Iowa State University - Bomb Yearbook (Ames, IA)

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P31 1 1 Beahmer: lt's a different way of living than most students know. .. ... .- Cfiliiffz 2151-1- ygfv x ff 111 ff, 1-1- Price: l didn't care to live with a lot ot guys in a dorm, about disturbing others. But living off-campus has disadvan- tages, too. It's expensive and the neighbors sometimes give us problems. Most of the places l have lived in are unfur- nished, and that doesn't make things any easier. Each of the places l have lived have had their advantages, Living in a house was nice, but it turned into a real party house. So far, apartment living seems to have the most advantages. I think that freedom was the basic reason for moving off. , 1-Ns. V Heintz: Life is not narrowed down to one small aspect

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Off Campus Students Explore Housing Qptions The search for freedom and independence has taken one out of five single Iowa State students from the comforts of group living to the diversity of off-campus dwellings. Looking for motives behind the off-campus trend, the Bomb inter- viewed four off-campus students who had distinct back- grounds and life styles. Despite these differences, the four students' reasons contained several common denominators. It was found that all of the students liked the solitude of living off-campus as opposed to the often noisy dorms and Greek houses. The students also found that living away from cam- pus presented a different view of the activities that do ,not di- rectly concern ISU academic life. Below are excerpts from the interviews with the four off campus students. Music major Randy Beahmer first came to Iowa State Uni- versity in the fall of 1966 from his hometown of Laurens, Iowa. I didn't like the dorm life. I think that freedom was the basic reason for-moving off. I can eat when and what I want and have it quiet whenever it needs to be that way. When I want to be by myself, I can. I encounter fewer problems when I live alone. It's a different way of living than most on- campus students know. When you step outside this house and see how serene andisecluded it is, you can understand the attraction of off-campus Iiving. Martha Heintz, a textile and clothing merchandising major from Saint Louis, enrolled at Iowa State in the fall of 1968. Living in a dorm definitely has its drawbacks. I guess the thing that bothered me the most was the noise -things like people banging on your walls and yelling in the halls. It was just never quiet. Living in an apartment is quieter, but I do miss having people around for rap sessions. In the dorm I seemed to have a lot of free time, yet I never got anything done. Apartment life seems to give my work more urgency. People who are on campus all day see only the campus and its acitivties. Sometimes they don't realize that anything else is going on. I see a different part of what is happening since I moved off. Life is not narrowed down to one small as- l do miss having people around to rap with . . . Harms: I don't have to get permission or worry about disturbing others. pect. Mike Price, a student from Newton, Iowa, is a Psychology and Sociology major who began his Iowa State career in the fall of 1965. When you are in school, you have three basic choices of where to live. I didn't care to live with a lot of other guys in a dorm. The strong tradition and the buddy-buddy friendship of fraternities didn't appeal to me, either. I would just as soon do things by myself as with a group of guys. I enjoy the freedom from rules I can have in an apartment. If a friend comes over, I can offer food, drink, or a place to stay over- night. By living off-campus and looking for a place to live and buying food, I have eliminated the need to learn these things after I leave college. There are a lot of little things one can learn about apartment living in college that will be of im- mediate benefit after schooI. Athlete Bay Harms came to Iowa State from New Jersey. He is a senior majoring in Business. During his years at Iowa State, he has experienced three distinct environments - residence hall, fraternity, and off campus - and he sees ad- vantages and disadvantages of each mode of living. I didn't like living with all the people in the fraternity. So many people told me what to do. Regulations had to be set up when you live with that many people. When I wanted to do something, there were too many things to clear. I liked living in a dorm but I lived there for two years. It gets tiring, looking down the same halls all the time. I en- joyed Iiving there when I did, but you get over that when you move off campus. By living off campus, Ican have a party or do what I want when I want to do it. I don't have to get permission or worry

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ISA Takes on a New Form A characteristic ot off-campus living is dirty dishes that tend to pile up. 1. W. Marvell, 2..J. Triggs, 3. E. Victora, 4. D. Dietz, 5. L. Paustian, 6. P. Hutchison, 7. T. Cornelius, 8. L. Glaser, 9. M. Peterson, 10. M. Price, Pres., 11. D. Wirth, Treas., 12. C. D'zuro, 13. P. Hensley, 14. J. Decker, 15. L. Erickson, 16. T. Healy, 17. M. Rich, 18. T. Davenport, 19. B. Baker. The Independent Student Associa- tion is in its first year as a service- orientated organization. It has moved from a social and intramural base to a body that functions to sewice the unique problems of oft-campus dwellers. Membership is based on a volunteerbasis, including the right to be represented by several GSB sena- tors. Among the many projects included in their schedule, the ISA does some environmental work such as recycling paper and cleaning up different lit- tered areas on campus. To keep their members informed, they send out a newsletter entitled the Independent Probably the most significant gain of ISA since taking over their new role is the Ames Rental Housing Ordinance that goes into effect the first of Janu- ary. The ordinance is meant to provide for minimum standards that the land- lords of Ames are required to meet. As membership of off-campus students increases, the ISA hopes to continue services to meet the demands of off- campus living.