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A night on the town doesn’t have to mean a trip downtown anymore.
State Fair Park is only a lew blocks from campus, and horse racing
is more exciting than ever this year because we’re racing under
the lights! What's more, general admission is free every
night and on Saturday and Sunday, too, so amp to
the track won’t eat up your college budget Change
the way you party, and join your friends for a
different kind of fun at Lincoln’s newest
mghtnme hot spot—State Fair Park.
Post time: 7 p.m. Wednesday
Friday, 5 p.m. Saturday
2 p.m. Sunday
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USE OF STUDENT LEGAL SERVICES
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Student Legal Services
Complaints filed against landlords
By Tom Koenig
Staff Reporter
Although rental complaints and
grievances reported to Student Lxgal
Services has increased recently, at
torney Shelley Stall said overall use
of the service has also increased.
The increase is probably caused by
a higher awareness of services avail
able to students, Stall said, rather than
an increase in legal problems.
The office has attempted to inform
students about its services. It has sent
more mailings to student organiza
tions and fraternities and sororities,
participated in a housing fair held by
the residence halls and has appeared
on television.
“We are trying to step up our
budget to help the growing demand of
student complaints," Stall said.
About 70 cases closed with the
office in August. This is more than a
100 percent increase in cases com
pared to those closed last August.
It’s also possible for a complain t to
be filed in January and the case to be
closed in August, Stall said.
Of the 70 cases closed in August,
23 complaints were filed against
landlords.
The lawyers at the office gel
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complaints from students who say
they have moved into an apartment
only to find it a total mess or to wake
up one cold morning without heat.
Stall said students with apartment
problems should first try to write their
landlord and document the problem
with a picture oi witness. If the stu
dcnt.stil) gets no results, she said, he
or she should contact the housing
code office.
There are five to 10 Lincoln land
lords that Stall said she consistently
hears complaints about, but she
would not release their names.
Unfinished repairs are the primary
reason students file rental complaints
with the office, Stall said. She said she
also commonly hears complaints
about the cost of utilities, broken
leases, bugs, rodents and pests.
“It is unlawful for a landlord to rent
an apartment or house that does not
meet the standards of the health and
safety established in the Lincoln
Minimum Housing Code,” she said.
According toa handout distributed
by legal services and the Association
of the Students of the University of
Nebraska, the first step for a tenant
who wants the help of the housing
code office is to ask an investigator to
come to the apartment and examine
the problem.
If the apartment docs not comply
with the code, the landlord will he
contacted by the investigator regard
ing steps that need to be taken. They
also will be given a deadline for
compliance.
Landlords refusing to bring rental
property into compliance with the
code may be prohibited from renting
the property and even prosecuted in
some serious cases.
Stall said tenants should pay close
attention to the legal process and
should report any problems they
have.
In one case, she said, a person set
up a lease only to move into an apart
ment that haa “things growing in the
refrigerator, old furniture still in the
apartment, holes in the walls and a
bathroom that was filthy."
In this instance, the health and
safety of the tenant was at stake. The
housing code office stepped in and
had Ure landlord fix the problems
within two to four weeks.
Stall said students should get a
copy of their lease from their land
lord.
If a verbal agreement is made to
make repairs, then students should get
it in writing in the lease contract. Stall
Students also may hold landlords
responsible for repairs through a 14
day or 30-day contract which says all
repairs must be made within that time
span, Stall said.
If all repairs arc not made during
that time, the renter can press charges
and take the landlord to court, she
said.
Students who must break their
leases before their contract is up have
two alternatives. Stall said.
They must give their landlord
notice of their departure as soon as
possible or they may discuss the pos
sibility of subletting the apartment or
house to another tenant for the re
mainder of the contract
The SLS office can also help stu
dents with auto accidents, small
claims court, traffic offenses and
other problems of criminal nature.
“We want students to be more
aware of the services we offer,” Stall
said. ‘Many students feel that there is
nothing they can do ”
Student loans
available Monday
Perkins National Direct Student
Loans for first semester of 1988-89
will be issued in the Nebraska Union
ballroom Monday through Wcdncs
uay irmn y a.m. 10 i i:.h> a.m. anu i
p.m. to 4 p.m. Students must present
their student ID cards to pick up their
check.
Film on racism
will be shown
Sunday evening
DREAM, Developing Realistic
Educational Activities tor Minori
ties, will show “Racism 101,” a film
portraying the problem of racism at
university and college campuses
across the country.
The film will be shown at the
Culture Center at 333 N. 14th St.
Sunday following a picnic which
begins at 5:30 p.m.
A discussion of the film will the
follow.
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