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roommate; you're living with 40 or 50
other people," Hulke said. The walls
arc thin, and you feel like you can't be
alone when you want to be."
Rut living with that many people can
turn into an advantage, Hulke said.
"It's real easy to make friends when
you live on the same floor, and share
the same lounge and eat together," she
said.
Greg Hanouw, a 1934 graduate who
was an SA in Gather Hall for three
years, said having a roommate is a big
change for many freshmen.
"Your gut reaction might be, 1 hate
this guy " Hanouw said. But, he said,
freshmen should "stick it out" for a few
weeks and try to make the situation
work.
Rev. Bauer said many students come
tp him each year, usually to talk about
a conflict with their roommate. The
biggest problem, he said, is usually a
difference in lifestyles. This is espe
cially true if one roommate has a boy
friend or girlfriend who visits constant
ly. Xhe solution to such problems, Bauer
said, depends on whether students
have the "intestinal fortitude" to con
front their roommates. If not, he said,
students may just have to, decide to
live with the problem.
Wittstruck said if roommates do
have serious problems, they first should
talk to their floor's SA. Students must
make an effort to solve the problem
before any room changes will occur.
No changes will occur during the first
four weeks of class, Wittstruck said.
University Housing tries to assign
compatible roommates by sending out
room assignment questionnaires,
Wittstruck said. Keeping smokers and
non-smokers separated is the office's
most important consideration, she
said. Problems still .occur, however,
when freshmen check "non-smoking"
because they don't want their parents
to know they smoke.
Tolerance for other people and their
-differences is the key to residence hall
living, Wittstruck said. Students should
look at the residence halls as an op
portunity to meet a variety of people.
"If they can approach it that way,"
she said, "then half the battle Is won."
Hulke and Hanouw both said the
best way to take advantage of the
other half of the battle is to get in
volved. Hulke said intramural sports
are an especially good way to get to
know other residents and develop a
sense of community. Students can also
get involved in floor and hall govern
ment, she said.
A favorite event in many residence
halls, Hulke said, is an annual river
boat ride, when students take a bus to
Behvue to ride the Belle of Brownville.
She said the halls also have floor ex
changes, dinners and dances.
Fall Introduction of Nebraska Kids
Week helps residence hall freshmen
who have just arrived to UNL to get to
know each other before classes begin,
according to The Good Life," a Univer
sity Housing booklet. Each residence
hall complex organizes its own set of
events for FINK Week, which is the
week before classes begin.
Hulke said another major pitfall for
hall residents comes when they neg
lect their studies because they get
caught up in the many social activities.
Wittstruck agreed, saying, "You have
to learn self-discipline. We stress that
studying is important if you want to
stay here."
Hulke said that most halls leave
their cafeterias open as study areas
and smaller study areas are located
throughout the halls.
Wittstruck said the halls provide
many resources -for students. SAs are
especially important, she said.
SAs are upperclass men and women
who are "our first line of contact" with
students, Wittstruck said.
Hulke said SAs "try to develop a
sense of community and make every
one feel that they belong."
They also direct students to other
resources on, campus, enforce UNL
housing policies on alcohol and guests
angl check people in and out of the
halls at the beginning and end of the
year; she said. They also help to organ
ize hall activities, she said.
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