Stephen F Austin State University - Stone Fort Yearbook (Nacogdoches, TX)

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4. Bob Leonard 1 . Frances Main and Abby Chandler find an inventive way to move their refrigerator. 2. Debbie Jankowski, Houston sophomore, moves books into her room in Steen Hall. 3. A university bus waits to take students to campus. 4. A student gets help moving into Griffith Hall. Moving ln-23

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Record number of students move into dorms in August 1. Two students study in a hotel room where they were housed due to an overbooking of campus dorms. Dorms officially opened on August 25 with a record number of students. This year, 3400 students requested university housing; however, about 500 students were turned down. According to Pete Smith, director of housing, students were notified in mid August that they did not receive housing. For some this meant returning home or looking for another place to live. Others were assigned to the three local hotels including the Holiday Inn, Fredonia Inn and Continental Inn. When I was notified that I didn ' t receive housing, there was no space left in hotels. I wasn ' t able to find any vacant apartments either, said Veronica Valles, Dallas sophomore. As of October 7, there were still 65 students living in hotels. Living in hotels was much like living in the dorm since students had roommates, RAs and meal plans. However, there were inconveniences in hotel living. Students had to ride buses to school or the cafeteria and they had to carry their laundry back to the dorm to be washed. Hotel living had its disadvantages. You could not get involved in extracurricular activities and it was inconvenient to get to school if you didn ' t have a car, one student said. In the future, university housing will continue to overbook students to allow for cancellations. 1. Jim Stotts 22-Moving In

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1 Sue Perkins Are apartments an improvement over dorms? The question of housing was a major concern of many SFA students. Freshmen and sophomores were required to live on campus, but upperclassmen were forced to decide between dorm living and apartments. For students living in dorms, housing meant learning to share a 10 x 12 room with a total stranger. Students living in apartments had the added responsibility of paying rent, telephone and electric bills. Whatever type of housing students chose, however, provided lots of fun, frustration and surprises. Dorm living is a great way to meet friends and get involved, Laurie Robinson, Dallas sophomore, said. Surrounded by hundreds of other people, there was always someone to talk to. It ' s never lonely, Laurie said. In the dorm there was always someone to study with, borrow from and depend on. Everyone kind of takes care of each other. Living in such close quarters was not always desirable, though. Privacy was sometimes impossible and peace and quiet seemed unheard of. There were also such inconveniences as the fire alarm going off in the middle of the night and the fact that you can ' t control the temperature, Laurie noted. For these reasons many students chose to live in apartments. Apartments make it a lot easier to study because friends aren ' t always running in and out, one student remarked. Sometimes it gets lonely though. Aside from being quieter, apartments were much larger and thus more expensive. I didn ' t realize how much it would cost, Kerrie Wyrick, Lancaster junior, said. My rent, food and utilities run close to $400 per month. Apartment residents were also responsible for cooking their own meals, a new phenomenon for many students. According to Melissa Lane, Marshall senior, the first week we threw out more food than we ate. One other major advantage of apartment living was that there was no curfew and no sign-in policy. Another type of housing also became available to SFA students beginning in the fall. The scarcity of apartments and dormitory housing caused a wave of condominium and townhouse development throughout Nacogdoches. This type of housing provided almost the same advantages and disadvantages as apartment living except they are brand new and kept up beautifully, according to Cindy Cunningham, Piano junior. In an apartment complex there are too many units- it ' s too crowded. I think it ' s much better in the condo, Cindy said. Cindy also felt that private ownership of condominiums was a distinct advantage. — Sherri Powdrill 1. Billy Carlson, Lone Star senior, relaxes in his apartment. 24-Dorms Vs. Apartments