Handicapped protestors
confront HEW officials
Bad lighting stunts
plant’s performance
Three officials from the De
partment of Health, Education and
Welfare (HEW) met in the Forum
Room of the EMU Wednesday
night while several handicapped
persons staged a sit-in at the state
office building protesting HEW
Secretary Joseph Califano s re
luctance to sign a set of vocational
rehabilitation regulations.
Loren Simonds, a political sci
ence mapr at the University in
volved with the demonstration,
also attended the meeting at the
EMU.
We've compromised to the ex
tent that we cannot compromise
without jeopardizing the basic in
tent of Section 504," Simonds
said Section 504 of the legislation
prohibits educational and emp
loyment discrimination against
people with handicaps.
Simonds confronted the HEW
representatives, hoping to find out
why Califano is delaying so long.
Kathy Adam, HEW liaison to the
states, told him Califano merely
wants to read and review the legis
lation before signing it because it's
the product of the previous ad
ministration.
Even so. Simonds hoped the
HEW regional office in Seattle
would forward his sentiments to
Califano personally He said he s
afraid Califano may change the
regulations without specifying the
changes.
The meeting at the EMU was
formally billed as an open discus
sion regarding the federal role in
higher education governance
Also attending from the HEW Reg
ion X office were Phil Rockefeller,
regional commissioner, and Larry
Omo. branch chief for the civil
rights office
Additional discussion ranged all
the way from the constitutionality
of HEW to more specific questions
about financial aid and implemen
tation of HEW regulations. The
representatives also commented
on the stance HEW is assuming
under the Carter administration
Questions arose concerning
compliance to Title IX regulations
of the Education Amendments of
By KEVIN RASMUSEN
and KEVIN HACKETT
Of the Emerald
1972. Adam indicated the law is
so broad that each institution has
its own interpretation
The office in Washington, D C
is trying to answer all compliance
inquiries." Adam said.
The actual discussion followed
opening comments by all three
HEW officials. Rockefeller began
the evening by briefly considering
potential government involvement
in higher education He said this
University received federal fund
ing in excess of $19 million for the
fiscal year 1976. But this money
comes from so many diverse gov
ernment agencies, Rockefeller
said, that federal coordination
would be difficult.
With so many diverse funding
sources, the ability for coordina
tion is diminished," he said.
Rockefeller admitted that in
stitution decision making is con
strained by federal guidelines.
But, he added, without the
guidelines the institutions "would
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Rockefeller said this University
received $19 million in federal
funds in fiscal 1976. Of course,
federal aid doesn t come without a
few strings attached. Rockefeller
outlined some of the conse
quences that an institution must
'suffer in receiving federal aid In
order to comply with the
government's guidelines the Uni
versity must:
• File fiscal and program re
ports.
• Negotiate a total cost rate with
the government
• Deal with federal statutes and
executive orders concerning
standards of performance This
includes Title IX, Title VI, the
Freedom of Information Act and
the Buckley Amendment
• Contend with the federal role
in financing student enrollment
Furthermore, all HEW funding
is renewable yearly Each year the
University must compete with
other institutions for available
funds
As Rockefeller put it:
"You can t relax You have to
keep pushing the rock up the hill
Omo outlined four regulatory
measures concerning discrimina
tion that institutions receiving fed
eral aid must deal with They in
clude:
• Title VI, which is part of the Civil
Rights Act of 1964 that prohibits
discrimination by institutions in
volved in the delivery of govern
ment services
• Executive Order 11246
Former-Pres. Lyndon Johnson s
directive that federal contractors
could not discriminate
• Title IX, which prohibits dis
crimination based on sex
• Section 504 of the Vocational
Rehabilitation Act, which prohibits
discrimination against the men
tally and physically handicapped
Adam discussed how students,
or anyone involved with the Un
iversity, can have an impact on
legislative action She described
three phases through which legis
lation must go before it s enforced,
and she emphasized that action is
necessary at all three phases if an
impact is to be felt
By MICHELE PEEPLES
Ot the Emerald
A houseplant given the best
ot care, but not given the proper
lighting, will either die or will be
stunted in its growth habits It may
appear leggy," have yellow
leaves, its soil may be soggy, leal
formations may seem small or it
will have a tendency to loan to
ward light In the case ot (lowering
plants there may be a cessation ot
blooms
Breaking up your growing
environment into north, south,
east and west exposures will help
you to place various species in the
kind ot light best suited to each
one
One of the easiest growing
groups, which also requires little
lighting, are the philodendrons
Northern exposure is good al
though shadier areas can keep
this group fairly happy The
monstera delicosa. usually placed
in this family but actually not a
philodendron at all, is an excep
tion in that it needs a bit more light
to help it torm its characteristic
split-leaves
Others which do well in a
north window are ferns, which can
also be placed in a southern win
dow during the winter months
(provided some protection is
given against the sunnier days)
peperomias. Chinese evergreens,
palms, marantas or prayer plants,
diftenbachias, ivies, draceaneas
and wandering jews
A good rule to follow is. the
darker the plant s foliage, the
darker its location should probably
be The northern exposure offers
a constant flow of indirect light
The southern exposure is a
popular one for plants during the
dim winter months, and it's the
most popular and best one for
cacti and other succulents It
may include various plants
through the summer months as
well
A thin curtain should be
placed in front of the plants, or
they may be set back from the
window within a few feet to guard
against harmful sun rays The
southern exposure Is the brightest
one. so use caution when arrang
ing plants here
Plants doing well in an east
ern window are Atrican violets,
lalse aralias, begonias, rheo or
Moses in the cradle. ' zebra
plants, caladiums, string ot hearts
and peperomias
Plants which do well in a
north window may also adjust to
an eastern window It light is very
direct, that is without obstructions
Irom the outside, like a tree or an
overhand, use caution against
early morning sun
Rubber plants and schel
lleras will thrive in the west i!
guarded from the hot afternoon
sun In (act. most plants in a
southern exposure can be placed
in a west window if a southern one
isn t available A western window
offers the hottest rays of the after
noon sun. so it's not a good idea to
place plants right next to the glass
The time ol year, outside or
inside obstructions and the win
dow size all determine how much
light a plant actually receives
If a window is blocked by a
tree or some other obstacle
chances are plants may need-s
be moved to a brighter locatid-J^
Though in most circumstances, a
window full of light will be ol more
benefit than a dusty corner
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