Campus/Area
Thursday, Jan. 30, 1986
University Daily Kansan
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Senate OKs ride program
By Piper Scholfield
Staff writer
The Student Senate last night approved Transportation Board plans for a program that will provide off-campus transportation for disabled students.
The new transportation program should be operating by March, Tim Boller, Transportation Board coordinator, said yesterday. Details for the program have not been worked out, but the board is taking bids from companies that want to provide the service.
Boller estimated total cost would be about $1,000 for the first year.
The present University van service provides only transportation to and from campus, Boller said. Disabled students must arrange for transportation to other places on their own.
"You or I can hop on a campus bus and go to Dillon's, but a handicapped person is always there."
Corky Roste, Lawrence freshman
Roste said whenever he needed off-campus transportation he would call Independence Inc. and try to schedule a ride. Independence Inc. only runs on weekdays and three nights a week, and that schedule is a problem, he said.
Independence Inc., 1910 Haskell Ave, is a non-profit organization that provides information and acts as a referral system for disabled Lawrence residents.
"Whenever I can't schedule a ride I just take my wheelchair as far as it'll carry me." Roste said.
who is confined to a wheelchair, said he thought the new program was a great idea.
Boller said many disabled students who needed off campus transportation had to take a taxi or contact independent disabled transportation organizations.
However, Robert Turvey,
associate director of student services,
said independent transportation companies were reluctant to provide services that they felt should be supplied by the University.
Turvey said about 18 students rode the campus van, but if the services were more comprehensive, a larger number of people might use them.
Boller said the new program should better meet the needs of disabled students.
Independence Inc. takes students throughout the community, such as to doctors' offices or stores, Nichols said. Students should notify the organization at least a day in advance.
Jane Nichols, transportation director for Independence Inc., said the organization wasn't reluctant to provide transportation for students.
"Most people don't wait until the day before because we're so busy and they may not get the time they need," said Nichols.
On the Record
The KU computer science department reported the theft of computer software worth $265 from a room in Strong Hall sometime between September and November, KU police said.
A camera and lens valued together at $300 were stolen from a KU student's work area in the Art and Design building between noon and 5 p.m. Tuesday, police said.
■ A suitcase, shoulder bag, watch, baseball cap, leather boots and miscellaneous clothing, valued together at $207, were stolen from a KU student's car parked in the 2500 block of Morningside Drive on Monday or Tuesday, police said.
A television, microwave, toaster, china, stoneware and two mixers, valued together at $958, were reported stolen from a KU student's storage locker in the 1700 block of West 31st Street, police said. Thieves entered the locker between May 20 and Dec. 20 by using a bolt cutter, police said.
On Campus
Irwin G. Sarason, professor of psychology at the University of Washington and editor of the Journal of Personality and Social
Psychology, is scheduled to speak at 4 p.m. today in Alderson Auditorium of the Kansas Union. He will speak about "Social Support."
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