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Disabled Student Services Department provic By Curt Cottle Imagine going through registration with your eyes closed. About 50 visually impaired students on campus face that prospect at the beginning of each semester, according to Bren da Cooper,'director of Disabled Student Services. Cooper said the department was responsible for providing "accessible" registration for the blind as part of a multiservice program to help disabled students function on campus. DSS, WHICH includes a director, a secretary, three graduate assistants and several work study assistants, tries to provide the necessary adaptations for blind students, she said. "Among the general student population is the belief that they (blind students) get special treatment or advantage. That just isn't true," Cooper said. "I like to stress students with handicaps do not like to ask for any special advantage whatsoever." Attitude barriers are the greatest obstacle to the blind student, she said. "It's the most difficult (situation) we have to deal with." SERVICES PROVIDED to the visually impaired are to pror, u ?. ? i,? ?,j ? u 1:1., :ui~ viuc iinui uiauuu iiiai sigiucu pciauua nave icauiiy attcssiuic to them, she said. These services include an updated roster of readers, people who read texts and various materials to blind students. DSS acts as a liaison between readers and the students, providing Fire kills 7-year-old bi By John Deiner A fire that raced through a home on Bull th Street Thurday night killed a 7-year-old boy ======= despite the efforts of several USC students, according to USC police reports. A car left Paul Smith of 306 Bull St. died in an parking lot w< Augusta, Ga., hospital after suffering third degree burns over 60 percent of his body. All other residents escaped unharmed from the burning home, located directly across the An injured street from Bates House. officer outsi transported t< Shortly after the fire began, the uniden- cause and n tified students tried in vain to break through disclosed, the smoke to rescue the boy, the report said. The left re Investigators have suggested that children Carolina Coli playing with matches may have started the Someone t fire, the report said. House on Ro WII1C1 IllLlUCIlia tJll lilt uiiuvioh; blotter: A student': someone unsi SEPT. 21 Two false i dorm. At 8:4 Four people were caught trespassing at pulled at Bat Williams-Brice Stadium and were warned to A student stay off USC property. bicycle rack Police escorted three men off campus who House. were observed loitering on the west side of Douglas dorm. Several books were stolen from a student - n roctrnnm r?f Rnccfll HniKP At S:40 A.\ Ill 11 111 dl ilUUi 1 VJll V/V/lll w a a^Muuv* - -- - A burglar alarm was accidentally activated rested and c on the second floor of the Byrnes Building. on the sevent 1?????L??__J fmammmta ia i MMKmnMMacvMMUMaan \ BH MB Eh bB| ! N ^ -1 IslL. VI / B I rtrtlsinn fnr o nnrt_ timn Inh *? } j L.uur\my iui a fjaiiimiu uuu : Openings for hard workers I Inquire at Student Employment Office 1321 Pendleton St., Rm. 101 Pay- $8 per hour Mon. Fri. 15 hours per week I r //??* g CaUUIIUIII uuneuib | Equal Opportunity ? M/F les programs for visually "Among the general student population is the belief that thev (blind students) get special treat ment or advantage. That just isn't true.... (They) do not like to ask for any special advantage whatsoever." - Director of Disabled Student Services Brenda Cooper the "structure and the guideline" for the p m, Cooper said. "USC does not pay readers," she said. The South Carolina Commission for the Blind funds a certain number of hours per week, and some blind students employ their own readers according to general need, she said. Dp;>Hpr rincitirinc u/hirh r?siv minimum waop uarv in 1XVUUVI pu^i>iv/nu, "" v" ""C"? '"V number. "We always have an abundance (of readers)," she said. ANOTHER SERVICE to the visually impaired is the use of work study assistants in the Russell House cafeteria and in Thomas Cooper Library. Dy despite rescue atte taken to Columbia city jail. 0 blotter USC police orderad an unaul out of Snowden dorm and warn return. in the Williams-Brice Stadium as reported stolen . SEPT. 25 A I IQf* \ivqc qrrpctpr * i r* wuv oiuuvni *? uj ui t v^iv* driving on the 11th level of USC student was found by an Street Garage. A passenger in tl ide of Douglas dorm and USC student, was arrested 3 the student health center. The drunkeness and the car was to1 ature of he injury was not A student car received $800 ar window of a car parked in the fifth level of the Blossom iseum lot No. 1 was smashed in. after someone smashed a metal >roke a window in the Round the trunk lid on the right rear sewood Drive. car. At about 8:30 a.m., a defeel > car was illegally entered after went off in the Thomas Coop< lapped the convertible's top. alarms were reported at Moore A false fire alarm was ^ r* m annthpr fire alarm was Wardlaw College. es West. A Cushman scooter was dam said his bike was stolen from a dais in the Computer Services j on the west side of Russell A student said someone stole it was locked onto a bicycle ra Moor dorm. SEPT. 24 Smoke detectors at Woodro^ off after being activated by si in., a non-USC student was ar- student cooking. harged with public drunkeness A purse was stolen from a s h floor of Bates House. He was Capstone Cafeteria. i IT" CZTTLEXCmcLs'l 4. of do[um(jicL, (Jnc. HAIR DESIGN STUDIO INTERNATIONALLY AND NATIONALLY KNOWN I Kip Moore 6 Ron Wood Welcomes all students back to USC by offering j a Special Introductory offer for all perms for only 35.00 - reg.50.00. 10% discount on all services. | Offer Expires Oct. 15, 1983. (Present Ad) 3820 Rosewood Dr. 787-6607 1 impaired students In the cafeteria, assistants work for at least an hour for each meal. "They (the assistants) take their (the students') books, go through the line with them, help them get their tray to tne table and a place to sit and whatever else is necessary," Cooper said. in l nomas cooper Liorary, assistance is avanaoie ior tnree to four hours seven days a week to assist the visually impaired students in the use of the card catalog; the use of the copier machine; the location of information, tapes or books; and the use of the magnifier machine, which enlarges regular type for the less impaired students, she said. A braillewriter is available in the library's resource room for the student, she said. DSS, HOWEVER, does not have such a machine of its own. When the department needs to transcribe material, the manuscript is seiu ouisiue me uiuvetsuy iu uc uunc, said. "We often have standardized tests brailled or enlarged, so (blind students are) able to take some of the tests at Career Planning and Placement office," she said. The English department's writing proficiency test is one example, she said. The department also uses a labeler that prints in braille for mailing and filing, Cooper said. DSS ALSO assists students with advisement, reviewing the See "Blind" page 5 'flint Protest. Continued from page 1 ? "TO MY knowledge, none of our people were involved, but I can't deny it," he thorized man said. ed him not to " *nai s n?l someming tcaaeis are; encouraged to do. In fact, that's prohibited." He said cadets were encouraged, but not required, to wear their uniforms to i for reckless the presidential ceremony, and saw none the Blossom w^? weren't in uniform. he car, a non- He sa*d would "be interested in finfor public ding out more" about possible involvebved away. ment of cadets under his command. Lt. Col. Patrick Canary, commander in damage on of ROTC, said no cadets of his unit Street Garage were involved. trash can into fender of the - ?... I??latContinued from oaae 1 tuubauuii ? :ive fire alarm ;r Library. "If you're good, you're going to get hired," he said. "I plan to be good." reported at Smith said he would favor merit pay if it is evaluated fairly. laged by van- Mona Pinckney, a junior planning to marking lot. make early childhood teaching a career, said his bike while job prospects are good and will improve with ck outside of time, probably "in a couple of years." 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