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Page 8 The Pendulum Thursday, January 15 Emphasis Apartment dwelling Are there advantages over dorm living? By Loretta Bivins Emphasis Editor Following the completion of the freshman year, many students are faced with a choice of whether or not to continue living on campus. There are economic factors to be considered concerning apart ment living; including rent, utilities, food costs, and in dividual needs. Initial costs in clude deposits, followed by mon thly payments for which someone must be responsible. This means that someone has to obligate themself and sign their name as responsible for each separate bill. Many will be establishing credit for the first time. Last fall, there were 1,697 students living in the dormatories and fraternity/sorority houses; but a substantial number of students lived off campus. There were 1,232 students classified as commuters, and many of them live in nearby apartments. Kim Keating, a senior from Virginia Beach, Va., is a resident of the newest apartment building near campus —Weatherby Arms. After dividing the rent with her roommate, Keatings pays $143 per month (including water). Costs for power are approximate ly $40 a month, says Keating, along with about $50 a month for the phone bill and $20 for food. “1 think it’s really cheaper in the long run to live off campus,” says Keating, “You’re paying more on campus for only one room.” Keatings says she enjoys the privacy of living in an apart ment and added, “There’s more freedom to do things when you live off campus.” Rent costs vary for residents of Sheridan Place, because the townhouses are sold, not rented. Several student’s parents have purchased the townhouses, however, and in turn, rent them to students. “Each of us pay $200 a month for rent and utilities,” says Lydia Shull, a junior and resident of Sheridan, and “we all split the phone bill,” she says. Her food costs she said vary from $25-30 every two weeks. Shull also agrees that it’s cheaper to live off campus, and says “There’s more feedom to do what you want to do.” Karen Miner, a senior from Chapel Hill, lives in a one-story, two-bedroom apartment in Col lege Town. She splits the $280 a month rent with her roommate and says she spends about $25 a week on food, $30 for the power bill, and about $20 for the phone bill. “I think they charge too much to live on campus,” says Miner, who also agreed that it’s cheaper to live off campus. Prior to living in an apartment. Miner said that at first she missed some aspects of campus living. “There seems to be more to do on cam pus,” she says. “College Manor is probably the closest apartments to cam pus,” says Greg Woodle, a senior from Richmond, Va., and a resident of College Manor. Woodle says his share of the monthly rent is $166 after dividing it with his other two roommates. His power bills he SNACK TIME: Johnny Flournoy and Greg Woodle, pause from their meal to smile for the camera in this College Manor Apartma CO? TAKING A BREAK: Suzy Heberle, Lisa Milanak and Barbi Calahan lounge around in the Oaks after classes. Photos by Meredith Lee says average about $25 a month along with $25 a week for food, and about $30 a month for the phone bill. Woodle says that the cost to live on and off campus if fairly equal, “depending on how you budget your money.” He says he likes living in an apart ment better than in the dorms. “You can come home and do what you want to do,” he says. The total cost for rent at Col lege Gardens is $325 a month. Chris Reidenouer, a sophomore from Charlottesville, Va., splits this cost with his other two room mates, making his monthly cost about $108. He says he spends about $30 a month for power, and about $45 a week for food. Reidenouer says he prefers living off campus, and he also enjoys cooking his own meals as oppos ed to eating in the cafeteria. ‘You can eat when you want to eat,” he says. How do these apartment costs compare to living on campus? Currently, the combined room and board cost for the fall semester is $1,235 (with a caution depostit of $50). This averags out to about $308 for corabiotd living and food costs per montl, not including the phone bi Heather Hoffman, a freshna from Vienn^, Va., is a resides of Carolina Dorm. “I’d rate live on campus than in an i ment,” she says, “because 1 makes you feel like a part ofll* school. Hoffman also addd “You meet more people living• the dorms.” “You get to meet a lot tnon people living on campus thany® would otherwise,” says KrisM Rawn, a freshman from Hickory. N.C., and also a resident of Carolina Dorm. Rawn also aW ed, “If it’s raining or cold, ii> not as far to walk.” After figuring the finances a considering all the variables^ there seem to be advantages disadvantages to both on and campus living. “It’s just a ntf ter of personal preference, ^ Brian Batchelor, a senior nO® Bryans Road, Md., who live* Sheridan Place now.
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