Reunion to boast upper-level apartments if plan passes
By David G. Young
Staff Reporter
The Reunion will have 19 apart
ments installed on its top floor by
next fall if everything goes according
to plan, said David Hunter, president
of the Hardy Building Corp.
Renovation on the top level of the
65-year-old structure is expected to
begin in May, he said. The 20,000
square-foot floor has been used as a
storage area since Dec. 1987.
The current plan, laid out by
Clark-Enerson Partners, a Lincoln
architectural firm, would install 18
one-bedroom apartments and one
two-bedroom apartment, Hunter
said. Each of these apartments would
come with a full kitchen and bath, he
said.
“They’re geared more toward the
upper level in the quality of the units,
and the price,” Hunter said. “The
price alone is going to eliminate a lot
of people.”
Hunter said the rental would be
about $450 per month for the one
bedroom units and $550 for the two
bedroom apartments.
“If a student can’t afford that type
of rent, that’s fine,” he said. “But
we’re not going to allow four or five
students to pile into that apartment.
The occupancy of the apartments
would be limited to two persons be
cause additional residents would
cause excessive wear and tear on the
facilities, he said.
Hunter said he expects to find the
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most interest among high-income
students, as well as married couples.
Currently, there is a void in on-cam
pus married student housing, he said.
The apartments in the Reunion would
be attractive to couples where one
person has a large income.
The problem of noise from com
mercial activity on the first floor
would not exist, due to a 14-inch
thick concrete floor separating the
upper and lower levels of the struc
ture, he said. Similarly, Hunter does
not expect trouble with noisy tenants.
“We’ll kick them out,” he said.
“We won’t tolerate it. The people
that are going to live there are going
to want to live on campus. They’re
going to want to live in a quiet envi
ronment.”
Hunter expects tne remoaeung
process to cost between $400,000 and
$500,000. The project would involve
installing more windows, a new roof,
and a secure elevator.
Two elevators are currently in
place in the building, which reach
from the parking garage below the
structure to the top floor. Residents
will be able to enter the top floor from
either the parking garage, or the retail
area with the use of a security key, he
said.
Residents also will have the option
of renting a parking space on the first
floor for $40 per month, he said.
There are 52 stalls in place below the
building, only 20 of which are now
being used, he said. Any extra stalls
may be rented out to the general
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which had used the facility as a warp
house for a number of years, he said
Before construction work on thP
apartments can begin, zoning proT
lems will have to be solved HuntPr
said. The Reunion is zoned as 11
Industrial, which allows up to 20 000
square feet of commercial space’Z
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Hunter is currently working with
the Lincoln Planning Department to
change the zoning ordinance to allow
apartments in 1-1 Industrial zones bv
special permit. 1
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New RHA officer
wants less conflict
By Brandon Loomis
Senior Reporter
The newly-elected Residence
Hall Association speaker said
Wednesday he wants to make RHA
run smoother and its senators more
vocal.
Tom Searson was elected RHA
speaker last week when Matt Wick
less resigned because of time con
flicts. Searson is the third RHA
speaker this year.
“I’d like to facilitate a smooth
transition into next year,” he said.
To do that, he said, he’ll try to
arrange for a training session for
newly-elected senators and execu
tives. RHA elections are March 15.
Searson said he will suggest hav
ing a training session sometime
within the first three weeks of the new
senate.
Besides teaching the new senate
parliamentary procedure, Searson
said, a training session would allow
time for everyone to get to know each
other.
i m a nrm oeuever mai me more
you get to know people, the better
you can interact,” he said.
A training session would help alle
viate much of the tension the current
senate is feeling, he said. If the sena
tors start off as friends, he said, they
will be able to work productively
even if they disagree on the issues.
Senators with training will be
capable of introducing bills immedi
ately, so a training session would help
RHA achieve more next year, Sear
son said.
‘‘I’d like to see the senate get off
and rolling immediately.”
Searson, who was chairman of the
Food Service Task Force last year
and a Harper Hall senator this year,
has run for speaker in each of the last
three senate votes. He said he will run
for RHA again March 15, but might
not run for speaker because he gradu
ates in December.
‘‘I just want to conclude this sen
ate on a happy note,” he said.
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Regents’ agenda includes budget increases
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different areas of the college.
Money for the program would
come from redistribution of re
sources within the college, she said.
Neither Perlman nor Craig said
they expect opposition to the propos
als.
Also on the agenda for the meeting
is a request to authorize a budget
increase for a School of Biological
Sciences greenhouse from $960,000
to $2.58 million.
The board also will consider the
appointment of Dana-Larson-Roubal
Associates as architects for a $7.1
million Eppley Science ’iall addition
at the NU Medical Center in Omaha.
The addition will be built with private
and federal money.
Other items on the agenda arc:
• Reports on NU efforts to moni
tor and improve water quality.
• Policies on faculty development
fellowships.
• Appointment of Donald Ed
wards as dean of the UNL College0
Agriculture at a salary of $98,000.
candidates spar on official vote; involvement
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tial candidate for IMPACT, said her
party also wants more students to get
involved in AS UN.
Bohling, president of the Harper
Schramm-Smith residence hall com
plex, said IMPACT would establish a
student complaints hotline, publicize
AS UN appointments in the Daily
Nebraskan and survey students annu
ally. Experts would give a scientific
survey to ensure unbiased results, she
said.
Rock criticized IMPACT’S survey
proposal. ASUN members can carry
out their own surveys, he said, instead
of wasting money to pay for others to
do them.
Paul Reynolds, 2nd vice presiden
tial candidate for BEER, said his
party would increase involvement by
setting aside a number students could
call to vote in ASUN elections.
Reynolds said the number could
have a 976 prefix so ASUN could
make money. ASUN could make call
voting into a lottery, he said.
Senators also were asked what
they would do to curb senator apathy
on ASUN. Cindy Kirstine, one of the
mediators, said this year’s senators
have adjourned many meetings early.
Jegcris said she would develop a
strict point system for s nators,
which would help stop apathy. Sena
tors that skip:> meetings* would lose
points, she said. If senators lose too
many points, Jegeris said she wou
dismiss them. ^
Bohling said she would pro^e
ASUN with the strong leadership
needed to motivate senators. Bohn g
said that while she was presiden
Harper-Schramm-Smith, the at
dance rate for residence nice i g
averaged about 90 percent.
Reynolds said ASUN senator
start to realize the body
and “it becomes a big joke.
that while he was on the senate, •■
tors would debate pointless eg
lion for hours. Reynolds said th*
after a while, he was the lirs
lion f<Adiournment every W
