University Daily Kansan
Friday, October 2, 1970
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Commission Workshops Scheduled
The Commission on the Status of Women at the University of Kansas will present a series of workshops entitled "The Second Wave of Feminism" Oct. 5 through Oct. 9.
A spokesman for Second Wave said the purpose of the workshops would be to provide an opportunity for women to subject the feminist movement to critical analysis. This would be an essential step for any movement of social change if the movement were to be a valid one, the spokesman said.
Monday: 4 p.m.— "Revolutionizing the Household," in Corbin Hall; 7 p.m.—"Will Marriage Turn You on for Fifty Years?" in GSP.
Workshop leaders will include Emily Taylor, dean of women, Bonnie Patton, instructor for a women's rhetoric class and Karen Keesling, resident director of GSP residence hall.
The workshop schedule for Second Wave is as foll ws:
Tuesday: 4 p.m.—"Economic Justice," Council Room, Kansas Union; 4:30 p.m.—The Panel of American Women, in McCollum Hall.
Wednesday: 4 p.m.—"The Women in National Professional Organizations," Oliver Hall; 7 p.m.—"The Evolution of the Female Personality," Sellards Hall.
Thursday: 4 p.m.—"Legal Advantages and Disadvantages of Equal Rights for Women," Forum Room, Kansas Union; 7 p.m.—"Women's Sexuality" in Hashinger Hall.
Friday: 4 p.m.—“What if Women Gain Equality Tomorrow (Will It Be Worth It?)：Will John Wayne Still Run Rampant?” Oread Room, Kansas Union.
Programming in Braille Opens Computer Privilege for Blind
By SUSAN WHITE
Kansan Staff Writer
Charles E. Hallenbeck, assistant professor of psychology, is now reading a computer printout in braille for his research in psychology and rehabilitation for the handicapped.
Hallenbeck is using the computer to work on techniques for making more data available to the handicapped professionals.
In recent years, large numbers of blind people have been trained as computer programmers after braille printouts were developed. Hallenbeck said that many persons in computer-oriented professions have gained from the development of computer output in braille.
NO MAJOR MACHINE adaptations were necessary to achieve the braille output. A piece of ordinary elastic can be inserted between the printer and the paper which it strikes so that when periods are printed under heavy pressure raised dots are produced on the elastic cushion.
The dots can be programmed to appear in a pattern of ordinary braille characters and can be read from the reverse side.
Hallenbeck, one of nearly 400 blind programmers in the United States, is working to perfect a number of techniques which will aid the handicapped in all professions in using the computer, including a system in which braille pictures can be included in textbooks.
HE ALSO wants to develop computer pictures which can be used for both visual and blind display. A package of programs for the blind to use without being familiar with any programming skills would be invaluable. The handicapped professor would be able to plug in his own data in these packaged programs to make his own bar graphs for his particular test profiles of his class.
"My research with computers is aimed at making as much information available to the blind professionals as possible," explained Hallenbeck. He stressed that the solution to reading computer output has opened a vast new pool of jobs for the handicapped and more efficient methods for their research in all fields. He is currently awaiting the installation of a remote computer terminal in the psychology department to aid in his research.
LAST SUMMER, Hallenbeck was named chairman of the Special Interest Committee on Computers and the Physically Handicapped, established by the Association for Computing Machinery. His work on the committee will include publishing a braille newspaper and participating in the Fall Joint Computer Conference to be held in Houston.
Hallenbeck said he hopes to expand the committee's work into all areas of the handicapped working with and profiting from research that is being done with the computer.
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