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APARTMENT GUIDE
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 2008
Partying it up without causing a problem
Living in an apartment doesn't stop students from throwing parties. Topeka sophomore Blake Baraban said he has had multiple parties in his Highpointe apartment. He said that he usually invites as many as 30 friends on Facebook but that close to 80 people end up in his apartment by the end of the night.
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BY MICHAEL HOLTZ editor@kansan.com
It's Friday night and the guests slowly begin to arrive. Music is playing from the nearby stereo, and two kgs sit in the kitchen waiting to be tapped. Blake Baraban, Topeka sophomore, is welcoming he arriving guests while handing out red party cups — five bucks a cup. His Highpointe apartment
is soon filled with upward of 80 people, far exceeding the 30 close friends he and his roommates had initially invited via Facebook. Yet the additional and often times unknown guests do not deter Baraban from accomplishing what he set out to do — having a good time.
"We like throwing parties," said Baraban. "It always turns out being a blast."
Drive around on any given Friday or Saturday night and you're bound to come across a number of parties at many of the student-based apartment complexes here in Lawrence.