Pittsburg State University - Kanza Yearbook (Pittsburg, KS)

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 ■ Giving workshops is just one of the jobs of Michael McCurdy, campus lawyer. In addition to this Landlord Tenant workshop he repre- sents students on a wide variety of legal matters. ▲ Ragan Todd V 28 ▲ Legal Services Take it to Court I he Case: you’re having problems with your landlord. For half a year, you and your room- mate have tried to get him to fix the front porch--which shows ■every sign of collapsing under- neath the next delivery man from Pizza Hut. Complaints haven’t worked. Neither has threatening to move out. This sounds like a good case for Judge Wapner... but since he isn't around, who can you turn to? Enter Michael F. McCurdy. He may not be able to get you on TV- -but he can help you with your legal problems. Michael McCurdy has been the Legal Aid advisor for PSU since 1982. During the last six years, students have come to him for free legal aid and in some cases, a request to accompany them to court. I used to see thirty cases per month (in a nine-month period), but that’s risen to fifty,” said McCurdy, who added that most of these cases fall into one of three types: landlord tenant problems, consumer cases, and traffic offenses such as speeding tickets and DUI charges. Most of the work McCurdy does, however, is done outside of the courtroom. Under his contract, he can perform a variety of services for students, including drafting wills and deeds, negotiat- ing contracts between landlords and tenants, and assisting with consumer complaints. It sounds simple, but McCurdy said that some cases do present problems. “In one of the cases I’m working on at the moment a student had purchased a car, but he didn’t have a title for it and the owner, a foreign exchange student, had moved home. We tried to get the previous owner's signature to release the title, but we’re having trouble finding him. Right now we’re writing to the company he works for and trying to track him down.” McCurdy also said that most students do not realize that his service exists. I’ll have juniors and seniors come in who had never realized that there was a legal aid service,” said McCurdy. Because of this, Pittsburg State does try to inform students about it. We try to let students know that a legal aid service exists,” said Michael Shonrock, Director of Student Affairs. “With articles in the Collegio, the pamphlets which are distributed during enrollment, and posters in the residence halls and around campus, we try to make students aware of the service. Shonrock also said that the university would also be offering legal workshops for students in further efforts to help students with legal problems. We’re going to offer workshops in the near future . . . this spring we’ll offer one on landlord tenant prob- lems, said Shonrock. Other than that, Shonrock said that he sees no further plans to expand the program, as both he and the S.G.A., which co- sponsors the Legal Aid program, feel that the program is meeting the needs of the students. “We sincerely wish that students utilized this service ... they should feel that we’re willing to listen to any suggestions to improve it.” The next time someone tells you to take it to court,” take it to Michael McCurdy first. Not only will he give you as much help as possible, he may even save you some money. A Rick Steffens

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The ARA services has a basic uniform that is worn by the employees. Here Norma Rogers and Mary Easter, checkout employees, model their uniforms that are a common everyday sight in the Gorilla Grill. ▲ Steve Rosebrough r 'N The n ursing program has a variety of different uniforms that are worn by female nurses including this one worn by Julie Beachner, St. Paul junior, who is practicing administering shots. ▲ Steve Rosebrough Perry Stouter, Linwood junior, wears the basic ROTC Ranger uniform while manning the gun that gets shot off during the home football games after a touchdown. A Steve Rosebrough V J Uniforms that are worn A 27

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r Touching your nose is easy when you are sober. Missy Scantlin, Humboldt junior, shows Sgt. T.J. Duncan that she has no problem performing this task during a demon- stration. ▲ Ragan Todd