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Monday, February 18, 2013
COMMENTARY
Kansas will fight for Big 12 title
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SUBLEASES
Subleasing a short-term option for renters
JULIE ETZLER
editor@kansan.com
Roommates, location, price and size are all factors that students look at when searching for an apartment. A factor that most students don't consider is what may happen if they need to move out in the middle of their lease. Subleasing is popular with students so they don't have to pay rent while they're gone, but most students don't know what subleasing is or how it works.
"Subleasing is the only way that you can break your lease early," Emily Strusz, Highpointe Apartment Homes manager, said. "Most leases don't have cancellation contracts because there are roommate problems or people frequently move around."
The process of subleasing isn't a difficult one, the tenant simply needs to know what it entails.
"The current tenant is required to find the subleaser. The apartment complexes have a list of people wanting to sublease but they cannot advertise for the tenant." Strusz said, "Before the new tenant can take over they have to be screened and approved. From there they will sign a new contract, take over for the old tenant, and have the same terms and contracts. After the contract is signed the old tenant is off
the hook and doesn't have to pay anything."
Students also agree that the subleasing process is fairly simple.
"I am trying to sublease right now but I checked out my lease before. Since I live in a house, the new tenant would just have to sign a new contract and continue to pay the same price that I paid when they move in," Morgan Wilkerson, a junior from Platte City, Mo., said.
The biggest challenge of subleasing is trying to find the subleaser.
The advice that Wilkerson gives to students about subleasing, is to know what's in the lease and advertise as soon as possible.
"I just finished with a roommate's sublease and we advertised to the Facebook housing group and Craigslist," Jessica Noble, a junior from Olathe, said. "I was really surprised that we didn't get any responses from the Facebook group. We did get a lot of responses from Craigslist and it only took a day after posting to determine who our new roommate would be."
"Definitely advertise on Facebook and Craigslist, but word of mouth is key," Wilkerson said. "Talk to the clubs and organizations that you're involved in and talk to your friends and their clubs and organizations. Be as specific as possible and get people interested."
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Besides winning against Ohio state and Texas Tech, Kansas' largest victory was by five points against Texas and West Virginia.
Still, this isn't something new to Kansas basketball.
If Kansas wants to win its ninth straight Big 12 title, the Jayhawks have no choice but to win these games. If the Jayhawks lose one game, they will have to hope for a loss to keep them in the running for the conference title.
Last year, the Jayhawks had to battle at Kansas State, Texas A&M and Oklahoma State to finish out the season.
On the bright side, tough stretches of games like this can prepare the Jayhawks for a great NCAA tournament run. The mental toughness builds in this stretch.
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for 62 of the Jayhawks' 81 points, and it was the second consecutive game in which Engelman has scored over 20 points.
It has become a theme that in each of Kansas' most recent wins, going back to the victory over Iowa State, the seniors have acted as leaders and played like veterans.
"There's poise and composition," Kansas coach Bonnie Henrickson said. "There's a sense of calm, not without a heartbeat, but their huddles are tighter, their voices are louder."
As Henrickson said, when Oklahoma made a second half run and cut the lead to single digits, it was Angel Goodrich who had the answer. Goodrich and Engelman were able to
"I felt like we were slowing up," Davis said. "We had to keep pushing the tempo. We had to keep attacking. We couldn't up. I was trying to get my teammates to be more aggressive. I knew I had to take over as a senior, as a captain. I just tried to push my teammates to give me the ball."
Davis and her teammates are familiar with fighting back from double-digit margins in the second half as they did against TCU and Iowa State, but against Oklahoma on Sunday it was the Jayhawks trying to hold off Oklahoma's run. Herickson and Davis both agreed that those situations gave them a lesson of how to handle the lead.
Henrickson said she made
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The win is the second this season for the Jayhawks over a team ranked in the AP top-25 poll, and gives them a winning record in conference play at 7-6. Kansas still sits at sixth in the conference standings.
Sophomore Chelsea Gardner also contributed 10 points and nine rebounds in the game.
In the end, Davis had 24 points and 10 rebounds, Engelman had 21 points and five rebounds, and Goodrich had 17 points and 10 assists.
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Senior guard Angel Goodrich rushes toward the basket for a layup in the second half of Sunday's game against Oklahoma. Goodrich scored 17 points in the 81-71 win.
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