University Daily Kansan / Friday, November 18, 1988 5 KU marine sergeant wins award Recipient surprised with results David Brandt/KANSAN Second Supply Unit Company non-commissioned officer of the year, Mike Schneider, Pekin, Ill. junior. By Laura Woodward Kansan staff writer A KU junior and marine sergeant has been named the noncommissioned officer of the year of his unit. "I was surprised that I received the award," said Mike Schneider, of Pekin, Ill. "The competition was extremely tough. I really thought that I had messed up because I didn't answer the first two questions." Schneider was one of nine marines chosen to compete for the commendation. The nine marines are in the Detachment to Second Supply Unit Company in Topeka and were selected on the basis of a cumulative rating they received from their performance during the year. There are 140 people in the reserve unit. The nine marines then went before a board of five commanding officers who asked them questions and judged them on such things as leadership ability, military bearing, appearance and the ability to handle stress. He received the commendation in October. "He was by far the most outstanding," said Capt. Wayne Klawier. "His leadership abilities are very strong. He's a full participant and very motivated. The junior marines look up to him for leadership." The commendation is given annually. Klawier said the unit began giving the award five years ago. Schneider said he joined the marines out of high school because he wanted a challenge out of life. "I definitely think this award is very important," Klawier said. "This commendation will be put into his record. I think that all the time and effort he has put into the marines is paying off." "I wanted adventure," he said. "It really sounded good to me — the whole package." He said he decided in 1986 to enroll at the University because being an enlisted man did not satisfy him intellectually. By going to college and completing officer candidate school, he would be accorded more responsibility by the military. Schneider said his involvement with the military had made him a more disciplined person. "I can make myself study if I don't want to," he said. "The qualities you need to have to succeed in the military are the same qualities you need to have to succeed in the civilian world: self-sacrifice and hard work." KU to research integration of disabled By Janell Good By Sanfe Good Kansan staff writer The University of Kansas Bureau of Child Research received a 3-year grant last month worth $381,488 from the U.S. Department of Education to research the integration of disabled children. The project will study the integration of preschool children with disabilities and those without disabilities into the same educational surroundings, said Bob Hoyt, KU associate director of communications in child research. The grant will be used to pay for salaries, materials for the curriculum and expenses incurred during the research. Hoyt said that the project, called Rural Alternatives for Preschool Integrated Delivery of Services, would be based at Parsons State Hospital, a training center in Parsons for the severely disa bled. The project is scheduled to begin in January, or as soon as KU research employees are hired, he said. Lee Snyder-McLean, the project director, said the project involved 3-to 5-year-old children in rural Parsons. Forty-one children with disabilities will be integrated with 45 children that do not have disabilities in several day care centers and preschools in Parsons. "Over the next three years we will try to find a model that will work in Kansas to keep children with disabilities from being segregated from their peers." Snyder-McLean said. "They are more like other children first, and handicapped second." Snyder-McLean said the objective of the project is to explore ways to include children with disabilities in a home day care setting. "Most day care facilities in rural communities are in homes, 'mom-and-pop operations,'" Snvder-McLean said. Researchers will also integrate preschools that were once used for only children with disabilities. Vikki Howard, project consultant, said that the long range goal of the project was to reduce or eliminate the need for special education for children with disabilities. "Teachers with only handicapped children tend to lower their expectations. But if teachers are surrounded by children with and without handicaps, they seem to expect more of all of them," Howard said. "We want to give those with disabilities a chance for the same educational opportunities as those without disabilities have." Protection for specified national rivers advised The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Federal agencies probably will recommend 250 to 400 rivers for protection in the nation's Wild and Scenic River System, according to a conservation group that said they were "looking up" with the election of a fisherman to the White House. The Forest Service has identified 500 rivers in its 123 national forests that are eligible for protection and expects "that at a minimum 200 will be included," said Kevin Coyle of American Rivers, a conservation group chiefly interested in preserving rivers. Coyle said he was also speaking for George Leonard, associate chief of the Forest Service. Leonard's flight was delayed and he could not be at a news conference sponsored by American Rivers. Frank Snell, chief of the recreation, wilderness and cultural resources division of the Bureau of Land Management, said his agency was studying another 60 to 80 rivers on its lands. He did not say how many were expected to be recommended for protection. The Wild and Scenic River System was established by Congress 20 years ago to prevent damming of free-flowing rivers and development or other harm along their banks. So far only 119 segments totaling 9,200 miles have been protected, of which 44 rivers and 1,429 miles in Oregon were mandated by a bill passed by Congress and signed by President Reagan last month. The 9,200 miles are only 0.2 percent of the total U.S. river system. W. Kent Olson, president of American Rivers, said the group estimates that 17 percent of the total has been dammed. Justice Department reviews Cuban boatlift detainee cases The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Justice Department panels that were set up in the wake of last year's prison riots, have reviewed 28 cases of the 1980 Cuban boat detainees and plan to send at least 15 of them back to Mariel, Cuba, officials said yesterday. The announcement aroused the anger of many in the Cuban community of Miami, and attorneys representing the prisoners flew to Alabama seeking to halt the repatriation process. The 15 Cuban detainees are being held in a penitentiary in Talladega, Ala. No detainee will be scheduled for return to Cuba earlier than 72 hours after the government officially notifies each of the 15 detainees, the Justice Department said. The department said the detainees who could be repatriated have convictions ranging from petty larceny to second-degree murder. Most of them have more than one conviction. 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