thursday February 18, 1982 64 ■ S H j ^ B S K Arizona S ta te University T e m p « , A rizo n a © Copyright, State Press, 1982 ASU denied blindstudent's rights, U.S. says A .' By Phil Roth Staff writer The Office of Civil Rights for the U.S. Department of Education has made a preliminary determination that ASU discriminated against a blind student dur­ ing a class she attended in 1980. An OCR representative was on campus this week to discuss the case with University officials. A final decision and recommenda­ tions will b® handed down by the OCR in a few weeks. The complaint was filed by Ana Gonzalez, a senior in special education who claims she failed a class because of her visual impair­ ment. She took the same class over this past fall with another instructor and passed. The class, SPE 320 — participation with exceptional children, is a requirement for a special education major, and Gonzalez said she was not able to take a substitute. She said she filed the complaint to expose areas where the University fails to accomodate handicapped students, not because of her fading grade. Gonzalez said in the complaint that she was discriminated against in four in­ stances: —The instruct«' used methods to teach the class “without regard to the complain­ ant’s handicap.” —The instructor used a “discriminatory method” in calculating her grade. —Course quizzes were unfair and the com­ plainant had to finish within the same length of time given other students. —An education center which permits in­ teraction with severe and multiply hand­ icapped children did “not allow the com­ plainant to participate or interact with the children present in the center.” Gonzalez said investigators from the Of­ fice of Civil Rights were on campus last .. . i mi _ -- March to investigate the charges. The office made a preliminary decision in favor of Gonzalez this January. She said the investigators interviewed people, looked at documents and listened to tapes of an appeal Gonzalez had made to the University Grievance Committee the previous December. The Grievance Com­ mittee ruled that Gonzalez was not discriminated against. But the OCR findings state the com­ plainant was denied “an equal opportunity” to achieve the same level of performance af­ forded non-visually impaired students because the instructor failed to modify the teaching method. In correspondence with the Arizona Center for Law in the Public Interest, an OCR spokesman said an adjustment the in­ structor made in administering quizzes was not adequate. u“Our n ... n la in (finding in liiK f h h a t alth d plain is tthat although the in­ structor made an academic adjustment in the method Of adminstering quizzes, OCR concludes that this was an improper method of modifying testing techniques,” the of­ ficial said. In regards to the education center, the of­ ficial said, “The complainant was denied equal opportunity to participate or benefit from the services offered at the cen ter.. .” The OCR “did not seek an individual remedy, but proposed several ways the University can prevent similar incidents from happening in the future. They include implementing policies and procedures to ensure that modificatons are made in academic programs, making the same services and benefits available to non­ handicapped students to handicapped students and assessing the needs of hand­ icapped students in taking course exams. 9 a r 9 b * r if l Gator-shade Its another afternoon at the Phoenix Zoo. This napplofl reptile only raised an eyelid W ednesday as unseasonably warm temperatures put man and beast in a m ood to just kick back and soak up rays. St>HphotobyJaHHmtr Wmi Student life insurance: prof, salesman clash Second of a series. By John Donovan college seniors really need to buy life ins^ an“ L Every year, thousands of students a c r ^ tf^natiOT are faced with the prospect of purchasing apobcy a" . j of different companies, some of which deal particularly in ‘W ^ a n a g e n t for the market companies, Fidelity Union Lif insurance to Dallas. Dabbs said college students need “ assure financial security in later life, tgw»n emergencies and to ensure that friends or care of after the policy holder’s death. inRlironce at an Dabbs said college students who buy who wait, early age. have a decided advantage over **“ ** , voung ” “The best time to buy Hfe insurance is when you re young, he said. “You’ll never get a bettm1rate. college But another expert in the field is not so sure college students need to invest m a ^ ^ r ^ e ^ d c y ^ ^ # Usster Tenney, « A S U J T i f i S e i « » is in good health and class in life insurance, said, ifa p e rs w ,isfe > inhas no family needs.. .then he doesn’t need any (Me) in­ surance.” However, Tenney added, “This is the only commodity I can think of that you must buy when you don’t need it — and you can’t buy when you do need it,” he said. Dabbs said Fidelity thoroughly explains policies to students. “We go through great pains to see that they know what’s going on,” he said. An official from the state Department of Insurance said one area students seem to be ignorant about is.the repayment of promissory notes - a loan made by the insurance com­ pany to the policy holder that pays for the first year of coverage ' a Tenney said promissory notes “are frowned upon by most insurance academecians” because students do not fully understand the obligations. . .. "V Dabbs said Fidelity salesmen explain to students that they are taking out a loan they must pay back. It is in the best in­ terest of the firm to tell policy holders the exact terms of the agreement in order to avoid defaults on the loans, he added. Tenney said those students who believe they need life in­ surance should buy term instead of the more widely sold whole-life policies. He said students should buy term and convert it to wholelife later instead of buying whole-life from the outset. Yet most of the policies sold to college seniors are still whole-life policies, he said. . “The salesman can’t make a living unless he sells wholelife,” Tenney said. “I think they sell more insurance «mi what the salesman needs than what the client needs. He said many policies are sold under the assumption that they are good investments. ... . “With the way interest rates are today, whole-life in­ surance is on the bottom of the list in good investments,’ he said. But Dabbs said whole-life policies are a good buy because they keep their premium and protection level at the same rate for the entire length of the policy. With term policies. the costs increase and the benefits decrease as the policy holder ages, he added. . . . . . . . ,__,, “If you bought it (a whole-life policy) for the cash value, Dabbs said, “you bought it for the wrong reason. ” Dabbs and Tenney agree that students should look careful­ ly at any life-insurance purchase and beware of hard-sells and fast-talking salesmen. There are companies who are just out for a sale, Dabbs ^Dabbs said a 1977 Consumer Reports article advising against buying college life insurance policies was retracted, but the magazine said there was no such retraction. Page 2 State Press Thursday, February 18,1982 KMtS*• mutt hl W IMa nation/world 3.500 "How To Respond To Christian Missionaries” detained in dragnet Polish WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Police detained 3.500 people and fined another 7,000 for mar­ tial law violations, the official PAP news agency said Wednesday in reporting the biggest dragnet since military rule was im­ posed in Poland. In addition, PAP said 145,000 people were warned, 29,000 lectured, and 4,000 sent to misdemeanor courts, and that 614 people still face police courts for martial law vitia­ tions uncovered during the recent two-day sweep called “Operation Calm.” PAP said 25,000 regular and volunteer (Policemen checked 51,000 hops, 60,000 vehicles and 3,500 hideouts for “criminal elements”. BOSTON, (AP) - A French study says that women are significantly less able to become pregnant after they reach age 30, a discovery that may be important to the growing number of women who postpone childbirth while they establish careers. The study found that the ability to con­ ceive drops sharply between age 31 and 35 and declines further during the late 30’s. Until now, many researchers believed that fertility remained high until age 35. Although doctors have long suspected that women older than 35 have more trouble get­ ting pregnant, this is the first major study to find clear evidence of this change. 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But Robert Ortner, the Commerce Depart­ ment’s chief economist, said that if interest rates keep rising, “ the recovery may be anemic.” . . .__ Several major banks raised their prime lending rates from 16.5 percent to 17 percent on Wednesday. As recently as two weeks ago, the prime had been 15.75 percent. FARWELL, Mich. (AP) - A mailman and six members of his family were killed with blasts from a shotgun at their rural home, and police said Wednesday they had a “very weak suspect” but no motive. The bodies of three adults were found Tuesday strewn through a red and white, one-story home near this central Michigan town of 1,000 residents. Outside in the cab of a bullet-riddled pickup truck was the body of a woman huddled over her three dead children. ■ A 1 -year-old girl was found alive on the floor of the pickup, authorities said. The dead included George W. Post, 53, a mailman and local school board treasurer, his wife, two daughters and three grand­ children. 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Make Your Reservations Now 947-3711 < Sl ' Corner of 7th St. and Forest Dr. (Just 1 block N. of campus) a Thursday, February 18,1§82 State Press Pàge 3 Importance of black history to be topic of cultural week By Boy Schechter Staff writer The doctor who performed the first heart surgery in this country, the doctor who perfected the technique for storing blood as plasma, and the first man to reach the North Pole had what in com­ mon? They were all black. If you did not know, feel no shame — most history books neglect these facts. The importance of black history and culture in the structure of our society is be­ ing addressed by the events and speakers of Black Cultural Week, Feb 14-21, a B lack S tifd en t Union spokesman said Wednesday. Group president Tyrone Walker said it is essential for all people to be aware of the misconceptions that exist in our understanding of black history. Walker cited ASU’s lack of a blade studies curriculum — only one black culture class is offered — as perpetuating myths about black history. Prominent local and na­ tional black leaders ¡will be speaking throughout the week on issues of relevance to Afro-Americans in ac­ cordance with Black History Month. Class of ‘49 alumnus and six-term Phoenix City Coun­ cilman Calvin Goode told a group at a Wednesday after­ noon seminar that it is imprortant for blacks to be aware of their heritage. “We should never be too busy with the future to forget about the past,” Goode said. “I remember my grand­ mother telling me how her mother had to wear rags for shoes when she was a slave.” Goode said he was pro­ hibited from attending Casa Grande High School as a stu­ dent because of an Arizona “Local Option Law” that allowed the residents of a community to decide if they wanted to accept AfroAm erican and Chicane students in their school system. His parents then moved to Prescott, where he graduated. “Eleven years ago, I was the only black councilman in the state,” he said. Today, blacks hold council seats in six other Arizona cities. Goode said he thinks the Reagan administration has done more to alienate AfroAmericans than any other administration in recent history. “The distance between the government and black Americans is growing — people feel that the govern­ ment is turning back the clock on gains made in civil rights and social services," the councilman said. Only seven percent of blacks who voted in I960 sup­ ported Ronald Reagan. The high rate of unemploy­ ment among blacks, the elimination of Comprehen­ sive Employment and Train­ ing Act job programs, school lunches, day-care centers, and cuts in assistance for h ig h e r e d u c a tio n a r e alienating blacks from their government, Goode said. 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Hie New York Times has published a work called the “Selective Guide to Col­ leges,” (Times Books. $9.95) billing it as “the inside report on over (insert ‘more than’) 250 colleges you are most likely to consider.” Two of the volume’s 430 pages are devoted to a rundown on our own fair institution, and I think much of the information included is definitely worth sharing with you here. The opening sentence of the book’s description of ASU reads like this: “ If Walt Disney had built a ‘College World/ he might have modeled it on Arizona State.” What an in­ teresting thing to say. I’m not really d e a r on what the author meant by this. Maybe it was a way of trying to tactfully point out that many of the faculty could pass for Goofy. Who knows. The book continues its description, using such phrases “ tanned, well-dressed, well-groomed students,” and “more bars, and nightdubs than any human needs.” I’m not too sure about these statements either. Tans are purely a seasonal phenomenon, and I seem to spot plenty of pigs around this campus who would sooner sell their sandals than show up anywhere well-dressed or well-groomed. Further­ more, it occurs to me that one bar, one cinema, or one nightclub is more than any human needs. Such establishments have never had much play in Maslow’s hierarchy. “Most amazing of all,” the book goes on to say, “a good education is still available in this garden of earthly delights.” Whether or not you get a good education is up toyou, but I bet you didn’t know you were planted in a garden of earthly delights, did you? For what it’s worth, thé book says the best programs at ASU are to be had in business, fine arts, nursing and public ~ - ..........' 'l l Jay H e iler programs, presumably in that order. I don’t think it’s worth much; I knew one guy who majored in all those things and he didn’t like any of them. ■ The book labels ASU’s admissions policy “a high school senior’s dream ," saying that non-residents need only rank in the top half of their class or have a cumulative ACT score of 23. I’ll admit these standards may not ensure an absolute honey of a freshman class, but they don’t exactly fling open the gates to a horde of ying-yangs, either. The importance of class rank varies widely with the quality of high schools, but a score of 23 on the ACT is well above average. The book even talks about Sin City, “the square-mile Com­ d ex of apartment buildings, bars, restaurants, and laundromats just east of campus. About 10,000 students enjoy the cheaper rents (hah!), nightly parties, and independence idforded by this off-campus haven. Those who are less lucky commute from home.” If you didn’t know better you d think Sin City was a full-blown resort area. Just this side of Palm Springs, man! This is all bad enough, but at one point the book just goes too far.“ The University Grand Marketplace,” it reads, “a collection of eight ‘theme’ dining centers, may well have the best institutional food in the country.” I’m not sure what in­ penning that statement; stitutions the author visited before penni rumor has it he was seen eating at a couple of state pens and the Mohave County House of Corrections. Or maybe he’s got1, a son enrolled here and Saga promised that if he said! something nice they’d never sell the kid a meal ticket. Who knows. There’s more The book even offers several quotes from Vm/h»nHfjgd students on various and sundry matters. “The official uniform of ASU,” said one, “is the ever popular Izod shirt. A monogrammed, button-down shirt will do in a pin­ ch.” On the m atter of ASU’s academic standards, the book offers this quote from a student: “If you don’t want to spend! your precious college years worrying about mundane things like calming homework and having to read dull stuff like John Locke and George Eliot, but would rather decide between going to an Eric Clapton concert and riding a mechanical bull, then ASU is the place for you.” I don’t mean to disillusion the goof who made that crack, but I think a deci­ sion like that is one of the few things that could induce me to study. The book adds that “most undergraduates admit they can study an hour a day and still pull down a 3.0 GPA.” I don’t like that either. It makes my 1.4 look bad. As a matter