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Salient. Victoria University Student Newspaper. Volume 37, No 15. July 3 1974

Shocked and dismayed

Shocked and dismayed

Dear Roger,

I am shocked and dismayed to find that the university buildings do not adequately cater for the physically handicapped person. To wheel a wheelchair through the union building is impossible, in fact, the doors into the library are far too small for a wheelchair to ever get in. The Lecture Theatres have nothing but steps. Even if a student is relying upon crutches, to get about and up and down the many steps and through the multitudes of doors, it's a great feat of achievement. Either more lifts are needed, a few ramps and wider doors, or we shall have to forget any student who is not fit enought to attempt the maze of obstacles every day. Let us hope that the Cotton Complex has been designed with the not so fit student in mind.

Patrick O'Hagan

(without a wheelchair)