Off-Campus Living Activities: Has any action been taken since the weekend fires and disturbances of a month ago? REPLIES BY JIM HINTZ: -- Has Off-Campus Living been talking to student neighborhoods? YES -- Have letters and articles appeared in the newspapers addressing this issue? YES, the News had a cover article on the Community Assistants program -- Has thought been given to organizing a Mill Street Neighborhood Association that might engage students more directly? YES, probably to be implemented next year. -- What about revising the Student Code of Conduct to include sanctions on off-campus behavior? YES. OU presently has two levels of sanctions, A for major offenses and B for minor offenses. B offenses do not presently require a personal visit to the Code of Conduct office, but OU is thinking of calling in first-time B offenders for alcohol violations. -- Have particular "problem houses" been reported t for visiting by his committee? YES. Residents of 178 N. Congress were brought in to talk with me about the concerns by their neighbors. This is not technically University Judiciaries, but the Off- Campus Living Office (although I work with them on these issues). However, if the behavior continues and it is a violation of the student code of conduct and people are willing to be witnesses, the next step could be a judicial referral. This process could apply to any apartment/house that is problematic. OU is also trying to get all students to register their local addresses, but so far it's not mandatory Clearinghouse For Available Housing For Faculty And Staff At OU And For Others Moving To Athens: -- Bev Flanigan has written to Diana Glazier in the Arts and Sciences Dean's office to ask if her Monday Memos on housing could be incorporated into a University/City joint webpage (linking the OUCOM notices and other colleges' notices to a central site where available places and people seeking such places could be in contact). She passed letter on to the Dean's assistant, who passed it on to Mike Mumper, associate provost. He indicated the University is thinking of doing something on this matter but couldn't say when. Bev would like any more suggestions on format etc. She is working on a web site that would provide this service. Trash: HINTZ: A house on the corner of West State Street opposite the Middle School has approached me about being a "model" of how to prevent littering. OU Judiciaries will also deal more with frequent violators of the litter law. Perhaps Community Assistants (CAs) could urge student renters to use better garbage cans with secure lids. ABEL (in response to Bain's suggestion that "every inspector insist on good garbage cans at each unit"): The Code Office's priority is housing inspection; but it doesn't have time to check on litter. REED: Could part-time "litter ticketers" be hired, and could they be paid out of the fines collected by the city for other offenses? ABEL: The city collects $300,000 a year in fines for housing code violations, but a litter ticketer would probably need $40,000+ in wages, and we'd need more than one ticketer. A better idea might be to charge more on the utilities trash bill in certain neighborhoods with persistent problems and do a weekly street/sidewalk cleaning by the city in those areas as well.