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Friday, February 22,1974
University Daily Kansan
Kansan Staff Photo by DAVE REGIER
Home Sweet Home
Some housing near the University campus offers the advantages of proximity and low cost.
such problems as water leakage. Other more expensive apartments offer all the amenities of a large house.
Convenience, Cost Most Important To Students Seeking Apartments
Editor's Note: This is the second in a series of articles about off-campus housing
By JILL WILLIIS and SUZI SMITH
Kenan Staff Recounts
A student who wants to live in off-campus housing must consider not only convenience and rent, but also the quality of life-style he wants.
If the student isn't operating on a tight budget he can get shag carpeting, air conditioning, recreation facilities and a kitchen with all the modern gadgets.
The student who can't afford these luxuries may have to settle for less space, some structural faults and ancient appliances.
For the student who wants to live near campus, there are several complexes, as well as the "student ghetto" northeast of campus.
A one bedroom apartment at the Stadium Apartments, across from Memorial Stadium, resides for $135 a month. The resort includes amenities, shag carpeting and a swimming pool.
The apartments at the Stadium are well lighted, with sliding glass doors in the living room and plenty of fixtures, and have no obvious structural faults.
For the same price as a one bedroom
The apartment has large bedrooms, but the living room was meant to be a landing at the top of the stairs. It includes a gas range and a large glass-enclosed thermostat is in the downstairs apartment.
apartment at the Stadium, a student can rent a two-bedroom updates apartment in a downtown condominium.
The student on an even smaller budget but who needs to live near campus can find a room in a converted fraternity or sorority just north of the Kansas Union.
These are only rooms; and usually the residents share a kitchen as well as the bathrooms on each floor. The rent for these rooms start at about $45. One studio apartment in the basement of an older house rents for $55.
The kitchen in this apartment consists of a hotplate and a makeshift sink. The tenant said water ran into his apartment because the rest of the house drained into the basement. The linoleum is "floating off the floor," he said.
Further from campus but still within walking distance there are the Brady Apartments. A one-bedroom apartment in this older building puts for $145 a month.
If the student wants to be near downtown, many businesses have apartments above
them. One of these apartments, over a shop on Eighth Street, rents for $50 a month.
The tenant there said that when she moved in, the baseboards were broken or missing, the plaster had holes and the apartment was roach infested. She said it took a call to the city housing inspector to force her landlord to spray for the roaches.
Further from campus, students live in large apartment complexes. Most of the complexes have carpeting, electric kitchens and swimming pools.
At the Park 25 Apartments, a one bedroom apartment rent for $130. A fur-
The buildings have inside hallways and the apartments are stacked three high.
A one bedroom unfurnished apartment at Trailridge Apartments rents for $160. For that price the student gets a swimming pool, facilities and some covered parking areas.
At Meadowbrook, the student will be placed in a special section of the complex reserved for students. A studio apartment with large windows and bedroom apartments rent as high as $175.
Meadowbrook's advertising boasts cable television, tennis courts, barbecue grills
Puppet Theater To Act Dramas Of Awaji Island
The Awaii Puppet Theater of Japan will perform the classic art of Japanese puppetry as practiced in Japan since the 15th century, the University Theatre and Monday in the University Theatre.
Four dramas will be presented: a mother who has abandoned her child finds her again but doesn't admit her parentage for the child's sake; two samurai warriors and one man kills his son instead of his opponent to honorable; a wife's prayers cause a god to marry her husband's blindness; and a warrior god dances the drunken Ibisu Dance.
Attention CAMPUS ORGANIZATIONS
To be funded by the Student Senate this spring you must have 1973-74 information on file with the Vice-Chancellor for Student Affairs. Call 864-3506 or 864-4348 before February 28 to see if your information is current.
TACO GRANDE
Starting March 5th at the encore room
19 E. ARMOUR K C MO
SHOW TIME: 8 and 10 P.M. Wed. - Friday. Sat.
$2.50 per person cover charge - Dancing
With This Coupon Buy 2 Tacos Get 1
Reservations Not Necessary But Available By Calling 561.0822
TOSTADO FREE!
Good Every Day Except Wednesday
Offer Expires March 15 9th and Indiana 1720 W.23rd
1974-Year of the Taco
Is a Rock Concert!! DON'T MISS IT!!
Plenty of Excellent Seats Left!!
This Saturday, Feb. 23, at Hoch Auditorium 8 p.m. $2.50-3.50
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