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Group fights to save sign classes
H\ I .unit' kilhnurn
I met.ild ( unitilnitor
Ament .m sign language
t lasses will he tail next \ear tin
less a neu h tunned studenl
group ( an < hangc some (let i
sion makers' mitlds
ASI. \tlvi» ales are students
t i tnt et net) ah. ml the deal turn
immilv who are working to
keep sign language t lasses t tit
runt I v offered to I ’niverslH slit
denis through Ihe spent h pa
timings anti audiology deparl
menl
()n March li the ASI Atlvo
tales |tresenletl a pet it ion to
tniversiU Provost Norman
Wessells signed In more than
r.OO students ret|uesling sup
port til AS!, t lasses said I aril
Ivn Kemmers. a sign language
lah teat liing assistant and pres
ident ol ASI. Advot ales
Kemmers saitl besides col
let ting signatures, the group is
.list i t ol let ting letters
AYeAe already started col
let I tug lettei s written b\ top
members ol the t timimmil\
Kemmers saitl AYe'ie going to
he out there show mg our sup
port lot ASI. and answei mg ev
ri \ tpiesl ion w e t an U e re try
ing to lie as y isihle as possi
hie '
Although ASI. is primarily
usetl h\ memhers of the deal
community it must also he
taught to people w ho inlerai t
with people who are hearing
impaired.’ saitl (Catherine
lot it eiit in. mi'inhet ASI. \dvt i
t ales
\mi'ri< .in sign language is .1
i omplex language in »1 s nu n
right, using lai nil expressions
gestures .uni formal signs to
I utivcv messages. using its own
structure grammar and uii
lav. said Ills IVtrrs u ho
tent hrs sign language at the
I 'nivcrsitv
I lie strut lure ol ASI is dil
lerent Irolii standard language
Peters said I 01 example a
hearing person might s.i\ Last
night at |i m I ueut shop
ping f.verv thing was really ex
pensive Uv the lime 1 was
done I tiitlll I hat e un\ mullet
lell '
In ASI. that sentem e be
comes, /’as/ niL'Jil time seven.
stale lilr go In hmil llherel i t
pensive Inn finish brake
mallei left mil Peters said
Sign language classes are
ten difficult to enroll 111 he
1 ause ol their popnlaritt
fall term's registration was
a madhouse Peters said
" Che 1 lasses were lull in 0 SO
on the lust ilat and the unit
jug list had ot er I all people on
it lit the end 1 4 the d.tt
111 the nine t ears I t e been
teaching here 1 lasses have
been Idled and I've always had
a long waiting list, she said
"Heture this tear I've taught
tour classes each veal Iwo
beginning, one intermediate
and one advam ed I taught
about I 10 students eai h term,
and at one point, two ol us
were teaching sign classes
\i 1 online to these numbers
Peters has taught sign language
tu approximately I.HOC) slu
dents
Ai i urding to .1 PI t report
troin the \atiolial I echini ul In
statute tor the Ileal, an eslimut
ml I t million \rnerii .ms ale
hearing impaired. ^a llot) peo
ple in southern Oregon have
impairments ranging from
moderate hearing loss to pro
found deafness
Him .ium“ hen r mg
i m pa ired .people arr
bei timing more m,im
s I r r ,i m r il I) n I h in
si hou 1 ,i ii il m work
sell ings. ..pic .in' i;ii
ing I n lie i timing i n
i nut.n t with iinnc iic.il
people -.1 nl Is a 11 ml I
I lev i - H.tsi ,i me in lie i
nl A S I. \ il \ in: ii I e s
Doctors Ie.u hers
|,l\\ \ ers si ii 1,11 sei V ii e
.1 gem' les r i gilt ilnu II
lo bus drivers .ill v\ 11!
ll.IV e i.iiiil.H I v\ lilt pen
pie who .ire Ii e ,i r I ng
i mji.ii red ’ I lev i I l.isi
desi rilled t lie need Ini
sign l.ingii.ige skills .1 s
.ihsidiile 1 \ impel,!
live
Sign language i hiss
e s .ire being phased
mil bei anse the spent b
pathology and and ml
ngv deparlmenl del id
ed In spend more mini
c\ nil uirn giiiiiu.iir piugi.iiii
s.iid \rd ('iiristiciii.M'ii. spun li
piithnlogN and ,iudtol(ig\ dr
p.irtlllrnl hr,id
I Ihristi.insrn rvpl.iinrd th.il
sign l.iligtl.lgr i l.issrs urn- til
ing ini In rii.ihlc ihr ili'p.ii'l
inrill In ntlri nthrI i l.issrs ,imI
dr( ir.isr sludrut Ir.n hri nitiir,
thus qu.llilvillg I hr muster's dr
grre pmgr.ini lor i rrliln uln>n
Ai i irdlt.itioii of mil m.is
In s priigi.im has ,ilu,i\s burn
iiptlllll.il, lull il nun I hr lh.it
I'holu t)v i».iv nf Mu. ..
s/mi. n.i llolli mi ,n . si if n sliulrnl
W.1V in .« trw \ fills hr S.ml
Ur W.int Otll sludrllts lO lit
mill l.ibJr at .1 nalliMi.ll IrVr 1
InslfMiI i if tr.u him; -iKii Ian
v;uaMr tin* (Irpartnirnf will of
fri nnc I• m !uf» i lass on sii»n
language hr said
This w 4» \ mil st udr ill s will
grt w h.il thrv nrrd . ( ihrist lan
sen said lhr\ iluii’t haw* lo
i oinr out of hurt' lop noli h
signns hut jsign language is)
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