The Aerie, Yearbook of University of North Texas, 2005 Page: 27
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off campus and enjoy everything
from venturing outside of Denton
to hanging out with their friends at
home.
Residence halls are often the first
home for incoming freshman, but
after their first year, many long for
something different, and the logical
step is typically off-campus student
housing which offers the look and
feel of an apartment complex but
caters to the needs of college stu-
dents in an all student community.
"This is a natural progression," said
Al Fleming, a radio, television, video
and film senior. "The major advan-
tage [of living in an apartment] that
the student sees is the social life of
the dorms, combined with the new
found freedom of having your own
apartment."
After experiencing life in student
housing, students might find it very
similar to residence halls.
"In the student apartments, there
always was a sense of an authori-
tative figure. There were random
[apartment] checks, the cops were
always prowling about, and there
was just a whole immature vibepopular activities for letting loose.
"Denton is cool, but I prefer to
go out to Lewisville and especially
Addison for my night life," said
Don Shields, Computer Science
sophomore. "There is just a lot more
to get into out there,."
Since a student's budget may pro-
hibit frequent drives to neighbor-
ing communities and curb night life
expenditures, they often look closer
to home for sources of entertain-
ment.
"To me, it's not where you are at,
it's the people you are with that
makes for a fun environment," said
Keshia Johnson, business senior. "I
go out sometimes, but for the most
part me and my friends just stay at
home and come up with all sorts of
fun things to do."
The average NT student has a
world of experiences ahead of
them, but as they progress through
their academic career they learn
valuable information for basic life
skills through housing searches and
managing time spent studying and
having fun. J
Justin RhodesOff Campus 27
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