University of Florida - Tower / Seminole Yearbook (Gainesville, FL)

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Where do you live? Whether a dorm, fraternity or sorority house, or apartment, students called it home for nine months. Some students live off campus in apartments like The Polos and The Gardens. Or private student residences as Oakbrook Walk or The Courtyards. Most apartment complexes offer work-out centers and privacy. But, students also have to deal with utility and cable bills. Walking distances of living on campus attracts almost 7,000 students to live in residence halls. Activities such as mudfest add to the benefits. Reaching a decision requires careful deliberation. Some students find it helpful to make up a pro and con list. Students who live in residence halls find almost everything conveniently located. Freshman Allison Miller said, Living on campus is the way to go. Five minutes until class and you can make it with no problem. For many students, the main reason for wanting to live in an apartment lies in privacy and wanting your own bathroom. Carl Pizzarello said, Sure, it ' s a pain to get to campus early to get a parking space, but I wouldn ' t live in a dorm for anything. Taking a different perspective, 22-year-old Agriculture Communications major Nikki Rogers, from Okechobee, said, Apartment life is a major adjustment for me because I have always lived in the country. In an apartment, my neighbors can hear everything! Brian Huffman Jessica DeLong The inter Residence Dall Association worked with the Division of Housing to coordinate the different residence area governments. Where do you live? 29

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Although not a private kitchen, residence halls provided one on each floor. But, some students opted just to rely on prepared foods. Ibette Pena, Marfin Weiss and Jon Brodsky enjoy fhe freedom of fheir own apartmenf in which fhey can sfudy, in somewhaf of peace and quief. 28

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From one freshman to another: We ' re finally here! We made it through the SATs, college applications and now we ' re here at UF. We ' re officially baby Gators and what could go wrong? Well... Being a freshman is never fun. We remember our high school freshman days without much fondness. Those first couple of days we could never find our classes and couldn ' t even find the cafeteria with out asking for directions. By the time we were seniors, with all of our privileges, we had forgotten our ninth grade year. All the underclassmen looked up to us, we were allowed off campus and could drive to school in our cars. The summer after graduation, we all looked forward to Preview and starting classes. But, what about gaining the freshmen 15 pounds? What if I can ' t find my classes or have to go through drop add? In a school of more than 38,000, how obvious would it be that we were freshmen? With campus maps aside, we pretty much blend in and look like an average college student. So our fall from senior to freshman again would be bearable, we found out soon enough. With all the clubs to join, events to watch or participate in, and our new freedom, we all can find a place for ourselves in this university. Besides, the best thing about being a freshman is that we have three more years in Gator Country. Coleen Bowen ... we hay more year Country. three in Gator Alpha Phi Omega, a national fraternity, provides information from class schedules to directions to any inquiring passer-by. ' their office sat behind Turlington exposing th em to a flood of students. 30