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Shannon's Dilemma

It would be nothing less than a
Pyrrhic victory to allow men to live
in Gwathmey only to learn
two years from that that
decision University a large
sum of ey that sibly would
have built additional housing which
will undoubtedly be badly needed.

Most students like to think that
the University exists for them, after
all what is a university without
students? Indeed, coeducating the
Gwathmey- Munford - area would
appear to be in the best interests of
the students here now, particularly
those in the first year class who will
be most directly affected next year.
But, then again, how about the
student who comes here five years
from now and can't even live in any
type of University housing after his
first year.

While my inclinations are to side
completely on the side of the
students in this question. I can
certainly sympathize with the
position of President Shannon, if
the real reasons for this decision are
financial. At any rate, these are the
kinds of problems that put gray
hair on the head of many a
university administrator.