In Student Housing, Luxuries Overshadow Studying

Now, as he and the three friends he was apartment hunting with stood peering at the pool, Mr. Heiland, 19, pondered what life might be like if he chose to live in this off-campus complex, the Grove, when his sophomore year at the University of Missouri begins this fall. </P>“It’s like a vacation, almost,” he said. “I’m not going to go to class — that’s how I look at it.” </P>As private housing developers try harder than ever to outdo the amenities that their

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