Page 2C THE BATTALION MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3. 1979 Students' legal advisers teach Ags their rights By DEBBIE REEVES Battaiioa Reporter If you feel your landlord has cheated you or your speeding ticket was unfair, there is a place on the Texas A&M University campus where you can get legal advice and counseling. Students at Texas A&M who are faced with legal problems such as consumer protection, auto acci dents, and even divorce laws can get help from the Office of the Student Legal Adviser. The office, in room 306 of the YMCA building, includes two full time attorneys, James Locke and Lowell Denton. "We try to explain what the law is and what to expect,†Locke said. "We also advise students of what rights they have.†Locke said during the regular school year the office advises about 250 students a month. The office can also advise spouses of students. Locke said most of the problems they advise on and represent stu dents about are landlord-tenant and traffic disputes. Court representa tion is limited to consumer protec tion, but if a student needs help in some other way the office, refers them to another attorney. The office cannot represent a stu dent against Texas A&M or against another student, Locke said. The office is funded by the stu dent service fee that students pay each semester. There is no limit to how many times a student can get help from them, Locke said. Locke said they can also make up legal documents for students. Appointments should be made to see one of the attorneys, unless it is an emergency. WELCOME BACK AGGIES! 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INC.. 1979 the summer of 1977 three graduated this spring. One, who has functional vision, was placed in a job at a nurs ing home. That left 10 blind students in a school population of 800. Sevdy said the project will flourish at St. Mary’s because “we have a traditional educational sys tem here. But he is concerned about the necessity of spreading the word. “If we succeed here, it won’t mean anything, he said. “It’s necessary to let people know and eventually nobody will think twice about the person being blind if he has the academic qualifications.†Patricia Miller, coordinator of the physically handicapped in science project, has adapted the science learning experience for visually im paired students. She has focused on making abstract concepts visual and tangible. Since she believes more students will be moving into higher educa tional levels as a result of mainstreaming of the handicapped, “We want to assure that the blind can be successful college students and can learn science and benefit from laboratory experience.†Although she had no prior experi ence in working with the blind. Mil ler said she worked in the lab to get the idea of what might be useful, and her familiarity with the college curriculum and interest in effective teaching techniques spurred her on. Most students in the project have come through Minnesota Services for the Blind which works closely with the school. Sevdy said Minnesota Services makes tapes and some Braille mate rials for the project, and provides a reader service to students and fund ing resources. Modified equipment was pur chased when needed to accomnto- date the special needs of the blind students. This included braille measuring and timing devices, thermometers, light probes that emit a beep in the presence of light, braille labeling devices, modified recreational and craft devices and CADE Ml ericulture diitectui the fall of 1980. “We will enrich language component of our con igii —84; and use sign language for sds terms, †At filer said. In 1978 the college formed a tional Advisory Committee w posed of leaders in both all health fields and in Services to Wl * ience lusiness A ducation ineineerin raduate • iberal Art “We want to assure that the blind can be successful college students and can learn science and benefit from laboratory ex perience.†erythemameters which indicate the degree of skin redness by emitting a range of differently pitched sounds. The college also has increased supportive services available to the students. A testing center was created so students could be tested more efficiently in a non-visual manner. Students receive clinical experi ence in local hospitals and nursing homes where some accommodations are necessary, beginning with modification of equipment at the site. Plans call for including the hear ing impaired in the school project in Blind. Dr. David Hartmari, m mencement speaker this year.; . committee member and first hi " physician in the United States One of the St. Mary’s gradual Debra Schuerman of Hep Minn., has a speech pathology gree from Moorhead State. Physical therapy was her choice, however, and she went Moorhead when she was unabk get into a school where she to pursue that profession. “I really thought my accept at.St. Mary’s was the answer to prayers,†she said, “that doors being opened up to let me in. I had to prove myself.†• During her studies she found ing ultra-violet treatments “sc me and I practiced on all classmates to build up my dence.†She also discovered frustrations of having to slow 4 and learn where things were dir her practical experience in hfl tals. She has not yet been placed, Schuerman hopes for work in a habilitation center. “I ve foi working with people is rewai for me,†she said. “A lot of people,†he said, “( know how to respond to the blin Now Better Than Ever. You Will Be Pleased With Jr These Carefully Prepared and Taste Tempting Foods. C r ft J Each Daily Special Only $1.99 Plus Tax. batetena ^ , t()pen Daj|y „ Dining: 11 A.M. to 1:30 P.M. —4:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. 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