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Keeps its residence open to upper-year students despite edict from University of Waterloo to make it first-year only
Conrad Grebel University College has long tried to keep a blend of first-year and returning upper-year students in its residence program, but this year the balancing act became more complicated when the University of Waterloo insisted Grebel reserve 100 percent of its residence beds for first-year students.
Grebel said no.
"This was not who we are," says Mary Brubaker-Zehr, Grebel's director of student services. "Grebel would not be Grebel without a strong contingent of senior students who enhance and impact in profound ways the quality of...