A GGIELIFE Page5^Friday^eptembei^4^999 Money Pit 5 indents share experiences with less-than-perfect landlords I h'' oved in “V In'i |ken,” BY MELISSA PANTANO The Battalion f Lewis slides the key into the lock of his pew apartment. As he opens the door, he jids the temperature on the inside is higher Ihe temperature outside. He checks the thermostat, and behold, it reads Agrees. He sighs as he realizes he has one of He” landlords. Hoving off-campus is an exciting experi- ice, but it can be spoiled by the person who Ulirts the rent. lU wis, a senior agriculture develop- ent major, said he has been at odds ith his landlord since the day he into is apartment, hen we got there, the AC was Lewis said, “I tried to get toll of my landlord, but she nev- j^HHurned my calls.” “1 went out of town for a few Lewis said, “When 1 got she had put a window unit in > -oi e that blew 5 feet of cold air — * ■the fridge was broken. Then she and my roommate a letter that HHthat she thought we were respon- ■ for the AC and the fridge being bro- | ■ like we would turn it off on purpose.” But Lewis’ landlord nightmare was just BBnning. |lts been a month, and the AC is still bro- ” Lewis said “It’s so bad that I have had to with a friend.” ewis is not the only Aggie who has had to with shady landlords. leather Milner, a junior agriculture develop- iFcou;MBii«nt major, said she, has gotten the shaft from he residential powers-that-be. V‘I lived in this one place a few years ago,” vlilnersaid, “The management had changed. and we got a new landlord. After that every thing went to hell.” “There was a rumor that the manager would fine residents for different things and then pock et the cash,” Milner said. “Also, if you paid your rent in cash, that would get pocketed, too.” MARK MCPHERSON/The BATTALION Sometimes a different type of landlord attracts different types of tenants. “One time I woke up in the morning and there was all this noise outside,” Milner said. “I turned on the TV., and my complex was on be cause there was a hostage situation. The SWAT team was there, and it was just a big mess. “The police were doing drug busts there all the time, people’s cars were being broken into — it was a scary place to live, and the lousy landlord didn’t help. “So, I moved to the complex where my old landlord transferred to.” Jennifer McCreary, assistant coordinator of the Off Campus Student Services Department of Student Life, said there are some common problems student tenants should avoid. “People need to read and understand their lease,” McCreary said. “If your landlord says that they are going to fix something and it is not added to your lease agreement, they are under no legal obligation to fix it. Ver bal contracts don’t hold up.” McCreary said students mostly run into problems with the return of their deposit. “Save a copy of repair requests,” McCreary said. “Keep anything you turn in your landlord.” Gavin Daniels, a senior architecture major, said he wished he had followed McCreary’s advice when dealing with one of his landlords. “He totally misrepresented the house when we went to look at it,” Daniels said, “He said that the house would be clean when we moved in and that we would have trash service. “When we moved in, the house was a mess and it didn’t have a refrigerator. Not only that, but we never did get our trash picked up” Daniels said his old landlord took advan tage of him and his roommates. “This one time, we came home and our TV and vacuum cleaner were both gone,” he said. “My landlord said that he took them be cause our rent was late, and that is legal for landlords to hold your stuff hostage, but they have to give proper notification first.” BUNS itafe flfl a »• . w Continued from Page 3 When a girl wants to do some- f!fie0fl//Bng guys traditionally do, they ;®i«?/pink‘Oh, she’s dumb, she does- te rA’t know what she’s doing,”’ Brad- ,esv berry said. “That’s the stereotype i sf —fookjt the ratio of girls to guys g a P> according to the WSSF, creasing. Over 22 percent of iverall sports-shooting popula- m are women with five million en participating in handgun, land shotgun sports. Bradberry said while shooting is fun, she considered it more a skill to acquire than a rush. “I don’t feel powerful just be cause I’m holding a gun,” Brad- berry said. However, Bradberry said, shooting the gun made her more aware of the power of a firearm. “When you’re holding the gun you have to be so careful,” she said. “You’re holding something that can really hurt yourself and someone else.” Powell said that being able to handle a gun is an important fac tor for women learning to shoot. “The physical aspects of shooting are different for a woman,” Pow ell said. “Generally a man is phys ically stronger, so there’s an aspect of control involved.” Hvizdos said shooting is as much a thrill as it is a skill. “Shooting gave me an adrena line rush," Hvizdos said. “The guys teaching me thought I was really good. It was kind of a dan ger thing.” According to WSSF statistics, women own 9 percent of all firearms in the U.S. Hvizdos and Bradberry both said there are safety issues that go along with shooting. “It’s more dangerous not to know how to use a gun and have it in the house,” Hvizdos said. Bradberry said she would prob ably not be able to hurt someone even if threatened. “I don’t see myself being able fo shoot a person, even if I’m b^ing attacked,” she said. “You would want to protect yourself, but in a dangerous situation, I don’t think I could stay in control. 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