by: Quentin Winstine
The University managed to house all the freshman this past year even though, according to student housing director Lorinda Khrut, they were "very full this past year." This will not be the case next year because of the increase of freshman applications recieved this past year. Students have different perspectives on this as indicated in these interviews I had with students last year and this article from The Daily Mississippian last week.
The combination of the increase in incoming freshman, lack of dorm space, and the requirement that the University house these freshman has lead to the University to require all the upperclassmen apply only to Campus Walk and Northgate appartments so that there will be enough room in the dorms.
Housing applications opened this past Monday to upperclassmen with little difficulty for students. Several students living in the Kincannon Dorm complained how slow the internet was that morning because of the large increase of traffic on the MyOleMiss website. By the end of the day, though, most of the rooms had been filled with very little trouble.
This situation is also having an effect on parking for some residents of Kincannon and Stockard. Ground has already broken on construction for the three new dorms and on February 25, 2011 current residents of those buildings will not be able to park in the lot west of Kincannon.
The University had already informed students affected by this parking change that they will have room up the hill from Kincannon. Students have been told about both of these changes through the Ole Miss Today emails and can expect to stay updated the same way in the future.
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