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Bust a Move
Students begin the move to their new homes away from home
By Kelcey Reiger
THE BATTALION
Sightings of truckbeds piled high with fumi-
ure, trashbags full of clothes, and frantic parents
warming campus dorms tells the Aggie commu-
ill drilling, mByty one thing: it is time again for fall move in.
Wilson said. from residence halls to apartment complexes,
arks the end ofB anywhere a person can set up shop is being over-
eview, an oppor run with Aggies preparing their home away from
members’ pare: lome for the year ahead.
eir sons and & For freshmen, it may be their first time away
d throughout From home, but for seniors, it may be their first
time in their fourth home. Either way, the moving
OW in years hr process for most students includes setting up fur-
liture, stocking up on food, and getting to know
oommates.
Russell Ramsey, a freshman psychology
litary marchingf major, is one of the many freshmen entering
when A&M tgfexas A&M this year who has decided to live on
:ampus. He said he’s a little apprehensive about
he move in the dorms, but is excited about meet
ing his new roommate.
‘I chose to take the chance and have a room
mate that I had not met before,” Ramsey said.
‘Going potluck on the roommate thing will give
to uorps HjM me the opportunity to learn about a life that may
pperc men m ^ m j ne5 perhaps giving me a new
perspective on things. Rooming with a stranger
will force me to fine tune my interpersonal skills.”
Ramsey said he knows many people who
chose to live with a best friend, but believes their
relationship would suffer from living with one
organizational another in such close proximity.
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For many freshmen, the shock of leaving home
oes not truly hit until they realize that with a col-
ege life comes a certain amount of responsibility.
“I’m a bit apprehensive about getting out there
on my own and taking on so many responsibili
ties,” Ramsey said. “Things such as washing
[clothes,' setting the alarm, doing my homework.
and other things moms are good at enforcing at
home are going to be a little bit harder now that I
don’t have someone watching my back and mak
ing sure I get things done.”
Watching her back was one of the main reasons
Kimberly Dyess, a freshman civil engineering
major, decided to forego the potluck and stick
with the proverbial.
“When I decided to live in the dorms I knew I
wanted to live with someone I could trust, so liv
ing with one of my good friends just seemed like
the best choice,” Dyess said. “I’ve known my
roommate about six years, so we know each other
pretty well. I worry about living with someone I
know very little about and running the risk of them
going through my personal things.”
Dyess and her roommate are both freshmen
engineering majors and have many of the same
classes. Dyess said she feels this will be very con
venient and helpful since they are living together.
“There are pros and cons to having a good
friend as a roommate, but the pros definitely out
weigh the cons,” Dyess said. “There is a chance
we could get on each others nerves being around
each other so much. Like my tendency to take
about a decade to wake up in the morning, alarm
blaring and all. That could be an issue, but having
a good friend around makes my transition to
A&M that much easier.”
For freshmen, the change of living arrange
ments from home to dorm can be strange and a lit
tle confining, but for sophomore business admin
istration major, Jeff Viktorin, the change from
dorm to apartment is welcomed and liberating.
“You have so much more freedom living off
campus,” Viktorin said. “I can cook and eat
whenever I want, and I have more privacy now
that I have my own room. The problem with
living off campus is you don’t have the close
proximity to campus that is such a plus about
living on campus.”
Viktorin found his move into the apartment not
as bad as expected, except the increased amount of
furniture needed to live in a larger place. When
moving into the new place Viktorin had his own
idea of what his apartment, should include.
“My dream apartment would be infinitely
stocked with food and beer, require no rent, and
would include a big screen TV hooked up to a
Play Station 2 with an infinite supply of games,”
Viktorin said.
Viktorin lives with three other guys, including
his old roommate from when he lived in the resi
dence hall. He does not know the other two room
mates as well, but said he has started to warm up
to them.
“My roommates are great,” Viktorin said. “We
are all so different, which is probably what makes
us get along so well. We all bring something dif
ferent to the table, which is obvious
through the appearance of our apart
ment. We all have our own style, but
somewhere along the way we found we
can get along pretty well.”
Johnny Hernandez, a junior psy
chology major, is also living with
three other guys, and has decided to
put down roots in a house outside
College Station.
“I was just really tired of living in
an apartment,” Hernandez said. “I
wanted some place where I could
kick up my feet and play the stereo
real loud without worrying about
the neighbors. A house just gives me
that certain amount of freedom that I
felt like I really needed.”
Hernandez moved into his
digs a couple of weeks ago and was
pleasantly surprised at how easy the
move actually was.
“I just made sure I had every
thing packed and ready to go,”
Hernandez said. “And that includes
having a truck and boxes and all the
other extras that go along with making
moving into a new place a little easier.
My roommate, on the other hand,
longer to move because I think he had more
stuff and it got a little crazy when we were
trying to move him in.”
Hernandez says he has an issue with only
one part of living in a house.
“I have an issue with the yard work,”
Hernandez said. “Just the maintenance that is
needed on a place like ours is something I could
do without. But it is just great to have a place of
our own and now that all of the moving is over I
can sit back, turn my stereo up and relax.”
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