South Dakota State College - Jack Rabbit Yearbook (Brookings, SD)

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Dorm Life Dorm life doesn't seem to change much from year to year. Dorms are still characterized by late-night informal parties, trying to get around the few rules that still exist, wing meetings to get fired up about upcoming dorm elections or Hobo Day, and keggers with the peo- ple on the floor above you. ln the past few years, new privi- leges Cand problemsy have been introduced. While it's very nice to be able to have your steady in the room, it's a real hassle trying to get your roommates steady to leave for a min- ute so you can get dressed for a date. While visitation hours were increased to 60 per week and closed Cbut not lockedlj doors were allowed, the increasing apartment-like atmos- phere has threatened the onset of dorm apathy. The less structured form of dorm life and the disappear- ance of many rules gives students the opportunity to remain uninvolved in student government and planned dorm activities. On the whole, if you can learn to adjust to the noise, your roommates clothes all over your couch, and the singing in the hall at 1:15 a.m. after the bars have closed, you have it made and will probably gain a great deal from your dorm experience. L-it-5 K-lu L

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0 f-Campus Life After two years in the dorms, many juniors and seniors find it cheaper and more relaxing to move off-cam- pus. The opportunity to buy coupon books at a reduced price and to share rent with three or four compan- ions appeals to many with slim budg- ets. Also, many find that they have long outgrown the semi-hubbub of the dorms. Most people planning to move off- campus round up a group of people they'd like to live with and start look- ing for a few spare rooms about mid- semester. lf they happen to know a few seniors who will be graduating, so much the easier. Once they have moved into their new abode, the bottles of sloe gin that once had to be hidden in dorm dresser drawers can come out into the open. Students newly-initiated into off-campus life must also learn to cook for themselves, unless they're lucky enough to room with someone who will trade housecleaning for cooking. There is also a certain sweet satisfaction in knowing that you bought a coupon book for S14 that viilll purchase S20 worth of food. All in all, living off-campus presents a whole spectrum of new experi- ences, but it tends in the long run to prepare you for the outside world more than dorm living does. . limit-r llllllllftimm i Q integers., at 's-' WM