RHA Presses for ASMSU Senate Districting Martin Brothers Sued For
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Weather. Sunny periods and cold with High today -8°F. Low tonight -25°F Welcome back High tomorrow -8°F Jan Stenerud Tuesday, January 17, 1983 see page 22 Volume 75 Issue 22 RHA presses for ASMSU Senate districting By ED McLAUGHLIN tage of students living in each ports districting, but "is a bit leery of intimidated about running against i "comical," since several candidates Reporler district. the wording of Mr. Korsmoe's Greeks." ran unopposed. AHA President Graham Gilchrest The districts and the number of amendment." ASMSU Senator Porshe Everson He asserted that under the current says there 1s a need to eliminate the seats allocated to each district He stated that by separating the noted that "districting would guaran system, students are allowed to vote disparity of representation on the under Korsmoe's proposal would be: Greeks into their own district, the tee a few (senators) for all students. on all seats, whereas under district ASMSU Senate off campus (8 seats). on campus (6 campus "may become segregated," You don't want one group to gain too ing, they would be restricted accord ASMSU Senator Sam Korsmoe seats), Greek housing (4 seats), and which could split the senate. large a representation." ing to their living conditions. He agreed, "The purpose of the senate at large (a minimum of 3 seats). Gilchrest also feels that there is She believes half of the senate noted that "districting limits the stu is to provide equal representation of According to Korsmoe, the people not any political conflict between the seats should be districted and the dent's say on who is elected. the student body " running for the at-large seats would Greeks and AHA. other half be kept at-large. The dis "I don't make one decision (as a He said this 1s d1tticult due to the not be restricted by which district He believes that AHA must "stimu tricted seats would be allocated on a senator) that effects my living arran "disparity" of representation within they live in, which 1s the current sys late interest" among its residents to variable ratio, according to the per gement," stated Holzer, who lives in the current senate tem of electing the 20 ASMSU run for senate through orientation, centage of students living in the a fraternity. Korsmoe noted that the current senators. High School Week and other AHA districts. He also noted that he has not senate is composed of only 5% on If any of the districts involve an affiliated activities. ASMSU Senator Jim Holzer was been confronted with any issues campus representation and 95% off uncontested race, those open distict Unfortunately, he continued, elected under the former districting within the senate which "affect the campus senators, of which 50% live seats would automatically become many dorm residents tend to "feel system and described it as being Greeks alone." n Greek housing. elected on an at-large basis. Korsmoe said that Greeks with an Korsmoe reiects the notion that organization behind them have a there is a "political struggle" better chance of being elected. between the Greeks and AHA, but "People are elected solely on noted that the two groups have "little exposure rather than e~perience," awareness of each other," making it added Korsmoe. difficult to relate to issues which per He recently proposed an amend tain specifically to one and not the ment to the ASMSU By-laws which other. ould divide the senate representa Korsmoe said the goal of his dis tion among four districts. tricting proposal is to "create more Under his proposal, the number of student awareness'" about senate seats allocated to each district issues. would be determined by the percen- Gilchrest indicated that AHA sup- Martin brothers sued for security deposits By KEVIN DOLAN Meneg/ng Editor ASMSU Attorney Phyllis Bock has filed a total of 17 suits on behalf of several MSU students against Ken and Fred Martin. The suits, which have all been filed 1n 18th District Court under Judge Joseph Gary, claim that California landlord Fred Martin and his agent and brother, Ken Martin, illegally withheld the student's security deposits. The suits say that after moving out of rental units left in good condition. the students received notices from Fred Martin that their deposits were being withheld "pending determination of deductions from 11 " The suits claim that as of the date of the filing of their complaints, the students have not received their security deposits. In all of the cases filed by Bock, the suits claim the plaintiffs "know of many more tenants too numerous to name whose security deposits have not been returned by Ken Martin, Fred Martin, or Bob Davies." Bob Davies. an unsuccessful candidate for Montana's Western Congres sional seat in 1982, was named 1n three of the suits because he replaced Ken Martin as manager of Fred Martin's property in March of 1983. In three of the 17 suits filed, the students have asked for a total of $700,000 in punitive damages to "punish defendants for their failure to return tenants' security deposits." Bock said "whenever there's a pattern of wrongful conduct, I think you can ask for punitive damages." All of the suits have also asked for the return of double the security deposit for wrongfully withholding 11, as is provided for under the Montana Landlord Tenant Act Bock said she filed all the suits because during the year she has been working as an attorney for MSU students, 1t "seems to be a pattern in this community not to return students' security deposits." Bock stressed that not all Bozeman landlords wrongfully withhold deposits. "I want to make a point that unless landlords follow the statutes," Bock Sled Sal/In' added, "they have to return the security deposits." 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