LELAND'S JOURNAL

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Facts and Figures from around the Farm

November/December 1996

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Percent of students who own computers:
75

Of those, percent who own a Mac:
69

Of those, percent who own a PC:
30

Miles of cable used to hook up students' personal
computers to University systems and the Internet:
284


Number of students participating in the Overseas

Studies Program in 1965:
476

Number of students participating in 1980:
820

Number of students participating in 1995:
362

Cost of one night's lodging at a youth hostel in Santiago:
$10.20

At a youth hostel in Berlin:
$13.66

At a youth hostel in Kyoto:
$22.00


Least expensive parking ticket (expired meter) on campus:

$25

Most expensive parking ticket (handicapped
zone without a permit) on campus:
$336

Number of parking meters on campus in 1976:
0

Number of parking meters on campus in 1996:
700

Annual revenue to University from
parking meters and permits:
$3,160,000

Annual cost to build and operate a space in
a parking structure:
$1,900

In a surface lot:
$300

SOURCES: (1) Residential Computing; (2) Overseas Studies; (3) Transportation Programs.

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