Texas A&M student serves in Israeli army
By Holly Beeson
■ The Battalion
Texas A&M U
When Tex a.- \\M l senior Beth
Morrison visited Israel, sht bypassed
the traditional tourist traps she
joined the arms
“I was actually part of the army." the
psychology major said “I wore the urn
form and lived in the barracks I ale \v it h
the Israeli soldiers and woke up when
they did It helped me understand their
u ay ol life ”
Morrison heard aUiut the Volunteers
for Israel propram throuph the Htllel
.Jewish Students Center The propram
allows people to become soldiers for
three weeks
"What vou re doing is little things to
help out Morrison said "I requested to
work in an infirmary, hut ended updoing
computer work at a base in Haifa
Some of her friends duties included
painting, peeling potatoes, weeding and
handing out uniforms to soldiers
Morrison said it s not difficult to get
around and communicate in Israel
because everything is written in Knglish
as well as Hebrew, and everyone speaks
at least a little Knglish Hut the |>eople
are different than those in the I'mted
States, 'lie said
“Israelis have been compared to the
fruit sahra prickly on the outside, hut
soft and sweet on the inside
“They grow up faster than we do We
go to college and go to frat parties They
po in thi antis IM'lnrc collepe
All Israelis ID.lit .tin) female I ( .1 .II I
lor the .inm sshen tlies turn Is and an
tc(|mic(l to serve lur thnsears
Morrison oripmalls (li,i,uli,il to c ti
Israel because of its lusters Non po ti
Israel anti e\|>enrnce i (Mill sear of his
torv You're ssalkmp on Instors
incredible she said "Jerusalem is
important to Moslems Christians and
Jesvs We all hast instors there
This non profit propram provides an
Itlexpensis e ss as to ell|oS all this lll.slors
Morrison said Round I rip airfare, room
and Ivoard. tours and a free stop-over ill
Kurope are included m tin ST(M) fare
I lie propram coordinate! Archie
Broodo. t an he reached al 21 l Hot)
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Behind Texas ASM U student Beth Morrison
the Western Wall is one of the holiest places
in Jerusalem tor Jews to pray
Poorly designed campuses
hinder handicapped students
By Brad Buckhalter
■ The Pow Wow
Northeast Louisiana U.
and Marc Goldstein
■ The Campus Times
U. of Rochester
Gavin Miller changed his major
freshman year because of the location
of his classes.
Confined to a wheelchair after an
auto accident at 17, the Northeast
Lousiana U. student found his com
puter science courses were almost
inaccessible to him. “Hanna Hall has
this big, greasy freight elevator that 1
was supposed to use to get to the sec
ond floor,” he says. “The elevator has
adoorandagato that have tobe closed
just right to work. Sometimes some
one wouldn't get the doors closed good
and I couldn't get to my classes *
After many frustrating episode
including losing several books after
they dropped through the crack
between the elevator and the main
floor, Miller switched his nugor to
accounting. Most of those classes
meet in the Administration Building,
which has an elevator expressly for
the handicapped.
T don't see how it’s feasible for a
handicapped person to have classes in
Hanna,” the junior says. "It's really
bod that you have to plan the rest of
your life around campus freight ele
vators.”
Teresa Carroll, a junior at U. of
Rochester, also has been in a
wheelchair since a car accident four
years ago. Carroll found UR much
harder to get around than the com
munity college she transferred from,
where all the buildings were intercom
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Carroll says isolates her from the rest
of the campua.
Once on campus, Carroll has trou
ble with inaccessible buildings. Some
have elevators, but the buttons are
often too high and receased. Buttons
that do not protrude from the control
panel are difficult for physically chal
lenged people to operate, Carroll says.
Carroll discusses these issues at the
beginning of each semester with Jean
Cameron, assistant director of
University Facilities Planning. The
access problems at UR are due to the
age of the university’s buildings,
Cameron says. She estimates their
average age to be 43 years and says
early construction planners did not
forsee the problems.
But at NLU. Miller says even the
newest buildings are sometimes inac
His suitemate, David Berry,
says,“Gavin even has trouble getting
into Ewing Cottasum, sad that’s bed,
The only way I can get in is to go
deem to the freight entrance, where
they park trucks and everything,”
Miller says.
I even have trouble get
SA passes drug-search policy
despite constitutional concerns
By Beth Ziesenis
a The North Texas D.nly
U of North Texas
A resolution allowing residence hall
stall members to search dorm rooms for
illegal drills narrow Is passed. If) Id. the
1' of North Texas Student Association
after a two-hour debate
■Junior Wtide Duehene was one of the
SA representatives opjiosed to the reso
lution “This is not a drop issue; this is a
moral issue." he said “Does the end jus
tils the means" Are you willing to ignore
some constitutional rights to pet drops
out’’At the l'niversits ol North Tex.i
the housinp department mas lx-nddinp
the campus ol drops, but at what price"
How far are \\e ss dlinp to go’"
Resident Assistant Council Memher
.Joel Dalxiuhsaw the other side “As KAs
ss e are faced every das with people ss ho
are taking and using illegal substances."
he said “This policy is an effective tool
It gives us as KAs the ability to maintain
the security and safety of our residents "
Ryes Tatem, co-author ol the hill and
an assistant hall director, said the policy
would help students caught during the
earls stages of drug experimentation
“What we re saying is. Hey. admims
trillion, we see you are trying to take
issue svith the drug problem." and we as
students support this issue,” he said
Mark .Jetton, a sophomore who voted
against the policy, said. "Anybody who
(iix'sn't vole fur this resolution doesnt
mean in any was. shape or form that lie
supports (imp use The ( 'oust it ution
cannot ho annulled for certain situa
tions II that's the case, what's the point
ofhaving I lie C 'oust it ut ion ol t he l nit eel
States
Junior Winn Walton cited several
court cases u here similar search policies
were found to he unconstitutional "A
student does not abandon his right to
due process upon Ins registration at the
universits ol his choice." Walton said
" That means if you come here and you
sign a waiver or any tspe ol police lh it
waives your right' that waiver isinvahd
I ms a use it does o- step ahove the who r
I S I ’oust it ut i"
SA President I*.i d Steven- i : ■
assembly to dismiss the quest inn < ■ 'll
st itutionulity and decide on jii t the
issue ol lieing for or against the dorm
search policy But Texas Civil Liberties
President I )on Smith, a faculty inendier.
said SA should consider t he policy A con
stitiitionahty. "It s very straightforward
Father you violate the ('(institution or
you don't,” he said
Senior Jaclyn Dodgin proposed (Mist
polling the voU* until SA (Milled students
about the policy "I think that people
were not educated enough, were con
fused and voted how they personally
thought they should vote." she said “We
still don't know how the students them
selves feel "
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