The Michigan Daily-Thursday, September 4, 1980-Page 13-A City Housing A review of student options Discovery. Exploration. By NICK KATSARELAS With rare exception, all freshpersons entering the University are subjected to the unique experience of living in a residence hall. Although some residents actually choose to live in a dorm for the whole of their collegiate life, most students leave after their first or second year, and enter the chaotic world of off-' P ampus housing. Off-campus housing is comprised of apartments, houses, cooperatives, fraternities and sororities. These units make up about approximately 70 per cent of all student living space. With some success, people have been able to live cheaper, cook better food, and have more privacy in non-dormitory housing. APARTMENTS ARE like dorms without RAs. Few apartments have the individual character of which dorms are infamously void. Nevertheless, apartmen- ts offer more privacy and are often quieter places to live than dorms. Most apartments come completely burnished but often provide a challenge to a student's imagination to make bare and lifeless surroundings a bit more bearable and homey. The houses in the city are very old and fragile,.but often very beautifuil. They range from 30 to more than 100 years old, and often boast beautifuI-stafr ways, fireplaces, beveled glass, large porches, and ornate woodwork. Cooperatives are often the cheapest way to live. Each of the residents perform a prescribed duty, like cooking or cleaning, and reap the resulting economic benefit by cutting down On maintenance costs. THE INTERCOOPERATIVE COUNCIL (ICC) is the coordinating body"for the campus area's 22 co- ops. It recently obtained a $1 million grant from HUD With some success, people have been able to live cheaper, cook bet- ter food, and have more privacy in non-dormitory housing. to refurbish the cooperatives, and the houses have been able to make sparkling improvements with the money. There are 31 fraternities and 16 sororities on cam- pus. Over the past several years, the University has seen a resurgence in the popularity of Greek life. Three meals a day, parking, and a vigorous social calendar make Greek living very enjoyable. In ad- dition, they are often involved in joint charity efforts with other houses. The Greeks still engage in those activities which capture the tradition and essence of college life, such as homecoming displays and a homecoming court, pranks on other houses, organized college songs, and frequent partying. If ever there was vigorous Greek life on the nation's college campuses, the Univer- sity's has among the most active. THE CITY HAS a history of conflicts between lan- dlords and tenants. In the late 60s and early 70s, city renters, protesting poor conditions and high rents, engaged in rent strikes, in hopes of bringing change. Since then, things have settled down, although animosity still lingers between the two parties. Thee are several organizations which will assist University students in housing related problems. The Ann Arbor Tenants Union is an organization dedicated to resolving differences between landlords and tenants. Most of the work is performed by volun- teers, who answer phones and work out possible solutions to tenant problems. Student Legal Services perform basically the same duties. Both are located on the fourth floor of the Michigan Union. In addition to the organizations listed above, the University's Off-Campus Housing Office, on the first floor of the Student Activities Building, will not only assist students in problems with their landlords, but also offers valuable assistance in finding a place to live for the fall. The office has an up-to-date listing of available housing units and also maintains a bulletin board outside the office, where "housing wanted" and "roommates needed" signs are plentiful. Growth. Pleasure. WUOM 91.7 FM ... a World of Difference. Member, National Public Radio WUOM S91.7 FM Ann Arbor Free program guide available upon request at 5501 LSA Bldg.; 764-9210. Judge ponders Marwil tenure review decision (Continued from Page 2) with a final, grace year given if a decision not to reappoint is made at that time. The situation is further complicated, Marwil claims, because the two-year contract carried him through his six- th year on the faculty. It is Marwil's contention that he was consistently led to believe (through administrator comments and department and college policies) he would receive a tenure review, and that such reviews were standard prac- tice for sixth year faculty members. The University contends there is no University-wide rule guaranteeing a tenure review in a faculty member's sixth year, and during the trial produced a string of expert wit- nesses-including University President Harold Shapiro and Iormer Engineering Dean David Ragone-to testify to that contention. UNIVERSITY ATTORNEYS FURTHER maintain that no University rules prohibit a non-reappointment review in the first year of a two-year contract. Because Marwil was supported in his request for a tenure review by members of the faculty Senate Advisory Com- mittee on University Affairs and a unanimous decision by the Senate Advisory Review Committee (a faculty grievan- ce body that can issue advisory decisions), and because that support was not heeded by department and College administrators, Marwil's case is especially important in deciding the future of faculty grievance procedures at the University. Furthermore, many faculty leaders fear the University administration will, regardless of the outcome of Marwil's suit, begin to tighten and clarify rules regarding tenure reviews and contract terminations, eliminating a latitude that they consider necessary and desirable. do all the work. Just fill out the RUSH SLIP below (or pick one up in the store), and e bhand it to one of our clerks. 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