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"These students applied for housing late and were told before they signed the contract that temporary housing was a possibility," Lanny Wilson, director of administration of residence halls and graduate housing, said.
At least 75 of the students with temporary spots will be moved into permanent spaces within the first two weeks of classes. Those students are being housed temporarily in a few rooms of the Union Club and in study and conference rooms in some of the halls.
The other 60 students will live in married student housing for as long as a semester. They will, however, have their own residence hall counselor and will be a part of activities in McCutcheon Hall, said Marvis Boscher, director of residential life.
For the first time this year, all students who will be living in the residence halls will receive a personal phone call from their hall counselors before coming to campus. Boscher said she hopes this will help make the transition from home to campus a little easier.
In addition, she said, the halls' service staff will be available to help students move from temporary housing into their permanent rooms.
Because some students who are registered will not show up or will cancel their contracts, Wilson said students with temporary assignments and some of the 250 students on the waiting list probably will receive on-campus housing fairly quickly after school starts.
He said that in the fall of 1996, there were 249 "no shows" across campus.
"We've never had a student come here and not have a bed, if they've contracted with us," Wilson said.
Help also is available for students without housing contracts. The Office of the Dean of Students helps with an off-campus housing service. The office provides a list of apartment complexes and property owners close to campus who have notified the university that they have space available for students, Steve Akers, interim dean of students, said.
"Purdue doesn't guarantee any of the listings; it's merely a service to help our students find a place to live," Akers said.
Students can pick up a copy of the list for $1 from the dean of students office or the Visitor Information Center. The dean of students office is open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and will be open 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, Aug. 23. The Visitor Information Center is open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays (8 a.m. to noon on home football Saturdays). Landlords can add their rentals to the off-campus housing list by contacting the Office of the Dean of Students at (765) 494-1747.
The Purdue residence hall system is one of the largest in the country with nearly 38 percent of the single undergraduate students on the West Lafayette campus living in university residence halls. The facilities, services and programs are designed to provide a living environment that supports the academic objectives of the university and the student.
Sources: Steve Akers, (765) 494-1747
Marvis Boscher, (765) 494-1000
Lanny Wilson, (765) 494-1000
Writer: Jenny Pratt, (765) 496-3133; e-mail, jenny_pratt@purdue.edu
Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; e-mail, purduenews@purdue.edu
