Druids sponsor handicap study
Handicapped students at the
University will be given an opportunity to
make their grievances known this week
through a special survey being conducted
by the Druids, Junior Men's Honorary,
according to Druid member. Mike Kment
The survey, sponsored by the service
honorary, is receiving assistance from the
Office of Student Services, Campus
Security and various commissions and
projects associated with handicapped
people
The purpose of the poll, according to
Kment, is to allow physically handicapped
students to offer suggestions and
criticisms of the structure of campus
facilities, such as walkways, stairs,
lavatories, and access to parking areas as
well as needs for various classroom and
related materials such as transcribed
tapes of course textbooks for blind
students
Among the buildings covered by the
survey are:
Straub Hall, inaccessible in all ways
because of steps up at all entrances and in
some cases steps down inside There are
many levels and narrow doors, and no
elevators Toilets are not accessible
because of narrow doors and no lift bars
Inaccessible offices are Student Conduct
Office. VISTA, and HEP Campus Security
has one step up
Johnson Hall: no entry ramp, no
elevator and no special lavatory facilities
There are no ground floor entry many
steps
Lawrence Hall not easily accessible by
wheelchair because the doors are too
heavy for the handicapped to manipulate
by themselves No special bathroom
facilities are available Several of the
doors are too heavy and some floors are
either raised or sunken which couldn't be
manipulated easily
tlerlmger Hall has no ramps which
makes access difficult to upper floors, and
narrow doorways However the YWCA
Lounge on the ground level is accessible
w ith wide doors
Classrooms in Allen Hall: are on the
second and third floors only with no
elevators No special lavatory facilities
are available
"Hopefully the survey will be com
plete by the end of next week but this time
deadlines centers around the kind of
support we art' given by the campus
community the handicapped students
themselves and the various offices that
have already helped in the effort ” ex
plained Kment
Anyone wishing information on the
project or willing to help should contact
Kment, text 3734). Pat Harrington (343
7272). Marty Hill t686A277>, Don ('halmera
<686 8772', Dave IlytowiU (342 7584) or the
Dean of Personnel Services, Hob Bowlin at
ext 3216
PSote Dr Jtrry BtnTtrwi
(■piling up Johnson llall steps isn't easy for a handicapped person. For
an individual confined to a wheelchair, access to the administration
building is nearly impossible. Problems of access faced by han
dicapped students are under study by the Druids, the junior mens’
hnnorarv
Student Union
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Chuckling he said, "We
mainly planned the dance to
relieve all of the tension that
builds up in these type of rallies
Hut we want a lot more people to
come to the dance "
Friday night's rally is the first
of a list of activities planned by
the Student Union and other anti
war groups primarily in support
of the People's Peace Treaty
“We want to start building up
to May 5 and beyond," one of the
Student Union members ex
plained
Union members are passing
out leaflets today on campus, on
the mall and at Valley River
Center that outline the upcoming
activities. Representatives of the
Student Union an* also meeting
with downtown merchants to
explain the anti-war protests and
to ask for support and donations
They hope to convince most
merchants to stop business as
usual on May 5 in protest of the
war
Activities leading up to the May
Day demonstration include
Civil disobedience is
scheduled at Adair Air Force
base in Corvallis on May 2 and 3
It w ill involve a food drive for the
poor
"Adair n*lates to the war
because the imperialism that is
keeping it from the poor is the
same sort of imperialism that
keeps the U S in Indochina." the
Student Union members stated
Recruiting offices will be the
target of protestors on May 3
when they plan to disrupt
business “We will just mill
around in a |jood active disrup
tion." they explained "We don't
plan any sit tas or anytin# like
that "
A peace march from campus
to the mall is the main activity
planned for May I A speaker's
platform on the mall, a picnic on
Skinner's Butte and a dance on
the mall are also planned
A main concern of the Student
Union has bwn publicising the
upcoming protest A film about
the "People's Pea it Treaty" and
the May Pay activities. "Time is
Running (hit" is being shown in
Eugene high schools ami the
University dormitories
It will he shown tonight in the
Collier lounge of the Hamilton
complex at 7:tO pm and
Thursday at fi :»p m in the Bean
West Conference room
Survival forum slates
four campus speakers
“Towards a Stable En
vironment" is the theme (or an
Earth Week public forum to be
held at « p m tonight m Harris
Hall, downtown next to the
County Courthouse
Scheduled to speak at the event
sponsored by the University's
Survival Center are three
University professors Gordon
Goles, Geology. Allan Larrabee,
chemistry; and Robert Camp
bell, Economics
Goles, teacher of “Man ami His
Environment," plans to center
his talk on the use of energy
resources taken from the earth
"In principle, since the planet
offers a closed system, we should
tx- able to get ImicIc all the
resources we take from it
l.arrabee, professor of
chemistry, will aim his speech at
the public's attitude toward the
present system o( waste disposal
A member of “Environmental
Dynamics," a non profit
organisation with goals of
changing public opinion on the
matter, Larrabee will offer new
methods of gnrtiage tuindling for
the Kugene an‘«
Professor ('ampl>cll plans to
apply priiH’iples of economics to
t 1m* present situations posed hy
environmental quality
Another event for Earth Week
sponsored by the Survi .il Onter
will be a symposium featuring
Joe Smith, District attorney for
Umltilla t’ounty, initiator of
protests against (!“• proponed
shipment and storage of nerve
gas at llermixton. Oregon last
June
lie will In* sclMsluled to speak
on Friday
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