Overcrowding

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1 UNI housing overflow left 42 students displaced
Northern Iowan 103:3, p.1
Due to an increase in the number of students wanting to live on campus, forty-two students are living temporarily in lounges; photo.
2 A lounge is a lounge is a dorm room?
Northern Iowan 96:22, p.1
Rider Hall's Gear House celebrated the reopening of their lounge. The lounge was used as living space for twelve residents since the beginning of the semester.
3 Housing problems abound on, off campus
Northern Iowan 93:3, p.4
Overcrowding in men's dorms has many students living in hall lounges.
4 Enrollment: the "explosion" in the Sixties
A Century of Leadership and Service 2:0, p.304
the factors which led to the extraordinary growth in enrollment in the 1960s; the effects of the growth on campus facilities and services; photo.
5 Gov. recommends $2 million for UNI; extra funds requested to provide enrollment growth
Northern Iowan 88:30, p.1
President Curris explains that much of the money would go to the instructional program.
6 Lines, lines, everywhere a line..
Northern Iowan 88:29, p.1
Students wait to buy books, pick up loan checks, and register for class.
7 Spring semester scheduling problems resolved for Univeristy of Northern Iowa elementary education majors needing methods courses
Public Relations News Release 1991:151, p.1
Adjustments, including increased class sizes, will allow elementary education students to take professional teaching methods courses this spring.
8 Faculty discusses enrollment cap; students show support: Survey shows 84 percent student approval
Northern Iowan 88:8, p.1
Students outline difficulties of overcrowding in recent semesters.
9 Overcrowding affects nearly 2000 tripled students; new residence hall will not be ready until at least January 1993
Northern Iowan 88:1, p.1
Over 1800 students now tripled in rooms meant for two; ROTH now in schematic plan stage; description of facilities in new dorm.
10 Enrollment growth creates critical needs
Northern Iowa Today 74:2, p.8
High enrollment leads to crowded housing; UNI seeks extra funds to address problems; photo.
11 Institutional growth and program expansion to 1890
A Century of Leadership and Service 1:0, p.107
Enrollment grows; the Board outlines its authority more clearly; difficulties with the Boarding Department and physical facilities; photo.
12 The Insanity Parade
Northern Iowan 86:36, p.3
Believes UNI needs to undertake serious planning if it intends to grow much larger.
13 UNI logs highest enrollment ever
Northern Iowan 86:32, p.1
Enrollment is 11,837; Registrar Leahy talks about trends.
14 More UNI students; additional waiting
Northern Iowan 86:5, p.1
Students experience long waits in dining centers.
15 Students frustrated by crowded campus facilities
Northern Iowan 86:4, p.2
Unhappy with tripled dorm rooms and difficulty parking; believes university should expand facilities if it chooses to increase enrollment.
16 UNI: quantity or quality?
Northern Iowan 86:1, p.2
Glad that UNI is growing, but notes many signs of overcrowding.
17 How about a complaint dept.?
Northern Iowan 80:32, p.2
Gibson adds to the many complaints about space on campus.
18 Why tripled rooms?
UNI Century 5:1, p.6
About two hundred dorm rooms are tripled this year; first tripling since 1970; students and administrators offer reactions; photo.
19 Parking, housing problems
Northern Iowan 73:26, p.2
Complaints about overcrowded dorm rooms and parking on campus; some suggestions for improvement.
20 Triples handle overflow
Northern Iowan 73:1, p.1
Five hundred rooms are tripled; photo.
21 "Pit" dwellers are relocated
Northern Iowan 72:1, p.1
Fifty men living in large study room and TV room in lowest level of Shull Hall have been moved to other rooms; some men still living in committee room; photo.
22 Whew!
Northern Iowan 83:1, p.4
A student in the Shull Hall "pit"; photo.
23 Classes should close before over-crowding
Northern Iowan 71:31, p.3
Dislikes practice, when a section is crowded, of starting new sections with a new instructor and different books.
24 Change must come soon; if this is really a university
Northern Iowan 68:62, p.4

Professor Bultena discusses problems resulting with enrollment and university status.

25 UNI Union has problems, too!
Northern Iowan 67:56, p.5
New Union already beginning to feel overcrowded.
26 Untitled
Public Relations News Release 67:3, p.8
The increased student enrollment is obvious in the Union during lunch; photo.
27 UNI needs alumni help to continue progress
Alumnus 54:1, p.3
Professor Keefe remembers crowded days of 1949; says that 1969 is very crowded again; calls for new buildings and support for other needs.
28 4-lane traffic system
Northern Iowan 65:18, p.3
Proposes system to move traffic in Auditorium Building.
29 Commitment to discontent
Northern Iowan 65:12, p.4
Letter urges readers to communicate their dissatisfaction with parking, crowded classes, and other problems to faculty, student leaders, the Northern Iowan, and legislators.
30 The World of the Sparrow and the Hawk
Northern Iowan 65:9, p.2
Column complains about poor quality toilet paper on campus, crowded classrooms, and a large variety of other problems.
31 Izzie A. Ware
Northern Iowan 65:8, p.2
Fictitious account of a legislator's visit to UNI and his surprise at crowded parking lots, buildings in need of repair, long lines, and so on.
32 Heed call
Northern Iowan 65:7, p.2
Editorial blames overcrowded classes on a failure by the university to expand necessary facilities; calls on students and faculty to show their concern to legislators and Board of Regents.
33 Administration at fault?
Northern Iowan 65:6, p.2
Editorial explores reasons and possible solutions for over-crowded classrooms.
34 Classroom-packing
Northern Iowan 65:5, p.2
Editorial suggests that crowded dormitories are not as serious a problem as crowded classes.
35 'Time to halt faculty sacrifice'
Northern Iowan 64:43, p.2
Professor Fox believes that progress at UNI has been bought with sacrifices in faculty comfort and welfare; dislikes notion of Saturday classes.
36 Shortage of rooms, changes cause embarrassed confusion
Northern Iowan 64:31, p.5
Lewis Glenn talks about the scheduling process and the difficulty with overcrowding in recent years.
37 Untitled
Northern Iowan 64:10, p.2
Many people share a room.
38 'UNI may not be receiving allocated funds'--Flatt
Northern Iowan 64:9, p.1
Administrators address legislators on facility needs and overcrowding; classroom and parking shortages; faculty recruiting; Senator Flatt says that UNI might need to be more aggressive with the Regents.
39 Some suggestions for things to see
Northern Iowan 64:8, p.2
List of things for legislators to see include antiquated, dilapidated facilities and overcrowded conditions.
40 Administration hacks away at crowded conditions
College Eye 64:5, p.6
Classes held in trailers and old buildings; hope to build third Towers Complex dorm.
41 Assigning of dorm rooms 'Chaotic Mess'
College Eye 63:55, p.3
Complains about having been unwillingly placed in a 'triple.'
42 Administration to study--resident hall requirement of eating in food centers
College Eye 63:32, p.1
Will install phones in each room of all except one men's and one women's dorm; defer action on buying trailers for faculty offices and on comprehensive exams; approve contract with campus planners.
43 Maucker discusses financial needs, new telephone system
College Eye 63:30, p.1
Appears on television program with other Regents presidents.
44 Attracting qualified faculty is a major problem
College Eye 63:21, p.8
President Maucker talks to the Regents about difficulties in attracting faculty with doctorates; also talks about overcrowding in dorms.
45 Faculty Senate holds final examination of report
College Eye 63:21, p.1
Considers policy regarding class size and audio-visual assistance
46 Faculty Senate meets to discuss committee report
College Eye 63:19, p.1
The Committee of Five will present their report on the handling of larger classes.
47 'Times are uncertain' says SCI President in speech
College Eye 63:3, p.1
President Maucker answers student questions about campus facilities and policies in his Convocation speech.
48 A question of patience: an open letter to President Maucker
College Eye 63:2, p.2
Discontented with services and facilities on campus.
49 Untitled
College Eye 63:1, p.2
Comments on student living conditions.
50 SCI students get robbed
College Eye 60:57, p.2
Discusses disapproval of SCI spending habits.
51 Faculty Senate wrestles 90 minutes in meeting
College Eye 60:55, p.3
Discuss large classes; refer matter to EPC.
52 Fall overload is expected to crowd residence halls
College Eye 60:55, p.4
50% of rooms will be overloaded; administration officials comment on problem and priority procedures.
53 Obiter Scripta: Must recognize large class problem, end drift policy
College Eye 60:36, p.2
Suggests that the solution to the problem large classes and overcrowding is not to rant and rave about it, but to think about how large classes should be handled better.
54 Obiter Scripta: Intensive discussion needed on large class problems
College Eye 60:30, p.3
Insists that a "Great Conversation" must take place on the matter of class sizes.
55 Dining, dorm, dance, crowds show SCI's bulging enrollment
College Eye 60:5, p.1
Marshall Beard talks about enrollment trends.
56 Perspective: Jones pleads for curbing of mass production in college
College Eye 60:3, p.2
Discusses ideas for 'faculty productivity.'
57 "Grin and bear it" motto for overpopulated campus
College Eye 60:1, p.2
Complains about the excessive tripling of rooms and inconvenient parking; claims students will have to 'grin and bear it.'
58 Let's adapt to overcrowding
College Eye 59:6, p.2
Congratulations to Commons for lessening chaos in dining center.
59 Campus expansion needs re-evaluation
College Eye 58:33, p.2
Believes size of current campus and faculty cannot support continued growth.
60 Professor offers solution to crowded classes, housing
College Eye 58:31, p.2
Radical solutions include closing dorms, building on Quad, and putting dome over athletic fields.
61 Faculty should approve off-campus frat housing
College Eye 58:14, p.2
Claims off-campus fraternity housing will help solve the on-campus overcrowding problem.
62 Let's at least have desks
College Eye 58:6, p.2
Addresses the issue of not enough desks in the rooms for students.
63 'Mothering' causes overcrowding
College Eye 58:4, p.2
Agrees with Dianne Bock that something must be done to ease the problem with housing; believes that juniors should be free to seek off-campus housing.
64 Debate on student housing monopolizes Union Forum
College Eye 58:4, p.4
Talk about problems caused by surging enrollment.
65 Action needed to solve present housing shortage
College Eye 58:3, p.2
Points out that the housing situation must be fixed.
66 Overcrowding topic for Union Forum
College Eye 58:3, p.1
Will talk about problems with housing, the library, the Union, and the faculty.
67 Academic climate already damaged
College Eye 57:24, p.2
Significant problems due to overcrowding already exist.
68 Who, besides squeezees, could gain from enrollment rise?
College Eye 57:23, p.2
Too much 'squeezing in more students' has been done already.
69 Access to professor important
College Eye 57:15, p.2
The real problem of a large number of students in a class is the lack of a teacher-student relationship.
70 We hope 1970's SCIers will have a place to live
College Eye 57:15, p.2
Dormitories and dining facilities are too small for the estimated number of incoming students over the next few years.
71 Area students may live in dorms beginning '63
College Eye 57:14, p.8
Had originally asked local students to stay at home, if possible, until 1964; 50% of rooms have extra occupant; will go to 75% next year.
72 'When class size increases, something has got to give'
College Eye 57:12, p.2
Professors must change the way they teach as the numbers in the classroom rise.
73 Four food lines now open in the Commons
College Eye 57:7, p.1
Will see if extra lines help to reduce waiting and congestion.
74 Food line facilities installed in future
College Eye 57:3, p.1
Equipment for two new lines has arrived; hopes to speed up serving time.
75 Fox has a modest hope for an improved year of positive action
College Eye 57:1, p.2
Hopes the college has a better year than the last one in dealing with academic issues.
76 Our first year--a year of progress and change
College Eye 56:36, p.3
President Maucker offers evaluation of first year of school as SCI; photo.
77 CF-Waterloo women asked to live at home next year
College Eye 56:16, p.3
Seek to cut down on dorm overcrowding.
78 Ratio not so bad after all
College Eye 56:15, p.2
Editorial notes correct student-teacher ratios.
79 Hope for increased expansion
College Eye 56:14, p.2
Editorial hopes that SCI will expand with more buildings and more professors to accommodate the number of students enrolling.
80 Hurrah for the men of United
College Eye 56:11, p.3
Congratulates men of United House for standing up to the administration about their crowded, living situation in Rider Hall.
81 Untitled
College Eye 56:11, p.4
Student checks out of Stadium Hall and prepares to move into Regents Hall; photo.
82 Greek off-campus housing necessity
College Eye 56:7, p.2
Discusses the need for fraternities to get off-campus housing due to overcrowded dorms.
83 Let's preserve our sanity
College Eye 56:5, p.2
Discusses the long lines at Commons dining, and suggests making Commons larger in the future.
84 SLB confers on food and housing
College Eye 56:5, p.3
Kitchen is not large enough to accommodate meal preparation for two thousand students; considering possibility of off-campus housing for fraternities.
85 Why not use off-campus housing?
College Eye 56:2, p.2
Student is not satisfied with current capacity of dormitories at SCI.
86 For bravery beyond, etc.
College Eye 56:1, p.2
Should award medal to those students who are living in a single room in Regents (Rider) Hall until additional rooms are completed.
87 SLB announces benefit, student election dates
College Eye 52:15, p.3
Benefit will assist international students; recognize Tomahawk; consider crowded hallways.
88 Greater size of grad class kills tradition
College Eye 51:27, p.2
Entire faculty will not be seated to make room for more students and families.
89 Untitled
College Eye 48:16, p.2
Features a janitor who was squashed at the noontime rush at Commons.
90 Obiter Scripta
College Eye 48:12, p.2
Discusses the arguments concerning the increased enrollment problem; would like to eliminate enrollment standards.
91 Obiter Scripta
College Eye 48:5, p.2
Discusses solutions to the increased enrollment at TC.
92 The thundering herd
College Eye 48:3, p.2
Makes suggestions to help relieve the overcrowding situation.
93 Untitled
College Eye 47:32, p.2
Asks why senior students must eat on campus when TC is already overcrowded.
94 'TC enrollment on upswing' says Maucker
College Eye 47:30, p.6
Predicts enrollment will reach 5000 in late 1960s; dorms and food service are overcrowded; will need new facilities.
95 A dere mom letter
College Eye 47:29, p.2
Writes home to mom, inviting her for Mother's Day, and tells her what they will do.
96 SLB enlarges soda room
College Eye 47:25, p.3
Service will be available in the cafeteria; attempt to alleviate overcrowding.
97 Addition to Seerley-Baker is now nearing completion
College Eye 47:17, p.6
Should be ready for fall 1956; description of the facilities; will have 53 new rooms; men's housing situation will still be tight; photo.
98 One for the money
College Eye 47:14, p.2
Discusses the idea of building another teacher's college as a solution to the overcrowding dilemma.
99 How about a candle?
College Eye 47:8, p.2
Comments on the complications arising from increased enrollment.
100 Enrollment hits near-record peak as dorms squeeze in even more
College Eye 47:1, p.1
Enrollment may reach record level.