hilltopics images people features wednesday, march 7, 2001 for comments, contact kristi.elliott at 864-4924 or features@kansan.com
for comments, contact kristielliott at 864-4924 or features@kansan.com
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co-op housing residents,such as those at sunflower house and the university's scholarship halls work together to make living easier
Watkins Scholarship Hall residents, Jodi Palmer, Milvantaule sophomore, and Jane Vandermolen, Morton Grove, III, senior, joke together while making tuna sandwiches in one of Watkins' kitchens. Vandermolen said Watkins Hall residents got better acquainted because of their communal kitchens and sleeping rooms. Photo by Nick Krug/KANSAN
A dry-erase board in Sunflower House, 1406 Tennessee St., helps keep residents in touch with each other. With 31 people living together in one house, keeping everyone up to speed can be difficult. Photo by Selena Jabara/KANSAN
Mandalee Meisner, Hutchison freshman, makes her bed in one of the two sleeping rooms in Wattkins Scholarship Hall. Watkins and Miller are the only two scholarship halls that offer communal sleeping. Photo by Nick Krugh/KANSAN
Ben Marsh, Halstead senior, signs up for recycling duty at the 1614 Co-op, a communal living house with seven roommates on Kentucky Street. Marsh said he wanted to live in the house because he knew the people there would have the same ideals that he did concerning the environment. Photo by Nick Krug/KANSAN
Chelsea Cummings, 19-year-old Sunflower House resident, uses the computer while Sarah Lafferty, Lawrence sophomore, looks on. The computer is shared by the 31 residents of Sunflower House, 1406 Tennessee St. Photo by Selena Jabara/KANSAN
For more information about cooperative living, see Friday's Hilltopics page.
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