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Local students won't face bed shortage, housing directors say There wont be any homeless first-years students at Wilfrid Laurler Unlversny and the Umversity of Waterloo smut both universities are confident that the housing shortage [S behind them, last year, WLU was scram- bling to expand 115 residence space after guaranteeing resr dence to 240 more students than it had beds for. This year, just under 300 students were unaccounted for, that IS unul they emerged from the housing "We've just now have been able to Increase the bed space that we have up to a number that now matches the number of students we have to house," said Mike Belanger, WLU's housing director. The possible shortage was alevialed by the purchase of Paragon Park, bordered by both Sunview and Lester Streets, which will house 115 students this fall. The five-building complex with 76 unns. w/l eventually house 240 students "We hadnt intended to push " into use until next surnrmt" said Belanger. 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(519) 664-3526 or 1-800-665-0986 wnhm the complex has been renamed m reflect the dum- ter ofthe local mmmunuy The buildings are named Heidel- berg House, bi Jacob's House, St Clements House,St Agatha House and Conestoga House Belanger sand housing coor- dmators are suit usmg space they wouldn't ordmanly use, but because of umumslanccs they're "comfortable usmg them to ensure all the kids have a place to put their head down," Belanger said the universuy wull probably be m a better position next year to host stu- dents with the purchase and eventual complete lake-over of Paragon Park _ "l don't honestly think that for a thad year in a row u'll go over as badly as n has these past lwo years" He said the combination of more beds and the tighter com trol of the admissions process might result m less problems for the unwersuy m the future, Meanwhile, at the University of Waterloo, Gail Clarke, direc, lor of housing. suspects that the 500 unexpected first-year students have all found a place lo lay their heads, Clarke said the internal letter which president David John- son sent to staff, encouraging complete the tournament my ter The coed teams need to have a minimum of 10 players and the cost per team IS $125.00. For more information con- tact Suzanne Growen, develop- ment officer with Partners In Literacy at 570-3054, or Tim Hegarty, with the Fox and Pheasant at 725-4140. 'SEC'URIIV . DEPENDABIUTY . SERVICE [Whom "ocatfooH-ialGeoqtmr, '7 " HOLY 'IP them to help provide annual» modatron to students, was incl wuh good response She said ii had a compounding effect, with UW employees talking to neighbours and media outeude the umversny, helping in bnng exposure to the Situation. "Our phones were so busy we had more supply of rooms than we actually had demand. It was quilt hard keeping up wah all the calls we had from landlords, but we certainly werent gomg to turn anybody away," said Clarke. She said it IS difficult to say whether or not they will face a similar housmg shortage next year, Since they werent antlcr paling the overwhelming response they received from academic offers this year. UW's student Me centre has been busy wuh students fre- quenung the housing board lnsnde. Nancy O'Neill, assistant manager of the student life centre, said the posted cards last less than a week. She also said they have had a number of unnvcrsuy staff who have come to the centre (lending lo receive students, "l Wlll probably do that myself," sod O‘Neill. nf some- one was really desperate I would open up my home." 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