• University of Central Oklahoma
THURSDAY April 2, 1992
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UCO awaits disabled act Impact substantial, some say AIDS-infected man buys sex from boys PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The alleged fetishes and sexual desires of "UncleEd" were common knowledge on the street long before police accused the AIDS-infected man of paying for sex with boys and young men, AIDS counselors say. Edward Savitz was also known as "Fast Eddie," or "Dr. Feel Good," according to counselors who canvassed neighborhoods af ter his arrest. Police believe the 50-year-old businessmen paid hundreds of boys and young men for sex, underwear and feces over the past decade. District Attorney Lynne Abraham said he used a pay scale for sex acts and paid for referrals. Police found 5,000 photographs of boys in his downtown apartment. More than 500 calls flooded local AIDS hotlines after his mug shot was released Friday. Savitz was held on $20 million bail Sunday.
By Allen Norbury Staff Writer Discrimination against disabled persons at the University of Central Oklahoma can no longer be ignored when the Americans with Disabilities Act goes into effect July 26. According to a report from the U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, ADA gives civil rights protection to individuals with disabilities that are like those provided to persons on the basis of race, sex, national origin, and religion. It guarantees equal opportunity for individuals with disabilities trying to gain employment in business or industry with 25 or more employees, the report showed.
Also covered under ADA are public accommodations, transportation, state and local government services, and telecommunications, the report showed. "I believe it's going to be a motivating factor for the recognition of handicapped persons on the campus," said Scott Tarrant, president of the Horizons Club. The Horizons Club is made up primarily of disabled UCO students. There are 43 million Americans with one or more disabilities. The ADA is being called the "Civil Rights Act" just for them, according to a report by Laura Corter, advisory committee chairman for the Oklahoma Safety Council. "Various legal experts and industry tabloids speculate that ADA's impact on employers will be great, the report showed.
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Clueless about career choices? By Penny Owen Staff Writer
After learning that nearly 700 University of Central Oklahoma students are clueless about their career choices, the Counseling and Testing Center decided to bring professionals to UCO to talk about options in the job market. The First Annual Career Discovery Fair will have several UCO graduates and other professionals available to discuss careers ranging from law enforcement and the FBI to hotel-restaurant management and communications.
Citizens settle strip-search suit NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Twenty people strip-searched after being jailed on minor traffic citations will share a $280,000 settlement from Cleveland County. County commissioners unanimously agreed Monday to pay $10,000 to the 12 men and $20,000 to the eight women in the lawsuit, which covered strip searches in 1989 and 1990. The women received more money in the settlement because it was assumed the searches were more humiliating for them, said Terisa Simmons, an attorney for 18 of the former inmates. Sheriff John Walsh said the lawsuits have forced him to drop his across-the-board strip-search policy. Jailers noted 53 incidents of contraband smuggling since the policy was dropped in April 1990, all of which strip searches probably could have prevented, Walsh said.
Law students already are gearing their curricula to specialize in this area, the report added. "What it's going to do is undoubtedly invoke hardship on some companies," said Dr. John Samaras, a UCO management professor. "We have hundreds of thousands of companies that are categorized here," he added. A report in the March 1992 issue of Technical & Skills Training, a trade magazine, said ADA defines a disability as a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of the major life activities of an individual, a record of such an impairment or being regarded as having such an impairment.
The fair will be held between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. on Wednesday, April 8 in the basement of Evans Hall. Admission is free. "It's not for people looking for jobs," said Testing Coordinator Jan Miller. "It's for people looking for careers to go into."
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Cindy Steele performs in the University of Central Oklahoma's Music Department's production of "The Pirates of Penzance." The show premieres Thursday at 8 p.m. and runs Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m., and Sunday at 2 p.m.(Photo by Mark Zimmerman)
The fair will also have the DISCOVER program available, which outlines in great detail most career paths. For instance, DISCOVER can tell the best (and worst) geographic locations for a particular career, the salary ranges (some of which break them down by men and women) and compatible careers to switch over to. Once students decide on a career, counselors are available to direct those students toward the next step in meeting their goal, Miller said. "College is too large of an investment to waste on indecision," Miller said. "We have a lot of older students who come in and want to change midstream and go back to school. So much of this would be unnecessary if the See Career, page 7