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Table of Contents
4 Amenities 6 Roommates 8 Development
19 FSL house stories 20-21 Off-campus Housing availability living tips around campus increases 10 Signing a lease 22-23 A no-waste lifestyle 12 On-campus 24 Renting living costs Should you rent a house 14 Resident or an apartment? assistants 25 International Living life as an RA at students Missouri State International students 16-17 Residence can suffer from culture shock in American living halls 26 Dorm life 18 FSL housing hacks fines
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Editorial staff
Sarah Teague editor-in-chief Carissa Codel news editor Zoe Brown lifestyle editor Amanda Sullivan sports editor Kaitlyn Stratman photo editor Greta Cross engagement editor Madeline Schatz copy editor Chloe Sierks copy editor Diana Dudenhoeffer copy editor Ashton Garza assisant copy editor
Reporters/Photographers Afton Harper reporter Connor Wilson reporter Tinsley Merriman reporter Kathryn Dolan reporter Lainey Sanders reporter Paige Newton reporter M. Todd Dearing reporter Kelsey Benack reporter
Scott Campbell reporter Victoria Scroggins reporter Lauren Johns reporter Caroline Mund reporter Desiree Nixon reporter Claire Niebrugge senior sports reporter Derek Shore senior sports reporter Stephen Terrill sports reporter TJ Scott sports reporter Cole Sutton sports reporter Annelise Pinjuv columnist Lindsay Farrow columnist Cole Trumble critic David Wheeler critic Kamran Choudhry critic Jaylen Early photographer Brenna Lumley photographer Kate Brown photographer Christian Cuozzo photographer Lainey Sanders videographer Madison Harper illustrator Jadie Arnett illustrator Alyssa Vandegrift cartoonist
Professional staff
Jack Dimond faculty adviser Sandy King advertising manager
HOUSING GUIDE 2020
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