Indiana State University - Sycamore Yearbook (Terre Haute, IN)

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Rick Young has toast in the oven, eggs in the skillet and coffee on its way to the cup, proving that a good breakfast is easy for the seasoned chef. So here it is, your own apartment. You can't believe it. And it is great. You set your own hours and you fix food you like and you watch the TV shows you want to see and everything is great. For the first few weeks anyway. For many, getting away from the university is worth all the hassle and worries and headaches that come with renting your own apartment. For them, that little bit of freedom is more important than anything else. The reason usually cited for the move is money. Hlt's cheaper, and who wants to spend money just to live in a dorm? One coed was more concerned about her finances, ill only eat 18 APARTM ENTS one meal or so a week at the dorm, but I have to pay for them all because i live in a dorm without a meal plan. Besides, why should I eat that awful food when I could fix my own and like it a lot better? The truth is, that living in the dorm is expen- sive, but not nearly as much as most students say it is. The actual dorm rent is $80 a month with all utilities paid, plus maid and laundry ser- vice for rooms and sheets. There is a clothes laundry available and if you get hungry at 2:00 am, there are vending machines always open across the hall.

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Congratulations! You just turned 21 and you've decided to leave dorm life behind you and go out into the world searching for the Heaven- on-earth that apartment life offers. Think of it . . . no more one-room existance. No more RA, no more hall meetings, no more fire drills at 3 am in the middle of a blizzard. Best of all no more dorm food! Well, that's swell, but now it's time to find the abode of your dreams. You want something nice, carpeted and paneled if possible. You want it fur- nished and with all kitchen-type appliances. You want a phone already installed and cable TV hook-up already made. And, you only want to pay $100 a month, of course. After all, you moved out of the dorm to save money didn't you? Apartments aren't easy to find. Oh, there are plenty of them, but most have only one bedroom, or no tub, tor no shower depending on your pre- ferencel or no heat . . . which you sadly discover the first time the temperature drops. Itls difficult to find one big enough, with enough closet space and shelves to store every- thing. And after finding the right place at the right price, you discover it's twelve miles to campus and not on the bus route. the hassle of hunting APARTMENT HUNTING 17

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One really big reason apartments are so popu- lar is privacy. 90070 of those questioned site this as the first or second tbehind costI reason the de- cision was made. HYou have more privacy and freedom in visita- tion, says Joann Thompson, HI was 21 and I wanted the experience of managing an apart- ment. I have more freedom here, like with pos- sessingalcohol. Another reason given by apartment people was more an attitude than a statement of fact. HI just had to get away. Now when I leave the campus . .. I leave the campus . . . I don't just walk to my on- campus room. I just cant live ISU every minute. Denise Randall checks out this month's issue of Cosmopoli- tan whiIe dining on spaghetti. I have lots of time to myself now. I need that. Without it, I don't think I could make it. Apartment dwellers admit there 'are some drawbacks, although some are a little reluctant to. HI guess when you move in someplace and try to make it your own, you run the risk of angry landlords. HI lost part of my deposit because they said it wasn't clean . . . bit it was. HI got tired. I got tired of making my bed and washing the dishes and walking to classes in the snow and bitter cold. I really got tired of cooking my own food and then, having to eat it by myself. After awhile, I just ate at MacDonaIds. Getting ready for dinner, Sue Balog puts hamburger out to thaw. the food's better, at least at first APARTMENTS 19