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Marketing junior Jessica Stirling says she loves her apartment. Her roommates, applied engineering science junior Allen Baerman, civil engineering junior Tyler Dawson and Heather Ferguson, a nursing junior at Lansing Community College, all friends she's known since high school, she says their new home is luxurious compared to the residence halls. "It's nice having your own bathroom," Stirling laughed as the roommates played their Super Nintendo on the 46" HDTV that was included with their premium unit. The group shares a four-bedroom, four-bathroom apartment at the Campus Village Community just minutes walking distance from Brody Complex. "It's the next step in becoming an adult," says anthropology senior Miranda Perkins, who is training to become a manager at Cedar Greens Apartments, a complex located in Frandor, an area which marks the border between East Lansing and Lansing on Michigan Avenue. Getting off campus leads to "getting a greater sense of living on your own," Perkins said. Calvin Winbush II, a general management senior, said while he suggests that every student stays in a residence hall for at least the first year and perhaps the second, he also recommends living in an apartment for at least a short while. "It's a great experience (in the residence halls), but everyone should also stay in an apartment for a while.