IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE, BUT SUMMER'S ALMOST OVER.

AND SOON - IT'LL BE 'MOVE-IN DAY' AGAIN.

WHILE FINAL ACCEPTANCE NUMBERS ARE BEING TALLIED, KINGSTON IS ONCE AGAIN BRACING FOR THE INFLUX OF YOUNG PEOPLE...

KINGSTON'S POPULATION WILL SWELL BY ALMOST 25 PERCENT BY MID-SEPTEMBER.

NEWSWATCH'S PAUL SOUCY HAS MORE.

ALL IS QUIET ACROSS QUEENS CAMPUS - BUT WITH THE END OF SUMMER... COMES THE ARRIVAL OF 22 THOUSAND STUDENTS... WHICH HAS BEEN A LITTLE OVERWHELMING AT TIMES...

WHETHER YOU LOVE OR HATE THE ADDED EXCITEMENT THAT ALL THESE YOUNG PEOPLE BRING TO THE QUEENS CAMPUS... THERE ARE A FEW MORE OF THEM THIS YEAR.

 Ann Tierney:

"a little bit up, which we had planned for. So we'll welcome just over Four Thousand students - first year students here this fall."

Soucy:

"While enrollment has gone up slightly at Queen's, across town at St. Lawrence College, their numbers are on par with last year - that means there are thousands of new Kingstonians contributing to the city's economy."

Gord McDougall

So when you think about the economic impacts, as consumers - we've got a considerable amount of students out there in the community."

85 PERCENT OF ST. LAWRENCE'S 5 THOUSAND STUDENTS LIVE 'OFF' CAMPUS.

QUEENS HAS OVER 20 THOUSAND STUDENTS SPREAD ACROSS THE DOWNTOWN - FILLING RESTAURANTS AND BARS, BUYING GROCERIES... AND OF COURSE, PAYING RENT.

Ann Tierney:

"Our students really do see themselves as part of the Queen's community, as well as part of the Kingston community. So I think they're very active in the community, they live and rent homes here. They shop - they participate in the local economy."

BUT FOR NOW THE

ONLY SOUNDS AROUND QUEENS ARE THOSE OF CONSTRUCTION... PREPARATIONS FOR ANOTHER SCHOOL YEAR, AND ANOTHER SEASON OF PLENTY... PLENTY OF STUDENTS, PLENTY OF PARTIES... AND PLENTY OF DOLLARS IN THE LOCAL ECONOMY.

PAUL SOUCY. CKWS NEWSWATCH. KINGSTON.