University of Nebraska Kearney - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Kearney, NE)

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in the residence halls. She can no longer just throw a load in whenever she wants to. Now she has to go to a laundramat to do her laundry. She also misses not having all of her friends around. “It’s kind of lonely not being able to stick your head out of the door and say, ‘Hey! Let’s go do some- thing ” she said. Regardless, Hitz said she’s glad she moved out of the residence halls. “I like being able to come and go as I please or playing my music whenever I want,” she said. It only took Hitz and her roommate two weeks to find their apartment. Other students weren’t quite so lucky. Some students who returned during the sum- mer had little luck finding a place to live. Diane Schutte, Auburn sophomore, and her roommates started looking in mid-July. Price, size and location were equally important in their search (It’s kind of lonely not being able to stick your head out of the door and say, ‘Hey! Let’s go do something.’ Hitz for a place to live. Schutte said that by the time they started look- ing, there weren’t many places left. “We felt frustrat- ed because all of the places we looked at were out of our price range,” she said. “Plus, when we called the places, they would usually say, I’m sorry, it’s already been rented.’ ” Eventually, Schutte and her roommates found a house that they could afford on 2nd Avenue.They pay $235 a month without utilities but they do have laun- dry facilities. Lauren Downing, property manager at Coldwell Banker-Town and Country said their properties were rented out by mid-July or earlier. They have their biggest rush of students looking for housing in June, although some students started looking when school was out last May. According to Downing, price is important when students look for a place to live. Location is also impor- tant for students who don’t have transportation. By Julie Wenninghoff Jeff Ortmeyer, top, Omaha freshman; Gregg Trumble, Aurora freshman; and Tim Thiele, Clearwater freshman; find living conditions crowded as they share a room in Mantor Hall. Photo by Ken Kruse Unusual apartment floor plans can lead to greeting a guest at the front door while still in the shower as Brad Rea, Wichita, Kan. junior, and Dana Pospisil, Norfolk junior, find. Photo by Patti Podraza

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Enrollment increase pushes students to off-campus housing The door opens and a girl stumbles into the room tripping over clothes, shoes and books as she tries to make it to her desk. Another girl in the room is digging under a pile of clothes looking for a missing shoe. A third girl is rifling through the closet looking for her green sweatshirt. She finds it underneath the bed. AH three are running into each other as they get ready for class. THREE BR. HOUSE' y $300 350tut.. lown care t They’d say, ‘I’m sorry, It’s already been rented.’$ Schuiie Art by Emily Nohr This was a common scene as residence halls fil- led up lo handle KSC's increasing enrollment. In Octo- ber there were 2,038 students living in residence halls, a small increase over last year's enrollment of 2035 students. Penny Gulden, Lexington freshman, said she knew she would be in a triple room when she came for summer orientation. She shared a 17 X 11 foot room in Ludden Hall with two roommates for a week and a half before one moved out. Although it was only a week and a half, they still had some problems. ‘The hardest part was getting around,” Gulden said. “One of my roommates lived out of a dresser and one out of a suitcase.” Laura Moore, Underwood, la., freshman, limited what she brought with her because she knew a month before that she wouldn't have a lot of space with three roommates in Case Hail. “I just brought clothes and the basic necessities,” she said. “We were only tripled for one day, so we were lucky.” Gulden and Moore both said they're happy that they are no longer tripled and both agreed they never want to be that crowded again. Although many students think that to solve the housing problem the college should just build another residence hall, that just isn't practical, according to Beth Adiekweh, acting director of residence life. “It's just not feasible to build a building because the college will pay for it for 20 years, but in 10 years it could be standing empty,” she said. According to Adiekweh, KSC is not alone with this problem as other schools across the nation are ex- t One of my roomma tes lived out of a dresser and one out of a suitcase. $ Gulden periencing the same problem. At KSC more men occupy tripled rooms because male enrollment is up and women seem to move off- campus sooner, Adiekweh said. Andi Hitz, Norfolk junior, said she moved out of the residence halls because she could never be alone. She lived in Centennial Towers West for one year be- fore moving off-campus. Hitz and her roommate started looking for a place to live last spring before school was out. Price was the top priority for Hitz and her room- mate. “We wanted something cheap and fairly dose to the college,” she said. They found an apartment in a house that is five to six blocks from campus. Their rent, $220 a month, includes utilities but they don't have laundry facilities. This is one of the things Hitz misses about living in a to ar he th of go sh to so mi ro an ( a 0 1 H fo) ini ed ou ph be ho $2 dr Ba rei for loo stu tar Un Br- in4 an Pat 10 Crowded house

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Addition of NCAA benefits athletics t new ball game Stringent entrance requirements and recruiting appeal have accompa- nied KSC’s gradual change to the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) in the past year. Two main causes prompted the NCAA change process; the trend of other Central States Intercolle- giate Conference (CSIC) schools leaving the confer- ence, and KSC’s goal to upgrade the athletic program by providing stronger competition both in academics and athletics. KSC has continued to be associated with both the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and NCAA to insure the opportunity to quali- fy for NAIA national championships if a team has a winning season, according to Dick Beechner, athletic director. CSIC, an NAIA conference, traditionally includ- ed smaller schools. But it disbanded in May 1988 leav- ing four teams in the conference. So KSC has been forced to look for additional opponents, according to Beechner. “The four schools still in the CSIC, including KSC, would list as independent teams (in national competition) if they qualified for tournaments, ” he said. College athletics are supervised by NAIA and NCAA. In contrast with the NAIA, NCAA involves major institutions, is more widely known and can be called an all-sports athletic association, according to Beechner. While KSC belongs to both associations, certain 12 NAIA-NCAA Beechner sets pace SC is undergoing M. change - a new colise- um, pickle card sales, and the athletic association move from NAIA to the NCAA. Athletic director, Dick Beechner, met the challenge with a goal to get more people involved with athletics. Since his arrival in 1986, Bee- chner has focused on promotional programs for athletics such as cam- pus broadcasting for football, vol- leyball, and basketball games. The decision to have KSC broad- cast students cover KSC games came about, Beechner said, after a talk with Tom Draper, director of broadcasting. Broadcasting games has become a way for broadcast stu- dents to gain experience. Beechner is also credited with starting the weekly “Loper Lun- cheon” in which films of previous games or events are viewed by community members, players and coaches. A particular coach may be featured as a guest throughout each season, according to Beechner. An after-the-game gathering for players, fans and parents called the “Fifth Quarter” was one of Bee- chner’s ideas from his days at Washington State University. However, at Washington the gathering usually involved 400 to 500 people and KSC’s gatherings are considerably smaller, he said. by Angie Steffen Enjoying free time, Dick Bee- chner sinks a putt at the Kear- ney Country Club. Photo by Kevin Methe a w g a tc U] ri a ai s ei w ru w Pi cc g sc or de be ch ar m fu afc th lei pe sic thi ck pu to tin CO! an by lar a i fui me sta bu liqi