Volume 126 Issue 102
kansan.com
Monday, April 7, 2014
MONDAY, APRIL 7, 2014
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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Find out about your potential roommates before moving in
HOUSING
CORRINE DORRIAN entertain@kansan.com
Before making the big decision to move in together, it's always essential to cover important topics to avoid future conflicts. Everyone has their own opinions when it comes to finances, significant others, personal habits or lifestyles. It's important to discuss those things with potential roommates.
According to an article by Dawn Allcot from MyMove.com, "considerations like whether they can afford the rent and utilities and if your prospective roommates seem responsible come first. But take some time during the roommate search to ask about their personal hobbies and interests and make small talk to get to know them better."
Ryan Soroka, a senior from St. Louis, currently lives in a house with three other roommates. Two of them met through the dorms and he knew the third roommate from high school.
They planned out paying for bills to avoid conflicts in the future.
"We all pick one utility and spread the utilities around." Soroka said. "We split it up down the line evenly and then we have to pay the roommate so it's our responsibility to get the money to pay for it."
He said that the best advice he can give about potential roommates is to know how busy they are and how busy they expect to be in the future.
Allot also mentions asking your potential roommates financial questions, such as how long they have worked at their current job and what their other expenses will be. Also, consider how much the expenses at the apartment you seek will cost each person.
Andrew Melchor, a junior from Chino, Calif., currently lives in an apartment with his girlfriend, but he lived with two other guys last year. "We didn't have arguments, really, about bills, because at the start we had an understanding of splitting everything." Melchor said. "The guys $^{1}$
moved in with lived with each other before and they had problems with each person just taking a particular bill. There was this inequality that formed and they would get into small arguments among each other with that. So when I came in, we just decided to split everything right down the middle and it it worked that way."
His one piece of advice is to really analyze your priorities and align those with your future roommates.
Allcat also thinks that roommates should add personal and lifestyle questions to the conversation. Ask potential roommates what their relationship status is and how that will affect life in your shared home. Personal questions, such as do they smoke, drink or do drugs, might be beneficial to ask. Let them ask you questions, too.
Although it is common for small conflicts to arise among roommates, you may just get lucky and be paired with some great roommates. Emily Harsh, a senior from Topeka, has been paired
Make sure to have a list of essential questions before moving in with possible roommates.
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with random roommates in the past.
"I got along with them really well," Harsh said. "We didn't ever have any problems. I didn't know them before we moved in together, so I just got really lucky."
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biggest — stage in college basketball. The one-time North Carolina native will have his opportunity to march into Cameron Indoor Stadium and the Dean Dome and prove that not only was he one of the game's top players, he's one of the top coaches, too.
But if Manning does transform Wake Forest, if he does prove hirself capable of winning on college basketball's highest platform and starts knocking off the blue bloods, then there'll likely be a North Carolina coach leaving for his home in Kansas.
That's not to say that he'll succeed though. There are numerous reasons why Manning could fail. In the past 10 years the Demon Deacons have placed higher than fifth in the ACC just twice (2005, 2009) and given the current state of the conference, there's no guarantee they'll be there again anytime soon.
And how perfect would that be.
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One of these historic outings came from senior Natalie Becker, who traveled with the rest of the Jayhawk distance runners to Palo Alto, Calif., for the Stanford Invitational. Becker completed the 5,000 meter race in 16:20.80, which not only earned her a 19th place finish in a stacked field of competition, but it etched her name into the Kansas record books as the fastest 5,000-meter runner in school history. Becker's record-breaking performance also moved her into the top 25 in the NCAA rankings.
Meanwhile in Baton Rouge, La., the rest of the Jayhawk track and field team was competing at the Battle on the Bayou, also producing performances that stacked up with the best in school history, Sophomore Rhavean King turned in one of these performances in the 800 meters. The Memphis, Tenn., native crossed the finish line in
also turned in a time to remember, finishing the race in 44.67. The time gave the quartet a third place finish in the event and also made them the sixth-fastest in school history.
There were a total of 15 performances in Louisiana that cracked the NCAA West Region top 25, which ultimately gave the Jayhawk women's team a second place team finish, and the men a third place team finish. According to junior multi-event specialist Lindsay Vollmer, the slew of good performances over the weekend show the potential the team has this outdoor season.
"We didn't get everybody we wanted to nationals [for the indoor season], but I think we're a better outdoor team," Vollmer said. "If we can just continue to build, I think we have a shot to do some good things."
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Senior runners Natalie Becker and Maddy Rich break from the starting line at last year's Bob Timmons Classic. Becker set the Kansas track record with the fastest 5,000-meter run at the Stanford Invitational this year.
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