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An outside shot of the Vermont House, including the roommates' shopping cart, which is used not for shopping but for the sleep tour competition the roommates invented.
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room for anyone who wants to study," said Geoff Shepard, Overland Park senior. "Or we might go to the library. Most of us go to the library."
With some roommates more studious than others, the arrangement allows for the different lifestyles and schedules of everyone living in the house.
The roommates had to come up with a system for keeping the house clean as well. The roommates said they took turns doing different chores to keep the house in good shape.
Grant Buffington, St. Louis junior, said there were six main chores: cleaning the floors, kitchen duty, cleaning each of the three bathrooms and living room pickup.
If one of the guys doesn't do his chore for that week, he has to put $5 into the "house fund." The fund pays for household items such as toilet paper and cleaning supplies.
Despite living in such close quarters, the roommates manage to stay close friends. They stay competitive playing Fantasy Football and other games like "sleep tour."
Tim Day, Spring Hill sophomore, said sleep tour involved trying to find new places to sleep.
"It's a contest where you can't sleep in your bed, and every night you have to sleep in different places in and around the house."
The guys slept in random places from their bathtubs to grocery carts and continued for as long as they could. Aaron Knott, Topeka junior, won this year's competition.
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