Western Kentucky University - Talisman Yearbook (Bowling Green, KY)

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16 Housing Whether it be in dorms or apartments, students search for plenty of ... [LOV7UnDE] ee: and bottles lie in the floor along with a few shirts and pants, an empty keg, cigarette butts and leftover Fritos. “Excuse the mess,” the resident says to the reporter. ‘‘We had a pretty wild party yesterday.” The resident of this duplex apartment on Kentucky Street, Ben Zike, lives there with two — Harold Sinclair RULES were made to be broken, and some Keen Hall residents enjoy an “‘illegal’’ party in the dorm. Alcoholic beverages are not permitted on campus, but some students find their way around the rule. | — Harold Sinclair A SPLINTERED DOOR and cracked wallpaper are part of Belinda Bell’s one-room apartment. The Louisville soph- omore said she’s lived in the Center Street apartment for two years. She pays $50 a month. other hometown buddies, Scott Wilson and Jeff Stegner. The Louisville natives’ apartment is prob- ably not that much different from some of the other off-campus apartments where students live, study, party and get away from dorm life. “TI couldn’t take dorm living any longer,” Zike said. “I got tired of living in one small room.”’ He lived in Poland Hall for two years. Zike said the main disadvantage of apart- ment living is rent. He and his roommates pay $225 monthly with utilities included. “Our landlord is a jerk, really lazy,” he said. “I called him three times about our roof leak- ing and ended up fixing it myself, and he didn’t pick up the garbage for a month.” The three roommates said they alternate doing the dishes and cleaning the apartment. Most of the furniture they have was brought from home. Zike sleeps on box springs and a mattress, which lie in the floor. “‘We were wrestling one night and the bed frame broke, but I don’t mind the floor,’’ he said. Zike said the apartment was expensive for its quality, but that they had decided to get an apartment a few weeks before school and had to take what they could find. “It’s a dump. I’ll never live in a place like this again,” he said. Except for the sorority paddles hanging on the wall and a few textbooks lying around, it would be hard to tell that three coeds live in the apartment. The Rock Creek Drive duplex shared by Sara Westfall, Jane Goodin and Sandy Dorroh is decorated with healthy plants, stylish furni- ture and a colorful feminine touch. In looking for an apartment, Ms. Westfall, a Versailles senior, said they tried to find a place not too far from campus and one “‘that had enough room for all our stuff.” The two-bedroom duplex costs the sorority sisters $225 a month. Utilities and telephone are not included, but the residents agree it’s continued on page 18 COUPLES decorate the lobby of Central Hall after a Sunday night open house. The number of possible open houses was increased to 24 per semester, but Bemis Law- rence and East halls had the most with 20.

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18 Housing [LOV7ENE) SHAGGE con worth it. Ms. Goodin, a Lebanon junior, said she The three roommates say they discuss meals “T study better out here,”’ Ms. Westfall said. wished the apartment were closer to campus and what food to buy at the beginning of the ‘“‘My grades have definitely improved.” so that they wouldn’t have to worry about week and take turns cooking everything from She added that she liked the freedom of finding a parking space on campus in the morn- hamburgers to lasagna. having male guests over and not being ing. Their apartment stays neat “because every- | cramped in one room, as she was while living in “And sometimes it’s scary when you are body picks up after themselves,” Ms. Westfall the dorm for three years. here by yourself,” she said. said. — Harold Sinclair RELAXING on a waterbed, Sherree Tipton and Steve Krig- baum take time out from fall semester finals week. The two were at her apartment. lark Tucker WHILE HIS WIFE relaxes, Dwight Harbin completes a pro- ject for class in their Elm Street apartment. Harbin and his wife, Wendy, said they planned to move soon to Sweden to do missionary work. — Harold Sinclair A c : : ‘ff 4 f GREASE SPLATTERS and Vince Williams winces after he ; CALL, waa }-pfoug ‘Sa of Jf put chicken in a frying pan while the grease was too hot. The ; 2 Py TL 9s OG by os’ AL f {f } mass communications major lived in an apartment just off LIMA LL SOF Lf, LLL IDA LS LIS GF PARAL LT A IES Center Street. ; FS WALL LPP Poke i i ia oe