Show W Would the owner of the Admin Building please step forward After all the rhetoric on both sides of the Administration Bu Building el elevator vator issue one question rema remains hs unanswered Whose elevator is it really and a 1 r by what right is any legitimate user denied access The Administration Building i ding was bought and paid for with tax dollars As such it is a public building and on any ny given day is likely to have a broad range of visitors whose burdens burdens burdens bur bur- dens or physical conditions justify use of an elevator By rights the elevator should be accessible to any individual who wants to use it Overburdened Overburdened Overburdened Over Over- burdened art students pregnant ladies and lethargic warmers chair-warmers should have equal rights of access Federal law requires elevators to be accessible accessible accessible sible to the handicapped Frankly a quadriplegic quadriplegic quadriplegic quad quad- attempting to unlock the elevator with a key held in his mouth somehow stretches the meaning of accessible much less the intent of the law The current procedure of requesting access access' through the presidents office fails to address two key questions Once on an n upper floor how does a visitor call caIl the elevator for the return trip Since the building is in use long after the administration retires to suburbia how is an hours after-hours visitor to gain access The only justifications given for closing the elevator were allegations of graffiti and claims that the elevator is in desperate need of repair or replacement Evaluation of both justifications lead to some inescapable con con- Graffiti is an undesirable but unavoidable characteristic of primates Give a monkey a crayon and hell he'll happily use it The Horizon is certain that other public institutions have faced and overcome this tendency of humankind without humankind without resorting to locks Each Ech year receives millions of dol dol- lars Surely some of these funds are earmarked for the maintenance of our physical facilities A lone lope elevator located in a public building serving hundreds of people deserves more than token maintenance The Horizon calls for the immediate unlocking unlocking unlocking un un- un- un locking of the Administration Building elevator We feel that a sign requesting use of the stairway by those who able are coupled able coupled with the elevators elevator's way the location in inthe inthe inthe the building building is is a simple and realistic solution solution tion to the problem |