College Park, the all-student apartment complex on Bulla Road, is considering limiting the number of students allowed in each of the 52 units, said College Park manager, P.R. Gibson.

Instead of permitting three to four people in each apartment, Gibson said that the apartments, owned by Southwest Corporation in Fort Wayne, might limit each unit to two or three students.

"Three is being talked about," said Gibson. "It seems to work out better, but none of it is carved in stone."

Past experience is the primary reason for the cap on the number of students per apartment said Gibson. Although each College Park apartment has only two bedrooms and two bathrooms, most current residences have three or four students living in each unit.

Although Gibson believes that limiting students would have little effect on next year's potential residents, students who have heard the rumor are concerned about higher living expenses. This year's College Park students paid $915 for a lower apartment and $940 for an upper apartment per month.

"I don't think they'll find many people who can afford it," said senior Matt Schoettler, a College Park resident who lives with three other roommates on the second floor. Schoettler said he and his roommates might not have lived at College Park if they were limited to three people.

Gibson, however believes that splitting the rent among three people is a reasonable request.

"I'd like to know where else you can rent for $300 a piece," said Gibson. "If that is too high, somebody has a real problem."

Gibson said College Park currently has a few students who have chosen to either live alone or with only one other person.

"That would be the ideal situation," Gibson said in reference to maintaining two people per apartment.

Erin Place, a senior Finance major who lives at College Park, said that the rent would be obscene when split between only two students.

Although Gibson was clear in pointing out that the cutback was speculative, Notre Dame juniors Colleen Flood, Kate Diaz and Mandy Reimer were told by Gibson that for next year, only three were allowed in the bottom apartments and two were allowed in the upper apartments. Flood, Diaz and Reimer instead decided to rent from Ann Ward who bought some of the units within College Park and is allowing the three women to live in an upper apartment.

It is not clear at this point what the ramifications could mean to students wanting to live off-campus.

Despite the circulating rumor, Gibson said that College Park will continue to remain a student only apartment complex, regardless whether the maximum number of residences per apartment is reduced.

"We'd like to think we have the best place in town," said Gibson. "The kids tell me so."

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