UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Friday, October 23, 1992
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Students find housing alternative
By Kristi Fogler
Kansan staff writer
As an alternative to living in residence halls, Greek houses, apartments or rented houses, some KU students—with the help of their parents
Have become home owners.
Gary Nuzum, sales manager at McGrew Real Estate Inc., 1501 Kasol Drive, estimated that his firm sold about 30 houses and condominiums a year to KU students and their parents.
Nuzum said buying homes for students had many advantages for parents. He said parents could use the property as a tax write-off. Parents also could sell the property after the student left Lawrence. And students living on the premises would result in reduced student living costs for parents.
Jim Young, sales manager of College Hill Condominiums, Ninth Street and Emery Road said student's parents usually would purchase the house or condominium by making a down payment of a few thousand dollars. The student would live for free in the unit
and rent out any remaining rooms, he said. The money generated from rent would go toward any mortgage payments, insurance premiums or other expenses associated with the house or condominium, he said.
"In most cases parents will spend $10,000 to $12,000 in rent for their student of which they will not get any money back," Young said. "For a couple of thousand dollars, the student lives free and rents out the other rooms. The renters pay for the expenses."
Young said 23 of the 24 units in College Hill Condominiums were sold to KU students and their parents and were designed to pay for themselves.
Kathleen Landry, Colby junior, moved into the condominiums earlier this year. She said her parents decided to buy the condominium because it would be more economical. After paying to live in the residence halls, Landry said her parents were tired of paying money and not getting anything back.
"Now, we actually get something
out of it," Landry said. She rents out one of her rooms.
Landry said she enjoyed the freedom to make renovations or changes to the unit that ownership allowed. All condominium owners comprise a condominium association that governs the development.
"If you want to do something you can talk it over with everyone else and make renovations that everyone agrees on," she said.
Milton Wendland, Onaga senior, said being a home owner had taught him to be more independent.
"You worry about when things break," he said. "For example, I have to pay a plumber $60 an hour to come fix something or fix it myself."
Wendland said his parents purchased a condominium at Applegate at the Orchards, 1413 Lawrence Ave., for investment purposes.
He said the mortgage on the unit was $500 a month, and he rented out a bedroom to help subsidize the payment.
Wendland said owning his own condominium had many advantages.
"It's my own space, and I know it's mine," he said. "I feel much more comfortable. I don't have to worry if I spill something or put nails in the walls. It's like living at home except there are no parents."
Aaron McKeen, Wichita senior, said his parents bought a house so his sister would have somewhere to live while at school. After McKeen's sister graduated, the house at 1833 W.21st St., was rented out to a family before McKeen moved in this fall.
He said it was cheaper for his roommates to live with him in the house than in an equivalently sized apartment.
"The prices of apartments for the same amount of room and services was unbelievably expensive," McKee said.
McKee said his roommates paid $285 a month and would have paid $350 to $370 had they moved into an apartment.
Debaters are arguably the nation's best
Members invest long hours in preparation
By Delin Cormeny Kansan staff writer
Betty Baron said family dinners around her house were never dull. Her son, Chris Baron, is a member of the KU debate team.
"Christopher comes from a family of arguers — no — debaters," she said, speaking quickly and choosing her words carefully. "No, we're not debaters, I don't." And I'd say we to disagree just for the sport of it."
But family dinners have become few and far between for the Barons. Chris, like the other 14 members of the debate squad, spends about 30 hours each week preparing for debate competitions. He travels to tournaments around the nation on weekends and he maintains a full-time, honor-roll student status.
"That's what worries me," Betty Baron said, referring to her son's hectic schedule. "It takes a lot of
But Chris Baron, Lawrence junior, says that his school work does not suffer.
"It's the social life that gets squeezed out more than school," he said. "It is a sacrifice, but it's very satisfying when we win and a lot of fun when we don't. Part of the attraction is we tend to see a reward for our hard work."
The debate team already has won national recognition this year and is on its way to securing a spot in the granddaughter of all collegiate debates, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, at the University of Northern Iowa in March 1983.
The team recently took second place out of 84 schools at a University of Kentucky tournament. The Jayhawks defeated three of the top five national teams there, including Harvard, said Scott Harris, KU debate coach and assistant professor of communication studies.
"We were very excited about that," he said. "But beating Harvard is not something that comes as a shock."
Debater Josh Zive, Reno, Nev., sophomore, said he anticipated a winning season.
He said that most debaters spend every evening and between-class breaks researching at the end of the day.
one of the greatest coaches in the nation, plus we have a pool of people that work hard," he said.
"It's really a crunch," he said of juggling debate and school. "It causes problems. With as much time as it takes, it does make school harder."
The topic for debates this year is whether the United States should change development assistance policies toward the following nations: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
*Our coach, Scott Harris, is widely recognized as
Debaters do research individually, then pool their notes at a weekly meetings. At tournament, they must be prepared to argue both for and against any aspect of any number of policies for any country. Their opponents must be able to respond.
Tournaments last three days. Squads argue eight two-hour preliminary debates the first two days before going to the elimination round on the third day.
"When you get into the elimination round, those are the best teams in the country," Zive said. "Those days are absolutely wrecking. You have to be 'on', or else you go down in flames."
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