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Living on or off campus, the economic dilemma for college students

With the rising cost of room and board for living on campus, many students look for off campus housing as a better financial alternative.

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Students seek involvement in administrative decisions on campus

A group of over 50 student protesters from the Involve Us campaign protested at a meeting outside of Chancellor Robert Holub’s Office.

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Transfer students lost in the housing shuffle

Columnist Billy Rainsford draws our attention to problems with the University’s new policy of not guaranteeing housing to transfer students.

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The Hull Doctrine

Columnist Roy Ribitzy calls out Residential Directors on the new changes to the Residential Life department.

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Are peer mentors really a big loss?

Columnist Kellie Quinn questions the uproar taking place over the removal of the peer mentor position from University of Massachusetts Residence Life.

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Amherst group heads to Cambodia for water project

Sokha and Ny Mao are a couple on a charitable journey. As maintainers for Housing and Residence life at the University of Massachusetts Sokha and Ny left with friends on Jan. 5 for Cambodia in hopes of seeing the progress of a project they were compelled to start back in 2003.

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Hull to take up residence as housing director

Eddie Hull, former dean of residential life and executive director of housing services at Duke University in Durham, N.C., will be taking over as the new executive director of housing and residence life.

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