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Tuesday, March 29, 1988 / University Daily Kansan
New manager eases tenants' woes
By Kim Lightle
By Kim Lightle Kansan staff writer
Some student tenants at Colony Woods Apartments have seen their problems addressed since a change in management at the complex.
Tenants who complained about lack of parking spaces and high electricity bills said that the problems have been reduced since Jane Ellis began working as the complex's manager a month ago. She replaced Gerald Burkhart.
Tenants have complained about a lack of parking spaces at the 370-unit
complex at 1301 West 24th St. since it opened last August. Last fall, many residents complained that a newspaper advertisement for the complex, which said four spaces were available for each apartment, was false.
The city stopped the complex's owner, Randall Davis, from adding parking spaces last year because the new spaces would have violated zoning regulations and could have caused flooding.
John Ortiz, Overland Park junior,
said that recently, he didn't have
trouble finding a parking space.
"I haven't had as many problems now," he said. "Sometimes, I have to park a few buildings down from mine."
Ellis said that she had discussed the problem with several of the residents and was working on a plan to help eliminate the problem. She said that she wanted to find out how much of the problem was due to non-residents parking their cars in the lot.
Residents also said Ellis was working to solve problems they had with high electricity bills because of outside lights that were hooked into their fuse boxes.
Several residents have been receiving reimbursement checks for the overcharges. Some new meters have also been installed so that residents would no longer be billed for the extra lights.
Holly Slaughter, a Spring Hill sophomore who organized a tenant's group when the problems began, said that she hadn't heard any more complaints from residents since Ellis began working.
Palestinian group to observe Land Day at KU
Palestinians all over the world will observe the annual Land Day tomorrow to bring attention to the continuing Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
By a Kansan reporter
KU's General Union of Palestinian Students will observe the day with a
demonstration in front of the Kansas Union at 1:15 p.m., Khalid Najib, Kuwait tumor, said.
Kuwait University.
Also, Palestinian cultural items will be on display in Gallery West of the Kansas Union from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Some items will be on sale.
Proceeds will go to the General
Union of Palestinian Students.
Unhour of Palestine. Najib, who said his family was forced to leave Israel's West Bank after the war in 1948, said it was upsetting to see the daily violence and killing.
According to United Nations estimates, 118 Palestinians have been
killed in 15 weeks of violent protests against Israel's occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
"It's hard to be away from home and see your people killed every day." Naib said.
The Associated Press supplied some information for this story.
Pay raises in the picture for some hall employees
By Kim Lightle
Kansan staff writer
Michael Frakes, Lawrence senior, is looking forward to getting his paycheck May 1 to see if he is among the 108 students who work in residence halls to receive a raise.
Students who work as desk assistants, security monitors and acedemic resource coordinators will receive the raises, said Jean Morrow, assistant director of residential programs.
The increase will raise students' wages 30 cents to 65 cents an hour, depending on merit and seniority. The base salary of $3.45 could go up to $4.00 after six consecutive semesters of work.
Before the new pay scale was set up, students worked at a flat $3.45 rate.
money would come out of the housing budget and that it would not cause an increase in student housing costs.
Kip Grosshans, personnel manager for housing, said that the
the assistant residence hall directors for the eight KU residence halls worked out a pay scale this year that would grant student employees a raise after three consecutive semesters of work.
The raises also are based on merit evaluations by the students' supervisors.
The merit evaluations grade students for their ability to work without supervision, for their initiative and for their ability to train other student workers.
The office of residential programs decided to use the merit system instead of a flat increase because they wanted to reward workers with better skills. Grosshans said.
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