Orem residents hope a referendum vote will stop a planned student-housing development

Orem • With more than 37,000 students, Utah Valley University is Utah’s largest institution of higher education.Despite its size, the Orem campus has no university-owned dormitories or on-campus apartments, which administrators say has created a growing need for housing with relatively little supply.“It’s a huge unmet demand,” said Cameron Martin, UVU’s vice president for university relations. “We have a lot of students who can’t find the housing th