CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WAND) - While all first-year students are required to live on campus at the University of Illinois, any year after that, they have to find their own housing. The University says they have had an influx of students wanting to live on campus beyond their first year.

"W e had huge demand really for the last couple of years with students wanting to live on campus and wanting to live in the residence halls with university housing," said Chris Axtman-Barker, Associate Director of Communications and Marketing for the University's housing department. "And last year, our signup process had to be ended before it was scheduled to because of overwhelming interest."

To fix this, the University launched a new lottery system. First, they set aside housing for first-year students who h

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