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. |
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| 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. |