How much U-Minn. Rochester is growing

University of Minnesota - Rochester Chancellor Stephen Lehmkuhle talks up the explosive growth of the campus -- and the support it'll need:

"If we continue with our growth pattern, so the next year we're going to have 150 freshman, the following year 200 freshman, when we get out about 5-6 years we'll have about a 1000 students, you know we're going to be one of the largest health sciences programs in the nation."

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