University of Delaware - Blue Hen Yearbook (Newark, DE)

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I.t:Jili.. Courtesy of Review This year there were more people in extended housing than ever before almost 300. And Director of Hous- ing and Residence Life Stuart Sharkey said that next year there'll be even more, The housing shortage will con- tinue to be a erisis until 1984, said Sharkey. The significant year of 1984 is the predicted climax of the post-war baby boom, Experts say that all the children will run out and college enrollment will drop until dorms empty out. That, and the fact that construction rates will hike current room rates sky-high, has stopped the University from building new dormitories. Instead, 'campus' housing is ex- tended to area apariment complexes Paper Mill, South College, and Con- over, to the Cobb and Reid Houses, to the floor lounges of Dickinson and Rodney, basements of Warner and Smythe, empty linen closets, triples in doubles in Russell, Gilbert, Cannon, Smythe and Warner, and gquads in doubles Christiana. These temporary set-ups last anywhere from a week to two semesters, All students in tempo- rary housing receive a rebate from the University for their inconvenience. 17

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16 Housing Hassles Tao live on or off campus? In dorms, there is no rent, no heating, electric bills and staggering phone bills every month, Mo dishes to wash, no furniture to somehow get. Everything is a short walk away and the ping-pong tables, soda machines and friends are built in, No worries about what to make for dinner - the dining hall next door whips up a couple of entrees for every meal. The problem comes in which one is safe to eat. And what if you miss it or if you get munched out later? But, if wyou had an apartment, you've got your own kitchen open 24 hours, Co-op food, fresh vegetables and Craig Clairbarne making dining hall Big-D burgers a joke. Phone calls without putting a million dimes in a semester. Lots of room to spread out and furniture is actually comfortable and not bolted to the floor. But, you gotta get yourself to campus, Try driv- ing to class without getting a ticket And, the less-than-temperate Newark climate makes long walks and bike rides downright dangerous. But, mast underclassmen and a con siderable number of seniors opt for university housing. And that makes for problems. M - - r L

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