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thursday, January 26, 1989 / University Daily Kansan
Blind man adjusts to campus life
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"I take the initiative from the onset," Triggs said. "I tell blind jokes to desensitize the situation. It's usually their first experience working with a blind man. After a little while we get along fine."
Sarah Hederstedt, Hutchinson senior, was in Triggs' class and said he was good at putting the class at case.
ease.
"He cracked a lot of blind jokes," Hederstedt said. "He was hilarious. He made everybody feel more comfortable because he wasn't hung up about it. He's got a lot of strength and humor. He joked about it, but he knew when not to joke."
Just as Triggs tries to make things easier for his students, Tristan makes life easier for Triggs.
makes her easier for Triggs. Triggs used a cane until he got Tristan three years ago.
Tristan, a $2,500, 4-year-old black labrador retriever, was donated by tycoon J. Paul Getty's granddaughter and came from Guide Dogs, a training center in San Francisco, Triggs said.
cisco, Triggs said.
"The training usually takes six
months," Triggs said. "Tristan completed it in four. We're really proud of that."
In order for a dog to graduate from the guide dog school, it has to pass a final examination, Triggs said. A letter is hidden in a mailbox in an office in downtown San Francisco and the trainer is unidentified and given directions on how to find the trainer in the guide train the trainer from the campus through downtown San Francisco and return with the letter.
Replacing a cane with a dog does more than makes it easier to get around. Triggs said.
"He has that northern California mind-set." Triggs said. "He's real laid back and mellow. His favorite thing is softball. We go down by the stadium, and I throw the softball for him. I tell people he has a mental disorder. He's obsessed with softballs and tennis balls."
Tristan is one-third to one-half of the way through his useful life as a guide dog. Triggs asks. When a guide dog gets old, eight to 19 years depend.
"They enjoy the life of Riley, Triggs said. " Hopefully, when Tristan retires, he can stay with me."
ing on the size of the dog, it retires.
"Tristan knows 35 commands.
Everything from 'let's go to Bailey Hall' to 'fetch' to 'let's go see Diane,' He said.
Triggs carries a card which explains the laws with respect to having a guide dog in public place.
"He's viewed legally as a tool, not a pet," he said.
"We went to a movie once," Triggs said. "Tristan had never been in a movie theater before. At the beginning of the movie the MGM lion roared, and Tristan roared back. Everyone applauded, and I was embarrassed."
Triggs said that Tristan was practically faultless but that mistakes did occur.
"We were in the Union, heading toward the door. A woman stopped us and asked if I knew where I was. We were in the ladies bathroom. It's times like that I really hate being blind," Triggs said, laughing.
TOPEKA — the chairman of the House committee that will develop a plan for redrawing legislators' districts said Tuesday that some of his colleagues were posturing on the issue.
Rep. Vince Snowbarger, R-Olathe, chairman of the House Legislative, Judicial and Congressional Reapportionment Committee, defended a 1988 state census that will be used in reapportionment plans, and many of the census had come from lawmakers whose districts were said to be underpopulated.
"Sure, it's political posturing," Snowbarger said. "People who have lost numbers in the census are upset about the census."
Officials from the secretary of state's office went before the committee Tuesday to defend the census, which the office conducted at the direction of the Legislature. The officials also were scheduled to appear yesterday as part of general hearings on reapportionment this week.
Census fuels debate
Lawmakers from underpopulated districts have questioned the accuracy of the census numbers. In fact, Rep. Norman Justice, D-Kansas City, called the census a "$3 million boondoggle."
An amendment to the Kansas Constitution that voters approved in November requires the Legislature reapportion at least the House this year using the state census figures. The amendment also requires the reapportionment of the House and the Senate in 1992, using 1990 federal census data.
Snowbarger has said that the committee should avoid a debate on the census' accuracy because the Legislature has no choice but to use its figures. He also has said two lawsuits
— filed in Shawne County District Court and U.S. District Court before the session began — are the proper forums for such discussions.
But skepticism about the census was evident Tuesday, especially among the committee's Democrats.
Old items top Senate agenda
by a Kansan reporter
Business from last semester will dominate the first meeting of the full Student Senate tonight.
Jane Hutchinson, Student Senate Executive Committee chairman, said the Senate also would review the University student rights code.
Pam Holley, Student Senate vice president, said discussion of business from last semester would be productive. A training preparation of student activity fees.
In new senate business, the senate will vote on a bill passed on Tuesday by the Senate Finance Committee to finance the Mid-America Sociology Journal, a publication printed predominantly by KU graduate students. It also will consider a bill that would finance a KU Macintosh Computer User's Club.
Senate will meet at 7 p.m. today in the Big Eight Room at the Kansas Union.
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