city’s first Teen Police Academy. Fortyone teenagers ages 13-17 are being treated to a week of hands-on activities to help them better understand what it takes to enter the force. “Especially in this environment, with the things going on with law
enforcement nationally, having an opportunity for kids to see us and see what we do and why we do the things that we do, it’s critical,” said Lt. Steven Kellams, the officer in charge of the program. Some of the activities include firearm safety training, learning about police dogs, memory exercises, discussions on ethics and even a simulated school bus assault.
Though the program is designed to teach the kids, it’s also about having a good time and getting the teens active. “I’ve been telling these kids that they have it made because, back when I was younger, I didn’t have anything as intense or detailed as this,” Officer Corey Mims, one of the camp’s leaders, said. “If I had, I probably would have chosen law
enforcement a lot sooner than I did.” Kellams said inspiring attendees to pursue careers as officers is one of the main goals of the program. “From a recruiting standpoint, the numbers have definitely dropped over the years for a variety of reasons,” he said. “The applicant SEE POLICE ACADEMY, PAGE 4