This year, the university experienced its highest first-year student enrollment in 10 years.
Since it guarantees housing to all first-year students who send in their applications before May 1, the university had to accommodate some of its overflow students in a nearby Days Inn.
Expecting increased student enrollment into the next century, the university says it plans on adding more than 600 more beds in the next two years by expanding current residence halls and constructing new housing accommodations.
Stanford administration praised Rice for, among other things, her incredible dedication to undergraduate education, including her help in initiating such programs as first-year seminars and humanities introduction courses.
Although Rice was unexpectedly appointed to the provost position in 1993 without any previous experience as a dean or a chair of a department, she impressed much of the university and achieved a high level of popularity among the students and faculty.
Rice plans on temporarily leaving Stanford to work in the private sector, yet she said she wants to return to the university to do research and become a tenured political science professor.
The university will provide the electricity for free for charging vehicles, a process that can take up to eight hours to complete.
UCSD reportedly hopes the installment of the charging stations will encourage greater usage of the electric vehicle, which is supposedly both cheaper and safer to operate than the conventional automobile.
As the demand for electric vehicles, which are currently only available to lease, increases, UCSD says it plans to install more charging stations on its campus.
Fifty percent of the Greeks polled binge drink, compared to 60 percent of the other students surveyed. Although the survey showed fewer Greeks drink to get drunk, most of the students polled still viewed the Greek system negatively in terms of responsible alcohol consumption.
Even though a majority of Iowa fraternities implemented an alcohol ban in their houses this fall, 60.2 percent of the students polled said they believe it to be ineffective in binge drinking prevention.
The survey, released in December, also said a smaller percentage of all Iowa students binge drink than previously suggested in a 1997 study.
Although 63 percent of students in 1997 said they drank to get drunk, only 52 percent gave the same response in the recent poll.
- Compiled by Daily Staff Reporter Nick Falzone.
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