| Politicians should have say: Banharn
Political parties should be consulted during the drafting of the new constitution, Chat Thai Party leader Banharn Silapa-archa said yesterday. "[Drafters] should not think politicians are simply concerned about their personal interests," he said. "They should invite all parties for consultation." His call came as details of drafters' preferences for a new charter emerged. They include reducing the number of members of Parliament, selecting senators via sectors and scrapping the election by proportional-representation of party-list members. Banharn warned drafters that neglecting politicians and the public ran the risk of having their document rejected at a referendum. "The constitution-drafters will have to consider how they can make people understand, because there's a possibility the charter may be rejected," he said.
SpiceJet offers online check-in service
New Delhi, Feb. 2 (PTI): Low-cost carrier SpiceJet today said it will start offering web check-in service from Delhi to 14 destinations across the country. Passengers travelling from Delhi to select destinations would be able to check-in, choose preferred seats and print boarding passes through SpiceJet website, SpiceJet said in a release. The service once availed on a ticket would restrict cancellations or any modifications on that ticket, the release said, adding the service would not be available for passengers travelling with infants, unaccompanied minors and persons using wheelchairs. "SpiceJet's web check-in service provides hassle free air travel expirience. The new service would also help in making check-in counters at airports less crowded," SpiceJet CEO Siddhanta Sharma said in a statement.
What about wheelchairs?
Rob Cunningham, director of the Office of Disability Services, said there weren't any laws that included handicapped regulations on college campuses.
Most buildings on campus aren't handicapped accessible because this institution was built before all universities were required to handicap accessibility, Cunnigham added.
"Most Greek houses on campus, just like other buildings on campus, do not have the ability [to be handicapped accessible] because the University was built before that was even required," Cunnigham said.
Confirming the problems with handicap inaccessibility is the Office of Greek Affairs.
"When the buildings were built in the late 1940s and 50s, there wasn't a great need for handicapped accessibility, and it wasn't a requirement for Universities to have this," said Tim Carney, associate director for Residence Life.
Windham event gives 'warriors' sense of pride
Last weekend (Jan. 19-22), the Adaptive Sports Foundation (ASF) at Windham Mountain hosted the third annual Wounded Warriors Weekend. Sunday, the final day of the event, was a crisp, sunny day. Windham's trails were well covered with white. Winter had arrived in time for the soldiers, amputees from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, who were learning or re-learning how to ski or snowboard. The ski lodge seemed much like any base lodge on a busy day: clatter, ruddy faces, boot buckles snapping open or closed, coffee, rest room signs, benches, tables, trays. In the handsome, Adirondack-style building of the Adaptive Sports Center, the high-fives were at least as abundant as in any ski lodge, but there were far more wheelchairs, crutches and other assistive devices. I maneuvered myself around a handsome pair of prosthetic legs, complete with sneakers, to join my husband at a table where he had already begun a conversation with Shon Holler from Nashville, Tenn., who had completed his first adventure on the slopes.
Foundation offers transportation, computers to disabled
The T.J. Mayhue Foundation, a nonprofit organization that assists people with physical disabilities and others in need of emergency services, is offering transportation help and low-cost computers. T.J. Mayhue, 43, of Saginaw, who has cerebral palsy, established the foundation. He operates a similar nonprofit group in Charleston, W.Va., and brought it to Michigan. Donations fund the 15-member foundation. Mayhue said his group is working with a supplier of rebuilt computers to sell them from $150 to $500 to people with disabilities or low incomes. The foundation also is working with Mobile Medical Response of Saginaw to fund the ambulance company's non-emergency caravan service. People who use wheelchairs, are senior citizens or can't use public transit can get free transportation to doctors' offices or pharmacies.
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