New class size exceeds expectations Campus struggles to find enough beds to accommodate everyone

The n u m b e r of incoming Rice undergradua tes is 169 more t h a n anticipated , marking a rise in the university 's s tuden t yield but also leading to shor tage of on c a m p u s rooms for the new Owls. According to Dean of Undergraduates John Hutchinson, the university had originally targeted 950 new students for this fall, but the number as of June was about 1,119. Though 16 of those s tudents didn't want to live on campus , 1,103 were still left to vie for the 950 beds. Hutchinson said about half of the extra s tudents were given rooms that had been vacated by upperclassmen who didn't return this fall, but 55 remained in need of housing.