8 The Daily Collegian Wednesday, Aug. 27, 1997
Overflow of students move into study lounges
By JODI HANAUER
Collegian Staff Writer
Not enough dorm rooms exist for
all the new students at the Univer
sity, so many students have
unpacked their belongings in study
lounges and moved into these
spaces for temporary housing.
As of yesterday, 758 students
were housed in temporary spaces,
Kathy Krinks, manager of the
assignment office for campus resi
dences said, adding that an updated
number will be reported today.
This year, Krinks said, more
than 5,000 freshman live in the
dorms. The number of students liv
ing on campus this year is the sec
ond largest figure in the last four
years, said Lynn Dußois, assistant
director for housing.
us fares rise to fund increased hours and services
Centre Area Transportation
Authority buses respond to
growing community by raising
fares for the first time in eight
years of service
By ELISA SCHEMENT
Collegian Staff Writer
Student bus riders may now wait less,
but they will pay more.
On Aug. 1, Campus/Town/Weekend Loop
fares increased from $0.35 to $0.40 and bus
passes climbed from last semester's $6O to
$7O.
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Dußois said she believes some
students will remain in temporary
housing until the end of the semes
ter.
When people leave the Universi
ty and their dorm rooms become
vacant, Krinks said students in
temporary housing are placed in
permanent housing.
"Students are put in temporary
housing automatically if they are a
transfer student from another Uni
versity that is not a Penn State
Commonwealth Campus, if they
have lived off campus the previous
semester or if they sent their hous
ing contract in late," Krinks said.
Benefits do exist for students
placed in temporary housing,
Krinks said. Students placed in
temporary housing pay less than
those in permanent spaces $B5O
The interval between buses, however,
lessened.
From 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through
Friday, Loop buses now stop every eight
minutes.
The blue buses also run until midnight
Sunday through Thursday and until 3 a.m.
Friday and Saturday this semester.
Bus pick-up times vary from 10 to 20
minutes during the night and weekend
periods.
"We hadn't had a fare increase for eight
years," said Hugh Mose, Centre Area
Transportation Authority general manag
er.
"The cost of doing business had
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"I got temporary housing because I sent in my
housing contract late, but I'm not complaining
because I'd rather be here the whole semester."
per semester instead of paying
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students in regular double dorm
rooms have to pay, she said.
Also, if students are still in tem
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if they are still there by Nov. 1, an
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increased. It's not just that we're spending
more to provide the same level of service,
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put more buses out on the street."
Besides extending service hours, adding
four new buses and decreasing waiting
time, many new services have been includ
ed in the system.
These new services include more handi
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of the Loop and Commuter Expres.
The Commuter Express, which previous
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eliminated for further convenience, Mose
said.
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received free popcorn and soda in
their refrigerators as a gesture of
appreciation from the housing
office, Krinks said, but she was not
sure if they will get more free food
during the semester.
All dorms house some students
in temporary housing except the
Nittany Suites, Krinks said. Sim
mons and McElwain halls have a
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many study spaces in those dorms,
which can be converted to tempo
rary housing rooms.
Students are taken out of tempo
rary housing according to the date
and time their housing contract
was received, Krinks said.
Krinks said students tell her they
like temporary housing because it
is cheaper and there is a better
chance for roommates to become
friends with at least one other
roommate.
Yvonne Brodmerkel (junior-mar
keting and international business)
now lives in temporary housing in
Simmons Hall with three other stu
dents.
"I got temporary housing
because I sent in my housing con
tract late," she said, "but I'm not
route and combined the market with the
regular loop service," Mose said.
"This allows riders to get to destinations
other than along Curtin Road."
Because of Commuter Express' elimina
tion, everyone who purchases a $5B Lot 44
parking permit receives a Loop pass for
Monday through Friday, he said.
Parkers now have the option of traveling
anywhere on the Loop's route, with later
hours.
The same pass is available for $3O to
people who carpooled with Lot 44 parkers,
Mose said.
"It's an anomaly in our system," Mose
said.
"For $5B you can ride Monday through
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complaining because I'd rather be
here the whole semester."
It makes sense for the housing
office to charge students in tempo
rary housing less, Brodmerkel
said, because people who live in
triple rooms pay less than students
living in doubles.
However, not everyone is com
pletely happy with temporary
housing. The students who are tem
porarily housed are not the only
ones who are affected each year.
Joe Hanlon (senior -psychology)
said it is irritating that students
have to find other places to study,
but he doesn't mind too much about
people living in temporary housing.
"I don't mind it that much
because I get along with most of
the people on my floor who live in
(temporary housing)," Hanlon said.
Friday and for $7O you can ride the week
end."
If carpoolers come with the person who
is registering their car they can get a pass
at a discounted rate, he added.
Some students, however, ride without
directly paying for their passes at all.
Ryan Karlowitch (junior-psychology)
said he receives a free bus pass with his
apartment lease.
He said the fare increase unfairly taxes
other students.
"They should lower it if anything," he
said. "There's enough people here to make
enough money."
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daily this semester would spend $6O.
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