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Student housing is more than bricks and mortar Douglas Hallatt Education does not end with the close of a professor's lecture. Instead, education extends into all facets of a college student’s life: academic, social, and spiritual, according to Douglas Hallatt. director of housing at UW-Eau Claire. “Housing is more than bricks and mortar, Hallatt said. It's a potential educational environment for the student. Hallatt has a special reason to be more concerned than ever about on-campus living; for the past two years Hallatt has lived in Towers, where his wife. Margaret, is the head resident of Women's Towers. Living here has given me opportunities to know students in all aspects of their life. I see them in a completely different dimension and they see me in a different light. They're more apt to come in and talk to me. he said. As a result, Hallatt is more sensitive to the student's viewpoints. I understand more of the student's needs, problems, and services rendered to them. he said, and that's positive for an administrator. And like students, he and his family also feel the lack of privacy and noise, he said. I listen to them come in from the pub on Thursday nights, from Wt: DounU HalUlt, director of homing; Bob Bmiel, JMOCUte director of housing; Chuck Major. atUiUnt director of housing. and it's helped me pay more attention to the problems. I’ve become more analytical about solving the problems with prevention rather than with restrictions. he said. Prevention means offering alternatives which arc attractive, enjoyable and accessible. Thus, Hallatt's brand of housing philosophy has made UWEC's housing a kind of model for other campuses around the country. Channel 10, cable television directed by students, social rooms in Towers, Oak Ridge and soon Governors, and rollerskating are a few of the alternatives Hallett has developed. The new social rooms, formal dining rooms and kitchens are very popular with residents this year, Hallatt said. The formal dining room is booked seven nights a week, and people come down in dresses and ties. Presently, more men than women book it, and it's nice to see. It's a way to be civilized, take part and have fun, Hallatt said. That feeling of civility is aided by the plush carpeting, modular chrome furniture, and stereo system that Tower's social room houses. On-campus housing is a good experience, but most students have the urge to move off after a couple years of such quarters. The Hallatts are no different. To be honest, I couldn't see living here for a lifetime, but for now the students are fun to be around. It's a stimulating atmosphere. For us, now. it works. 14 Mouung
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Bob Brisiel Housing is a people business and it's something Bob Brisiel, associate director of housing, enjoys. He sees his position as that of a teacher, accomplishing things in a quiet manner. Most of all. he wants to impart to students a feeling of empathy. I hope that when students come in to talk to me about conflicts and room changes, they leave seeing that I care. Brisiel said. I want them to see my attempts and perspectives. Although I can reason with most of them, he said, it can be trying sometimes. We are accused of being a conservative campus, but why should we make drastic changes when more people than we can accommodate are choosing on-campus housing? According to Brisiel, UW-Eau Claire's conservatism is the very attraction for many potential students and their parents. The campus is well maintained and clean, Brisiel said, and can sway a student's decision to come to school here. Another paradox is creating attractive, appealing residence hall life for students, then trying to encourage upperclassmen to live off-campus due to limited hall space. Chuck Major As an upperclassman, that decisive decision to move off-campus arrives when you are no longer amused by stereo wars at 3 a.m., freshmen make you irritable and wing happy hours are anything but. It's the time to see Chuck Major, assistant director of housing. Although he cannot look for you, he can give you information about leases, pitfalls to avoid and renter's rights. Throughout the year. Major conducts off-campus seminars for campus residents. In these 45 minute sessions, he covers basic contracts, misconceptions, and responsibilities of the renter and the landlord. The biggie is naivete about things involved with off-campus housing, Major said. It's important to get all agreements down in black and white. Many students assume the landlord's verbal agreements will be carried out. Major said verbal agreements are hard to enforce; having it down on paper gives you better legal grounds if a landlord must ever be taken to court. The housing office is a clearinghouse, listing service, and mediator between renters and landlords. According to Major, 85 percent of the landlords in the Eau Claire area list with the housing office during the year. Landlords in Eau Claire are generally good and fairly honest. Major said. Rent costs are high because some are just out for the money, he added. Right now. Major said, there are more places available than students to fill them. In the pressures of supply and demand, this will warrant that bad landlords shape up or get out of the business because students won't rent from them anymore, Major said. Over the last five to seven years, there have been more landlords while student demand has been steady. Student tenant union Being forewarned of the housing hassles does not guarantee an ideal landlord-tenant relationship. The Student Tenant Union was formed in the spring of 1977 to inform students of their rights as renters. In many ways, the STU is trying to do what Major's office already does on a peer group level. In its two years on campus, the union has had problems in the large leadership turnover each year and lack of publicity to the students, according to lane Sorenson, this year's chairperson. The committee is a dedicated one which aims to inform students of its services through brochures and information sheets, she said. We're a preventative measure, here for the student's own education and to represent the students and their housing problems, Sorenson said. Problems Sorenson has seen are bad housing conditions, violations of leases and failure of landlords to return security deposits. 'We give as much as we can to the students, Sorenson said. 'We’ve been a success if someone comes to us with a problem and leaves with an answer. Homing 15
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