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For college students, having a safe, comfortable place to live is an essential part of being able to focus and do good work in school. But whether it's a convenient on-campus dorm or an off-campus apartment, student housing presents challenges that students need to consider before they decide where to live each semester.  One of the clearest problems in student housing is the need students have to find places to live that are close to campus. On-campus dormitories and apartments offer one solution, but many larger universities have so many students that auxiliary campuses and buses are the only way to provide enough accessible housing.  High demand for student housing near urban campuses or large schools may cause real estate prices to rise, making nearby apartments and rental houses unaffordable for students. Off-campus housing also places the burden of paying for utility service and commuting to and from campus on the students themselves. For students who ta...

News briefs on the greatest and latest dorms opening up on college campuses. Trends in new dorm construction are observed in the larger number of more luxurious residence halls used as a tool to recruit the next generation of students, and a greater focus on dormitory amenities. New dormitories are breaking the mold of the classic dorm room concept. The majority of new dormitories contain "cluster" type single or double dorm rooms, where a group of 4 to 12 students share a private common space similar to an apartment with 10 bedrooms. The trendy new upscale dorms are coming with a hefty price tag, with the cost for housing rising 40% on average to cover the cost of the new super dorms. With the rising cost of college, shaky job market and diminishing real value of wages some are wondering how just how much debt students are willing to take on for a 4 year college degree and if this will increase enrollment at community colleges. Edison State College located in Fort ...

What new this summer for college students? Its start at the movie theater where a range of hilarious summer movies are targeting college aged people. The Hangover is very popular with the college crowd and makes a great dorm room movie if you are staying in the night. In the movie a Groom to be and his three friends take a trip of the life time to Las Vegas as his final night out as a bachelor. After an intense 24 hours of drinking and partying they all wake up the next morning and can not remember anything that has happened to them. Things get crazy when they find a tiger and a baby in their hotel room. College enthusiast can relate to there college parties and fulfill their desires to recreate the same type of evening in Las Vegas. What else is hot right now is the inflatable portable beer pong table . With the temperature rising and college students getting hot a nice way to cool off is to play a round of beer pong or hop in the pool. Now students at any university can combine the t...