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

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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

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For married students, finding apartments near campus can be a real challenge, as Mohammad and Mehvash Boca found. The Bocas were on a waiting list for one of the four on-campus married student apart- ments for almost two years before they got one in the basement of South Hall. Horace Shrader, housing director, said that the university has two apartments in South Hall and two in West Hall that are available for married students. The university has also acquired several oth- er apartments surrounding the campus, Shrader said. ‘ — Harold Sinclair He said that the lack of funds was the major reason there was not more university married housing. Bowling Green has more apartments avail- able in the community for married students than most other state schools, Shrader said. The Bocas say they like their two-bedroom, $95 a month apartment because it’s cheaper than the one-bedroom apartment they had lived in before. Boca, a fifth-year business major from Iran, said he liked being close to classes and the libraries and not having to worry about driving to class. Noise from 200 upstairs neighbors has not been a problem, Boca said. ‘‘The only time its really noisy is at the first of the year,” he said. The Bocas have a two-year-old son, Ali, and they often socialize with other married stu- dents on campus. Their neighbors across the hall have children and a swing set outside the dorm, where Ali sometimes plays. “Ali likes having all the girls’ attention,”’ his father said. ““They’ve even offered to babysit for him.” When Sandy and Greg Kemper began looking for an apartment before they were married 214 years ago, they began to realize the shortage of married student housing close to campus. Mrs. Kemper, a sophomore business admin- istration major, needed to be in walking dis- tance of campus since her husband drove to work. “We couldn’t find a place fit to live in,’’ she said. “It was hard to find a place without holes in the walls or bugs.” The Kempers finally found a one-bedroom apartment in a new complex near campus. And they ended up finding a job as well — Sandy and Greg are resident managers at West Q Apartments on Fourth and Clay Streets. As resident managers, the Kempers take care of the grounds and do odds and ends, such as cleaning snow off the sidewalks. The Kempers get their rent and utilities free for being resident managers. Their cozy apartment is decorated in rusts, browns and earthy colors with lots of plants, pictures and brightly colored afghans and pil- lows in the living room. Mrs. Kemper said they received several of the furnishings as wedding gifts, but most of the furniture came from family. A refinished whiskey barrel serves as a small table in the living room. ‘‘Someone left it in the front yard o f the apartment, so we decided to use it,” Mrs. Kemper said. She said the only thing bad about their continued on page 20 SURROUNDED BY TILE, Magsoob Ahmed Choudry shaves in the third floor restroom of Pearce-Ford Tower. Choudry is a graduate student from Pakistan. 19 Housing