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f East Union completed By Mark Hoffman If the East Campus Union project continues at its present pace, East Campus should have its new Union by January, 1976, according to Daryl Swanson, assistant director of administration of the Nebraska Union. Swanson said the preliminary drawings have been submitted to UNL from McGaughy, Marshall, McMillan and Blacklund, Omaha, the architectural firm designing the Union. The Nebraska Union Planning Committee and other UNL committees instrumental in planning the East Campus Union now must approve the preliminary drawings with recommendations or chanqes if necessary, and return the drawings to the firm, he said. "It's hoped the set of preliminary documents will be accepted by the planning committee by late fall and the working documents by the spring of 1974," Swanson said. 'If so, he said, construction should start in July 1974. It is hoped that approval will not be delayed because the Union is being built on a fixed budget, Swanson said. With inflation, the sooner the working drawings are approved and construction bids taken, the bigger the building East Campus will get, he said. He said the regrents allocated $3 million for the Union. This amount is for construction, fixtures, furniture and other costs. According to Al Bennett, Nebraska Union director, the Union sized is planned to be 72,000-75,000 sq. ft, but with a fixed upper limit for costs the size might be reduced to meet the budget, he said. Swanson and Bennett said they were pleased with the way the project has teen going. Swanson said the Nebraska Union Planning Committee and other university committees were responsible for the progress. Suter: landlord-te By Dave Madsen lust year the UNL ombudsman received an average of three to five landlord-tenant complaints each week. This fall those complaints have increased to about three to five each day, according to Ombudsman Jim Suter. Students probably had as many problems with landlords last war. Suter said, but they now are aware that the ombudsman handles such problems. That may explain the increased 'number of complaints received, he said. He said the most common problem he has confronted this year concerns students who want to move out of an apartment before the lease has legally terminated. "All we can do in these cases is give advice," Suter said. "We suggest that the student talk with the landlord in a rational and reasonable manner. The problem is that legally the student is bound to the contract ho has signed." Suter said he has also received numerous complaints concerning moving into apartments. Sometimes the apartment isn't ready on the date the landlord has said it will be, he said. He added that there have teen cases in which the furnace wasn't operating or water wasn't running. Cuter mentioned a class action suit which his office filed on behalf of a tout 2b students. 'That was a case where the landlord seldom, if ever, returned the tenant s damage deposit," he said. "We filed the- action, but it was demurred." may be in 1 976 The planning committee, of which Swanson is a member, is a committee composed of students, faculty members and administrative porson.iol, he said. The planning committee Wis formed by the Nebraska Union Board to study and make recommended l ions for a new East Union. Swanson s iiJ He said the committee's report was prepared and revised to the December 1972, edition. The report is a study by the planning co m m i t t e e w i l h recommendations from various university groups, 5w;ins-)t; said The report was sent to rhs C,..;;iiai Facilities Planning Hureaj, e department branch under Gov. J. J, Ex on authorized to review -; y construction plans for stale l uiidin;;,, he said. The bureau reviewed and cipp'ovd the study w i t h added recommendations. Wit!-, 1.ca signature the study was ri.Si-J o l-; sent to the Omaha a chit :c tui f,mt for preliminary drawing, Swsir.on said. He said the study is a public document available tl'trou-.h h,s oil' s to anyone. Among the contents of the study are a tentative time schedule, speed u. requirements of the Union. gi;ncrai considerations, environments and miscellaneous construction requirements and additional information of space use. The tentative time stheduls: outlined by the study cciicd ,v,r ;he Union program to be completed ;r;d approved May 31, 1972; au.ordm-j :, Swanson; program approval criir..- r June, 1973. The report called for c'inniovi! of preliminary drawings Ap-il 30, 13 73, Demurred means th.u ',: L okIouJ in effect admitted to th;- rl, rf. bi; said that the students h. no I ; i! grounds on which io b;r.:: m rnt. ; i said he has urged each of she s! involved to file a claim in . n-il! c!,:n;;'. court. "If a student could biiug in jnst one person as a wi'nes" for hi, c! the judge would be ii:H...n:1.-d somewhat in his decision," :t.i.j Suter explained tl, n i ,;.. landlord-tenant law; a i ha . o , i British common law. he 'airi Us.-.t because of this, the l ev. an. c ,,:v ; . the protection of U.e lamifotu, s ot tenant. He said that a hill p..,, j,,,,. , the Legislature would s t np so'-cd.. landlord tenant laws for M- J.i .!. ( i I 4m v 1 tt A' I BtOK H LCOrOur FOR r ri v rnt Fnst 's'oje'f.l is r . i T MC (;;ist ' ' .' t r t, j r, ri " .;i eo. i',;e;i'Ki i oo ms, i ' o: i.i :j . i.i 1 ! m'; : ':.ir ' ' i.-ffdit'Cl !'od 1 '' ' Oj,-r-,'ii 'jflfn is . 'i i 1 : "i i" " '. d'!''.-;t ion. t,- , ( '; -,,f! tr.e k services will i'-' ' " i !' ; 'Jii:o'i, ,;s- well as tfie ! 1 k 1 t u. f ; i - . . P- oi hiiiotoior, ' ' -;C s'r, .;;) '-mpfcyo 'it the ' !i ' rer.i Hi e i ;t onion '' ''' .i'hv U-i.Vn, "I mink ' ' ' ' f-s.ed in it." s r: !-... ot'.rcp? snack bar "'''V j"'"0;.-v(!nti;itly placed nces on increase ..''ifv' hes the :n i,i:ii.''oo's in ki.p ev .My he ' "V;IO',!V.:''l ,',id ' ', ' . : I i ve s-.i 'i.H ' i'fi . m 1 o'o; e (.ir "Vi no," liu'er 1 ).:. t.ni-tus 's ' ui 'he:.. vj- ! -r.t . . J'! O !i i;s. 'if. "-.in'j in K- !;.::;i!cTd .'id i'ol ii c, .. , -'o'-'cfz4 ' .... ' " ..." "Mal liVfncf quarters O I 4. V 4 , Campus Union with no storage space within the snuck bar fot sucli items as potato chips. " !uid she had to go to other parts of the building to replace food stock;. Ron Burrus, east union manager, currently handles food service chorer, as wedl as administrative and programming capacities at. the Union. According to Tenopir, Burrus aiJ his secretary help in the snack bar serving line almost every day. Burrus said with the completion of the new union, an assistant manager might Ik added to handle some of the managerial functions. But what of the students? They are waiting for the new Union beaus:.1 tin; present. Union lacks, among other things, such functions as a place for social gatherings, some students said. One student said, 'The (Easi) Union doesn't have any place for social gatherings except for outside." J almost impossibl(! for them to inspect every apartment. Althougn the Mousirj Office provides an apartment placemont service, S'.iter said that the majority of off campus students find housing on their own. He ;idded that landlord-tenant problems are only part of a bi(;ger pcol.ileni that off campn, students f ice while iiyinii in the Linioln c ocirnonpy "I rioii't think tti:1 Un;'"-rsily i.'. doir, enough vvoik lor its :. ! i n '..-i i Ls ilr)i live off ram( n ;," Sulci' sjej. 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