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- in the front of the same building (only one block from campus) - same low prices - expanded floor space ? i Bring your Textbook Information author, title, edition We’ll help you save $$$ Sell some of last year's Textbooks and help pay for this term's books L Smith Family y Bookstore i 768 East 13th L Eugene, Oregon 97401 (503) 345-1651 OUCH SUCHf are coming!! Watch for them!!! j Zy/////////////////////A'///////////////////////////////////////////A, Legal Services aims to help out students By Rene DeCair Emerald Associate Editor A* you ride your bike to cam pus. o oar runs Into you and the driver blames you for tho dam ugo Your landlord refuses to glvn your deposit back, claiming you trashod tho plat*, but you didn't. What's worse, you can't af ford an attorney. "A lot of people will try to moss students over,” said Linda Miller, assistant director of the University's Legal Services. The reason, she said, is they think students don't have re sources and aren't aware of their rights. That may have been true years ago. but not for the past 20 years University students have had the good fortune of being provided with free legal services since 1M71 Legal Services operates out of tile KMIJ and will help get you out of your legal bind free, with the exception of a sometimes required $25 typing fee. Last year the service helped more that. 1.000 students find their way safely through a legal maze of landlord/tenant dis putes. issues of futility law and other areas. Legal Services will oven help with uneontestod divorces, le gal name changes and wills. "Any misdemeanor, we've represented students," Miller said. But there are exceptions. "Wo don't deal with bankrupt cy. welfare, food stamps or in ternational law," she said. And because of conflict rules. Legal Services will not help a studont if the adverse party Is another studont, professor or representative of the Universi ty But Legal Services will do an expungement of all mlsdo rnnunor and class C felonies, which means the record of the crime will be sealed. This is good for some people, Miller said, who maybe did something years ago that they now regret. A lot of people will try to mess students over. Linda Miller. University L egal Services ''Especially when you were ’.Bor 19 and did something stu pid," she said. By getting an expungement, she said, it means that if you are asked on an application if you have a criminal record, you can legally say no. Two attorneys are on staff — one who works almost exclu sively on landlord issues. Also helping is one logoi assistant and several law students who research issues. Logui Services also will refer students to another lawyer, If for example, the student needs personal injury representation. The office is on the third floor of the L'MU and is open regular business hours. To mako an appointment call Turn to SERVICES, Page 23A ONar good with Rich ILLUSIONS mini 1311 Lincoln Willamette Towers Building □ PERMS customized tor your hair type ..ftctwrtJ** aon&tKVWv cut 4 tfyw ISO 00 now *29.95 • cafeM »■»>< *>•» <n*» &• □ LOOP RODS - SPIRALS i*>c*uO#« oo#vJ«Iioo»t». cut 4 Starting al *39.95 □ HAIRCUTS aTv*mpoo 4 conOi*on#<i ,,M0 NOW *6.00 • I I J •■■■ Illusions• 345-1810 ■■■■ *ma aw »<*•< »•« »«• !•««• »o —m»«« (■« 4 *** iw Good through October 5. 1992 0 Minor health emergencies don't always require a trip to a hospital emergency room... Remember the EUGENE URGENT CARE CENTER THE EUGENE CLINIC PHYSICIANS and surgeons open daily 7 A.M. TO Midnight HO APPOINTMENT NECESSARY Pharmacy open daily until 10 p.m. 1162 Willamette Free Parking 687-6279