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Related Coverage YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) – Nearly 13,000 students are coming back to Youngstown State ’s campus for the start of fall classes and there’s been an increase in the number of new students. Family, classes, and convenience — just three of the reasons students say they come to YSU. Many things have changed at the university but excitement for the first day of classes has stayed the same. There are 2,300 new freshmen on campus this fall — an increase from last year and one of the largest freshman classes in three decades. Swegan said that’s because people are more aware and concerned about the cost of college and debt. “We’re sitting here in the State of Ohio with the most reasonably-priced tuition. I think people are seeing the value.” Student Jeffery Logan said he loves the party-like atmosphere. “Everything is awesome, man, it’s really cool.” His friend, Brittany Schnellbach, said she’s ready for class, too. “This is my last first day. There’s a lot of stuff going on her...

The long retail spine of Sydney Road, Brunswick, just north of Melbourne's CBD, was once a prosperous trading outpost on the way to the goldfields. These days it's a bohemian mix of variety stores, op shops, halal butchers and Lebanese bakeries. Take a side street to the west, however, and a different picture emerges. Sandwiched between Sydney Road and the Upfield train line is an area undergoing rapid and widespread transformation. Light industry is fast being replaced by mid- rise apartment buildings , their inhabitants attracted by the short commute into town and cheaper prices than in the city's south-east. The quality of these units is, on the whole, depressingly bad; think poor ventilation and bedrooms that "borrow" natural light (a weasel word for being dark and windowless). The occasional jazzy façade tries feebly to make up for otherwise cheap construction amid a chorus of greys. At ground level, carpark roller doors alternate with mean pocket garden...