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Chapin Residents Plan Strike Chapin Life By Mitch Horowltz As the first anniversary of Stony Brook's like JGhetto' `Tent City" housing protest rolls around, By Ichard Sklar some campus apartment residents are plan- "Chapin was not marketed to me as ning to one-up their housing complaints by a ghetto," said Margaret Taylor, a ,holding a rent strike this week year-long resident of the apartment Complaining of chronic heat problems corplex. and high rents, almost 100 tenants in the Taylor, an undergraduate with a Chapin Apartments pledged over the wee- five year old daughter, Nikli, des- kend to withhold their monthly rent this cribes the conditions many Chapin Friday from the school. Organizers, who are residents have complained of setting Tip an escrow account for residents throughout the past two years: long to deposit their rent in, are working this week periods without heat and/or hot to draw more people into the strike. water. "If we give up and just negotiate now and "Having to take a child from a bath pay the rent then things won't change," said to a freezing cold room is equivalent Ramona Vogt, president of the Chapin Apart- to ghetto conditions," Taylor said, ments Residents Association. 'We've had adding that juggling space heaters did problems with trying to get the rent down in little to make her daughter more the past and administration gives in a little comfortable. and people back off but things never really Unable to fulfill the request of her get better." daughter to turn the heat up, Taylor Earlier this semester students negotiated said she and Nikld must add extra lay- a 10 percent rent hike down to a 4.4 percent ers of clothing while indoors to ward off the winter cold hike. Fred Preston, vice president for Stu- Statesman/'Richard Sklar dent Affairs said the compromise - which Workers, this week, repairing exterior of Chapin Apartments. Although she would like to support meant the university giving more than the rent strike that some Chapin resi- $100,000 in subsidies to the independent withstand outside temperatures below 10 for the Authority. I dents are now engaged in, Taylor said apartments - was "a pretty clear message degrees. Although the state is spending at School administrators, meanwhile, are her financial aid status prevents her and signal" of the school's concern. But resi- least $5 million to overhaul the apartments, taking a wait-and-see attitude on how to deal from participating. The money comes dents association officials maintained that a -work on the heat system will not be com- with the rent strikers. According to school in "one lump sum" and goes directly new phone charge has reduced their gains plete for more than a year. guidelines, people who owe back rent can to pay for her housing, Taylor and said that only a rent freeze would be fair. 'Whenever it gets cold we lose heat," said have their school records frozen and be explained This makes it impossible "Fair and necessary may be a different -Charles Boos, an undergraduate living in the blocked from registering for classes. Gradu- for her to refuse to make monthly pay- issue here," said Elizabeth Beu, the school's apartments. 'We ended up using the oven to ate students, who make up the bulk of Chap- ments in protest. assistant director for the apartments. "It heat the apartment. Now the oven burned .in's 1000 residents, are scheduled to begin Taylor called any rent hike - the may be necessary to do that if we want to -out and I asked them to repair that" course registration in less than two weeks. original 7 percent or the proposed 4.4 maintain the services that we even have The state Dormitory Authority filed a suit Heat problems, poor maintenance, park- percent - "ridiculous." today." -: for last November against the contractor ing shortages and leaks have made the However, with exterior repairs on Beu acknowledged that the heat system who built the apartments. The Authority is .Chapin Apartments a sore spot on the cam- Chapin scheduled first, residents was not "totally workable" because of poor asking for more than $4.5 million against pus since they opened in 1980. "In the first might have to go another winter with- insulation and design on the pipes. JOBCO Incorporated in Great Neck and Mil- -couple of months I moved in the bathroxn Out heat. Housing officials said that Housing officials said yesterday that when ton Petrides Associates in Jericho for "defi- ceiling started to leak," Vogt said. "Two work on the heat system will not be the apartments were built about eight years ienes in material and workmanship," years later a carpenter came in to look at it completed for another year. ago the heat system was not designed to according to Ted Holmes, the chief counsel and his foot went through the floor." . I -Student Gears.~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Up For :Uncomina%MO :;G Fest '88 -9 By David Avitabihe to have a good time without alcohol," Luca - It's time once again to close the books, explained slip on your w est of jams, and head Luca added that the G-Quad Council has to G-Fest. Beginning tomorrow afternoon, taken extra steps in planning the event to G-Fest returns for its 15th annual weekend- include enough activities to detract atten- long springtime celebration. 'tion away from alcohol. "If you have quality The theme of G-Fest '88 will be Drug programming," he said, "students won't be Awareness, and the event will begin on Fri- wondering where the beer is as much." day at 4.00 p.m. in the frving College Fireside Krebs agreed with Luca. According to Lounge with a presentation by Donni Krebs, 'The non-alcoholic policy won't be a Hassler. Hassler, of the WhiteHouse Confer- problem because the schedule of events will ence for a Drug-Free America, will speak on be enough." the issues of prevention of drug and alcohol abuse. In addition to the presentation, pam- Those events will include the traditional phlets on drug abuse and prevention will be Battle of the Bands, and the annual Bonfire handed out throughout the weekend. on the A-B Wing Beach of frving College. In M*lost of the presentation is geared addition, G-Fest will present its second towards colleg people, so it will apply annual Oozeball Tournament (volleyball in to our age groups," said G-Quad Council the mud). President Richard Luca, who organized the New events at G-Fest '88 will be the Air weekend along with G-Fest '88 Producer Jamming/Up Synch Contest, the Hss G- Dena Krebs. Quad/Mr. G4ad Contest, and the Exotic In fight of its Drug Awareness theme, G- Dance, or "Dirty Dancing" Extravangaza. In an attempt to provide maximum secur- students at university events - like last Fest '88 will be the second year G-Quad Luca stated that because of such pro- ity at this year's event, said Luca, G-Fest '88 year's Fall Fest - as the reason for res- Council has presented the event withot gamming£ attendance at G-Fest M8 is will be open to Stony Brook students only. tricted advertising. alcohol. expected to be highL "Ithink that G-Fest 88 is According ot Luca, 'There is no off- Furthemxwe, said Luca, student -security "We're trying to reshape the concept of one of the finest examples of programming campus advertisig so we're not expecting and Public Safety will be working together to G-Fest by making it non-alcohol related and that we've seen in the 15 years that it has a large gaop of townies to come in." 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