Marshall University - Chief Justice Yearbook (Huntington, WV)

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Far hit. Home sweet home. Kelly Merritt and his wile Terri read the Sunday newspaper at their apartment at University Heights. University Heights, owned by Marshall, provides housing lor married students. Emptying the trash is Jimmy Tippe. Student olien find apart- ment living IS a lot ol work. Apartments are olten more guiet than residence halls. Lori Saunders takes a lew minutes to study in her apartment on Sixth Avenue. Getting ready lor class is Berry Crutchlield. Apartment living gives students more ol the comlorts ol home. apartment life — 21

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20 — apartment life Roommates, rent, cleaning More privacy. Fewer restrictions. Developing a sense of responsibility. Those were among the reasons students gave tor choosing to live off-campus in a house or apart- ment. There ' s more privacy than in the dorms and few- er restrictions, Marjorie Fitzsimmons said. ' T don ' t have a certain time set for me to do things — I can eat whenever I want. But there were problems. Students found them- selves worrying more about bills to pay, housework, digesting their own cooking and occa- sionally, roommate difficulties. There ' s cooking, cleaning, washing dishes, wor- rying about utility bills, and turning off the lights to remember, Greg Friel said. In the dorms, you didn ' t have to worry about those things. And although problems with roommates some- times arose, one student noted that at least in an apartment you usually have more than one room so you can get away from the person for a while. Oh the joys ol housekeeping! This smklul ollasi week ' s dirty dishes is a constant reminder oi work that needs to be done.

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Pibs and popcorn? Margaret Hellstern and Mary Spurlock prepare a least. Chatting and munching- — Becky Reynolds and Steve Burdette eat crackers and ap- ples in a residence hall room. While studying. Angie Crih- lield, Dora Scott and Beth Lan- ham eat Oreo cookies. 22-munchies Munching out Whether it was by raiding the refrigerator, order- ing from a take-out delivery service, running to 7- eleven, going for fast food, cooking in the apart- ment or putting change in vending machines, stu- dents managed to get their hands and mouths on munchies. Students said the foods they craved the most v hen they had the munchies were popcorn, pizza, M Ms, potato chips, crackers, soft drinks, pretzels, tacos, burritos, chocolate, submarine sandwiches, doughnuts, fruits, and ice cream from Baskin-Rob- bins. More than $10 a week was spent for junk food by some students. That averaged to more than $160 a semester spent on munch out food. Some students said the munchies were a state of mind when they had an incredible urge to eat everything in sight, whether it appealed to their palates or not. In 7eleven. Amy Younger and Kathy Harvil pick out some chips.