Purdue, IU overbook dorms, students stuck

WEST LAFAYETTE – Purdue University officials are working to find residence hall rooms for 43 male students who are starting the school year in temporary quarters.

Housing administrator Bob Heitert said that it’s the fewest number of students in several years to start without a permanent room. All female students are in regular rooms.

Sophomore Steve Thornton told the Journal & Courier his temporary room with a countertop sink and no closets is fine with him for now.

Heitert expects that by the fall break in mid-October all students will be placed in regular rooms.

Purdue is not alone in its difficulty finding housing for all its students. Although IU’s freshman class is smaller than last year’s, Residential Programs and Services is expecting about 100 students living in temporary housing this fall.

This will be the third consecutive year students will have to sleep in lounges instead of rooms until permanent housing is found for them.