By the end of tomorrow, all on-campus apartments and residence halls will be filled to capacity -- and so will several residence hall lounges. This year approximately 100 students will be housed in lounges in Briscoe, Forest and Teter Quads for at least the first two weeks of school, Residential Programs and Services Executive Director Pat Connor said.\nThis is the first time since 2000 that students have had to temporarily occupy residence hall lounges, but RPS hopes to place the students in rooms as quickly as possible. Still, most students will wait two weeks, if not more, for a permanent assignment.\n"Based on past history, we are fairly confident that after confirming the no-shows from the check-in process, we should be have enough space to then provide these students with a permanent room assignment," Connor said in an e-mail. "Our assignments office has already been in communication with these students so they are aware of what the situation is prior to their arrival to campus."\nConnor said students will live four to a lounge and take up about half the lounges in each of the three buildings. He said the lounges will contain bunked beds, hanging racks, dressers and desks, though not necessarily one per person.
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