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It has been accepted for inclusion in BG News (Student Newspaper) by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@BGSU. thursday- —June 5, 1980 The B Sews Bowling Tlrccn Slate University Group nearing recommendation for ACGFA selection by Kevin Settlage assign certain student groups- members and suggested altering the Women's Studies, presented a pro- two-to-five open ACGFA seats to be cient than a selection board because stalf reporter presently set at eight-the authority to present process to ensure minority posal to help eliminate accusations elected by all students. existing student organizations could directly elect or select members to groups representation on the selection that groups will choose represen- coordinate the elections, she con- An ad hoc committee inched closer ACGFA. board. tatives to lobby for their interests. A GENERAL election to fill these tinued. yesterday toward a final recommen- The committee generally has been "Minorities and women have not Her proposal would establish a open positions was suggested to the dation on the Advisory Committee on moving toward recommending this been trying out for ACGFA and detailed program to inform students committee in Anderson's proposal. Anderson said an election process General Fee Allocations' membership type of process since its first meeting therefore have not been getting on. of the significance of ACGFA. This was counter to Champion's pro- would be more effective in "getting and selection. in April. That is where I see the problem," he More importantly, it would require posal, which called for a selection members on ACGFA from certain After discussing five proposals sub- said. each organization choosing ACGFA board to choose the non-aligned groups who have not had the oppor- mitted by committee members Reva BUT FORHAN, representative The recommendation to retain a members to submit a plan of its selec- members. tunity before. V. Anderson, Dr. Ernest A. Cham- from the Student Government selection board, included in Forhan's tion/election procedure, she said. By giving all students the chance to pion, Douglas B. Thomas, Drew C. Association, and Thomas, represen- proposal from SGA, was rejected in elect the general members, the pro- "ITS A question of scope here. I see Forhan and Dr. Susan S. Arpad, the tative from the Resident Student favor of specifically assigning The committee will address Arpad's cess is "ensuring everyone an oppor- the (committee's) charge as finding a committee voted 6-2 in favor of a pro- Association, approached the problem ACGFA seats to certain groups. proposal in today's meeting at 8:30 tunity for representation" on ACGFA, way to give the people an opportunity cess outlined in Champion's and differently. a.m. Anderson, representative from the to serve on ACGFA," she said. Anderson's proposals. Thomas emphasized the need for an ARPAD, ASSOCIATE professor of The second major step toward Graduate Student Senate, said. Anderson suggested that SGA and The combined proposal would orientation process for ACGFA popular culture and director of finalizing a recommendation includes An election also would be more effi- continued on page 3 column Patience key one to instructing House vote kills deaf children gasoline tax bill Editor's note: This is the last ol three articles dealing with deaf WASHINGTON (AP) - The students and the curriculum involv- House of Representatives voted ing the Instruction of these overwhelmingly yesterday to students. kill the dime-a-gallon gasoline by Kim Van Wart fee proposed by President and Kevin Settlage Carter. The Senate was ex- pected to follow suit, despite Teaching children at any level the near-certainty of a veto. can be a challenge, but there are By a 376-to-30 margin, the even greater obstacles in teaching House voted to overturn the children who cannot hear. levy whose legality already has Learning to teach deaf children is been challenged by a federal the goal of University students in judge. the Hearing Impaired Program in Sponsors of the repeal bill the department of special educa- said they easily had the two- tion. thirds majority needed to over- Patricia A. J. Griffith, director of ride the president's threatened the Hearing Impaired Program, veto. said learning to teach deaf students White House press secretary is like learning to teach a foreign Jody Powell reiterated Carter's language. determination to veto the Students in the program "earn repeal measure, but their degrees," Griffith emphasiz- acknowledged the White House ed as she explained program re- could not now muster enough quirements, which include typing votes to sustain the veto. all lesson plans during student The Senate was expected to teaching. take similar action on the fee, possibly attaching the repeal EVERY CLASS in the program bill to an extention of the has a field experience require- federal debt ceiling in an effort ment, and students in the program staff photo by Dale Omori to make it harder for Carter to complete 300 hours of practical ex- veto. perience before they graduate. Mrs. K. Sherman Instructs Rashwanda Fisher, Julie Tlpton and are part of Sherman's primary signing class in the Hearing Impaired Yesterday's House vote Griffith said the philosophy Oscar Alba how to count by tens using sign language. The students Program at Oakdale Elementary School In Toledo. represented the culmination of behind the program is: "When the gas-fee opposition that has been kid can't learn, change the method Borland emphasized that teaching them the vocabulary to their own "hand" language at a tary School speaking to each otner growing since President Carter - not the kid." teaching hearing impaired the driver's test and a long time young age, Griffith said. in the halls with sign language. announced the plan last March Elizabeth M. Borland, a senior in students must be done on an in- teaching the 13-year-olds to tell the As second graders, "they know as a conservation measure. AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE the program, is teaching in Dayton dividual level. difference between the men's and is the most common type of deaf sign (language). Sign is much more "This is not a bold initiative, for her field experience. "If you have 30 (deaf) kids in a women's rooms," she said. natural for them," she said. this is a turkey," said Rep. communication, but tends to result She is working in an oral pro- classroom, there is no way it will in sentences such as "Me home Thomas J. Downey, D-N.Y. gram - one that emphasizes speak- work," she said. Borland's degree will qualify her IN MOST hearing impaired And Rep. Anthony Toby Mof- to teach elementary education yesterday," Griffith said. ing to teach hearing impaired "I get frustrated when I know the For this reason, Griffith recom- classes there are varying levels of fett, D-Conn., a leader in the students. Four of her eight students kids aren't learning. I want them to (grades one through eight) and the deafness among students. Two of move to dump the fee, told the mends that her students use "total have hearing aids and can hear learn and I don't want to ruin their nearing impaired (grades communication." This includes us- Hill's students have a moderate House: "The conservation im- some sounds; the others are pro- interest." kindergarten through 12). hearing loss and two others are pro- pact is minimal." ing Signed Exact Language, a foundly deaf, Borland said. Borland's eight students are Sign language is not used in more syntactical design of the foundly deaf. mainstreamed (enrolled in public teaching mainstreamed students English language, as well as oral "A teacher can always get weather "MY STUDENTS are open to schools). She said she usually because the goal is to treat hearing and aural skills, visual clues and around hearing loss by giving them learning - excited and interested to teaches them in small groups or in- impaired students as normal finger spelling. (the students) something else that learn what you have to teach dependently. children, Griffith said. Kim B. Hill, a senior in the Hear- is going to aid them," Hill said. Partly cloudy. High 77 F (25 them," she said, describing them "MY STUDENTS are those who Sign language can help deaf Visual signs and more articulate C), low 61 F (16 C), 10-percent as "extremely good and intellec- will probably go on to high school. students communicate with each ing Impaired Program, sees many chance of precipitation. tual individuals in class." We took months and months other, and most people develop of her students at Oakdale Elemen- continued on page 3 Kennedy to stay in race, Council continues debate on calendar change by Diane Rado program, is not anticipating a change "We shouldn't be overshadowed by Council members also discussed the spurred on by victories staff reporter in its calendar, Ferrari said. this one program," he added. academic effects of the split winter break provided for in the calendar. by the Associated Press Grace H. Chickadonz, director of Council should discuss the possible Thirty-four elections later, President Carter and Ronald Reagan, the For the third meeting in a row, the University's School of Nursing Academic Council debated yesterday said implementation of the calendar consequence of a calendar change MOTT NOTED, "A lot of faculty favorites for presidential nomination, are girding for a White House before it makes a decision, Dr.