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Photos by Tammy Kaup
Merchants meet with candidates
By Amy Edwards
Stall Reporter
As city elections approach next week, mer
chants on downtown's Block 35 once again have
voiced concern over the city's plans to raze the
block for parking.
Mayor Roland Luedtke assured a crowd of
about 60 in Arturo's restaurant Monday that the
city "will negotiate in good faith" with the
merchants.
State Sen. Bill Harris, who is challenging
Luedtke for the mayor's office, said he would be
reluctant to move on condemnation proceedings
against the merchants unless he is convinced
the city has an overriding need for parking in
that area.
"I just can't see putting a viable, going busi
ness out of business," Harris said.
Block 35, the area bound by 1 1th, 12th, and P
and Q streets, is marked by the city for a multi
level parking garage. City officials and the Com
mittee to Save Block 35 agreed in January to
allow businesses on the block to remain until
November 1988,
Meanwhile, the city is appraising the property
as a first step to relocating the businesses.
If an agreement is not reached on the value of
the property, Luedtke said, the buildings on the
block will be condemned. If that happens, prop
erty owners say, they may fight the city in court.
The owners complained that they may already
be out of business because of the low appraisals
made on their properties.
Natalie Dibbern, co-owner of the Sam Law
rence Hotel building, said the appraisals given
, for the properties were nowhere near the real
values.
"You are trying to pay us parking-lot prices,
but we are not selling parking lots," Dibbern
said.
John McCallum, owner of Dirt Cheap Records
and Gifts, said the appraisal given to him for his
property would cover only 5 percent of what he
paid for the property and only 1.5 percent of his
anticipated net income.
Art Langoria Sr., owner of Arturo's, said that to
afford rent on another building, he would have to
make some 170,000 more tacos a year.
"That's a heck of a lot of tacos," Langoria said.
"After almost 20 years on this corner, we've kind
of gotten used to it."
Jo Gutgsell, council candidate for the south
west district, said that location is an important
factor to consider in the appraisals.
"All of these businesses depend heavily on the
university ... I think we have to take into con
sideration things besides dollars per square
foot," Gutgsell said.
Charles Nelson, also running for the south
west district council seat, said that in order to
move ahead, the city must "depolarize."
"The city must realize it's a two way deal,"
Nelson said. "The city can't always be the
scoundrel."
Other city-council candidates present for the
discussion were Ted Hempel (northwest dis
trict), Bill Hoffman (northwest incumbent),
Larry Gulbranson (candidate at-large), Gates
Minnick (at-large incumbent), Hank Buis (nor
theast), Colleen Seng (northeast district), Jeff
Payne (southeast district) and Linda Wilson
(southeast district).
CBA to enforce
prerequisites
next semester
By Dotti Krist
Staff Reporter
Breaking a lease is hard to do
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By Joeth Zucco
Staff Reporter
Spring brings sun, finals and the termination
of leases.
Shelly Stall, a lawyer in Student Legal Servi
ces, offers suggestions on moving out.
A 30-day written notice is required of the
renter before the moving date and the day the
rent is due, Stall said.
She said that if proper notice isn't given, the
renter could be held responsible for another
month's rent. In a month-to-month lease, a 30
daj notice is required. In a term lease, notifica
tion requirements usually are written in.
Stall said that when the notice is sent, the
renter also should set up a time with the land
lord to inspect the apartment and return the
deposit. The apartment inventory, which should
have been filled out at the beginning of the
lease, should be on hand during he inspection
with the landlord. The inventory should give an
accurate report of the condition of the apart
ment, Stall said.
Any complaints the landlord may have can be
fixed during the inspection. Stall said that to get
the damage deposit back, the apartment should
be left as clean as it was when the lease began.
There should be no damage beyond normal wear
and tear, she said.
Utility companies also should be notified of
the student's move. Stall said the names of the
renters are usually on the accounts. To avoid
being billed after the move, she said, renters
should call the company to ask that service be
disconnected and send a letter to back up the
call. The letter should be dated and a copy kept,
she said.
Some students are forced to break their leases
at the end of the school year without giving
30-dsys notice. When this occurs, Stall said, it is
best to give the landlord as much notice as
possible.
The landlord has an obligation to the tenant
to lower damage-deposit losses by advertising
and showing the apartment to prospective ren
ters. If the landlord finds a new renter in time,
all the payment renter has to pay is advertising
costs, Stall said.
But life is not always so structured. If the
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landlord can't find a renter, the current renter
could be held responsible for the accumulating
rent, she said. The landlord cannot sue for rent
at the time the renter leaves, but can collect it
later if he cannot find another renter.
Subleasing is an option to breaking the lease.
Stall said renters should check the lease to see if
subleasing is allowed. Then they should contact
the landlord.
She said that to protect themselves, renters
should put everything about the sublease in
writing: the dste of return, clean and habitable
conditions upon return, no damages upon return
and a deposit.
Stall said subleasing is good when the current
renter will be returning to the apartment. But if
the sublease runs until the end or the current
lease, the renter should have the subleaser's
name put on the lease, she said.
Who's News
MarcellaBstandig of Columbus has received
the first Freda Drath Battey Distinguished
educator Award sponsored by the NU Founda
tion. Scott Nelson, a December 1886 masters
graduate of the School of Architecture, has
been named grand-prix winner in a graphics
contest sponsored by UNL's Computing Re
source Center. Nelson won in the technical
design category for a series of illustrations
depicting a house from different angles.
Students registered in College of Busi
ness Administration courses next fall will
need to make sure they fulfill the college's
grade point average and prerequisite re
quirements or they may dropped from
courses after they start.
Dean Gary Schwendiman announced
this week that the college will strictly
enforce these guidelines. Through the
Office of Registration and Records, CBA
officials will check students' records after
fall classes begin. Because of the amount
of time that such searches require, a stu
dent could be dropped three weeks into
the semester when it may be too late to
add another course.
D'vee Buss, CBA's director of advising,
said the college must use strict registra
tion enforcement because of rising enrol
lment. In the last 10 years, student enrol
lment in the college has increased by 916,
not including students enrolled in other
colleges taking CBA courses. The number
of full-time faculty and course sections
have not risen accordingly.
Long waiting lists have resulted, Buss
said. Students who are qualified to take
the courses have been on waiting lists
because of lack of space, she said. Some of
this space has been taken up by students
who aren't eligible to take the courses,
Buss said.
Last year 1,000 students were put on
course waiting lists. The college placed
800.
Although the college usually screens
about 600 students out cf courses because
of their grade point average, Buss said,
according to an audit conducted by the
college last year, at least 20 percent of the
students in CBA classes had not fulfilled
prerequisite requirements. She said stu
dents benefit from the background infor
mation given in prerequisite courses.
Students enrolling in College of Busi
ness Administration 300- and 400-leve
courses must have completed 52 semester
hours with a cumulative grade point aver
age of 2.5 or better. They also must have
completed the prerequisites for the courses.
Students enrolled through other UNL
colleges must have a 2.0 grade point aver
age to take 300- and 400-level CBA courses,
and must meet specific course prerequi
sites. For more information, students can
contact the College of Business Adminis
tration's undergraduate advising in CBA
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