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Make it Happen! Free Services ORKSHOPS The following workshops are offered most terms and are designed to help you make positive health changes. Call 346-4456 for more information. Smoking Cessation Weight Management Vegetarian Cooking Sports Nutrition AKE THE TEST: FREE HIV TESTING Free HIV testing is available to University of Oregon students at the University Health Center for a limited time beginning Spring term 2000. Free testing will continue while funding is available. Coupons available at the Peer Education Office at the Health Center. Call us at 346-2770 to schedule your appointment. Y OU ARE WHAT YOU EAT...GET A FREE NUTRITIONAL ANALYSIS! Too many calories? Not enough calcium or iron? Let us help you find the answers. If you are concerned and/or curious about the nutrient breakdown of your diet then NAP is for you. The Health Education Program now offers a FREE Nutrition Analysis Program to all registered students. Simply pick up an application at the Health Education room. 007171 OTAL CHOLESTEROL SCREENING Every Tuesday from 9:30-11:30 a.m. you can get free total cholesterol screening. Simply check in at the Health Education room on the first floor of the Health Center. Xj ending library Excellent books are available for loan to U of 0 students from the Health Education room in the Health Center. There you will also find health related newsletters, articles, and pamphlets. Just stop by. 9 M UESTSPEAKERS AND PRESENTATIONS Peer Health Educators and Health Center Staff are available to speak to your organization on any of the listed health issues as well as others. Call us for details. EALTH EDUCATION AT THE STUDENT RECREATION CENTER Come visit our cart for updated health and wellness information on topics such as: alcohol and the effects on “workouts,” training and fitness; food supplements and replacement fluids; effects of tobacco on physical fitness; eating disorders and much more! Topics Addressed: HIV/AIDS, Nutrition, Alcohol, Sexuality, Smoking, Cholesterol, Eating Disorders, Fitness, Stress, Relationships, Weight Management Health Education Program at the Health Center 346-4456 Visit us at our web site: http//healthed.uoregon.edu SCSs O Tom Patterson for the Emerald Signing the lease is the easy part; knowing your rights once you’ve moved in is trickier. Tenant rights often neglected on campus ■ Legal experts say too frequently students get taken for a ride by landlords anticipating limited renter recourse By Sarah Cohen for the Emerald When Jessica Stedman’s apart ment rental lease was up in June, she cleaned the place and left, then waited for her landlord to return her deposit. It never came. Sted man said that the rental period passed without any problems, but her landlord kept her deposit and charged her for what she called “bogus repairs.” This may sound like a familiar story to many college students who rent homes and apartments in the Eugene area. Stedman, a junior { { There are so many rights I didn't know I had—everyone should know this stuff. Jessica Stedman junior, Spanish Spanish major, paid her extra charges because she felt she had no other option. “I didn’t take any pictures of the place when I left, [so] I had no proof,” she said. Due to the frequency with which problems between property man agers and tenants arise, there are services on campus to help stu dents know their rights and stop problems before they happen. Nicole Miani is a lawyer for ASUO Legal Services, a free serv ice to all University students which is located on the EMU’s third floor. Miani helps students recover their housing deposits, and she said the most common com plaints she hears from students are about landlords not doing neces sary repairs and students losing their deposits. Miani said her most important piece of advice to students is to photograph all pre-existing dam age, put every complaint or corre spondence with the landlord in writing and to keep all copies. “Courts don’t care how many times you’ve called,” she said. “All courts care about is documenta tion.” Miani also recommended not signing a year lease if students are not planning on remaining in Eu gene for the summer, because get ting out of a lease early can be very costly. Instead, she said try and ne gotiate — “offer to pay an extra $25 or $50 a month for a ten-month lease instead of a year-long lease.” Employees at the Rental Re sources office on 16th Avenue and Oak Street gave no comment when questioned about how students can avoid housing disputes, but a rep resentative of Woodside Property Management, who asked not to be named, offered students some ad vice on the subject. The first thing he said students can do to avoid problems is to pay rent on time. He suggested that in a large house, students could elect a house manager with the responsi bility of collecting rent from other household members. He said students should always give adequate notice of vacating a residence to avoid problems for everyone and that they should make sure to clean up before they leave. Most importantly, however, he said he wishes students would understand that renting houses and apartments is a process with certain rules that need to be fol Turn to Tenant rights, page 15B Message boards: Your forum for dialogue on topics from student government to entertainment. WWW.dailyemerald.com