The Class of 2015 is packed with high school valedictorians, athletes, published writers and standardized test-takers, whose strength in numbers is such that it is pushing sophomores out of the dorms. Second-year students have been let out of their two year on-campus housing contract early just to make room for the freshmen. It was a smart move on the university’s part, but when will enough be enough? Last year at this time, DU ran into a similar situation.

Will there be enough space to accommodate all the new students? At the time, Chancellor Robert Coombe thought so. “We have no intention of getting bigger than this,” he said at the first undergraduate Student Government meeting of the 2010-2011 school year. “In fact, we had no intention of getting this big. We have more students than we want this year, but I think it’s manageable.” And that was 12 months and 1,232 students ago. Now what is the plan exactly?

After all, 1,884 freshmen  -652 more than last year is even more to be accountable for, especially when it comes to on-campus housing. This is the last straw, Chancellor Coombe. The University of Denver is now too populated even for its own dorms.

I can respect DU’s recent growth, but with more students than ever admitted into the freshman class and the creation of the new socio-legal major, something needs to change, and I’m not talking about initiating another building remodel (unless it’s the Mass Communications building).

No, it’s pretty clear what needs to happen: either up the standard by which all incoming students’ applications are measured, or build another residence hall. Or, as a last resort, turn the less qualified students away – but, let’s face it, the economy is tight and there are still roofs left to be coppered.