ACCESS VICTORIES
Student wins S556.000 in access suit
A disabled l c> t ( a 11 f n mi a
Berkeley student has been aw ant
ed more than hall a million dollars
in punitive and emotional dam
apes from a restaurant that failed
to provide wheelchair access -Julie
Weissman sued II s Lordships
Restaurant after she had to he cat
ried down the entrance stairs and
into the d i n mp room l onme
Weissman told the jury that the
incident made her dauphtet
"embarrassed upset and leartul
Hut the key testimony mat have
come from builder Ron Taylor who
said tin restaurant refused two
bids for the construction of ramps
in 1987 The establishment had
onl\ hack door access ramps when
Weissman visited ■ Darlem
Ciraulo. 7Vie Duil\ ('ah/orman l
of ( allforma. Berkeley
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User friendly ... Disabled student - at
the [ of Minnesota. Minneapolis
have pained access to a resource
formerly closed to them with the
introduction of specially adapted
computers The equipment pur
ihased with a plant from IBM
serves both the visually and phy
Hally impaired Voice synthesiz
ers. scanners and a terminal that
translates the screens contents
into Braille help the blind, while
special keyboards are dcsipned for
students who can use only one fin
per or hand Special software
reduces the number of necessary
keystrokes by predictmp words
from one or two character.- ■
Allison ( ampbell Tin Minrifsuta
Dull\ 1 of Minnesota
Minneapolis
Handicapped
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know what's ('oing on Si I usually call
the I'mon Hoard and have someone
meet m»* there They're reallygood about
helping me get into places like that
Although the I mon Hoard does help
Miller says that lsjust a temporary solu
tion
"There has got to lie something done.'
he says “They're treating tin symp
toms but not the disease
Bt*rr\ agrees “(i.iviii can t even mm
the movie tin l nion Hoard has on
Wednesday nights The screen is set up
when vou havt to In in tilt ’seals to set
it Gavin won ' let me carry him up tin
stairs to sit
Millei doe- At Kerry am, hi.- git
friend Shan Smith hel| Inn at othei
time.- whet In ir utiahu ti access .
building "II : evei neet, anything, havt
to gel Shan te get it 01 an a , loss
Althougl In >av mos ol t hi campus
roads arc burly accessible- . tour-mcl
curl can post ai obstadt to Mime-one 11
. wheelchau
lit leans forward backs towarc iht
curt ant lower his wheelchan ti tht
pavement lit admits ht sometime
takes a spill
At I’ll several projects tert undei way
tt, solve problems likt this one Hut
Facilities Planned Larry Littlefield says
renovation is "ti continuing effort li is
noi something that can magically be
remedied overnight
Policies
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harassment policies recently
Th< policies at Kntory and Hm«n pm
hihit demeaning nr abusive actions
toward am person 01 proup on tin■ hasi •
ot personal characteristics including
race ponder. religion or handicap
According to Dean ot Students David
Inman, the issue was in committee at
Brown when homophobic and racist
graffiti were discovered in a dorm I his
incident prompted the university - new
president to bypass the committee and
i milled i at els establish a policy m consul
tation with university lawyers
Kmorv Brown and Stanlord are pri
vale universities and Inman said sitici
the schools are private associations ot
[H'oplc tin Kii''! \mcndinent dm ■ not
necessarily apply
Issues al public schools
\- public 'Vstems tin l aldormn and
Wisconsin state moversiti-' are repaired
to abide b\ I lie I 'oust it lit inn
\ccordnu: te Patricia Hndullk an
attornev tor the Wisconsin slMelll an
amendment to tin- existinp. student cun
duel rude v\ as implemented Sept 1 I In
pul lev w a~ preceded b\ a sene*, ul racist
events nil campus, she said
l ndei the new rude racist and ills
criminatory cnmmeiits or behaviors are
prohibited Hodulik said Ihe injured
part\ must prove “intent to create an
intimidating 01 hostile env ironnienl and
intent to demean she said
I'he student bodv has been "relatively
supportive but Hodulik said tin
Wisconsin Al 1.1 l a- threatened to-tie
The new pnlicv m the IV system alse
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