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Thursday, April 5, 1990 / University Daily Kansas
Renting doesn't have to hurt
By Christine Reinolds
Kenyan staff writer
Before choosing an apartment, students should know their rights and take precautions on their first adventure in the world of renting.
Dennis Prater, director of the Douglas County Legal Aid Society, offered some suggestions for students to consider before entering into a lease;
- The lease should not contain a clause that makes the tenant responsible for attorney fees in the event of an eviction.
The amount of the security deposit should be legal. In an unfurnished apartment, the security deposit cannot exceed the equilvation of one month's rent. In a furnished apartment or in an unfurnished apartment with a pet, the deposit cannot exceed $1\frac{1}{2}$ month's rent. If the apartment is furnished and pets are allowed, the deposit cannot exceed two months' rent.
"You should look out for leases that require a security deposit plus last month's rent," Prater said. "That equals two security deposits and could be illegal."
The length of the lease should be considered.
"students should understand what a sublease is and what it involves," he said. "If the lease is for a year,
then they will be on the hook for the three months during the summer."
When selecting co-tenants, students also should be careful about whom they choose.
"It is imperative that you select with care and recognize that you are liable for the entire rent if they run away to Tahiti," he said. "You are also liable for damages. You can sue, but it's hard if they're in Tahiri."
Julia Pilner, director of the Consumer Affairs Association in Lawrence, agreed with Prater.
"I cannot stress how important it is to get in writing who is responsible for what," said Pitner, Lawrence junior. "It would be a good idea to put
half of the utilities in each person's name."
Prater said that students could check their landlord's reputation with the Consumer Affairs Association and other students.
In all cases, Prater and Pitner stressed that students should carefully read the lease before signing.
Students can choose from housing options ranging from old houses divided into apartments to modern complexes that offer extras.
orandle Stiwell, Wichita freshman, said that she was moving off campus because she was tired of the high school environment in the residence hall.
Committee discusses aid for teachers, doctors
TOPEKA A - The House Appropriations Committee yesterday completed two days of hearings on two scholarship bills. Both bills have been passed by the Senate.
Kansas staff writer
By Rod Griffin
Kyungsa staff writer
The committee heard only favorable arguments about a teaching scholarship program and proposed changes in a scholarship program at the University of Kansas Medical Center.
Clantha McCurdy, director of financial aid for the Board of Regents, said the teaching scholarships were needed to draw high-quality students into teaching.
"How many times have you heard the debate about crisis in the classroom and incompetent teachers?" she asked. "Certainly children and our youth are our greatest resources."
will be given to the graduates.
The would-be 50 scholarships of $5,000 each to be awarded each year. Students who were awarded the scholarships would be required to teach math, science or foreign language in a Kansas school one year for each year they received the scholarship.
Editor/publisher says press is out of touch
The Associated Press
The program would cost the state $250,000 a year until a maximum of $1,125 million was awarded
until a maximum of $1,125 million. The committee also heard testimony about proposed changes to a Medical Scholarship program at the Med Center. The program provides two scholarships. The first awards $5,915 a year for tuition and a $500-a-month stipend for living expenses. The second award does not include the stipend.
supent.
Students who receive the awards are required to work full time in medically underserved areas of the state.
"We often think of ourselves as Davids, fighting the establishment, but the public sees us more and more as status-quo, establishment Goliaths," said Loren Ghiglone, publisher and editor of the Southbridge (Mass.) News.
WASHINGTON — The U.S. press is too comfortable, too well-paid and too much part of the establishment for the country's own good, the president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors told colleagues yesterday.
He cited a poll showing that most people thought news organizations were under the influence of powerful people and organizations.
Ghilione, addressing the society's 67th annual meeting, proposed that editors each adopted an institution that made him uncomfortable — a prison, a mental institution, a noisy, overcrowded, bigcity school, an AIDS hospital was and tried to work that world.
or at least others admire
He told of his own experiences,
removing his glasses, his belt,
his watch and his shoes as he was
admitted to a number of prisons in the past year while taking part in an ASNSE study of prison journalism. Each time, he said, he vowed not to do it again.
"In an era of law-and-order, electric-chair politics, I know I should go back." Ghiglione said.
"While we say we comfort the afflicted and affect the comfortable, we need to guard against looking at the world increasingly through the eyes of the comfortable."
In another report, Roy Aarons,
an executive with the Oakland
(Calif.) Tribune, presented the
results of the first survey ever
undertaken of homosexuals on the
news staffs of U.S. papers. He said
that 205 gay newspaper people
volunteered to take part but that
only 13 percent agreed to be identified
publicly.
"By overwhelming majorities, these journalists find that coverage of gay and lesbian issues — other than AIDS — is at best mediocre." Aarons said.
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COLLEGE ASSEMBLY ELECTION
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) College Assembly, the governing body that determines CLAS academic policy, has 119 vacant seats reserved for undergraduate student representatives. If the number of nominees is less than or equal to the number of vacancies, all nominees become representatives through appointment. All CLAS undergraduates are encouraged to become a part of the decision-making process.
NOMINATION FORMS:
Available at the Undergraduate Services Office, 106 Strong Hall
NOMINATION FILING DEADLINE:
Friday, April 6th, at 5:00 p.m.
ELECTION DATES:
April 11 & 12
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