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Friday, November 12. 1971
University Daily Kausan
Communal Living Offers Advantages, Disadvantages
By SUE ANNE STOUT
Kansan Staff Writer
As with apartment, residence in a community or sorority living, communities are vantages and disadvantages according to those who have tried them.
Living with seven men and two women, Linda Hughette, Dallas junior, described their commune as "working real well."
"It is not the perfect situation,
but it will get better," she said.
The group started in August with an equal number of men and women but two women moved on to a third, the woman replaced them. One that just moved in a freshman from one university, one lonelyly living by himself.
Miss Hughett and Sara Cohen, Irays junior agree that besides being a great vantage to communal living is the atmosphere of a freer environment.
Miss Cohen has no brothers and says she "likes living with guys." "It's a whole different kind of lifestyle," she said.
Miss Cohen said that her group which includes one freshman, seven juniors, and two graduate students will come to become a close-knit group.
"THE BEST THING," she said
"is always having people to do things with. "You don't always have to a date to go out."
Because they are involved in different things, it is hard to get together Dinnerers and parties. So the project worked on by all members of the house was painting the black room. This room was painted completely black and white. The rooms were added were added in bright colors.
Each person in the house has his own room. There has been no trouble in fighting over the two girls, one member of the house said.
"Doing his own responsibility"
"one of the major members of"
"the members of the house."
"But this is true of"
"an kind of living group," he
A daily list of ten things that need to be done is posted and each member chooses a duty from the list. Each takes one evening to cook until all have had turns and then they start over.
In another part of Lawrence, a group of three men and three women like to refer to their house in a rivalative rather than as a commune.
"A commune gives a certain connotation," one member of the group said. "Communes in Lawrence are anything but community feeling, no binding between communes in Lawrence."
Education is the common bond in the house of one junior, two junior, three seniors, four senior, five seniors. "It wouldn't work if we weren't all students," one woman said.
SEVERAL in the house have lived in residence halls, fraternities and apartments. They are the most economical and ideal.
Jan Hays, Enid, Okla. senor,
said: "You can escape—that's
important because sometimes I
want to be alone."
Each has his own room, except two of the women who share the large attic room.
Miss Hays, who has lived in communities before, says her ideal life would be "in the same things, such as all being married."
However others in the group enjoy the diversity of the people. All are from different states.
One person said, "There is the common bond between people because they are more 'people' than just one. They are developing their own potential."
ALLAGREE THAT THE "nineest part of the day" is the evening meal together. Two of the people do the cooking because "we like to cook
Other residents of the house take turns with dishes and everyone is responsible for keeping the house clean.
Members of the "cooperative" laughingly refer to their parties as "house functions." Other members group are SUA movies, picnics, television, frisbee, "pick-up Deby-theory" and just "spur
“When you are living in a group of men and women, sex is the thing people think of first,” one person said.
MISS HAYS SAID that sex roles are more equal because you see many sides of the people.
Another said it was hard to take advantage of someone because you were in the morning, the next morning. "This is not true only he, sexed," but "all you need is sex."
The group that works under the assumption that "if you don't do it, you won't get along" lives arrangement like theres depends on the people and what they know. The group that that an individual must want to get along with others and be
One girl said that living in a commune for just one week was enough for her. She said there were many people living in the
same house, but each had his own room. Work shifts were meant to keep him occupied, and you'd do dishes five times a day. She said, too, that she had found a new place.
HOWEVER, ERIC Jaberderry,
Lindsburg junior, who lived with a group of three other men and four women, found it to be the
Jaderborg said that they tried living together as an experiment. They knew other well before they met, and had no serious problems.
Dishwashing and cooking, the two chores that consumed the household, he said. "Everyone cleaned house together on a Sunday."
Jadereb said their group spank up after one semester when they were students left Lawrence. He felt they would have continued if it wasn't so.
"It's considerably more difficult with all the relationships involved," Frank Bencivengo, assistant to the dean of men said, in reference to communal living in a group as a "semi-commune."
Bencivengo, who has been involved in communes for four years claims that it takes a lot of energy.
A bulletin board provides one of the easiest ways for some communities to keep track of new information. Check out the new information in his community Beals, Kansas City, Kan. Junior.
"If energy is not directed at a specific thing within the group, each must be busy and into things on his own."
"After gathering information about yourself, it's time to step back and ask questions," she said. "It's like trying to repair a car while driving around town."
Though it does take a lot of work and energy to be really into it, Berengevo said that it was necessary to grow and grow in different situations.
Dinnertime is the one time of the day when all the members of your family prepare dinner for the people she lives with is Sara Cohen, Hays junior. (Left) Gathered at her home, she had a Linda Hughett, Dallas员长, Miss Cohen, Theresa Bruce, Miss Beals, Dallas员长, Beals, Kansas City, Kan Janiun
Most communes have a room where all members of the house may go at any time. The room above serves as a TV room and is often the room where a man or woman meets.
San Francisco junior and Jan Hays, Enid, Okla. senior.
Smith does not live in the community, but spends a lot of time
at the college.
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The privacy of one's own room is a necessity, according to most people who work in the office.
as a place just to get away is essential. Shown in her bedroom is Jan Hays, Edd.