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Show THE CAMPUS Cedar City Mayor Harold Shirley and Council members Evans Vickers Alan Hamlin, (from left) are ;oined by S UU Director of Development Marlo fensen , Cedar City WalMart Manager Norm Chandler, SUU Hea d Basketball Coach Bill Evans, SUU Assistant Basketball Coach Louis Wi lson and Kerry Gardner of Coleman Manufacturing in displaying the shirts that will be worn at the "Wbeelin fazz" basketball game to be h eld on Friday, Oct. 28, at Cedar Middle School. The gam e will be in conjunction with the Disability Awareness Week, sponsored by the SUU Rubicon Club. Disability Awareness Week seeks to educate A week of activities and lectures is planned to broaden horizons through understanding counselor and Rubicon adviser, said there is unanimous support among county educators for the project. France hopes through education, understanding and cooperation will develop. She said this special week will encourage t hose with disabilities to "come forth and say, 'Yes, I have a disability and look what I can do."' France said Disability Awareness Week will show the community "who we are and what we are." She also cited a number of famous individuals with disabilities, including Albert Einstein, Thomas Edison, Tom Cruise and Geri Jewell, who was featured on the television series "The Facts of Life." Jewell, who has cerebral palsy, will be the Convocation speaker next Thursday at 11 a.m. Other activities during the week include the oneact play, A Horse of a Different Color, Oct. 25 and 27 at 6 p.m. in the Student Center Living Room. The play discusses what it is like to be disabled, and Rubicon members hope the play will help awareness and lead to understanding. It is a free event. F.A.T. City is showing at 6 p.m. in the Student Center Living Room Oct. 26. The film is about living By MICK.I SELLERS JOURNAL STAFF WRITER In an effort to educate students and the community about persons with disabilities, Rubicon club is sponsoring Disability Awareness Week, Oct. 25 - 29. Highlighting the week's activities is a wheelchair basketball game between the Wheelin' Jazz and a team comprised of Cedar City communi ty members, scheduled for Oct. 28. The game is at 5:30 p.m. in the Cedar City Middle School gym. Community team members include Mayor Harold Shirley, SUU Basketball Coach Bill Evans, SUU Athletic Director Jack Bishop and SUU Assistant to the President Stuart Jones. The Wheelin' Jazz is one of 150 teams who make up the National Wheelchair Basketball Association. The team is currently ranked 12th nationally. The game is free of charge, but the club will use concessions money to purchase "Kids on the Block" puppets. The puppets will help club members educate children in Iron County about persons with disabilities. Pamela France, academic coordinator with disabilities and is also free to the public. A panel of community members who are disabled will hold a discussion at noon Oct. 28 in Zion's A and B conference rooms. A quilt made by Rubicon member Carrie Garrick will be on display the entire week in the Student Center. Garrick, her mother and sister worked for about eight months on the project. Donations toward the quilt will be accepted throughout the week. Proceeds will benefit the puppet project. The quilt will be given away to a donator during half-time at the football game Oct. 29. Rubicon is an organization "supporting students with disabilities and making people in the community aware of people with disabilities, said club Vice President Laura Gibbon. The club found its name in ancient Roman history when Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon River in Italy, which was an open declaration of war. The phrase "crossing the Rubicon" now means having strength and determination. Meetings are Tuesdays at 3:30 p.m. in Centrum 239. For more information on the club or Disability Awareness Week, contact France at extension 7848. 11 Pre-natal substance abuse addressed Internships available Prevention specialists Thomas, Bull speak to suu students, community By DENISE NOLAN JOURNAL STAFF WRITER Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, or FAS, is becoming more common among children in the United States. The most current figures show that approximately one of every 750 births will result in a child with FAS. Each year more than 10,000 babies are born with FAS. and one of every 350 births will be a baby with Fetal Alcohol Effect. As a part of Drug Awareness Week on campus, Orva Thomas, a prevention specialist for Southwest Mental Health, and Marilynne Bull, a prenatal Substance Abuse specialist, spoke here yesterday about the effects of drinking alcohol while pregnant or trying to conceive a child. Statistics show that if a mother has one drink a day she causes a 2 percent chance of having a child with an alcohol related abnormality. Furthermore, two to three drinks a day cause an 11 percent chance of a birth defect. Four or more drinks cause the statistic to rise to 19 percent. Factors contributing to the birth defects include exposure time, dosage and type of alcohol, but scientists have found that beer is the worst agent in causing FAS. If these children survive after birth, they are prone to eye problems, distorted facial features, hearing problems, hyper-activity and heart and kidney defects. As a FAS child reaches school age, the child has a tendency to have difficulty with social skills. "It is very hard to teach an FAS child right from wrong." Thomas stated. "These children need special attention and regular routines to help them function." Bull is involved in a new prenatal program called he Prenatal Assistance Project. It is designed to educated women between the ages of 13 to 55 on the dangers of alcohol and drugs during pregnancy. "Most women don't realize the effect alcohol and drugs have on their developing child," Bull said. Anyone who feels that they need help can contact the Southwest Utah Mental Health/ Alcohol&. Drug center at 586-2515. I for SUU's students Several legislative internship positions are available for winter quarter. Three internship positions are available with rural Utah legislators at the Capitol Building in Salt Lake City. Students will be eligible to receive 12 upper-division credits and a stipend. The internships are designed to provide students with practical knowledge about the intricate workings of our state government. Students especially interested in rural Utah issues are preferred. Also, one internship position is available in the office of Senator Robert F. Bennett in Washington D.C. This internship will provide an intense education on Capitol Hill. Through this experience, students can increase their understanding of the legislative process and acquire new and valuable skills. Twelve upper-division credit hours may be received. The deadline for the Utah legislative internships are Nov. 1. The deadline for the internship with Bennett is Oct. 25. Students interested in either of these internships should contact either Craig Jones in Centrum 225 at extension 7868 or Arts and Letters Sen. Kamie Brown at SUUSA offices at extension 7766. |