Volume 124 Issue 126
KENTUCKY 67
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Tuesday, April 3, 2012
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FAMILY
Campus siblings decide whether to be roommates
Most siblings live together their entire childhood. Deciding to live together in college is a huge decision.
STELLA LIANG
TYLER BEIRWIRTH/KANSAN
sliang@kansan.com
Getting to know your roommate is a long and sometimes difficult process, but some students forego that and choose to room with their siblings while at college; others aren't so sure about the familial set up.
Desiree Hernandez, a senior from Shawnee, said that she never discussed this issue with her brother, freshman Jose Hernandez.
"I'm almost four years older than he is," Hernandez said. "I think we deserve our own private lives, and it's best not to step on each other's toes."
Some siblings consider the option more strongly and come to the same conclusion.
"I live in Ellsworth hall while my brother lives in an apartment a couple miles away," said Adam Kaplan, a freshman from Wichita. "Well, he is three years older than me, and my dad and him discussed living in his apartment would be a bad introduction to college."
One of the main reasons siblings decide to live separately is that they want to be more independent and live their own lives. Also, the age difference for both these pairs played a role.
"He's just at a point where he wants to experience everything, and I'm more like I've been there done that!" Hernandez said.
Some siblings who do not have to worry about an age difference also decide to not become roommates. Twins Alex and Ashley Bindley, freshmen from Topeka, decided before the school year that they would try living with other people.
"I decided 18 years was enough," Alex said. "I should try living without her."
Her sister shared the same feelings and wanted to try living with someone else so she could meet other people.
"I want to live with someone who wasn't my sister," Ashley said. "I want to live with someone new"
After they made this decision, their grandma wanted them to change their minds.
"Grandma thought we were making a mistake," Ashley said. "She thought we would miss each other. At first she tried to convince us not to do it, then she stopped."
After living this year separately and branching out, they have decided to become roommates next year at Jayhawker Towers.
"It was a nice change to not live together the first year, but now going into more academic classes with more class work and credit hours, it's nice to have somebody who understands." Alex said.
Their parents have been supportive of their decisions.
"They would prefer we were together so it
would be easier when they visited," Bindley said.
Kaplan's parents also agreed that their children needed to have their own separate lives.
"I believe my parents do not have a preference because they would like my brother and I to live our own separate lives," Kaplan said.
Regardless of whether or not siblings decide to become roommates, family ties are hard to be broken.
"I would probably point out that the only way for one to enjoy college is to be an individual, and go to your family members when you would need them," Kaplan said. "But hang out with them, do not stray away, because we are best friends with our family."
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Senior guard Tyshawn Taylor and junior forward Kevin Young try to comfort junior forward Thomas Robinson after the Jayhawks fall to the Kentucky Wildcats in the NCAA championship, 67-59. Kansas reached the title game after defeating: Detroit, Purdue, North Carolina State, North Carolina and Ohio State. The Jayhawks finished the season with a 32-7 record. Robinson and Taylor were both named to the NCAA All-Tournament Team. Robinson ended his career with an 18 point. 17 rebound performance
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