Truman State University - Echo Yearbook (Kirksville, MO)

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While Kelly F ett studies, Cathy Ialack enjoys the privacy of television in her own apartment. Fair Apartments provided an on-campus alternative to residence halls. Television sometimes wins out over studying as Iani Spurgeon finds out. Being able to watch TV without a mob of people is one advantage of Fair Apartments The necessity of cleaning is even more apparent Cathy Ialack finds the comforts of apartment in an apartment as opposed to a residence hall living provide a good atmosphere for reading an room. Tress Prenger takes a break from classes assignment for a class the next day. and studies to make a regular cleaning.

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waum- me 9 -0ne , . . , . Pleasant November weather brings Missouri With , , , V ' , - Hall residents Rex Messersmith. senior, and , , , , ; ' Q Bob Thompson and Denny Vitt, freshmen, Au outside for a lam session. idn't v ' . 4 , , . ., , d . ' .. : J I I ' , ; ' . Since none of the residence halls have h, . , - ' ' . ,. z , L ' air-conditioning, freshman Rhonda Hardesty em of Centennial Hall wears c001 clothes and CW stocks up on soda for hot August studying. ive. ast few age. nseith 23 On Campus

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oys the at. Fair mative yin'g as tch TV of Fair rtment ing an The Fair Ladies IIW e have our own front door? Thats how Kelly Fett, senior, summed up the situation in which she and 38 other junior and senior women found themselves this year. A door may symbolize freedom, and Fett said that is exactly what she means when explaining what it is like for single women to live in on-campus apartments. For the first time, Fair and Campbell apartments were opened to single junior and senior women. iiWe really like it, Fett said, speaking for herself and her two roommates. ttWelre getting ripped off, though; were paying almost twice as much as married couples who have the same size apartments we do. But the bills are what get us. We have food, electric and cable TV bills to pay which the dorms don't, but therefs a lot more freedom here than in the dorms? Freedom is the main advantage, most of the ttFair women feel. HI'm on my own, senior Terri King said. ttThere are no quiet hours, which is really good for me. le married, but my husband isn't here on campus. 80 when he Comes to see me, he can stay the night. In the dorms he couldn't. uI have the freedom to come and go when I want, but we had that in the dorm, too. King, who was an RA last spring, said that although her apartment is kind of small for three people, she enjoys the atmosphere. Linda Cohen, senior, says she enjoys the lack of restrictions that residence halls have. ttItis nice not to have quiet hours and open dorm hours. We donit have guys in all the time, but its nice to be able to talk until midnight or later. The privacy afforded in Fair is an advantage for Iulie Mattson, senior. ttYou donit have people running in and out all the time. If you want to be by yourself, you just go into the other room. Tress Prenger, senior, said the atmosphere around the apartments is much quieter and calmer than she had expected. itEspecially at night its really quiet. As juniors and seniors we need to study more to bring up our GPAls, so its nice for it to be quiet? Fett agreed. uWeIre like a bunch of little old ladies here. It's a lot more peaceful than dorms. When we need to study, we have a place to go. We didn't always have that in the dorm? We have a little breathing room here, but I still feel Iim part of campus, Mattson said. The freedom these women enjoy is not only the freedom to come and go as they please. II like to eat what I want, but I really enjoy having the freedom to eat when I want. Some days I dont get off till- 1:30, and if I were in the dorm, I wouldn't get to eat, Mattson explained. Mealtime is an improvement for King, too. ttI like having what I want to eat and not being limited to dorm selections? she said. In spite of the many advantages,- the women could cite some disadvantages to living in.Fair. uI miss seeing all the new people, Mattson said. ttNow I have to go out of my way to run into new people. I dont get to see them in the lunch lines and lounges any more. Fett said, ttWe have plumbing trouble sometimes. Once the cold water wouldnit shut off in any pipe, so the bathtub, kitchen sink and bathroom sink ran all the time. We had harmonizing plumbing for a couple of nights. The worst thing Mattson said she faced was getting used to the garbage men. uWe live by the trash cans, and all of a sudden at six ololock in the morning, there they are-and theylre not too quiet, either. Fett said any women living in Fair should be ready to face the bills. tlIt's a good way to learn to budget. But thatls one advantage to the dorms-no bills. Prenger said the management of the apartment is the most important thing to remember. ttIf everybody buys her own food its more expensive, but its a lot easier to keep track of. King advised women thinking of living in Fair to be sure they can live together. HIt takes a lot of management for cleaning, money and things like that, she warned. uBut its a good experience for anybody. II really think this was a good ideaf, said Prenger about the new arrangements for Fair. Tm glad this was set up. I just hope it continues. ejane Kiley Sandknop 25 Organize tions