HYPOTHETICAL 1

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1. What would you do for this student, if anything, and why?

HYPOTHETICAL:

Blind college freshman comes to your office because she is having these problems:

1. "The main library electronic card catalogue is fine, but the staff in the Humanities Library tell me that there isnít enough money in the department budget to make its independent card catalogue accessible to me."
2. "At the Humanities Library, I need to be able to read a weekly zine called "Beat World" published by a group of local poets, and Iíve been told I canít have it in Braille. Also, Iím mad because everyone in my English 101 class has to use the Shakespeare Companion, which is a pretty big, multi-volume set of reference books, and I worry that I wonít be able to use it the same as other students if itís not in Braille."
3. "Some of the material for my course is on archived microfiche, and Iíve been told by one library staff member that I need to explain what academic purpose the microfiche will serve before he will go get it for me. Iíve heard other students in my class get the materials without any hassle."
4. "Four of our readings for this term are being posted on the Professorís web site. I donít have access to the web at home, but every time I try to use the Libraryís terminal, I canít get any of the information from the Professorís site because the system uses a program that I am unfamiliar with, and even though I understand everyone is using it now, I like my old program better."

-Assume the university is purchasing new campus-wide library software to improve cataloging the collection and to connect all libraries in the system. Bids have been solicited, but no software has been ordered.

The University's president and her staff have decided to be even more proactive in placing our graduating seniors with national and international corporations and businesses. The regular attendees and a good mix of the "big boys" who were solicited by the President personally will attend the job fair. The job fair will be held in Old Main, the main administration building, and at the student union. One of the new attendees, Mondo Webstainer Corp. (MWC), has decided it will interview members of our graduating class, but will hold the interviews at the Exclusivo Hotel located in the nearby downtown where the VP for Recruitment has reserved the presidential suite for himself and for the interviews.

Announcement of the job fair and employers that are expected to attend are posted on bulletin boards in each of the colleges' classroom buildings advising students how to apply for interviews.

Explain how you would handle the following requests:

1. Edgar Beaver, a deaf student, who will graduate in economics this spring, has asked that all video presentations, which may be shown by employers in order to explain their corporate culture, be closed captioned. A discrete inquiry reveals that only one of five companies who plan to use an informational video has encoded their film shorts. The President's administrative secretary has advised you to not "make waves" with the new attendees.

2. Jo B. Seeker, a blind student, demands that all brochures/handouts describing the corporations be put into a Braille format so she can determine which companies they should seek out. Startup.com, Inc. indicated it needs to hire people to "ramp up", but funds are limited and it refuses to pay for this service.

3. Web Kleener, a deaf student has demanded that we provide a sign language interpreter, preferably Bob McSpesial, the RID certified interpreter that has worked with him the past two years, for his interview with MWC at the Exclusivo.

4. Webfree Inc. has learned of the job fair through its VP's social relationship with the MWC recruiter. They ask the President's office to make their brochures available at Old Main. Potential interviewees are told in the brochure to contact the company recruiter at HQ to set up interview times. The interviews are also to be held at the Exclusivo. Would the University be required to send an interpreter to interviews with Webfree?

5. During the morning of the job fair, Wade A. Minute, a deaf student has an interview with the representative from Startup.com recruiter because of the now persistent rumor it will be hiring many people without regard to their field of study. He demands we provide a sign language interpreter for his interview this afternoon. All of our interpreters are scheduled to be elsewhere today.

6. Ida B. Enthere, a blind pre-law student, also arrives at your office on interview day to complain that she was just made aware of the job fair today when she overheard conversations in the student union. The announcement was not in Braille, nor was it forwarded to her voice mail. She is very interested in trying for a job because she heard that there are "too many lawyers". Other students have reserved all of the allotted time of most of the interviewers for the job fair.