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UNIVERSITY 86th year, issue 26 week of APRIL 4,. 2001 www.xu.edu/newswire/ Xavier handicapped METAMORPHOSIS .accessibility· lacking Automatic doors~ wheelchair ramps not always available for disabled students BY MELISSA CURRENCE To ·enter Schott Hall; those ~They choose not to self-identity Campus News Editor with wheelchairs have to· enter . themselves as disabled." Although Xavier has made a through the loading dock en- · ·.· The separation• of.: entrances commitment not .to discriminate trance or through the second floor ·for disabled stud~ntsds, not the against handicapped persons, by Schott Dining Hall.· ideal environment.,,, according to . many find the accessibility of the "No cine can see me back here,"· Huffner, . campus is a challenge because of said Huffner of the· 1oading dock "Just let me go into the front the lack of automatic doors, entrance. There is a ramp with no entrance," said Huffner. "Stu­ wheelchair ramps and handi- automatic door. "My arm even- capped parking. tually gives out,'' said Huffner of · "Access is not just in getting opening the loading dock's door, . into the building," said junior . and she has to use her feet. "If Kelly Huffner who is physically there was an automatic door, it "~ are trying the disabled, "but the student should would make the building handi­ best we can with the be able to get in the same way an cap accessible,'' said Huffner. able-bodied student can." With the second entrance by circumstances we Huffner cites the doors around the Schott Dining Hall, Huffner . " campus as the largest challenge. has to go up the grassy hill be­ have. "All the doors are too heavy," she cause of the two small steps in the NEWSWIRE PHOTOS BY JACKSON GOODNIGHT said. Huffner must get through walkway. "If the hill was wet, I - Sarah Kelley, Learning One of the many faces of Mr. Muskie winner, freshman many doors by using her feet and couldn't use it," said Huffner. John Hauser, whose talent involved reciting original poetry Assistance Center director body to prop the doors open. Huffner also has experienced while transforming himself into a butterfly. "Those whose arms are more difficulty with the Cintas Center. affected than mine would find "Sometimes [t~e JronLentrance] [accessibility] impossible,'' said . is locked when there are events dents want to be with students Huffner. in the Schiff Family Conference ·whether they're in a chair or XU smde:rit, friend ·.She ·also credited the Xavier Center, so I have to go all the way walking.''. community as a.factor for her ac­ around [the radio station to Pa­ "We will move the whole class cessibility. "The reasons I was cific Avenue]. If there was a ramp if a student signs up for a· class able to get around is that I am able up the side of the stairs, it would [in a building that is inacces­ help cancer patients make it so much easier." . sible]," said Kelley. Huffner said she was once "I appreciate [moving' classes BY MELISSACURRENCE "Patients are sad and counsel­ 1ust let me go into trapped inside the basement of for accessibility]. But it's. only a Campus ·News Editor ing can help them gain a more Alter Hall after a late-night event temporary solution. There may Two college students - Derek positive outlook on the disease," the front entrance. there. ~·campus Police had come come a time that it won't be only Hunter, a junior from Xavier and said Hunter. "We really wanted and locked the door to CBA," said a few students [who are dis­ Daniel Robert, a junior from the to do something to leave a legacy Students want to be Huffner. "I was literally going in abled]." University of South Carolina, for our family." with other students circles." Her :friend had to leave Buenger and Husman resi­ have established Tickets for the to get Campus Police to get her dence halls have handicapped a cancer founda­ event are $8 for whether they're in a out. suites with bigger showers, sinks tion to help can­ "~really students and $18 There are areas on the residen­ without cabinets underneath and cer patients regular admis­ chair or walking. " tial mall where the cobblestone bars in the toilet area, according through counsel­ wanted to do sion. Spaces walkways have begun to shift. to Lori Lambert, associate direc­ ing services and 1 must be reserved "As someone who doesn't have a tor of Residence Life. the arts. somet.h ing to teave by Friday. - Junior Kelly Huffner strong balance, I notice it imme­ "There are only a handful of The founda­ I · fi "We had such diately where an able-bodie·d per­ students living on campus that tion will be hold­ a tegacy or our .a hard time of son wouldn't," said Huffner. have special needs,'' said Lam­ ing its inaugural family. " gaining interest," to leave the chair behind,'' said There are approximately 25 bert. dinner and silent said Hunter. Huffner, ''and I have really awe­ students who are physically dis­ The Village· has two handi­ auction this Sat­ - Junior Derek The organiza­ some friends who help me." abled on campus and five of those capped equipped apartments, but urday, April 7 at Hunter tion is in the pro­ Alter Hall, the university's students live in Xavier housing. Huffner, a Village resident, said the All-Saints ------------ cess of being rec­ largest classroom building, does The Learning Assistance Center they are not up to par. Catholic Church ognized as a na­ not have handicapped bathrooms helps. disabled students by con­ "There is a tub with railings in K~nwood. tional cancer ·foundation. or entrances. Those in wheel~ tacting professors about students' arounclit," said Huffner. "I have Hunter, a music education ma­ "We hope to establish a na­ chairs have to enter through the special needs and offers note tak­ never had a tub in my life." jor and Daniel Robert, a psychol­ tional foundation by the time he basement of the Willia·ms.College ing and scribing. The Commons will have more ogy and sociology double .major, or I graduate,'' said Hunter. "We of Business. "Not everybody· chooses to accessible living arrangements. have. established the Robert­ want to be able to find a corpora­ "The [Alter bathroom] stalls · present themselves to our of­ "I do not feel any physically­ Knotts Foundation because of tion to underwrite our administra­ are not big enough for the chair fices," said Sarah Kelley, director disabled service provider is ever how cancer has affected each of tive cost and we want to do this to fit inside," said Huffner, "and of the Learning Assistance Cen­ satisfied with the services they their families. Hunter's grand­ full time." the toilets are low even for an ter, the office that works with mother and Robert's brother both able-bodied person." physically disabled students. See Access, page 3 died of cancer when they were in See Foundation, page 2 high school. ©2001 The Xavier Newswire All rights reserved NEWS: OP-ED: SPORTS: DIVERSIONS: .N!M!9'.~mi:t11;1;,1;.%ji~1;;~§:mli1z4..~f~lrn@: Interlink brings ESL and Ducks supersede humans Lloyd Price leaves Xmen Emotions run high Advertising (513) 745~3561 .... U.S, students together at the Humana Festival ~!!9;1)Jij9ii~·l,'Iwt:);;;,~:'c$;1:~)·1 \z4.$:;~1~ti Editor-in-Chief (513) 745-3607 PAGE 2 PAGE 8 PAGE 13 PAGE 14 /' •'f. ~ 2 week ofAPRIL 4; 2001 CAMPUS 'NEWS THE XAVIER NEWSWIRE I ~RI.EF S. , Foundation: >Melissa Currence, Editor DATES AND SABER'S >News Room: 745-3122 >[email protected] C~unseling, Scholarships available· art for Three scholarships a,re avail­ able in the Office of Financial cancer_ Aid: . The Kroger Garnes-Wards In­ ternship/Scholarship: $3,500 patients plus paid internship during the continued from page 1 summer of 200i. All applicants The Robert~Knotts Foundation must be part of a minority group, is looking to work directly with currently a sophomore, enrolled hospitals. in the bachelor of arts, bachelor "Our ultimate goal is to build a of liberal arts, bachelor of science complex with a theater and studios _ in business administration or where patients can be brought in," honor bachelor of arts degree pro­ said Hunter. "The arts impact on gram, and have a cumulative GPA their moods. We would sing for our of at least 2.5. Applications are loved ones and there was a total due April 10. change in their vital signs arid de­ The· Community Foundation meanor." of Greater Lorain County:_ The foundation wants to be able amount varies. Applicants must to create personalized programs in­ be a resident of either_Lorain or volving counseling services and Efie county, must complete the NEWSWIRE PHOTO BY DEVIN MATHIS the arts for patients. FAFSA and have a minimum cu­ Junior Kael Landry (left) and guests are enjoying the annual Military Ball _held .. last "Combining the fine art_s and the mulative GPA of 2.0. Applica~ Friday in the Cintas Center Banquet Room.