Charleston Rent Exceeds Its Near Sister Cities'
Total Page：16
File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb
Eastern Illinois University The Keep August 2003 8-29-2003 Daily Eastern News: August 29, 2003 Eastern Illinois University Follow this and additional works at: http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_2003_aug Recommended Citation Eastern Illinois University, "Daily Eastern News: August 29, 2003" (2003). August. 7. http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_2003_aug/7 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the 2003 at The Keep. It has been accepted for inclusion in August by an authorized administrator of The Keep. For more information, please contact [email protected]. August 29, 2003 N “Tell the truth FRIDAY and don’t be afraid.” VOLUME 88, NUMBER 6 Cats ready to shine THEDAILYEASTERNNEWS.COM under the lights Eastern football opens 2003 season Staturday evening against Division II California (Pa). Page 12 SPORTS Charleston rent exceeds its near sister cities’ By Carly Mullady and Dan Valenziano STAFF EDITORS “Our junk houses, we The Daily Eastern News often tear down. We don’t try runs classified ads along the lines of, “3 bedroom house for rent, 1 to rent them to bath, W/D included. $265 a person.” Some prices run higher, some Chicago kids.” lower. “For two to three bedrooms (ten- —Tom Eariether, Mattoon real estate agent ants) pay anywhere from just under 200 dollars per month per person to 400 for a single,” said Jim “We don’t inspect on a regular Wood of Wood Rentals. basis,” Charleston zoning and code Because of single-family zoning, enforcement employee Chuck Wood said rent for family homes is Strange said. “We usually are lower than those of comparable called to a house.” homes rented to students. Kyle Gill, community develop- Zoning restricts the number of ment coordinator for Mattoon, said unrelated individuals that can live Charleston and Mattoon operate within one home in single-family similarly with code enforcement. residential areas. Action is taken, following com- “Generally, families can’t afford plaints or visible code variances. to pay as much as five separate “Inspections people,” Wood said. are done when More inside Doug Erickson, who owns and handling a com- N The pluses rents three houses and one duplex plaint or if a of living off- in Charleston, explains his reason residence is in campus for raising prices for students. He obvious need of N Cost com- said his properties range from repair,” Gill parisons $250 to $285 per student per said. between resi- month. Residential dence halls “Students put a lot of wear-and- upkeep is com- and rentals tear on a house,” he said. posed of paint- Page 3 “(Students) seem to be more reck- ed and weather- less and harder on the properties proofed exteri- than families. It’s a case where a or, roofs with- few bad apples spoil the bunch. out leaks, interior finishes without “If you can bring five to six peo- cracks or broken and loose plaster, ple near campus, there could be Gill said. Electricity and plumbing the same house in a single family must be in good working condition, DAILY EASTERN NEWS PHOTO BY STEPHEN HAAS zone with a four-, five- or six hun- and property surrounding resi- dred dollar difference in a differ- dences must have proper weed ent part of town,” Wood said. maintenance and drainage. Members of the Pink Panther dance squad practice their routines in Lantz Thursday afternoon. “Lifestyles of students are dif- “Every so often we have land- ferent than a single family,” Wood lords request inspections,” Strange said. said. Landlords rarely request the Although code enforcement in inspections that assure properties Mattoon and Charleston are simi- Underage drinking tickets highest are kept up to code. lar, their rental properties are dif- “I’ve had properties inspected, ferent, said Tom Eariether, a real but not routinely,” Wood said. estate agent for Gardner- Rental properties in Charleston Whitworth and Associates in August, rate has risen recently are not inspected to ensure they Realtors, Inc. are kept up to code on a regular “I get a few more college kids By Jennifer Chiariello areas where underage drinking is Under the Student Conduct basis. SEE RENT N Page 3 CAMPUS EDITOR prevalent, which is gauged on the Sanctions for the 2003-2004 activity level around the bars, Academic Year, alcohol-related disci- Even though August is the high- Cunningham said. For example, plinary sanctions commonly imposed est month for underage drinking fights at a general area of a bar, where by the university results in a $50 fine. tickets in Charleston, the city students admit to underage drinking, The second and third offenses lead to WEIU returns funds police department said the rate have a “pretty good chance we are more severe consequences such as has risen the last three years. going to do a compliance audit.” suspension or expulsion. Over the past three years, the The audits are activity-driven, he said. Charleston penalties commonly to university budget Charleston Police Department has “We’d rather not have anyone imposed for violations of related ordi- issued an average of 93 tickets in August, underage consume alcohol and if nances: disorderly conduct/disturb- By Tim Martin said. Sailors and the Radio and with 107 issued in 2002, said CPD they are going to engage in that ing the peace, $85; minor in a bar ADMINISTRATION EDITOR Television Advisory Board made Assistant Chief Roger Cunningham. behavior, if they maintain control $150; underage drinking, $250; the decision. No pressure was Last September, the numbers of them self, there is a better false ID card, $300; gift or sale of WEIU, the campus radio and tel- applied by Eastern administrators. went down to 64, he said. The aver- chance of not coming in contact alcohol to a minor, $350. evision station, recently volun- “They (Eastern) were extremely age is 32 a month, and in March it with the police,” Cunningham said. An Eastern junior, who wished teered to give back $600,000 from protective, wondering ‘Are you rises as weather improves. The CPD also targets places where to be unnamed, said she was its university-allocated budget sure you want to do it?’” Sailors The violations were for all parties are expected. But usually no caught drinking her freshman over the next three years, Eastern said. kinds of alcohol violations such as underage checking is done, the check year in Carman Hall. officials confirmed Thursday. Jill Nilsen, vice president for transportation, minor possession is just done as a courtesy. Because of the noise, the Rick Sailors, director of the external relations, said WEIU is and contributing to a minor. In most campus cases, when offi- Resident Assistant called the radio and television center, said drawing money from federal grant He said ticketing underage cers find underage drinkers, officers UPD. All the students involved WEIU currently receives $477,000 dollars and television licensing. A drinkers is not anything concentrated, have discretion for referrals to the received a $50 fine from Carman a year in university allocation. He university press release was not but random. Underagers draw atten- university Judicial Affairs office, for drinking on campus, along says an increase in network and available Thursday. tion to themselves by walking around which does not go on record or to the with a warning. Also, the students outside resource contributions Neither Sailors nor university with alcohol, Cunningham said. city, said UPD officer Art Mitchell. received a $251 city ordinance finalized the decision to decrease officials could release more Because it is illegal to carry alcohol Most Charleston officers issue fine. The $1 was for paperwork. their allocation. detailed information Thursday. outside, underage drinkers receive city ordinances and they get “Don’t be stupid about it. If you For Fiscal Year 2004, WEIU will Sailors said he began looking to two tickets. But typically officers will money. The UPD doesn’t have the are going to do something illegal, request $377,000; in FY 05 it will be reduce WEIU allocation in March. just issue an underage ticket, he said. option, and the arrest money goes don’t be noisy and be prepared to $277,000 and in FY 06, $177,000. But why? The CPD issues a $250 city ordi- to the state. pay the consequences and don’t even The decision to give back bud- “Just to be a good university cit- nance ticket for minor possession Keith Kohanzo in the Judicial try it on campus; it’s not worth it.” geted money came as a surprise to izen. So, I came up with a plan or consumption. Affairs office, said the Student the university administrators since where we can reduce university The police department typically Conduct Code is used by the uni- Campus editor Jennifer Chiariello can be the state budget is tight, Sailors spending,” Sailors said. does compliance checks randomly in versity to deal with the offenses. reached at [email protected]. BIRDS AND BEES ON THE VERGE OF THE WEEKEND Let’s talk about sex The debut of the Verge’s newest feature: a column answering your Friday, August 29, 2003 burning sex questions with Verge editor Amber Jenne. Section B Page 8 A good weekend for hard workers Karaoke, Cosmic Bowling and ‘The Matrix’ all offered up entertainment over the long weekend JUST THINKING... MUSIC REVIEWS HOROSCOPES CONCERT CALENDAR Verge editor Amber Jenne and Honor System Verge editor Amber Jenne conjures her Butcher’s Legs comes to Friends & Associate editor Kelly McCabe Vendetta Red psychic might to predict students’ Co. tonight discuss their dream concerts. Northern State Labor Day weekend N N N N Page 2B Page 8B Page 4B Page 8B Today Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Thunderstorms Cloudy Mostly cloudy Partly cloudy Partly cloudy Sunny Sunny Friday, 80º 55º 75º 58º 75 55º 77º 55º 75º 59º 82º 59º 83º 58º August 29, 2003 HIGH LOW HIGH LOW HIGH LOW HIGH LOW HIGH LOW HIGH LOW HIGH LOW RHA has applications for resident conference By Lea Erwin ous problems with the Internet, but if STAFF WRITER you do have any problems to go to the front desk of your hall and fill out a The Residence Hall Association work order.