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pag6 daily nebraskan monday, October 8, 1979 UNL campus not completely accessible to disabled-Munn By Mary Louise Knapp Difficulty with opening doors, getting into elevators and up ramps, a wheelchair, basketball game, head-on col listens with other 'temporarily disabled' people, and smiles were all part of Disability Awareness Day, Sunday from 2 to 5 pjn. The afternoon's activities began at Broyhill Fountain with opening remarks by Bradley Munn, director of the Affirmative Action Office. Munn referred to himself as Coordinator of Services for the Handicapped." Munn said that it would take more than 3 million dol lars to make all three NU campuses completely accessible to the disabled. "It is doubtful that enough funds will be available, at least not in the near future, to make all three campuses accessible," he said. Munn also remarked that "The disabled, like minority groups, have had to fight to get equal treatment. We have tried to make UNL an equal opportunity university." Munn estimated that there are abqut 225 handicapped students at UNL, most with disabilities that are not readily seen, including students who are blind, deaf, arthritic, and alcoholic. 'There is still a lot of improvement that could be made in UNL facilities," Munn said. Simulation exercises, in which volunteers got in wheel chairs and were given instructions such as Use a pay phone" or "go up the ramp at the student union," fol lowed. Bill Rush and Susie Dahl, two disabled UNL stu dents, Bruce Berggren, pastor of the Lutheran Student Chapel and Center, and Stuart Kolnick of the University Programming Council explained the exercises and gave information on the problems or nanaicappea siuaems. Rush showed some of the areas on campus that are difficult or impossible to get to. Teacher'i College, he re marked, is totally inaccessible to the disabled, there is no railing on the ramp at the Business Administration Build, ing, and the ramp at the Woods Music Building is steep. After the simulation exercises, the group went to the Coliseum for a wheel chair basketball game between Lin. coin's Wheelie-Pbppers and volunteers from UNL frater nities. Berggren made note of the fact that the Coliseum is Inaccessible to the handicapped, but they chose that site for the basketball game to show that "handicapped people need recreational facilities too." Lincoln Mayor Helen Boosalis threw in the game ball. Disability Awareness Day is sponsored by Campus Ministr ies and the University Programming Council. niii'Sii University of Nebraska Fijhts fi Study Tears December 26, 1 979 January 1 2, 1 930 Limited space is still available on the following credit and noncredit tours. Please reg ister by October 12. 1979. Write or Call Flights St Study Tours. 345 Nebraska Union. University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Lincoln. NE 68588. phone,(402)472-3264. Credit Tours -Animal Science-Ted DoaneAustralia & New Zealand -Architecture-Robert Stowers France 8t Italy -Computer Science-Lester Lipsky England -ducation-8ill Kaltsounis Greece -Fine Arts (Printing)-Harry Duncan and Donald Knoepfler England. W. Germany. Holland & France -Human Development and the Family-George Rowe and Violet Kalyan-MasihMtxico -Journalism- (Photography)-George Tuck W. Germany 8k Franca -Journaltsm-(Advertising)-Albert C. Book England -Law-Steve Kalish France & England -Czech Language-Bruce KochisCzechoslovakia -French Language-Pam LeZotte France -German Language-Mark Cory and Sybille Rejda W. Germany & E. Germany -Spanish Language -Kay Nickel Spain -Philosophy (Aesthetics)-Nelson Potter Italy -Theatre Am-Clyde BassettEngland Noncredit Tours -England, Holland. Switzerland. W. Germany. 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THE HEARTf.lURf.lURS - - MONDAY, OCT 8, 515 Tucs. end Wed joh?i walker 'Country Blues' no cover ThlirS. thrU SCI AUisator Recording Artist x:nrjOH?ai akd his CHICAGO BLUES BAND "Jimmy Johnson, brother of soul singer Syl Johnson, b a thorouIy modem bluesman -?rijh a gospelish voice and a harmonically sophisticated slnt-string guitar style that sometimes reminiscent of Otis Rush. These men (Jimmy Johnson and left hand Frank who is also featured on Volume 1 of Alliga tor's Levi! Chicago Bfuet series) represent the extremes of modem blues and both are aimolv devastatina.- - Ro!!if9 Stone. May, mm Accuracy of radar disputed, reading discrepancies possible By Michelle Carr The "Fuzzbuster" versus the "fuzz" was one way to describe a legislative hearing on the reliability of radar use in speed detec tion Friday. Members of the Nebraska State Patrol told the Legislature's Judiciary Committee that a trained officer can successfully use the radar units to accurately determine speeds. Col. Elmer Kohmetscher, superin tendent of the state patrol, said radar is an effective tool in lowering speedings, thus lowering the state's death toll. However, Rod Dornsife, a former police officer, who now serves as a consultant for Electrolert Inc., the manufacturer of the "Fuzzbuster" detection device, told the committee that radar units give inaccurate readings and most of the final speed deter mination is up to the law enforcement officer. 'There is such a lot happening in a short period of time," he said, adding that officers must first guess the speed of a suspected violator, look at the speed of the patrol vehicle, look at the radar speed and listen for an audible sound emitted from the radar, which signals a speeder. Dornsife testified earlier this summer in the nationally publicized Dade County, Fla. trial in which a Florida judge threw out 80 speeding cases based on radar read ings. The affect of stationary objects also throws off radar accuracy, Dornsife said. Overpasses, bridges and trees are known to disrupt radar readings, he said. Sen. Ernest Chambers of Omaha, told the committee he noticed several discre pancies in radar use when he witnessed a state patrol demonstration Thursday. Two radar units were demonstrated by the patrol, both on city streets and highways. The two units often showed different speeds for one car, sometimes a 15 mile per hour difference, Chambers said. Also, the unit tended to read the speed of a larg er vehicle, such as a truck, rather than a small car, which was following close behind the larger vehicle. "From what we saw the units were unstable if you apply the change' in read outs for no reason,' Chambers said. Sgt. Steven Grosshans, of the state patrol, said the range of radar detection is from 300 feet to 2 miles. He admitted that it is possible not to detect a car following a truck, but only on the interstate. Dornsife said the public fears radar and feels helpless when contesting radar deter minations in court. Kohmetscher said in 1978 the patrol received only 18 complaints against tickets issued through radar detection. More than 116,000 speeding tickets were issued by the patrol in the same year, he added. Kohmetscher stressed the fact that radar provides evidence needed in the courts. Dornsife said the discrepancies of radar use can be attributed to bad equipment and improper training. Radar detection "is a difficult situation and mistakes do occur," he said. Ed Sergent, vice president of sales for MPH Industries, which manufactures the KS5 radar unit used by the state patrol and other Nebraska law enforcement agencies, disagreed with Dornsife's testimony. Sergent, also a former police officer, said that the K5S unit works with proper training and has never been disproved in any court. We're Bullish oh Precision Hair Styling. 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