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R p.E.I.'s Rentalsman, J. comeau,and‘attorney,'John

Arr, stated that in their

pinion, certain UPEI re-

idénce rules violate the e

E1 Landlord and Tenant Act.

n the opinion of both Mr.

omeau and Mr. Carr the

lause,\in the standard iversity residence lease, iving residence managers‘

he right to periodic in—

pections of room, violates

ection 103 of the Act A

ection 103 prohibits entry,

y the landlord, into re-

idential\premises with-

ut twenty-four hours prior

otification. 'Thiscrulé i

oes not apply in cases of

mergency or upon receiving he tenants permission for

ntry. ., I Mr. Carr felt that re—

uired desk duty for stu- ‘

ants in residence violates

ection 102 of the Act‘ g

hich states that a tenant

s only obligation is " , ,

aintaining ordinary health,

leanliness and sanitary tandards throughout, the remises." He-also felt hat the university's ailure to pay interest

n security deposits

iolates Section 96 of

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the Act which requires

such payment._ ‘ Rentalsman Comeau

said that his ipinion

~as to whether these re-

sidence regulations vice ,.

lated the Landlord—

Tenant Act, was of no

great importance and that

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would require a ruling by the county court. ‘

Mr. Carr, who~ista- miliar with the legal situation concerning the residences after having represented the Student Union in there court, battie earlier this year against"a proposed rent increase said the sit- uation is a two—way street.

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He felt that while the university may be breaking the Landlord—Tenant Act so may many of the stu- dnets.- If the provisions of the Act were strictly enforced, he stated,

many students could be' evictd for creating ex- cEssive-noise or minor acts of vandalism, rules not being strictly en- ' forced—but legal under the Landlord Tenant Act.

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NVER (CPS-CUP)--.-“Just si- here on the dotted line, e man with the key says. - points to the dorm contr— t. We'll take care of ev- I ything. H The unwitting student, who :5 no choice but to sign, rely studies the contract

see whatghe's‘getting from,

m university in return|for' is rent. At most places,

e university is a more te- ermental landlord than the ereo—typical student—chea—' tng landlord, and is less Iund by local tenant—land- 'rd law. ' ”

In mbst citiesy‘landlords d tenants must give‘each her written-notice by a sp- ified time before evicting, moving. ’In many dorm co— raCtS, the university rest Ves the right to move or

univeréities, however, rese- rve the right to~assess dam— ages to public areas to all

' of the students who live in the area even if everyone was,

at the bar whenit happened. Most landlords do not have

the right to enter a tenant's

apartment without notice ex- cept for emergencies. Many universities reserve the—ri— ght to enter a student's ro— Om for any purpose without giving notiCe.

All of these stipulations were written into the housing contract at the State Unive— rsity of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo. .In addition, the SUNY contract allOwed housing officials to bill for damages that were faund in a student room without any hearings or explanations.

And worst of all, the SUNY

'ict the students.at any ti— contract make it imposSible

-for almost any reason. Many dorm contracts abso— e the university from any

‘Sopnsibility to student's

‘longings if a fire or flo-

' results from poor mainten— Ce 0f the building. So if student loses his priZed ereo to an electrical fire, bEtter hope his parent's nsuranCe,Will cover it.

r en the chair in the en- nywéy Of an aprtment build: g 13 found ripped apart,-. e: landlord doeSn't bill his

antS'for the'danage. Many

for a student tg_break the contract with the housing of— fice even if the university failed to carry out its side

'of the contract in any way.

The SUNY Student State Association (SA), under the leadership of Student Affairs Director Steve Schwartz, co- mplained to University hous— ing officials that a new con— tract should be drawn up gi— ving the student more tenant rights. «The housing office "stalled" and then rejected V the students' "ideal" contr—

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day conferencx .last Saturday.|

The conference centered .around establishing the AFS as a viable voice for the students of the Atlantic Re ' gion.

Sixteen post—secondary institutions were represen- ted at the meeting. Discus— sions were lively with al— most every school having

_their views on how the AFS should be set up.

HThe major things resolv- ed were that the per capita fee be $1.00 rather than $1.50 as proposed earlier, and that a full—time office

' worker be hired to co—ordi— nate AFS affairs and busin— ess. It was not decided where to locate this office but Halifax and Truro were suggested as possible sites

The meeting was one which did not change our minds a— bout whether or not we should join the AFS. it did however open our minds to the fact that other schools have si—

act, Schwartz said. At which point the SA said they would be glad to meet the housing Voffice in court. »

"We think we have a very Istrong case,” Schwartz said. "This case could have long- term precedents for other state schools and could pave ‘the way for similar suits."

The case, however, never got to court. A lawyer for the state decided to try to negotiate with the SA lawyer' out of court and the decision is still pending.. Meanwhile the Student Association of the State University is for— rming a state—wide committee to investigate the.whole qu— estion of housing contracts. . v \ .

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rtoblems to ours and

-at these problems can be better solved with coopera- tion between all schools in the Atlantic region.

We have tentatively agreed to act as hosts for the Natio—- nal conference of NUS(National Union of Students) in May of

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. The Frosh Class elections held Friday, Nov. 26/76 gave the Frosh class the rest of it's executive. Elected for Vice—President was Nora Mac— Adam, and for Secretary— Teeasurer, Ellen Nearing. Both beat their opponents

by a fair margin, but all candidates received a number of votes.

Class President for the. Frosh class is Chris Campagne, who was elected by acclaimation some weeks ago.

A Note of Thanks

I would like to thank all the persons who help out on Friday, Nov.26 with the Frosh Class elections, and thanks to all those who voted.

Special thanks to those who worked at the election booth, Peter Moloney, Barbara Erickson, Marilyn Cameron,Patricia Rossiter, Brian Walsh and Stephen Henry. I would also like to thank those who helped with the county of the

7-ballets, Gerald McKenna, Danny Gotell, Lorna Burdett and Susan Hornby.

Also thank—you Susan for y our help in the elections, having the ballots made up and bringing the ballot box to the Library.

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