Record number of first-year U. students elect to live on campus this fall

SALT LAKE CITY— In an upper-story room of a residence hall on the University of Utah campus Thursday, three first-year roommates who had just been introduced, were attempting to divvy up the limited wardrobe and closet space in their dorm room.It's one of the countless life lessons that college students experience the first time they move away from home. It's one of the reasons that Lori and Scott Boland, who live in Sandy, wanted their daughter Heather to live on campus her freshman year.