Bloomsburg University - Obiter Yearbook (Bloomsburg, PA)

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Off campus living is enjoyable with odds and ends and friends k Off campus living can be alot of fun, but it can also be alot of work. To begin with, one must gather a group of friends that have the want to make a go of apartment living. The next ob- stacle is finding a place to live and dealing with the world of landlord, rents and people who resent the col- lege population. No matter how hard a student tries, one never knows the type of apartment they will have until they live there. One group of girls this year discovered peep holes in their apartment walls while another house was condemned. Despite these few setbacks, there are some advantages. One gets to live in a more home-like atmosphere that no dorm could sup- ply. Parties can be held without worry. There are no resident assistant ' s (R.A. ' s) around to bust the party and no dorm deans to explain to about the bust. Decorating the apartment is always in- teresting. Odds and ends from every- one ' s homes are used to create inter- esting and comfortable surroundings. With the group of friends and no rules and odds and ends, the year seems easier to handle. (iinirelc sKiirs, above, lead up to the campus and provide daily exercise to those who live on Lightstreet road pictured below. Living with four to six people can be alot of fun especially in those times when a warm spring day rouses one from the house and into a lively game of volleyball with the roommates. Close relationships are formed between friends by living together each day and growing together each day. 20

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Sporting events, game shnu. .mil even General Hospital brought the students from their rooms to take in a few hours of T. V. before hitting the books. Of course there were the days, below, when students like Laura DeAngelis had to stay in and finish typing their papers. Making a crucial move is Kevin Gallagher, left, during a backgammon match. Backgammon was a popular game in the dorms along with poker. Packmg up his memories with his suitcases and bags as he prepares to leave the dorm, the noise, the shaving cream, and his friends. Buckets of brushes, soap, shampoo, curling irons, and who knows what else, were always the companions of the girls as they strolled to the showers.

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ApcirtmtMit hunting can be very discouraging at right, add yet another problem to living oft times. Even some residents of Bioomsburg do not campus. Parking tickets were very popular with like to rent to students of the college. In security this year, addition to apartment hunting, parking tickets, Mailboxes In the Kehr Union are where off campus students go to see if by some accident there is a letter In the box for them from a friend. 21