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Stephanie Wiechmann
Ball State does not mandate any students live in on campus housing, not even freshmen. Part of that is there's not enough room for all of them. And Ro Ann Royer Engle, vice president of student affairs, says each student needs the best environment for them.

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Ro Ann Royer Engle
There are some students the residence hall experiences for them. They thrive in it. I was one of those nerds, and they've been my whole all for years until my senior year. But there are some students that it is not for them.

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Stephanie Wiechmann
Ball State’s new Off Campus Quality Housing Initiative aims to hold landlords and property managers to higher standards and will list their properties as options on the school’s off-campus living website.  Again, Royer Engle.

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Ro Ann Royer Engle
And although we can't control what happens in off campus housing, we can certainly empower our students and develop standard set of criteria for the kind of living spaces we want our students to be in.

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Stephanie Wiechmann
Ball State says with a week to go before the deadline, about two dozen people and companies that applied for this year's list. Ball State officials also say 600 more students live in on campus residence halls and Ball State owned apartments this year. In Muncie, Stephanie Wiechmann, IPR news.