Student Senate adopts resolution Sisterhood a step closer By Mary Lichtenwalner Of llm Km«rr«lci The University's sister relationship with the University of El Salvador Is one step closer to reality. Student Senate Chair Donna Lawrence said. The ASUO passed a resolution earlier 'his fall to become a sister university with the Salvadoran university. last week. th« Student Senate formally passed a similar resolution and suggested the University Senate also adopt the sister university resolution. Passage of the resolution by the University Senate is the next step in achieving an exchange between the universities. That relationship could facilitate future exchanges of faculty, students and materials as well as a cultural exchange, said Margie Boyd, ASUO program coordinator. "I would certainly like to see student ex changes and faculty exchanges — it depends on huw much effort we put into it and how much risk people want to take," Boyd said. The Student Senate's acceptance of the resolution is a goal the senate has worked to at tain throughout fall term, Lawrence said. The ASUO initially proposed the possible relation ship between the two universities, said ASUO President Lynn Pinckney. "We wanted to help them re-establish the university they are desperate for supplies, even basics — pencils, paper and other sup plies," Pinckney said, The ASUO organized a tour of the University for two Salvadoran students in November. An tonio Quezada, president of the General Associa tion of Salvadoran Students, and Rodolfo Rosales, vice president of the student organiza tion. visited the University. Rosales told Univer sity students, faculty and administrators about the violent situation at the Salvadoran university and said the UES needs their support. Students at UES are deprived of a healthy educational atmosphere, Rosales said. Many classes are held in rooms without walls, with broken materials or none at all because of the ter rorist problem at the Salvadoran university. Students are also often harassed and threatened by terrorists. Rosales said. Quezada and Rosales appeared on a "hit list" published in July by the Secret Anti-Communist Army, a known death squad, they said. The resolution also encourages the Salvadoran government to keep the UES open and accessible to students. University President Paul Olum said he con siders the University's relationship with all Cen tral American universities a sister relationship. "I welcome all of them as sister universities, but a more formal declaration is fine with me,” Olum said. Notifying landlords before vacation prevents problems By Mary. I.ichtenwalner «'Y. Leavitig school to go home for the'holidays can. be a cost ,: ! iyi venture.'- Not only is gas •;! spend'yand the roads often r ;*, dangerous, but sometimes students come .back to the 'I 'niversity fo<fiiHjCa..heftyiTbil!.. V for * apartment repairs, that - •’ could have; .been avoided , • . simply- by • notifying their • j iandjofdl p > ' . . ° ; ."What students'should do. first lydore they go. home, for ■ Christinas; is’ to. .look at; their. leas»ts.'';A'S]t’lC j I.egaI Services • ■> ' Attorney Karsten Riismussen . says ”1'think a lot ofpeople sign°thfmt and never read •° •' ' ' thefn'." »' >... . • By checking their, lease’s, • /students, .may find that they C • ipust notify their, landlords .before ‘they'leave for more . -'than-seven days, Rasmussen sa*ys ' ° ° • Rasmussen says Inst year a • number of'students who had left their apartments or rentals '. * over break came back to costly • * surprises — bills for broken pipes and water damage. Landlords often will pay for plumbing problems, but water damage to tenants’ posessions is usually left up to the student to • handle, Rasmussen.says: “ The* bills'' for plumbing repairs can cost up ,to several hundred dollars.. Rasmussen says* "And to students, that’s .a lot. . ... "After Thanksgiving vara-, -tiort. I had' several people come in whote roofs had col . lapsed from water, damage It made their apartments com pletely unlivable," he. says. "it’s especially a tremeqdous ‘ hassle right now. at this time' of.year." ,. To’ be sale, tenants should give, written notice to’ tHeir landlords', of their absence. Rasmussen says’ And they should give their managers permission to keep an eye on their.apartment or rental. . "In fact, more important to giving permission, they should ask them to check in side," Rasmussen says. If a student did notify the landlord, but comes home to bills fur damages, and the landlord claims the tenant did not notify him or her, Rasmussen says the student should first consult him for advice. "Then they should take them to small claims court,” he says. • Sue Barelman," • general • manager 'of ' Elizabethan Management, twhich; operates several local apartment cpm 'plexus:1 says Elizabethan,tries to remind tenants to notify the -management-beforethey; leave for vacations. Sometimes, • hro weve r; - - H- l i ^a b e t h a n .employees notice, an. apart ment they. manage appears .unoccupied fbr a length of time. - ■ *• • • ‘‘If. we have any-suspicion that they- have left, we. don’t go inside, but We just check the outside to make sure, nothing is broken or unlock ed,” Barelman says. Keeping the heat on low during vacation may be ex pensive, but Kasmussen says it is a good idea. 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