University works to accommodate disabled students
By Jen Ellison
L\»Qan Duty l m&ak1
Tin* American Disabilities Ac t requires the Uni
versity to provide services that permanently and tem
porarily disabled students need in order to function on
campus
Hilary Gerdes. Office of Academic. Advising and Stu
dent Services counselor for students with disabilities,
is the one faculty member who makes sure the Universi
ty's 200 or so disabled students receive these services.
Gerdes coordinates faculty and staff to help disabled
students. Her department. Services for Students with
Disabilities, provides such services as note-takers to
accompany students to c lass, readers who record stu
dents' textbooks onto tape and mobility help if students
can't transport themselves to class.
Other services provided by the department include a
quiet place to take tests with someone who will rend the
questions and record the answers, class relocation to
rooms with easier access and meeting with faculty on the
specific needs of the students.
Disabilities that qualify students for these services are
blindness or visual impairment, deafness or hearing
impairment, mobility difficulty, such as using a wheel
chair or braces, learning disabilities and severe psycho
logical problems.
Services for Students with Disabilities also provides
serve es for students with temporary disabilities su< It as
broken arms or legs, severe illnesses, temporarv sight or
hearing problems and head injuries.
In addition to working directly with disabled students,
Gerdes also meets with prospective new students with
disabilities and the students' parents
''We're having incsuasing numbers of prosper tive slu
dents coming to learn what services we have available
and to see if this is an appropriate place for them. 'she
said "We also need to know what serve es we will need
to have available for these new students "
New students' needs are determined before the stu
dent starts school
Although Gardes advises about 200 disabled students,
more than that come in every week
"We get a lot of people coming in who think that they
might have a disability, like a learning disability."
Gerdes said "They have been having difficulty learn
ing over the years but were never tested for a disability
in the past "
lierdes also gets visits from students who have lieen on
campus for a i ouple of years who have refused to admit
that they had a disability They .ire starting to see that
they (ire eligible for services that will make life easier for
them.
Along with her counseling duties. (.ordes is involved
with a number of committees As a member of the Cam
pus Planning Committee, she watches ov er the planning
of new buildings and renovations to assure equal ai i ess
for the disabled
"I'm kind of their wait h dog.' she said
As i oordmator of the Disability #rojei I whii h began
in I'iHH. she works to secure additional serv u e-. vv hu li
iLp'ii't required hv law. for disabled students
*We need more education for the
faculty... teaching the faculty
about disabilities and how to
accommodate students with
disabilities can make a
difference
* — Hilary Gerdes,
counselor tor students with disabilities
One of these extra vers it es is a new c omputer xv stem
for the visually impaired. Located in Knight Library. it
t an tails to its users, print in braille and i an opto alls
scan a page and read it out loud
Working full time w ith one part time graduate teat li
tng fellow denies (eels sir.lined
"I w ish I had more help." she said II a t ouple ol stu
dents are having a rough term, it takes a lol of nn time
1 don’t have time tor evervbodv else
In addition to additional staff in the offit e (lerdes said
she sees a need for edui at ion
"We need more edut ation for the tat lilts she said
People don’t understand the mint at tes ol a head injurs
and tilings like llt.it I eat lung the fat tills about disabil
ities anti bow to at t ommodale students w tilt disabilities
i an make a different e
Students to discuss fee proposal
By Chester Allen
Oregon Ckv*y t ntctaid
Student government lenders,
divided over University Presi
dent Myles Brand’s plan to
change the present system of
distributing student fees,
announced Wednesday they
will meet twice next week to
hammer out a compromise
response to the plan
Brand’s plan would take away
the Incidental Fee Committee s
authority to allocate about Sl .H
million in student fees to KMl'
programs The plan would give
the KMU board direct control of
a portion of ear h year’s student
fees.
Kverv full-time student pays
$100 in student fees each term.
The ASUO, I Ft and the I Ml
hoard will conduct a puldn
meeting April r> in tin* I Ml Ben
hinder Room from IJ to p.m. to
t p in to hear student opinions
on Brand's proposal
Student government groups
will again meet in I Alt' Cedar
Room I) April 7 from t p in. to (>
p.m. to itraft n response to
Brand's plan
Vern llo. a professional fat di
lator. will .n t as a neutral medi
ator during the second meeting
to help student government
groups reni h a united compro
mise to Brand's plan, said
ASUO I’resident Bobby Fee
Although student government
leaders have disagreed w hether
Brand's plan, released in Febru
ary. is worthwhile. Fee said In
hopes the meetings will help
iron out different es and prixhu e
a better plan than Brand's
Fee said he believed there are
"better wavs" to distribute stu
dent inmii-v to the FMl . but he
de< lined to reveal details until
next week’s meetings
"In the end we all mnv agree
to disagree. Fee said We all
mav ( mm' up with our own pro
pnsals, lint I Iwlieve we «11 .ill
make u good-foilh effort and
real h .1 compromise
However. I MU board ( hair
man Joe Grube said ho believes
Brand's plan is good hei ause il
removes a lover of tmreaiu r.n y
in the I'Ml1 budgeting system
The TMU hoard trier! to nego
tiate tile issue with the 1FG tlur
ing fall term, but 1 ommiltee
members never showed up at
st hetluled meetings, (.ruin' said
I will try to work toward 0
consensus to a point, hut if it
doesn't happen by April 7. it
won't happen at all." Grube
said
l.ee said he hoped students
would attend both meetings
"Students pay about Stub a
term in lees, l.ee said His ause
they 're investing their money in
this institution, they should take
this opportunity to speak out on
how the fees should he spent
NUDITY
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