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NonTiommyiniizedl --students, faculty to be kept off campus By JUSTIN McGUIRE , Staff Writer UNC is legally required to prevent students who have not been vacci hated for measles from attending , classes, but professors and depart- .ment chairmen said Wednesday that although they have no specific plans, "! they will try to accommodate v.: Students. S The Orange County Health Department offically released a -'quarantine order for the campus i.'.sWednesday, following N.C quaran tine law. Failure to comply with the ..quarantine is a criminal misdemeanor. "University officials are under an l,dict," said Dr. Judith Cowan, ''director of Student Health Service. MTThey are taking it very seriously .'because they have no alternative." Under the provisions of the quar antine, faculty, staff and students who 1 r K ; ; ; ,v - f - , - - -, i i, ; ' : !.' , - J' ' n DTHSteven Exum UNC student Setsuko Edayoshi works with an autistic child at the Biological Sciences Research Center .off O O fl flCDaus y y olikely for state legislators By STEPHANIE VON ISENBURG Staff Writer A pay raise proposal similar to the one defeated Tuesday in Congress is unlikely in this session of the N.C. General Assembly, legislators said. "If the General Assembly would be considering a pay raise, it would be in line with other state employees," ;said Rep. David Diamont, D-Surry, chairman of the House Appropria tions Committee. '. The method of deciding on a pay ; raise for state legislators differs from ;hat of Congress, he said. If a raise ;Ls approved, it takes place in the next Session, preventing legislators from Voting on their own raises, j I. The failure of the pay raise in Congress affects "the quality of people in other areas (of govern ment). Congress is a part of a bigger package," he said. Many government employees, such !ys judges, government scientists and tether high-ranking officials, are not k.s wealthy as Congressmen and nnot afford a high cost of living, ;)iamont said. ;i "Maybe they should take Congress' ;alary out of the package," he said. ; The defeat of the 'raise creates jproblems for the government in Jurying to recruit people with special skills. ; "We can reclassify positions if the ;pay scale is out of line with private enterprise, but there are difficulties '.with engineers and professional (positions)," said Senate Minority Leader Larry Cobb, R-Mecklenburg. The low salary also limits the groups from which the government ' can recruit legislators, he said. Thursday thru Sunday Dr. Peppers s275 Light Pitchers $275 WEEIISEKID did not present proof of measles immunization by 9 p.m. Wednesday must comply with the following: B Faculty and staff are to be excluded from class and campus until proof of immunization is provided or until Feb. 1 7. H Students are to be excluded from class effective today and excluded from campus, including residence halls, by Friday, until proof of immunization is presented or until Feb. 1 7. D Faculty, students and staff with exemptions for medical or religious reason are to be excluded from class and campus effective today until Feb. 17 or until proof of immunity is presented. University police are responsible for enforcing the public health order and will remove students from class if necessary, Cowan said. Students will be taken to their local residence V 2 n L sav arae oav iraose Retired people and secondary wage earners are able to run for public office, but "the average 35 year old citizen who would like to participate in the government. . .couldn't afford it," he said. "The state employee pay schedule, if we get merit pay reinstalled, is pretty competitive with private enter prise," Cobb said. Teacher pay has improved in North Carolina because of the surplus pay added to the teacher's salary by the county. "In Mecklenburg, teachers' pay is close to the national average when you add the surplus," he said. "The public will never justify a salary increase for Senate or Con gress," Diamont said. "It's not a popular issue." Cobb disagrees. "The typical tax payer feels that the average legislator is serving at a sacrifice and wouldn't object to an increase. "This is not anywhere near Con gress' situation where you're talking about going from $89,000 to $135,000," he said. A pay raise proposed in the last session of the General Assembly was See something newsworthy? Call 9620245 n fi wt f fi ct pn r"i in m t i n n n n tn wr tn n 12 PRICE LUNCHEON MENU Mon. -Thurs. 11:30-4:00 D D D C a D a D D D D corners lOvJl -few- 1 expires 21089 A ' - " U niversity officials are under an edict. They are taking it very seriously because they have no alternative." Dr. Judith Cowan, director of Student Health Service if they are removed from class. Wayne Kuncl, director of Univer sity Housing, said Wednesday that he had not been told how the housing O voted down -because "legislators didn't feel they could sell the idea back home," Diamont said. "It would have caused some prob lems. It would have just about doubled the pay for everybody," Cobb said. "There was a study commission that suggested it be raised to $20,000 (from $10,644), but (legislators) got the same increase all state employees got," he said. "The original intent was to have the study and implement a change on the findings of the study," Cobb said. If legislators feel a pay raise is necessary, the Assembly should hire a neutral commission to study the issue. If there needs to be an adjust ment, the next session of the General Assembly will vote on it, Diamont said. The Appropriations Committee is not considering a pay raise of any sort in this session, he said. "Realistically, there won't be any effort to have a substantial pay raise this time," Cobb said. "Until the time the revenue situation improves there will be no increase." with this coupon D and valid student I. D. B offer good thru March 5, 1989 " a 175 E.Franklin 929-4416 j o Xliius l vjvx JEr Vviiupci rain u p6.vis wux uti vuiviiiiuk juutig iiieii y (beside a Southern Season) 967-8568 Open till 8:00 PM on Mon. , Feb. 1 3 & Tues. , Feb. 1 4 GREENHOUSES Sunrise Dr. 489-3893 all locations open every Sundaycut at ureennouse Mon, rca at Greenhouse Mon, Feb. 13 & department was supposed to deal with removing students from resi dence halls. Cowan said she was not sure how Organization offers services to autistics and their families By ELLEN THORNTON Staff Writer eborah Kramer's 5-year-old son is obsessed with parking meters. Once, he ran across a four-lane highway to get to a meter. "He has no sense of danger," Kramer said. "He is drawn to parking meters because he likes to put quarters in and see them work." But this is no ordinary childhood fascination Kramer's son is autis tic. Although this Chapel Hill resi dent talks freely about her son, she rarely tells people about his dis order. Only a few people know enough about autism to feel comfor table around an autistic person, she said. However, the misconceptions about autism may be changing due to the popularity of the recent movie "Rain Man." In the film, Dustin Hoffman portrays an autistic savant named Raymond Babbitt. "The movie is good for educating people," said Dr. Mary Beth Van Bourgondien, an associate professor 1 T" TE ACfcAH (Tatmcnt and Educa- tij: j "Hoffman did a great job," she said. "It is a good representation of one autistic person." Hoffman's character displays characteristics present in many au tistic people, Van Bourgondien said. He is rigidly set in his routines, becoming upset if he misses "The People's Court" or has to wear underwear that isn't bought at K Mart. He is so literal that he stops in the middle of an intersection when the sign changes to "Don't Walk." The character's special abilities set him apart from many autistic peo ple. He can do complicated mathematical computations in his head, memorize entire pages of a phone book and instantly count 246 toothpicks as they fall from a box; "I know of an autistic person who wrote concertos," Van Bourgondien $1.00 o?? coupon DiiiisoboDO. 1 J u Pteflos m uyy um the copy center Open 24 Hours 114 W.Franklin 967-0790 (one coupon per customer) (whichever is more) Any complete pair of regularly priced prescription eyeglasses. 235-A Elliott Eld in Kroger Plaza Hours: f&F D D 0 D n D flowet$ available 0 Tufcs, Feb. 14 iues,. reo. i n yoxes ana v Boxes and V$ The Daily Tar visitors would be kept from residence halls, but said she thought proof of immunization might be necessary to enter the halls. Students who have not had a shot yet still have a chance to get one today from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Woollen Gym. Department chairmen and profes sors said Wednesday that they would probably make provisions to accom odate students who cannot be vaccinated. Students who have an illness worse than a cold, who are allergic to eggs or who are pregnant cannot be vaccinated. Richard Cole, dean of the School of Journalism, said the school would wait to see how many students will miss classes before making a decision. "Well do whatever is necessary," Cole said. "Well have to see how many students miss and do whatever said. "One could play any music after hearing it only once, and another had memorized entire plane schedules." But it is rare to find an autistic with many amazing abilities, Van Bourgondien said. More often, an autistic person will have a peak skill which is not necessarily more out standing than that of a normal person. Every autistic person is different, Van Bourgondien said, but each suffers from the same basic prob lems. All have severe deficits in social and communication skills, and 50 percent cannot talk at all. Those who do speak may never say anything meaningful. Many get stuck between choices, unable even to decide which candy bar they want. Autistics also resist change and take life very literally. "It can be funny to see their literalness," Van Bourgondien said. "You appreciate their dilemma, but you laugh in a certain sort of way." Most autistic people also have trouble forming relationships. "Many adults want interaction but don't know how to start it," she said. "They like people, and they do have friends, but they are not good at reciprocating." About one in 1,000 people are autistic, and 70 percent of these are mentally retarded. The cause of autism is unknown, Van Bourgondien said. But the dis. order is definitely biological and not hereditary. There is no cure for au tism, but autistic people can learn to live with and possibly reduce the behaviors. TEACCH, a division of the School of Psychiatry at the School of Medicine, is a program that helps w com msm ssssm) GYMNASTICS vs. RADFORD 1 gflDdD IPM (DsMPinmncBffiiaell Auncfl. 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"I have a feeling a lot of people like me haven't really thought about it," he said. autistic people deal with their dis order. As the only statewide autistic program in the country, TEACH H provides free services to North Carolina residents, including diag nostic evaluation, individualized treatment, parent and teacher train ing and consultation to organiza tions dealing with autism. TEACCH also offers a preschool class for autistic children. The class room, in the Biological Sciences Research Center, provides a struc tured environment for Kramer's son and the other five children that attend. Each day the class does the same activities at the same time to make the children more comfortable, said Pam DiLavore, who teaches the class. The work and play areas are strictly defined. "Regular people have strategies to figure out what's going to happen next," DiLavore said. "These kids dont." Because the children have trouble communicating, DiLavore and her assistant use symbols to tell the children what to do next. When one boy is supposed to go to the bathroom, DiLavore hands him a diaper. When it is time for another boy to work, DiLavore gives him a colored circle, which he associates with his work area. "There's something special about the intensity of my relationship with the kids," DiLavore said. "It's really excitirigwhen you finally get them to do something they've been workr mg on. Students interested in doing ! volunteer work with autistic children can contact Pam DiLavore at 966 4851. For more information about ; working with autistic adults, contact Division TEACCH at 966-2 1 73. : o Ban in stock. offer expires Feb. 28 PTICIANS 9-6, closed 1-2 908-4774 Carnations forFuncMlalsing Q Bulk Prices no ferns V4 reel, MA pink, V4 wbitet 14 other .5254 13 xed, 13 white, V3fnk 5457$ red oniy call fofdvailabitiy Mylar Balloons $2.75 or3$7.75 n DappLj J 0 u u I ss
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