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BRIEFS >News Book 'em, Dan-0 If you have ever wanted to chase bad guys with a cool siren or if you just like the look of those mirrored shades, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol wil be recruiting on-campus Sept. 20. ✓ Page 3
TUESDAY • SEPT. 19, 2000
UCO denies deaf student's sign-language translator request for overseas class BY MENA GANESAN
Staff Writer
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>Sports UCO defeats Lions The Bronchos defeated Texas A&M -Commerce this weekend, winning 27-7 in their Edmond debut. v Page 6
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>Features Painting the Town UCO professor Bob Palmer and his students lend their art skills to Oklahoma towns through their murals. v Page 4
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Doug West relies on his interpreter to participate in classes. Due to the school's inability to provide West with an interpreter abroad, he may not attend a trip to England.
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UCO residents pay big bucks to live in small box BY VISTA STAFF
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oug West, a senior photographic arts major, wants to join his classmates on the summer 2001 photojournalism trip to England, but because he is hearing-impaired and will be without an interpreter, he may not be able to attend. Although UCO currently provides West with an interpreter on campus, they can't provide West with an interpreter on the month-long excursion. According to Dr. Brad Morelli, Equity Officer at UCO, in order to provide an interpreter, the school would have to pay $2800 for the travel expenses of an interpreter along with the $30 per hour interpreter fee. "American Disabilities Act accommodations do not apply outside the United States," said Liz Savage, Counsel to the Assistant Attorney of Civil Rights.
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ome students living on campus are paying more than ten times per square foot of living space than most students who elect to live off-campus, The Vista has learned. A survey of apartment complexes within one mile of UCO done by The Vista found that the average cost per square foot for an unfurnished apartment occupied by one person with a kitchen, bath and one bedroom was $0.52 per square foot. Students living in East and West Halls pay approximately $5.23 per square foot, have no bathtubs, group showers, no kitchens and have to pay extra to live in their rooms during school breaks. Commons residents pay an average of $0.71 per square foot, with both two and four bedroom styles available, kitchens, two bathrooms with bathtubs, living rooms and complete furnishings. On-campus residents do have a variety of
meal plans, saving them from the chores of cooking and food storage. These plans can effect the price of living on campus, and are mandatory for residence hall dwellers, and optional for Commons residents. A.K. Rahman, director of Auxiliary Enterprises, said the cost of living on-campus at UCO is lower than the cost at other universities of similar size, but the campus housing provides many benifits that offcampus living can not. "An apartment has many, many difficulties ... your walking distance, parking. On campus you can study together, you can sit down someplace and meet people and group study," Rahman said. "Over here you see the security is good ... you go to an apartment, you are on your own. Here you are taken care of, and [UCO] pays all the bills." Living off campus opens students up to parking problems, commutes, and keeps students farther away from study resources such as the library, other students and
professors offices. "[On-campus living] is much much better for studying. I would want to graduate in four years, not five or six." ♦ Price per sq. ft.
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