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11 a.m. today in the Stone Center Activities aid disability awareness Melanie Jones impaired, students tried on various News Editor glasses designed to demonstrate dif- ferent problems, such as tunnel vi- If students seemed a little frustrated sion. on The Quad yesterday, there was a For a glimpse into the world of the good reason for it. hearing impaired and deaf, partici- Students had the chance to dis- pating students pretended to place an cover what it is like to live with a order at a restaurant without speak- disability yesterday by going through ing. an obstacle course Disabled Student All of this was part of Disability Services and the University Programs Awareness Week, sponsored by the Council arranged. UPC. DSS and the UPC hope that by The frustration began as students experiencing the difficulties disabled signed up to participate - the trick students face, other students will be was they had to sign their names more understandingand sympathetic. backwards. That gave them some in- Foster said perhaps the least under- sight into living with a learning dis- stood problems are learning disabili- ability. ties. "This is probably dyslexia in ex- 'The problem with learning 4s- treme," Guy Foster, a graduate assis- abilities is that there is a provided tant in DSS, said. He saidtheextteme stigma attached," he said. That often was the easiest way to make students prevents students from getting the understand the difficulties faced by help they need because <hey are learning disabled students. ashamed to admit they are disabled. Other activities included perform- "Statistically speaking," Foster ing a few daily tasks in a wheelchair said, "we probably have around 400 and pouring a cup of coffee blind- learning disabled students at JSU, folded. Those activities allowed a but only 40 are served through better understanding of the medically (DSS)." disabled and the blind. See Disability page 2 Tina White, right, leads a student to teach disability awareness. To better understand the visually Departments develop new budgets Keith Langner since the cuts came early and have been a lot worse, but no one can speculate cuts. News Wriier ". if or when additional cuts may be made. "We're going to try very hard not to touch we had our entire budget to work Roberta 0.Watts, dean of the College of things that will directly affect academics," said This is the first in a series of articles on the withJ think we'll be OK. It3 not a Nursing, would not comment on the degree to Daniel Marsengill, dean of the College of Com- effects ofproration on University departments. which the College of Nursing was prorated but munication andFine Arts. "The cuts could have nice year, but it certainly could did express concern over the cuts. hit a lot harder, but it's not this proration that The reality of proration has hit JSU, and the have been worse." "We exist for the students, andany time we I'm wonied about. It's additional proration." cuts will affect every facet of the University. have cuts it impacts the quality of education the The College of Communication and Fine Cuts most directly affecting the students will -- Robert E. Kribel students are getting," said Watts. "I don't care Arts will contribute $38,000. According to come from the division of Academic Affairs, vice president for if we're cut only a dollar, something must be Marsengill, travel and expenses that are unnec- which includes the seven various colleges, the Academic Affairs compromised. essary will be the first hit. Deparunent of Technology and the Depart- "We are still able to meet the essentials, but The division of Academic Affairs will con- ment of Military Science. for Academic Affairs, reported at an Academic we are a professional school and have to meet tribute $125,500. "The cuts are a lot smaller On Oct. 14, JSU President Harold J. McGee Council meeting that McGee had adjustedrev- certain standards." than we expected," said Kribel. According to addressed the Faculty Senate presenting them enues and reduced Academic Affairs' portion According to McGee, the first measure taken Kribel, the department had a reserve fund for with the situation of the University. "Because of proration to $310,000, a figure less than will be to put a freeze on personnel. If anyone new computersandother improvements. "We'll of state proration in educational funding and anticipated. The task of the council members leaves the University, they will not bereplaced. just put things on hold for another year and pick some loss of tuition, the university is facing a was to make the cuts and return the information Then all possible items will be eliminated up where we left off. cash flow deficit of about two million dollars. to Kribel's office. from discretionary funds. Cutting part-time "The proration certainly won't do us any The administration must be able to present a The cuts will undoubtedly place a strain on labor might also be considered. A close look good, but since the cuts came early and we had plan for solving this dilemma within two the effectiveness of teachers, but perhaps what will be taken at existing programs and commu- our entire budget to work with, I think we'll be weeks," he said. looms larger is the possibility of additional nity senice to see which can possibly be cur- OK. It's not a nice year, but it certainly could On Oct 23, Robert E. Kribel, vice president cuts. Most agree that the present cuts could tailed. The last resort will be layoffs and salary have been worse." 2 Thursday, November 14, 1991 The Chanticleer University students' work benefits homeless, hungry Jamie Cole sororities and even residence halls. funds at the Wesley Foundation. Dale News Writer There are several events scheduled Clem,director of theFoundation, said during the week to alert students at the funds will aid the problems here JSU of the impending problems of in Calhoun County. "Ninety An estimated 37 million Ameri- hunger and homelessness. percent of the funds collected will cans, a total of 14 percent of the The week's activities will begin be distributed locally to agencies in population, live below the poverty with a Candlelight March at 7:30 the area," Clem said. The other 10 percent will go to state and national level, and estimates range from 10 to p.m. Monday around Trustee Circle. charities. 13 million for a count of our nation's Throughout the week, an informa- homeless. tion table on the subject will be sta- Throughout the week, JSU students Before Thanksgiving several JSU tioned in the Montgomery Building. may be surprised to find some home- students are helping to bring those On Tuesday's movie night, students less people residing on campus in the staggering figures to the attention of can pay for their admission to '"The form of dummies that will be placed this campus. Hunger and Five Heartbeats" in canned food. in certain areas. These dummies will Homelessness Week, observed Nov. Wednesday night, students with be accompanied by information con- 18-22, comes at the perfect time of meal plans can sign up to skip a meal cerning the problems of hunger and year to show how much there is to be and have Maniou donate the price of homelessness state-wide as well as thankful for and to make students that meal to the money collected by nation-wide. more alert to the problems of hunger the Wesley Foundation. Clem encourages all JSU students and homelessness. Students who live in the residence to get involved in the week's activi- Linda Chambers, executive direc- halls are also raising money for the ties. He is even sending letters to the tor of the Anniston Soup Bowl, said cause. A money jar is placed in each faculty, encouraging them to take It took three minutes for Stephen Bryant (a non-disabled the problem in this area is more se- residence hall and according to part and encourage their students to student) to enter the Jack Hopper Dining Hall. vere than many people think. "In Mylane Perry of the housing depart- do likewise. "In every discipline, you the blind and deaf yesterday. The seven years, theSoupBow1 has served ment, $50 worth of games and sports can do a class on hunger and ( Disability display included such things as over 196,000 people a noon meal. equipment will be awarded to the hall homelessness. (I hope) faculty will from page 1 phone equipment for the deaf and Many of these people we have served that raises the most money. incorporate this into their curricu- braille writers for the blind. are homeless," she said. On Thursday, Ellen Jennings, from lum," Clem said. In all, DSS actively serves 117 Arts and handicrafts by DSS stu- In efforts to allay the problem in the Bread for the World, will speak on Clem also stated several resource students. That includes students with dents will be om display from 10 area, over 40 student organizations the subjects of hunger and packets are available to faculty from visual and hearing impairments, a.m. to 2 p.m. today in Hammond will sponsor Hunger and homelessness at 6 p.m. at the Baptist Houston Cole Library, showing how learning disabilitiesand medical dis- Hall. Homelessness Awareness Week on Campus Ministries and again at 7 hunger and homelessness have been abilities. Tony Cochran, an attorney from the JSU campus. These range from p.m. at the Wesley Foundation. addressed in classrooms of major Other activities of Disability Birmingham who is blind, will speak government associations to religious Friday, the week's events will con- universities such as Harvard and Awareness Week included a dis- to students at 12 p.m.