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Texas Rehab. Commission inds jobs for handicapped By LA DONNA YOUNG Bryan-College Station has a labor rce of 31,370 people. It is esti- ated that 3,221 of them are sifted by the state and federal jovernment as handicapped. The Texas Rehabilitation Com- lission (TRC) is a state agency de igned to help handicapped indi- iduals find employment. There are wo requirements for TRC services. H| 'irst, an individual must have a 4 ihysical or mental disability that is a < landicap to employment. Secondly, must be determined that vo cational rehabilitation will benefit the individual. Leslie Doleshal, supervisor of the irazos County TRC, said there are urrently 378 people receiving TRC lervices, which include the follow ing services: diagnostic evaluation, hysical restoration (overcoming andicaps through surgery or lerapy) and vocational training. Doleschal said that 168 persons ere placed into full-time jobs [hrough the TRC last year. But not handicapped employees use TRC lervices. Any employer who receives fed- iral grants or contracts is required lylawto have an Affirmative Action rogram. Affirmative Action pro- ams help elimiante all forms of job bcrimination, including discrimi- lation against the handicapped. Texas A&M University’s Affirma tive Action office is on the third floor of the YMCA building. Cynthia Irby, office manager, is responsible for seeing that the University does not practice discrimination in hir ing. Doleshal said A&M is the largest employer of the handicapped in Bryan-College Station. One reason might be that the University is the largest single employer in the area with an estimated 12,000 persons on the payrolls. Irby said a survey conducted in April 1977 showed only 45 hand icapped employees working for the university. The survey was con ducted two months before she took over the office, and she said she doesn’t have much confidence in the results. The survey was conducted on a voluntary basis. University person nel were asked to indicate if they had a handicap by notifying the di rector of personnel. Supervisors and department heads were also asked to report any handicapped em ployees. Irby said one reason for the poor initial response could have been that employees thought knowledge of their handicap would be detri mental to their careers. Also, it is difficult for a supervisor to be aware of any handicap other than an obvi ous physical one. Under Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act, it is now against the law for an employer to ask about an individual’s handicap. Private businesses also employ handicapped workers. Oliver Bishop, a personnel employee at Skaggs-Albertson, said Skaggs had employed a handicapped checker until she left for another job. He said that handicapped persons had the same employment opportunities as other employees, but that check ing was the least physically straining job. Ray Brooks, from the personnel department at the Bank of A&M said there aren t any handicapped employees currently on the bank’s payroll, but that plans are underway to begin hiring handicapped work ers at the beginning of the year. He said filling and clerical positions will be available. The TRC has an office in the Memorial Student Center to help students find jobs while in school and after they graduate. The cam pus representative is Don Gardner. He said that he was working with 225 students this semester. Many of these students are working part- time either on or off campus. Gardner also helps the students work with the Placement Office in Rudder Tower to find jobs after graduation. He said he’s had about 80 to 95 percent success in placing students in good full-time jobs. THE BATTALION Page 7 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1977 CLASS OF ’78 CLASS COUNCIL MEETING Tuesday, November 8, 1977 Room 402 Rudder 7:30 P.M. “FOR THE BEST YEAR EVER!” TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY TOWN HALL presents SPECIAL ATTRACTION #4 WITH ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL Tuesday, November 22, 1977 8:15 p.m. G. Rollie White Coliseum WELCOME BACK AGGIES % Come visit us at our new location, 3810 Texas Ave. (across from Burger King) and learn how to make your own stained |l glass window and tiffany-style lampshade. Classes last for 6 weeks, 3 hours every week. The class fee is $20.00. | Classes Begin Nov. 7 ii Morning Classes 9:30-12:30 store hours 9:30-5:30 m-f Afternoon Classes 2:00-5:00 Evening Classes 6:30-9:30 9:30-1:30 Sat. For Reservations: 846-4156 Bolton Stained Glass Studios Tickets: A&M Student/Date General Public Reserved $4.00 $4.00 General Admission $2.00 $3.00 3810 Texas Ave. S. Bryan, Texas 77801 Tickets and Information at MSC Box Office 845-2916 0c All glass and supplies are available. ijjS Commercial and private glass work done on request. Repair work also done. Opinion, politics affect dredging we :>l at Ail! i gui' Me In er lar broil weather, rains of sevri The human element in port juilding often tends to override the aore refined methods of engineer ind economist, said Dr. J.G. I Linssen at the opening of the Sec- International Symposium on Dredging Technology at Texas A&M University this week. Linssen, a Dutch scientist, of the International Association of Dredg- ng Companies, said that when lecision-making involves public servants and elected dignitaries, and “when public opinion and poli tics are part of the game” decisions are often based on short-term objec- ives and within the framework of stablished procedures. As a result of these pressures, nany projects such as London’s third airport (to have been built on in island) and the Dutch Delta Ult iroject were stopped by politicians s ' ■'mostly under the influence of a itrong environmental lobby. Linssen said these decisions often ?d the re minatin os, Lem eonnlit the Wan 11 beciiB A&M cadets to get trophy ■ area,® le peo|i' watehiiij uston s. pie wen ,n station 1 !ar awa) id tele'i in to ll |( KOllld )J : t it on th ig to >rrecl re effect i* t station' ier radii re Station wen pid ea. ignore the fact that the prosperity of nations depends directly upon the success of their port operations. “In the Netherlands, the con struction of new ports is essentially a responsibility of the national gov ernment, Linssen said. “It is taken for granted or at least it used to be taken for granted that the secondary returns of a port on the surrounding region is more important than a cal culable direct return on the capital invested. However, “if the environmen talists and their political supporters would have had the same influence about 20 years ago, Rotterdam would never have become the big gest port in the world and the Neth erlands could never have developed to the industrial nation it is now,’’ he said. “In the United States, the fund ing of port projects seems to be based upon the satisfaction of local demands more than upon a national strategy of growth, he said. “Hence, the United States as such do not have a national ports policy and the resulting absence of large ports seems deplorable. The miracle of it is that any dredg ing work gets done after all these preliminaries in which the Corps of Engineers is heavily committed, whereas environmentalists and press can fight a project from begin ning to end, Linssen said. The symposium is the first of two of the nation’s events in dredging during the next two weeks. Follow ing it, Nov. 7-11, will be the Fifth Dredging Engineering Short Course. They symposium has attracted participants from India, the United Kingdom, Australia, Japan, Italy, H onduras, Trinidad, the Nether lands, Canada, Mexico, the Canal Zone, Greece and West Germany. It is jointly sponsored by Texas A&M s Center for Dredging Studies and by the British Hydromechanics Research Association of England. The subjects for discussion range from economics and investments, through the use of sophisticated electronics in dredging, to environmental concerns and dispo sals of wastes. The symposium will continue through Friday. Army ROTC cadets of Texas A&M University won the Third Army ROIC Region Commanders Trophy at 1977 summer field training. Texas A&M won the award in competition with 123 other schools in the 17 state region. Formal trophy presentation will be made later. Maj. John Maloney, deputy commander of the Army instructor detachment, said 90 cadets attended June and July camps at Fort Riley, Kan. Another five earned Ranger tabs in the Ranger School at Fort Benning Ga. Computations made at region headquarters involved scores in mil itary proficiency, leadership and peer ratings, physical fitness and marksmanship. There will be a meeting of all persons interested in helping to organize the Fall Voter Registra-] tion Drive on Thursday, Nov. 3 in Room 308 of the Rudder Tower at 8:00 p.m. VenezoIanosi NAVidAcfcs EN Casai... ^Seventh /\nnual 1977 Gi pistmas in G\R4C\S Advance*Booking Charters FROM $299 from ♦New OrIeans- DEC. 18-JAN. 17 ,299 ♦Houston _ DEC. 2 2-JAN 16 *?19 ♦San AntonIo _ DEC.20-JAN.ie ,519 All Include Tax .. WE HAVE SEATS LEFT,so KEEP B®KlN©! SOME ANSWERS What is an Advance Booking Charter (ABC)? An ABC is when a tour operator charters a a plane and sells individual sSais to the putf- lic for a set price. Is there any danger of being stranded in Caracas with no transportation home? No, by law we must contract for a round trip flight. 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