The University of Arizona is once again cramming its new freshmen into unacceptable accommodations. Freshmen are not only finding themselves shoved in study rooms and spare bunks in resident assistant rooms, but in hotels miles from campus. This is a recurring theme of the UA and a problem that has no end in sight as long as UA administration and the Department of Residence Life continue to treat this situation as a minor problem.

UA officials seem to escape scrutiny by acting surprised. They blame the housing crunch on a record number of freshman enrollments. But this is nothing new. The school has had record numbers of freshman students for the past four years running, which means we can easily assume that next year will be even worse.