Section Two
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
The University of Kansas—Lawrence Kansas
KU Lab Studies Local Environment See page 2
83rd Year, No.1
Thursday, August 24, 1972
Voided Deposit Refunds Stir Gripes, Investigation
By KENT PULLIAM Kansan Staff Writer
One of the continually growing problems between apartment owners and tenants is over security or damage deposits that most owners require when the apartment is rented.
Almost all of the apartment complexes in Lawrence now require some type of damage or security deposit when the tenant rents the apartment. This ranges from
This deposit is to protect the owners from damage the tenants might make in the apartment. For some of the complexes, money is used to clean the apartments and keep the property in good condition.
Many of the complaints filed are sent to the various offices on campus and some to the attorney general's office in Topeka. All of the complaints which are filed on campus are referred to law students who are working off-campus housing or the KU iphthumb's office where action can be taken and investigated.
THE LAWRENCE Legal Aid Society handles cases for people who are referred there or who first bring their complaint there. Louise Wheeler, director of the Legal Aid Society, said the deposits were not intended to be punitive, but were intended to cover wear and tear above the average level.
According to John W. Brand Jr., legal advisor to a group of apartment managers, the densities were necessary to protect the owners.
“If there weren’t any damage deposits, the rent would probably have to be raised and that wouldn’t be fair to all the tenants. That would just be the good tenants helping with it.”
Brand has urged each of the apartment managers to compile a standard list for each of the tenants to have. This would eliminate some of the misunderstanding that arises when tenants move out. This was also recommended by the attorney general's office, and most complexes have a list which they check when tenants leave.
EACH OF THE complexes has a different policy for the time of the inspection of the apartments. Some of the smaller complexes inspect each apartment before the completion of their floor plans, whereas others inspect all apartments.
Others do not inspect until after the tenants leave. All the owner-managers who do not check until after tenants have left said that if they were asked to check earlier, they had not.
E. H. Martin, manager of Jayhawk Towers, said they were too many apartments to check before all tenants left." After the tenants leave there are only 30 days to check the apartments before the deposits must be returned and we don't really have time to get it done by then," he said.
Mr. and Mrs. Boyd White, managers of Spanish Crest, said they checked each apartment before tenants vacated.
One problem some tenants face is that the owners of the complexes do not live in Lawrence and they control the money. In several instances tenants have checked out of their apartments and had them okayed by the manager of the buildings, but did not receive any refund from the owners of the complex.
"We DIDN'T really have too many vacating places," said Mrs. White, "because we are so new that most of the renters already had places to stay when we opened up."
According to Don Stumbaugh, manager of Hillview apartments, he inspected each of the apartments when tenants vacated this spring and okayed a full refund for them. He then sent his evaluation of the apartment to the owner and then he handled the refund on the deposit.
"As far as I know there were no problems in getting any of the money back," he said. "I checked the tenants out for a full refund and as far as I knew they all got their
SOMETIMES THE DAMAGES in an apartment are not very high, but the apartment still needs to be cleaned. The most common item that needs to be cleaned is the stove or oven. If tenants do not clean it periodically, the buildup of grease and cooking oils over a nine-month midit can be a problem to the managers.
Other items frequently in need of cleaning are refrigerators and bathrooms, particularly bathroom fixtures. Often, food was left in refrigerators and when the
--autos will be assigned to a color zone. If the assigned parking area is filled, an auto may be parked in another zone with the same color code.
Kansan Photo by JOHN REED
New Signs Show Color Area
Zone K, a newly completed parking zone behind Strong Hill, is marked for the new color-coded zone parking system at the University. Under the new parking system
Scholarships, NDEA Loans Exhausted for School Year
BY VICKI MONNARD Kansan Staff Writer
Although scholarship and Nation Defense Loan funds are exhausted for the 1972-73 school year, officials of the Office of Financial Aid have encouraged students to apply for funds. Work study jobs are available.
Jerry Rogers, director of the Office of Financial Aid, said that the loans and scholarships had been awarded for the current school year. But, he encouraged students to apply because many times
If a student is interested in filing for a loan, he must fill out a parent financial statement and application by Nov. 1, Rogers said.
He said that if his office was able to provide loans it was because more money had been made available. This was caused by people not showing up to receive their loans or by receiving more money than they had expected from students paying back past loans.
Rogers said that there were no scholarships for the spring semester since the scholarships were usually awarded for the academic year. He said that, in a few instances, schools at the University award scholarships on a semester basis
Jobs on the work study program are available. A student must fill out a parent's financial statement to determine his financial needs and then he may be assigned a work study job. Rogers said.
Rogers said that the application filing data for 1973-74 University aid programs had been changed
Bernie Tayler of the Office of Financial Aid said that the number of non-work-study jobs were three times as great as the number of work-study jobs. If students are looking for non-work-study jobs, Taylor said they should apply directly to the department.
Before the 1973-74 school term, separate applications and filing dates were needed for KU scholarships, grants, National Defense Loans, college work study and the health profession's scholarship loan. But, he said, in the 1973-74 term all applications must be filed by Feb. 1, 1973. He said that a student was applying for the 1973-74 term, he should return the application by Nov. 1, 1972.
Rogers said that the processing period for the separate aptidonulations was remaining in a tween-phase of work, at which time he was in
The decision to change the application form and the filing date was based on several reasons, according to Rogers. He said that this new plan should both the student and the Office of Financial Aid.
hoped to inform the student on scholarships, grants,
or study assessments and more reasonable date by
the instructor.
This change should benefit the student who is looking at KU as a possible college to attend. The new application, unlike the old one, enables the student to enroll and become involved in the interested in. This could benefit the University since
the office could award a scholarship and loan at the same time rather than wait for the student to fill in.
Rogers said that the Office of Financial Aid hoped to inform the students of 1973-74 school term locations and scholarships by April 15, 1973. But he said that the department had in various spring semester grades were available.
Problem Lower Here
Local Drug Use Is Said Minimal
By TIM WINTERS
Kansan Staff WRtier
Almost every community, and especially a college community, has a problem with drugs. The University of Kansas campus and community is no different, but the problem is not considered as serious as on many other campuses.
According to Dr. Raymond Schwegler,
drug problem is not a large or serious one.
"Many of the drugs used by University students are in some way controlled in their use," Schwegler said. "Many people who are on bad trips have friends who can talk them down without having to bring them to the hospital."
But students on drugs often do come to the student hospital where they are treated with few questions asked. The drug user is likely to make sure the drug causes no after Effects.
ACCORDING TO Schwegler, the most frequently used drugs at KU are hallucinogens and sedatives. These drugs include methadone and morphine, carried. They include "speed" and 180.
Barbiturate overdose is the most common problem of the drug, although it can also be a treatment for an unresponsive patient.
still hallucinating when they come to the hospital.
When a student comes to the hospital his blood and respiratory systems are monitored, and he is sometimes given oxygen.
The student who enters the hospital with a drug overdose is not reported to the police, and his record is not revealed except for special court order, Schwegler said.
HE SAID it was not against any state law for a person to have a drug in his system, and law enforcement people should be able to see who had entered with a drug problem.
Drug patients who display suicidal tendencies are assigned a psychiatrist from the University's mental health clinic. The patient is now called a psychiatrist but cannot be forced to do so.
"Most of the students who meet with the clinic psychiatrists do not do so for drug-related reasons," said Schweigler. "It is often for other reasons, although drugs are sometimes found to be the underlying reason for other problems."
When the student does arrange to meet with a clinic psychiatrist, four meetings may be necessary.
On-Campus Parking Zones Color-Coded for Overflow
Colors are going to be as important as zone letters this fall for students planning to park on campus, according to Nichols University executive secretary.
The parking and traffic committee has expanded the number of lots a student may park in with his or her zone permit. The colors are to be used as overload permits. If the zone is not full, he may park in another zone that has the same color as his assigned zone.
Bob Ellison, captain of Traffic and Security, said, "This idea was put forth by the parking and traffic committee after consultation with the University Senate."
Zones O and X will cost the student five cards more than last year to pay. The cost to buy the student a card is $45.
Zone K has been expanded by almost 50 parked spaces. The new spaces run
parallel to Memorial Drive. Wheel bump is installed along curbing as soon as possible.
the color-coded zones for this fall will be blue-with a campus pass, blue-without a campus pass.
Blue zones for autos with campus passes will include H, Q, T and JB zones. The blue zones for autos without campus permits will include B-1, D, L, R and V zones.
The red zones will include B B-1, C, E, F-
F-1, G, J-1, K, N, W and Z.
The yellow zone will include A, A-1,
AFH, I, M-1, N-1, R-1, S, Y and WC
The green zone will include O,R-2, R-3,
R-4. S-1. X-1. Joliffe.
Motorcycles will be classified either with a red or a blue zone permit. The blue zones for cyeing will include H and T, and I. They are C, C, C, E, F, FJ, G, N, O, S, V, W, X, Y, and Z.
is a fee, agreed upon by the student and the psychiatrist.
OF THE fee is as small as a dollar an hour, and often it is not even collected. But the doctors feel that this brings about more problems in which in turn brings about better results.
program designed to aid the heroin addict.
The methadone clinic is supported by students through a Student Senate allocation of January 1972. The allocation provides $1,500 for maintenance of the clinic.
The student health clinic also has a
the clinic treats non-students as well as See DRUG USE, page 3
Rent, Parking Costs Increase for Stouffer
By TIM WINTERS Kansan Staff Writer
Beginning Aug. 15, parking permits will be required for Stouffer Place residents and the rent for apartments there will be increased by $10.
The new parking permits will cost the residents $15 annually. J. WILSON, director of the married student's apartments, was quick to point out that the permits were not issued by the housing department and security office through action taken last spring by the Student Senate committee on traffic problems.
The parking permits have already caused some problems with Stouffer residents. Many do not feel that they should be included in the same category as those who are applying for parking permits for the university parking lots.
Another letter will be sent to the residents during the first part of August to inform them of the parking fee. According to Wilson, a few of the residents have left the apartments, although the parking fee they have been the main reason for leaving.
Wilson said he did not feel that the apartment residents should be charged for parking in their parking lot, since it did not cover parking on campus lots closer to campus.
"WE HAVE distributed a statement to the residents informing them about the new parking regulations," said Wilson. "We do not want them suddenly confronted with the permits in the enrollment line this fall."
An improvement in maintenance was one of the factors in the raise in rent account.
"The rent rates at Stouffel Place have not gone up for several years," said Wilson. "The $10 represents a compounding of several costs."
WILSON SAID that one of the new services for the apartment would be the use of cablevision to improve television reception.
Television reception has not been good at the apartments in the past years, and, as a result, there is an increasing complex, television antennas cannot be erected. There can be no exposed wires at Stouffler Place, such as telephone lines or even clothes lines. The cables will adapt to this situation.
"We have had some trouble in keeping the trash areas clean," stated Wilson, and we have had a little trouble with it. We don't have cats which are attracted to these goals."
Another factor in the higher rent is the problem of trash collection at the apartments. The city of Lawrence includes the price of trash collection on the water bills, but the university must make available the trash collection sites.
THE CITY is requesting that Stoufer Place install the mechanical type of trash containers, rather than the trash can systems and which must be dumped manually.
The rates at Stouffer Place will increase from $75 for a one bedroom and $85 for a two bedroom apartment to $85 and $95 uniform. Utilities are not included in the rent.
According to Wilson, the rates are not set exactly on what the market will bear. The apartments are backed by revenue bonds, and the housing administration attempts to set the rates so as to let the complex pay for itself and yet remain full.