Campus housing options scarce

Hundreds denied for fall semester; Economy spurs a rush to dorms

Vincent Capone, a junior, said he can't afford to live off-campus.

By Peter Schworm

Globe Staff / August 11, 2008

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Returning to the University of Massachusetts at Amherst after a year teaching in China, Vincent Capone, a junior from Winthrop, was counting on a dorm room to save him the hassle, and considerable expense, of living off-campus. Unfortunately, a startling number of his fellow students had the same idea. (Full article: 1076 words)