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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (May 5, 1997)
Daniel Luedert/DN CATHERINE CARVER, who graduates Saturday, sits outside enjoying the day and preparing for a camping trip this summer, while Cappuccino basks in the sunshine. Student hopes to honor guide dog for escorting her to UNL classes Here’s Proof That A ! Right Now Recent College Graduates Get $400 Off I Every New Dodge. In Addition To Most Other Current Offers * Dodge Neon Coupe starts as low as I after $400 college grad ( and $1,000 national cash back?* * i Cab-forward design, dual airbags, 16-valve, 132-horsepower engine. More standard power than Escort, Civic and Cavalier Coupe. Dodge Dakota starts as low as f t" after $400 Q f f college grad t My 7* /a/ cashback** ($12,395 as shown) Sport Truck magazine’s ’97 “Sport Truck Of The Year.” More available horsepower, torque, towing and payload than any compact pickup. Don't forget to ask about '97 college graduate finance plans available to eligible customers through Chrysler Credit. & P The New Dodge See The Friendly Dodge Dealer Near You *Ask for eligibility requirements. Not available with certain other offers. **MSRPs after $400 College Graduate Cash Back (and $1,000 national cash back on Neon). Includes destination. Excludes tax. Always wear your seat belt. Visit our Web site at www.4adodge.com DIPLOMA from page 1 Carver, 39, was confined to a wheelchair after breaking her back at age 10, but she has always been inde pendent. There was no rehabilitation program available for Carver at that time. There were no service dogs avail able. “I kind of learned everything on my own,” she said. rive years ago, a menu in me League of Human Dignity suggested Carver sign a waiting list to receive a service dog. Carver was interviewed so service dog trainers could match her person ality to a trained dog. Then, two years ago, Carver got Capp, an independent, active and hard-working young dog. From then on, Carver no longer had to hire someone-to help push her be tween her classes on the large campus, she said. Capp wears a harness Carver can hold onto from her wheelchair, and he pulls her quickly from class to class. Capp is an almost necessary time saver at UNL, Carver said, which is not an accessible campus for those with mobility impairments. In several buildings, including Henzlik Hall, a wheelchair-bound stu dent can access only the first floor. Parking for the handicapped is only on the edge of campus, Carver said. Such inconveniences almost drove her to attend Iowa State University, where the campus is more accessible to the mobility impaired. But Carver, a native Nebraskan, stayed with her roots and at Nebraska. In turn, Capp became central to her pursuit for a degree. “I’ve really come to depend on him a lot more than I thought I would,” Carver said. Carver and Capp are a team now. He has been welcome everywhere Carver has gone — except one Chi nese restaurant in Lincoln, she said. In lectures, no professor has com plained of Capp sitting quietly beside his owner. While Carver has been stu dent teaching, the dog has been a bo nus for relating with students, she said. Her first student teaching job was with Winona Waldridge, a fifth-grade teacher at Riley Elementary School. Carver got Capp the day before she started work at the school, and he went along on her first day. Waldridge said the first day, the beautiful dog was a distraction to stu dents. After that day, the dog was a privi lege to have in the classroom, Waldridge said. “He was so good to the kids,” she said. “To them, it was like having a pet in the room.” Soon the kids volunteered to come in before school to brush and pet him. Carver said Capp loved the kids in return. On one teacher work day, no chil dren were at the school with Carver and Capp, and the dog did not wag his tail all day. i swear ne was crying, sne saiu. Capp will not be crying on gradu ation day, Carver said. Like Carver, he will be proud and happy to move into full-time teaching in an elementary school classroom, she said. In the Bob Devaney Sports Cen ter, more than 1,000 graduates will receive their long-awaited diploma in a 2l/2-hour ceremony. The dog will be left out, but Carver hopes Capp will not leave without some special recognition for helping a student overcome obstacles to suc cess at the university. Capp could liven a “long, dry and boring” ceremony if given recognition, Carver said. He is an unusual and spe cial dog, she said, with an uplifting graduation story. Quality Women’s Reproductive Health Care at Affordable Prices! ✓ Birth control options ✓ Free pregnancy testing ✓ Abortion services . . . and much, much more! For an appointment call: 441-3300 2246 ‘O’ St. 441-3333 3705 South St. r t f_ i ns l*W j T’tfe way wines were meant to #er
