Truman State University - Echo Yearbook (Kirksville, MO)

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Var RuHIns SEATED COMFORTABLY, sophomore Curt Briggs studies for a class in his livin room. Campbell Apart- ments are furnished but stilfleave room for personal touches like the American flag on the wall. 18 Campbell npnrrmcnrs MWMaMMww-mmwmgsvmg4s; ' - ' we-WW ' V V 7 Pat Rollins m-...... ....... ..-.-. A, ; -,7 . . The My v; has faced w Coed hOL when Cam smgle as we Two hOL tegrating th vacant apar students 61 rangcmem residence h 107 percent Approxir Campbell About 60 were wome opened to 5 the comple: married 5 children. students h shared by TAKING A Floyd relaxe The housing bedroom apz

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iWorkingwith limitedspace Pat Rollins Since 1979, the Residence Life Office has been seeking a way to accomodate all those wanting onacampus housing. In the fall of 1981, they started offering an alternative called comv pact triples to ease the shortage. In the compact triple situation, three people are placed in a twoeperson room. Students choosing this alternative are given a $170 diS' count from the room and board rate for a two person room, Bob Weith, assistant director of housing, said. There are 110 compact triple rooms available. Of those only about 100 actually house three students, Weith said. The rooms have a set of bunk beds and a single bed to more easily accomodate three people. Last spring, incoming freshmen were sent leta ters offering the compact triple alternative, but about half of those in compact triples were placed in them without their consent, Weith said. Freshmen Loree Carter, Renee Kramer and Sharon Stursma were placed in a compact tria ple room in Ryle Hall. None of them was en thusiastic when faced with the unexpected situation. iiI signed up for a double room, Carter said. II was mad, really mad. I knew there would not be roomf, she said. Stursma was not happy with the situation either. iiI really did not want it at first, but I did not have much choice. Kramer said, uI panicked a little bit, as well as being surprised? ' LIVING SPACE is limited in compact triples and sometimes beds double as areas for relaxationand .conversation. Freshmen Lisa Thomhill, Sally FriSv Inger and Pam Jett talk on their doubleaduty beds. One semester later, their attitudes have Changed. UNow it isnit too bad, we get along pretty good. We are lucky enough to get alongfi Kramer said. The one disadvantage to the situation is the lack of space; closet space, shelf space and mov' ing space. uThere is troublerwith the lack of space,,, Stursma said. uMore space would be nice? uI have a lot of clothes so I feel a little bit more paranoid than they dofl Kramer said. It seems that they have adjusted to the lack of space. gWe have not known any different. We have just kind of accepted it as being a part of collegef, Carter said. The closeness is evident not only in the lack of space, but also in the closeness these three shares ilRenee and Sharon go jogging. I do not like to jog, so I stay home. Other than that we are always together, Carter said. They go to parties, movies and basketball games together. It is better sometimes to have three people because sometimes one person does not want to go, Kramer said. II just love my roommates to death? They all agree they would like to live together again next year. uWe would like to get a corner room made for three people, Stursma said. Weith said that, overall, compact triple houSa ing has been a positive venture. IiIt will most likely continue as long as we have a big demand for onvcampus housingflECHO Story by Sue Kolocotronis THE HUNT FOR CLOTHES in an overstuffed closet is one of the inconveniences for freshman Sally FriSa inger. Compact triple occupants must find ways to cope with crowded surroundings. Compaq triples

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Pat Rollins I . I i l, f j eoed complex ;:'.x x ;' v-ohIemC University housing n Ullsxiiteti I a med housing. Coed housing tound a plate at the University when Campbell Apartments was opened to single as well is married students. Two housing problems were solved by in, tegrating the students. The complex usually has vacant apartment space, so opening it to single students eliminated these vacancies. The ara rangement also helped ease the overflow from residence halls which were tilled to more than 107 percent capacity in the fall. Approximately 70 single students lived in Campbell Apartments throughout the year. About 60 percent were men and 40 percent were women. Of the 62 apartments, 29 were opened to single students Eight apartments in the complex are twoabedroom and reserved for married students, preferably those with Children. The apartments open to single students have only one bedroom and are shared by three students. All apartments are TAKING A FEW MINUTES to rest, junior Jenise Floyd relaxes in her home in Campbell Apartments. The housing complex provides either one- or two bedroom apartments for single and married students. furnished. Because of the increase in the number of students living in the apartments Bob Weith, assistant director of housing, said, RWe felt a need to increase the size ofthe staff. Junior Mark Roman was hired as a resident assistant to assist senior Kathy Yokeley, the manager of Campbell Apartments. uMark has been a big help? Yokeley said. llWe work together a lot. It is really good to have help, especially during check'ins and Checkvoutsf, Weith said the students were given the op; tion of purchasing meal stickers and eating in the residence hall cafeterias or cooking their own meals at home. Roman called this lIan alternative lifestyle for upperclassmen. There are both pros and cons to living out here, he said. uIt is easier to study here because there arent as many distractions and it is much more relaxed, but I hate the long walk to campus. Senior Mark Kuhn agreed with Roman about not liking the long walk and added another problem of living there. One of the things he does not like is that it seems so isolated. ul used to see a lot more people when I lived in the dorm. Other students living in Campbell Apartv ments said atmosphere there is more adult. Due to the more adult environment, some disciplinary changes had to be made. Yokeley said a new probation system was started and there are quiet'hours 24 hours a day. She said everyone stays reasonably quiet. UWe had a few problems at the beginning of the semesterfy she said. Some of the married students anticipated the single students would be noisy Yokeley said, HBut it has worked out pretty well. uI try to have the students go to one another and work out their own problems, Yokeley said. IlThen, if nothing can be worked out, they come to see me? Some of the single students moved in the apartments as a matter of choice while others did so because of the lack of space in residence halls. Residence Life personnel hope that next year all of the students living in Campbell Apartments will be doing so because they want to.ECHO Story by Michael Cunningham Heather Brme YOUNG RESIDENT, Heather Carpenter heads for the playground equipment behind Campbell Apartv ments. A housing shortage opened the apartments to single students as well as married students. AN AMUSING MOVEMENT interrupts sophomore Mike Furrow and junior Brad Daniels. Campbell Apartments now accomodates traditional college students in addition to families. Campbell apartments