Marquette University - Hilltop Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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So you decide that Left Overshoe Community College isn’t your bag and you transfer to Marquette. Or you've had it with that high school routine and it’s time to move on. And somewhere in your travels, you heard about this college out there where they make all the beer. Good move. Marquette has a lot to offer. Everything from a championship basketball team to the world’s largest single-room dental clinic. Everything but adequate living space, that is. Did you say you wanted to live on campus? If you didn’t live here last year, you may be in trouble. Yes, we know you reserved a room. However, your new habitat might just turn out to be a single room with two people in it, or a double room with three people in it. If so, you were among the luckiest of the unlucky ones. For the rest, it was pot luck all the way. The problem was simple. Admissions accepted more people than Housing could accommodate. This anticipation of dorm drop-outs caused a few minor disruptions. About 50 of Marquette’s anxious newcomers were privileged to spend their first weeks crowded in T.V. rooms, basements, and laundry rooms. Approximately 8 such misfits were in Schroeder, 16 in McCormick, 8 m Cobeen, and 10 in O’Donnell. The accommodations were less than ideal. In these temporary surroundings, improvise1 became the word of the hour. Ironing boards became makeshift closets; suitcases served as drawer space. People were upset; people's mothers were upset. The Housing Office said that there had been some mix-up and would everyone please be patient. Didn’t I hear about some guy named Ehrlich talking about overcrowding?

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