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Shortage of dorms takes a toll on University of Wisconsin (AP)

MADISON â?? Alaska teen Jessica Schallock was thrilled when a wealthy neighbor offered her a $96,000 scholarship in June so she could study music at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

But then she got the bad news: On-campus housing was full. Schallock would have to find her own place to live in a city 3,600 miles from home.