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Regent suggests new dorm for Iowa
(AP) -- The University of Iowa may be in for a new dormitory - the first in more than 40 years.
Iowa Board of Regents member Bob Downer says the university's housing system is getting old, and it's operating at 100 percent capacity. The university has about 5,500 beds.
Nearly all the university's freshmen and some sophomores live on campus. Older students live in apartments in the Iowa City area.
The university's newest dorm, Slater Residence Hall, opened in 1968.
Downer's proposal is to raze another dormitory, Quadrangle Residence Hall, which has about 359 beds, and build a new dorm for 400 students. The new dorm would cost about $60 million.
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