University Daily Kansan, February 22, 1985
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CAMPUS AND AREA
Former city employee claims discrimination
By MIKE GREEN Staff Reporter
A former city employee has filed a complaint against Lawrence, claiming that the city discriminated against him because he has enquiry
On Feb. 11, Anthony Razo, 822 Rhode Island St., swore out the complaint against the city with the Kansas Commission on Civil Rights in Topeka.
Razo said yesterday that on Jan. 7 he was forced out of his job as a waste water treatment plant operator because he had epilepsy. He said he had worked at the plant since 1980.
The city's decision discriminated against him because of his physical handcap, he said. He has refused to help the job that the city had offered him.
Raymond Humert, city personnel director, denied that the city had discriminated against Razo. Humert was the process of responding to the complaint.
RAZO SAID HE was questioned Dec. 20 by his supervisors about an epileptic attack he had suffered the day before, when he had been bowling with two of his co-workers. Kumu Razo was injured and whether he felt safe on the job and whether he thought he could continue to handle the job.
But Hummert said the supervisors told him that, at that time, Razo didn't indicate that he had epilepsy. Hummert said there was enough concern about Razo's condition that the city asked him to see the city physician.
The physician referred Razo to a specialist at the University of Kansas Medical Center, Hummert said. The specialist recommended to the city that Razo not be allowed to work around heights or water tanks.
Humpert said the city had offered Razo another job as a maintenance worker. The new job had the same pay as Razo's previous one, he said.
RAZO, HOWEVER, SAID the jot was a step down in responsibility.
Razo also claimed the new job would just as dangerous as the old one.
"They would have me working around moving traffic and heavy equipment," Razo said.
Hammert said the city disagreed. "Obviously we don't think that," he added, "but we have the conditions set down by his physician. Based upon the physician's recommendations, we have offered a lateral transfer to Razo.
Razo also has filed a complaint against the city's Human Resources Department. In the complaint, he said that when he called the department Jan. 2 seeking information about his rights, he was told the department couldn't help him.
Financial aid cuts would affect local banks
By JEANINE HOWE Staff Reporter
President Reagan's proposal to restrict guaranteed student loans and Pell grants would affect local banks and savings and loan associations, bank officials said earlier this week.
Pat Slabaugh, vice president at Douglas County Bank, Ninth and Kentucky streets, said the loss of loans associated with Reagan's
proposal would decrease income to banks.
"It would hurt," he said. "We wouldn't have the same volume of loans. We would have to look at other banks to put the money if we want return."
"I don't think banks will sit by. They will put up a fight."
Les Dreiling, assistant vice president at Lawrence National Bank, 647 Massachusetts St., estimated that the amount of money loans would cut the number of
student loan borrowers in the United States by one third.
Drelling said he did not know how many loans at his bank would be affected because the bank did not keep records of family incomes of students who took out guaranteed student loans. Under Reagan's proposal, students from families with incomes above $32,500 no longer would be eighible for guaranteed student loans.
Guaranteed student loans are insured by the federal government
and processed by local banks and savings and loan associations. Students have a six-month grace period from the time they graduate or leave school before they are required to begin payments.
Until the student begins loan payments, Slabaugh said, the government pays a higher interest rate on the 'loans to the lending institutions. Slabaugh said a bank would receive about 12.5 percent interest from the federal government on an 8 percent student loan.
ON CAMPUS
TODAY
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CLIFFORD R. BARNETT from Stanford University will speak about medical and applied anthropology and traditional American healing methods in this biologycolloquium from 7:30 to 9 p.m. in the Governor's Rooma of the Union.
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