Alpha Omega XI Presents:
HIV and AIDS in our Community
Presented by Yvonne Carly of the Cape Fear Valley Health System
Monday, December 12 11:00 am
Science Auditorium - S222
Exam Breakfast
Wednesday December 5. 10:00 pm in the cafeternia.
Come and participate in a time of fun, fellowship,
and fremzy as faculty and staff serve students. Faculty
and staff should arrive no later that 9:45 pm.
Vol. 40, issue 6
Wednesday, December 5, 2001
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Methodist College, Fayetteville, NC
Established 1967
Disability Changes on Methodist Grounds
By Stacy Barreira
Staff Writer
Disabilities? What comes to
mind when when that word is
said? Perceptions are placed
and images and stereotypes
come to mind When it comes
to academics, many students
have wondered how, who, and
why? With modem technology,
innovations in the 21 st century
and people becoming more
open minded and less stereo
typical, times are changing.
Recendy, Methodist College
began improvements to ac
commodate students with dis
abilities. These changes range
from students with learning dis
abilities to visual and physical
disabilities.
The Academic Center for
Development, directed by
Nicolette Campos offers ser
vices for students.
More people with learning, vi
sual, and physical disabilities
now have the opportunity to
become more and more inde
pendent, rely less on assistants,
learn exactly what others are
learning, and accomplish nec
essary goals. There is no room
for difference now. We are all
capable of doing it all, just at
different speeds, and with dif
ferent technological means.
There has been a great amount
of support from staff this se
mester, especially from Presi
dent Hendricks.
In a recent interview with
Campos, she stated that, the
difference between high school
students and college students
is that while students are in high
school, it is the institutions re
sponsibilities to test and ac
commodate students, on the
other hand, while students on
the college level are solely re
sponsible to get the accommo
dation they need. In order to
receive some type of service at
all, students need to bring
proper documentation to Cam
pos and then the procedure
begins. The student and the
Director discuss what is to hap
pen with the disability. Release
fonns (which are very impor
tant) are then signed and finally
the director writes a letter and
completes a disability certifica
tion form.
The student is able to use
Trustees bathroom improvement
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what is necessary to modify
his/her disability.
Some accommodations in
clude extra time on tests. Tests
are able to be taken in the Aca
demic Center for Develop
ment. Classes are also able to
be recorded and texts can be
put on tape.
A few additions have been
made to the ACD; such as new
computer software like JAWS.
This is a talking word proces
sor which is capable of read
ing line by line, paragraph by
paragraph at any speed or any
tone. Other additions include
Open Book, a scanner and
talking program that allows vi
sually impaired students textur-
ally feel pictures and Braille and
speak. This is used as a note
taker.
A few changes have been
made around the campus as
well. A new policy and proce
dure has been written by Cam
pos and is handed out to any
student who wishes to receive
services. It highlights disabili
ties and the services offered for
each.
Another improvement being
completed in the improvement
of the bathrooms in the Trust
ees building. They are being
made more wheelchair friendly.
The hedges and trees are be
ing taken down and/or trimmed
for accessibility around cam
pus. The pencil box in the Math
building has also been re
moved for safety issues.
Some works in progress in
clude an addition of a sidewalk
from the Science Building to
ADC and an elevator in the
Trustees Building.
Campos stated that she,
along with Cynthia Curtis from
the Development Office are
teamed up to make way for
possible grant money that will
benefit student’s with disabili
ties and offer many more ac-
coinmodations for the near fii-
ture.
Campos also stated that she
wants to hold workshops in the
spring for both students and
staff on issues pertaining to dis
abilities and also inform every
one of new improvements and
fiiture ideas. If anyone is inter
ested in finding out more about
the new services or volunteer
ing, please contact Niccolette
Campos at 630-7033.
Community Building Under Stress to
Finish Completion
By Ashleigh Radford
Managing Editor
For some time now, the com
munity building for the Cape
Fear Commons has been be
hind schedule. The building that
was supposed to be complete
in August is now behind sched
ule.
The center, which in fact is
almost complete, is located be
hind the Commons, and houses
a study room, a multipurpose
room, and an office for the area
coordinator, a kitchen, and
bathrooms. Located on the
outside of the building on ei
ther side is a deck.
The center’s scheduled
completion was last year, fol
lowing the completion of the
residential portion. The delay
came in Jan of
2001 when
construction
ceased be
cause the con
struction com
pany, Sigma
Construction,
filed bank
ruptcy. Ac
cording to
Ashley James,
Assistant Di
rector of
Housing and
Residence
Life, Meth
odist was a
small contract
of Sigma.
They also completed jobs in
Community Building.
Bladen
County,
Moore
County, and
Randolph
County.
Anew con
tractor was
appointed
shortly there
after. Ellis
Walker took
over the job to
finish the com
munity build
ing. Construc-
tion of the
building is
now com
plete. How-
ever, there are some problems
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with the wiring and the smoke
detector. These problems are
preventing the building from
receiving the certificate of Oc
cupancy that it needs to allow
it to be utilized.
Students have been informed
of the delay and have periodi
cally been informed about what
is being done to ensure the
building will open soon. “Stu
dents have been notified about
the progress being made on the
building. They have been in
formed periodically,” Rob
Foreman said.
“It was not realistic to ac
cept that the construction
would be done by August
2001,” Ashley James said.
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