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Starkville apartments under scrutiny as moratorium ends.

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STARKVILLE -- A six-month moratorium on construction of apartments is coming to a close in this Oktibbeha County town that's home to the state's largest university student population. As more and more students choose to live off campus, the public and private issues of balancing those housing needs with the desires of the community are sometimes at odds.

Mississippi State University (MSU) normally houses approximately 20% to 25% of its 17,000 students on campus, according to Dr. Ann Bailey, director of housing and residence life. She said freshmen, sophomores and those students who can't afford apartments live on campus. MSU currently has 3,400 beds on campus but will build the inventory back up to the usual 4,000 to keep up with anticipated growth.

"We have a goal to approach 20,000 students by 2010 and to house 5,000 of those," she said. "We are not in the apartment business and don't plan to be, although we will build new student housing to have more space and privacy for students."...

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