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Rent can be tricky business BYGWENTETGEN Renting an apartment can bea lot trickier than it looks. First, renters should know where they want to live and what they may want in a potential apartment, said Suzanne Gilleland, housing resource spe cialist with the Lincoln Action Several Locations Throughout Lincoln & Omaha! N. 1st & Superior 436-3483 i Folsom & South St 436-3422 1,2,43 Outdoor pool Clubhouse^ pH»ia#*Roo«i - i usuxTMUtmEns V.Hwy 34 & Fletcher Ave 436-3452 f LAKEVIEWPARK APARTMENTS *W. 14th & W. “S” St 436-3464 Equal Housing Opportunity RENTqp.COMl Program. “Know what you can afford for rent with the cost of utilities," Gilleland said. And be prepared, warns Larry Potratz, director of the Lincoln Housing Authority “Sometimes landlords run credit checks or criminal checks on future tenants,” Potratz said. When obtaining an apart ment, Gilleland said, most land lords ask for a deposit The maxi mum amount that can be charged for the deposit is up to one month’s rent If renters change their minds about renting the apartment, landlords don't have to return foe deposit she said. The lease should list foe land lord or management company’s contact information, the length of foe lease, a list of foe utilities foe tenants are responsible to pay and the amount of the rent and deposit “Keep your original lease and inspection, listing what is wrong with foe apartment,” she said. If problems occur, tenants should first contact foe landlord, but if they don’t get a response to foe problem, be careful Gilleland said. “A lot of people think they can just stop paying rent if a landlord foils to repair the apartment” she said. “Keep paying rent, no matter what” The University Health Center is convenient for commuter students! University Health Center 15th & U Streets 472-5000 for appointments Monday - Friday 8 a.m. - 6 p.m. Saturday & Holidays 10:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. Information Services Communications offers many services for students living off-campus. For more information, stop by our booth at the Housing Fair, call 472-5151 or visit us at 211 Nebraska Hall. Phones & Accessories Dial-Up & ADSL I; 4> U •m > U 4> C/5 * OS to United States & International L- -. ■ .. ■ _I 20,40 & 80 Minutes Mi *■ NateWagner/DN Fountain Glen apartments on N.W. 2nd St are home to many UNL students who say the complex provides nice facilities and a fun atmosphere. Apartments offer students security BY JILL CONNER For students looking for a place to live after their first year, a dorm-like atmosphere without the cramped quarters and regula tions seems too good to be true. But for those wanting all the benefits and none of the disad vantages, die dream is reality. Steven Hinnerichs, a junior business major who lives at Fountain Glen apartments, 6157 N.W. Circle, said he likes the big complex because he lives by all of his Mends. \ t ' “I know people in just about every building,’’ he said. Hinnerichs said he wasn’t worried about crime because all the apartments are near each other and provide a dorm-like community. Brandy Wood, a sophomore dietetics major, said her smaller complex offered a friendlier atmosphere. Wood lives at Village Square Apartments, 1620 S. Folsom St, a complex with about 90 apart ments. “I feel more comfortable around my neighbors because there is only nine per building," die said. Headier Martindale, assistant manager of Highland View Apartments, 4441 N. First St., a complex with 406 apartments, said as a manager it is hard to know everybody, but there are ways to reach all the residents. “We have a pool party every year just after school starts in August, and we have a monthly newsletter, which provides infor mation about some of our rules and regulations, litde reminders about holidays and special things going on at the complex,” she said. For other students, a bigger apartment complex offers an escape from the usual campus scenery. Todd Vanpeteghem, a senior exercise science major, said the apartment complex he lives in, LionsGate Apartments, 5101 Vine St, offers a break from campus. You have a little more free dom out here (at LionsGate),” he said. Vanpeteghem advised stu dents to find a big complex but one close to campus. “We’re in the middle of every thing, not too far from campus and everything's here,” he said.