The Tiger (San Antonio, Tex.), No. 2, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 21, 1975 Page: 3 of 8
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Vets ....
news briefs
V.A. students: If you
want that nice envelope to
keep arriving on time, be
sure to notify the vet-rep or
V.A. office of any change
of address.
The oldest living Civl
War beneficiary is a Union
veteran’s widow, Lizzie
Cox, 107 years old, of
London, Ky. The oldest
surviving confederate
veteran’s widow is Mary E.
Kern, 105 years old of
Houston.
As of June 30, the total
number of Civil War
veterans’ widows still alive
was 197.
In 1978, Veterans Day
will revert to November 11,
ending the fourth Monday
in October for the
observance.
V.A. officials have been
told to intensify their
efforts to hire disabled
veterans and Vietnam-era
veterans, VA Adminis-
trator Richard L.
Roudebush, VA Regional
Office, Houston, said. More
than 14,200 disabled
former servicemen and
women are currently
employed by the VA in a
wide variety of positions.
Many of Texas’ 9,000
women veterans who left
service since Feb. 1, 1955,
may be eligible for a new
special payment from the
VA. During that period,
women vets who were
married did not receive the
increased allowance
extended to male veterans
who were married. (What?
Male chauvinism in the
armed services?) Women
Vets can file claims until
July 1, 1976. Direct all
questions concerning
eligibility to the Vet-Rep
Office campus.
Students
keep busy
for students
Pedro Rodriquez and Zelda
Rodriguez are going to
participate in a UTSA
classroom panel discussion
of “College Students’
Needs in Today’s Society--
Are They* Being Met?”
There will be eight
participating students from
San Antonio, with Pete and
Zelda representing St.
Philip’s. The activity is to
take place October 17,
8:15 p.m. , on the UTSA
campus.
Zelda...
Zelda Rodriquez and
Ester Garza will help fellow
students along the
confusing path to a
perfectly correct
financial-aid form. These
two students work in the
Special Services “house,”
and are waiting to help you.
Rehab program
gets well underway
SURE IT’S HAPPENING
Growth, virtue, pain, limbo, transition, awareness-
and if I may pause for a second, the list would continue.
I imagine this is not the time to be pompous, but it is
happening to you. What? You are now handicapped:
unable to continue what you were doing because I
have disrupted your independent directional flow. And
if I understand a handicapped person correctly, it is not
that you want something unobtainable;rather it is to
provide you with something that will facilitate the
mental and physical situation that exists ... may I
provide you with a chair for a brief look into San
Antonio Union Junior College District (SAUJCD):
SURE IT’S HAPPENING
Expanded services have been extended to the three
campuses: Southwest Center, San Antonio College,
and St. Philip’s College. The recent approval of an
SAUJCD proposal of $54,900 to the Texas
Rehabilitation Commission will provide for funding of
a centralized program for handicapped students. Dr.
Robert Reyes, district director for Program
Development, this fall Will provide an expanded range
of services to and for handicapped students. The
Max-Van includes seats for nonwheelchair persons,
high roof, electric lift at the rear of the van, and an area
equipped with anti-rolling devices for students in
wheelchairs. There is also the Apollo laser reading
device designed to enlarge standard-size print for
visually handicapped students.
SURE IT’S HAPPENING
St. Philip’s College has officially established services
within a program headed by Raul Hernandez, under the
supervision of Everett L. Turbon, director of Guidance
and Counseling. Mr. Hernandez, formerly of Special
Services, takes on this goal, having had past experience
in understanding individuals. You would have to see
him to believe him; and* if that is not possible, touch
him; he is really a swell person. If you are a fan of Our
Lady of the Lake College, he accomplished a B.A.
there. Smile!
Everett L. Turban sites the purpose of the program is
to assist handicapped students in attending college and
coordinating and supplementing the services already
available: special parking, textbooks and supplies in
Braile, special tutors, ramps, and elevators.
SURE IT’S HAPPENING
Mr. Hernandez states “I am really happy and
optimistic about this program. I hope to supplement
the services already available for handicapped students
here at St. Philip’s College. When the program gets into
full swing, we will centralize and improve the overall
conditions for the handicapped students on campus.”
Parallel to that: there will be four peer counselors
throughout the campus to assist and refer handicapped
students.to his office to provide them the opportunity
of expressing their views, their ideas, their problems.
SURE IT’S HAPPENING
Jimmy Reid
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The Tiger (San Antonio, Tex.), No. 2, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 21, 1975, newspaper, October 21, 1975; San Antonio, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth651745/m1/3/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting St. Philips College.