CMU administration needs to make more room for on-campus housing Cramming five students into a residence hall room designed for four doesn't make sense. But, university officials say it was their only option. Administrators say they don't regret their decision to demolish Barnard and Tate residence halls in 1996, even now when there is an overcrowding situation in 12 of the 17 residence halls. CMU's administrators have also said they would like to loosen the sophomore requirement to live on-campus. We are glad to see the university loosen its housing monopoly by possibly easing the requirement for sophomores.
Students being able to have choices is always good.
Administrators have also expressed the idea of looking at city housing options for students. City officials say there is room right now in off-campus apartments, homes and trailers to accommodate the current number of students. University President Leonard Plachta and the Board of Trustees have said they want to increase enrollment and bring it to 18,000. CMU is only a 1,000 away from its goal right now. Although there isn't a problem now, city housing officials say that the current number of students in off-campus housing is workable, but could be a real problem later.