by JOHN DVORAK
Nebraskan Staff Writer
Edet Inyang, 27, a native of
Nigeria who is studying
management at the University
of Nebraska, doesn't know
when his case .vill come up in
court.
He said that faulty pipes in
his former apartment on 28th
Street caused him to move
after less than a week of
resiidenca there. A judge will
decide whether his landlord
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Housing bugs foreign students
must refund the deposit Inyung
made on the apartment.
The foreign student can't say
any more about the case for
fear of prejudicing the upcom
ing court proceedings. He has
moved to a better apartment
now, just a block from cam
pus. Problems like those Inyang
encountered with his former
landlord are not rare among
foreign students living off
campus, according to Ivan
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Alphonse, one of NU's two
foreign student advisors.
Another case is pending in
court besides Inyang's. A stu
dent from India has had severe
contractural disagreements
with his landlord-
"We have a few real pro
blems every year," Alphonse
said. "The problems with
racial discrimination always
exist, but our greatest pro
blems occur with contracts
many students are asked to
sign."
Apartment contracts are dif
ficult enough for American
students well-versed in the
English language and the wiley
ways ' of some apartment
landlords.
But for a studnet from
Ghana, India or Brazil, who
has just gotten off a bus or an
airplane in Lincoln, the pro
blems can cause endless
heartache and trouble.
"Sometimes the landlords
ask foreign students to 'sign on
the dotted line and the apart
ment is yours, " Alphonse
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said. "The students are anxious
to obtain a home, so they sign,
. sometimes without thinking."
Alphonse told of a case where
one of NU's foreign students
was shown a lovely, clean
apartment, told to sign a con
tract, and then found to his
dismay he had been rented
another, less desirable place.
On occasion, foreign students
have been asked for exorbitant
deposits.
People don't realize the pro
blems foreign students face in
their attempt to line up off
campus housing, according to
Bachitarr Singh, president of
the International Club.
Foreign students do not have
the money for a townhouse in
the Chateau le Fleur of
Briarhurt. Often they don't
even have a driver's license, so
they musi rent within walking
distance of the campus. They
generally have no friends in the
city, so they have no real
assistance in finding a place to
live. Most have a working
knowledge of English, but
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sometimes that is not enough.
Some colleges and
universities have community
volunteers who help foreign
students search out housing.
Such arrangements, however,
can become too paternalistic,
Singh believes.
"It smacks too much of 'let
me take you by the hand,"
Alphonse said. "By getting
some heard knocks, the foreign
student can learn a lot about
Lincoln in a hurry."
"If he comes to us, we can
help him," Alphonse added.
"But you can do too much for a
foreign student, who is a very
intelligent person."
The foreign students who live
in dormitories have things
comparatively more easy than
their compatriots off campus.
They are within a few blocks
of all their classes, they needn't
worry about electric bills,
broken windows, holes in the
ceilings or leaky toilets. Their
meals are nutritious and
regularly prepared. They can
even have their bed linens
laundered weekly.
Food Is perhaps the greatest
problem a foreign student in
the dormitory encounters, said
Singh, who nsed to live In a
dorm. The cooking and taste
are different, and some foreign
students are vegetarians. .
Housing rules are relaxed for
foreign students in the dorms.
They can move out of the dorm
anytime if they have a good
reason. They do not put down
an advance deposit, since most
are overseas until just before
the beginning of school. -Freshmen
foreign students live
off campus if they wish.
Other than the dormitories,
there are only about a dozen
living units on campus
available to foreign students.
They are In two buildings,
one at 1548 It Street, another at
1505 S Street, which have been
purchased by the University
and made available to foreign
students with families.
Eventually the buildings will
be torn down, according to
Housing Officer Wayne L. Blue.
For the time being they are
rented out for about $35 a
month to foreign families.
Although the buildings are
old, they have been renovated
by the University and are well
painted, clean and livable.
Singh would like to see the
University provide more on
campus housing for foreign
students.
He is also a strong advocate
of the host family program
which he termed "one of the
best things the foreign students
office does."
Under that program, a Lin
coln family "adopts" a foreign
student who has Just come to
Lincoln. The student lives with
them for the first few days of
his stay, and they are available
to help him when he moves into
his own house. Singh still
speaks glowingly of his rela
tionship with his host familv.
even though he has been at the
university lor more than two
years.
Singh agreed with Alphonse
that spoon feeding is not th
answer for a foreign student
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"Experience is ths best or.
pcrience," Singh said.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, .1970
