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NEWS
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2002
Good landlord key to apartment shopping
By Matt Stumpff
mstumpff@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Size doesn't matter. But making the right moves does.
Students' landlords vary from big businesses to independent landlords who operate one house. Tenants should take personal preference into account when choosing their landlords, said James Dunn, president of the Landlords of Lawrence.
He said students should ask the correct questions before moving in.
"For example, ask about their future plans for the building," Dunn said. "If they are thinking
about selling the property to the University, they probably aren't going to be too interested in replacing the windows or addressing other complaints."
Brian Eiswirth, St. Louis senior, said he noticed a different atmosphere when he switched from a management company to an independent landlord last year.
He said his landlord was visible but not intrusive.
"He never complained about anything to us, even though the police did once," Elswirth said. "He was a pretty cool guy."
Eiswirth said his landlord was good about responding to repair requests.
"When we had problems we would call him and he'd be over the next day," he said. "We got to keep the whole deposit, too, and we didn't even clean that much. We just vacuumed."
Eiswirth said his previous landlord had responded to tenants quickly as well but didn't communicate as much.
Dunn said many independent landlords had a hands-on relationship with tenants.
He said the same environment could be expected of bigger landlords with active on-site managers.
Landlords handle repairs differently. Bigger landlords typically use their own repair staffs.
Other landlords rely on independent contractors most of the time. Dunn said.
Tuckaway management exclusively uses its own staff for landscaping and repairs, said Jessica Teague, manager at Tuckaway management.
Teague said she knew most of the tenants despite the 250 apartments she oversaw.
"I either know their name or the apartment they live in," Teague said.
Legal services for students didn't notice a trend favoring one landlord type over the other, said Michele Kessler, associate director.
Kessler said one situation that
caused problems was when the owners of the homes used management companies to act as landlord.
"If you want a repair done, they have to contact the owner and convince the owner that they need to spend the money on the property, and a lot of owners don't agree."
But, Kessler said, most of the time tenants' relationships with their landlords depended more on chance.
"They vary from person to person," she said. "Just like anyone else, there are goods one and bad ones."
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translate into support for higher education."
Edited by Matt Norton
More budget cuts may affect the long-term plan for how to spend tuition money.
Hemenway said tuition was raised with the intention it would be used to improve the University, not cover what the
state budget could not Money from this year's tuition increase has been used to raise graduate teaching assistant salaries, repair classrooms and improve technology.
But aside from GTAS, no KU faculty members received salary increases. Without more state funding, higher education is in danger, Hemenway said.
"Faculty can understand this year there weren't any salary
increases. They understand the state's in a tough place," Hemenway said. "We can't go another year without salary increases because we'll start to lose faculty."
Maska said deeper budget cuts could eventually require the shifting of tuition money from enhancements that are being done now to necessary maintenance.
"If our professors leave us,
we're going to struggle whether we have online enrollment or not," she said.
Students who want to become involved with SLAB or have ideas about raising student awareness about the budget situation should contact Maska by phone at the Student Senate office at 864-3710 or by e-mail at slab@ku.edu.
—Edited by Andrew Vaupel
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graduate student, said the World at KU celebration was a good opportunity to mix with friends from other cultures.
"It's like a party for a big family," he said.
Even domestic students attended the event.
Joel Bales, Abilene senior,
said he was invited by friends from Italy, Portugal and tran.
"I get to learn so much about different cultures," he said.
Enzo Giordano, Milan, Italy, freshman, said he came to the celebration for a different reason — "To eat."
International desserts, including Mexican chocolate mousse tart, German cheese-cakes, flan and baklava were donated by area restaurants.
While guests enjoyed the sweets and the company, the first International Student Organization Service Award was presented to the Brazilian Student Association.
The Brazilian Student Association raises money at its annual Carnival celebration to provide scholarships for domestic students studying in Brazil and for Brazilian students studying at KU, said senior
Thais Brandao, president of the Brazilian Student Association
About 1,700 students from more than 110 countries attend the University, according to the Office of International Programs.
"It's important, if nothing else, to just get them together and let them know that they're welcome here." Provost David Shulenburger said.
—Edited by Nicole Roché
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The United States should encourage Third World countries to establish institutions and gain legitimacy with the public before preparing for a democratic regime transition, Kaplan said. He cited the collapse of Russia in the '90s as an example of a country that failed to promote stability after drastically shifting from totalitarianism to democracy.
Mike Khadavi, Overland Park sophomore, said Kaplan's speech took a realistic outlook on the fate of world politics.
"I liked the way he talked about being open-minded towards future events in the Middle East," he said.
Kaplan also spoke yesterday at another forum about Afghanistan. He will speak about the Middle East at 10 a.m. today at the Summerfield Room in the Adams Alumni Center.
Edited by Matt Gehrke
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