Funds, manpower short
Problems disable PLUS
By MIKE ANDERSON
Of ttx Emerald
The Physically Limited Union
of Students has been struggling
and Chester Faller, director and
sole member of the organiza
tion, is the first to admit it
"If a disabled student comes
to the University, we want to
make sure he can be in any
program he wants As of now,
this is not the case," he says
The problem is not a lack of
goals and ideas, says Faller, but
a shortage of means to execute
PLUS' ambitions
Faller has had difficulty in
preparing his budget to satisfy
IFC requirements, and the
ASUO budget director has not
ed Faller's laxity in keeping
regular office hours
Constantly changing circum
stances force PLUS to contin
ually modify its specific goals,
Faller explains, and specific
goals are a prerequisite for IFC
funding
Being unable to predict ex
actly where PLUS funding
would go, he simply faked'' his
budget to insure PLUS received
all the funding he felt it needed,
Faller admits
"The IFC is encouraging
people to lie when they ask for
specific expenditures," Faller
insists
All groups must guess on
their expeditures to a certain
extent, but some groups do this
more than others, IFC chairer
Karsten Rasmussen says
"I don't think it's appropriate
for any group to say they're go
ing to spend their money on one
thing and then spend it on
something else Spending
should be justifiable,'' he adds
Faller says that until he can
convince the IFC to fund the
cause, PLUS is stymied
"There’s nothing else we can
do We've exausted all admin
istrative avenues," he says
So PLUS is in a "state of
limbo," Faller says
One thing he does intend to
do is sue the State Board of
Education for violations both at
the University and statewide
level
Faller alleges that several de
gree programs offered at the
University discriminate against
the handicapped
He took the matter to the
Chancellor's Office first, but
was told the office could not
afford the lawsuit, he says
It is senseless to sue for only
the University's offenses
because it costs no more to sue
on behalf of the entire state,
Faller says, adding that more
evidence can be introduced in
litigation of wider scope
However, PLUS does not yet
have any of the funding neces
sary for such a large project
either In fact, Faller cannot
even estimate the amount of
Campus club unites
aliens and natives
By DANE CLAUSSEN
Of th« Em«rakJ
Editor 's note this is the last part
of a series on foreign students
A club was formed at the
University last year whose pur
pose is to, in the words of its
president, Deb Hauger, bring
together the American and for
eign student elements "
The International Studies
Association, developed by the
international studies depart
ment, is designed to foster a
more internationally oriented
perspective on campus." says
to Hauger
The Association, now listing
about 40 members, sponsors
the International Studies Peer
Advising Program and serves as
a resource center for informa
tion about graduate schools,
careers, internships, study
abroad, research, and other
campus resources
"We want to make American
students more aware of what's
going on in the rest of the
world," Hauger says American
students avoid meeting and
getting to know foreign
students, let alone feeling com
fortable about it.
There should be an "integrat
ed feeling," on campus, Hauger
says
The Association, whose goals
Huager says are different from
those of the Foreign Student
Organization, intends to
achieve this sense of communi
ty by organizing forums, dis
cussions, lectures, and slide
shows
A Nov 1 reception was co
sponsored by the Association,
as was last Thursday’s panel
discussion on the Reagan Ad
ministration's Third World
policies
A monthly newsletter is being
published, and an international
career day and other activities
are also being planned, Hauger
says
Americans tend to have an
"isolated perception ' of foreign
students, she says They usually
hear about Iranian students
participating in demonstrations
or about some foreign students
not representative of the major
ity, Hauger explains
Hauger says she feels cuts in
funds for exchanges and other
programs allowing foreign
students to come to the US will
"snowball "
When subsidies are eliminat
ed, only foreign students from
higher income families will be
able to study, a situation many
Americans mistakenly believe
exists already
"We feel the diversity of hav
ing foreign students on campus
is important,’ Hauger says,
adding that foreign students
can perform such tasks as ad
vising American Industry on
dealing with businessmen in
their native countries
Association membership is
not restricted to international
studies majors, Hauger
stresses, adding that all Amer
ican and foreign students and
faculty may participate in the
program
The Association, which hopes
to become the first student
chapter of the International
Studies Association, meets
every other Thursday More in
formation is available at 241
Straub Hall, or by phoning
686-5051
money the law suit will involve
until he finishes his research
PLUS is also short of man
power, Faller says He has no
assistant and finds keeping
regular office hours difficult
He estimates that he spends
only five to 10 hours a week in
the office
This has apparently made him
difficult to contact, and doesn't
square with PLUS' IFC-ap
proved goal of being a resource
for students who need informa
tion concerning the handi
capped
"It's a problem; it’s a tiny
problem,'' says Alan Contreras,
ASUO budget director, putting
the situation into perpective
"PLUS has been a bit lax, and
he (Faller) knows that I think
this He intends to improve the
situation, and I’m satisfied with
that understanding," Contreras
explains
Maintaining regular office
hours is a problem for many of
the smaller groups, Contreras
admits, adding that although
program directors such as
Faller receive a small salary,
their work is primarily volunteer.
"There's a limit to what you
can expect from volunteer or
ganizations," Contreras says
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To be ol use
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