Disabled students computer lab to move 

Cal State Long Beach is adequately equipped to support disabled students and will continue to make the necessary adjustments to keep up to date, said Peter Perbix, support services coordinator in the department of Disabled Student Services.

"This is a good school for accessibility, but basically this is an ongoing thing," Perbix said.   "The CSU system did a review in 1995 and the recommendations filled books the size of phone books."

A certain amount of money is allotted for the department each year and small changes are always being made, he added.

One change for next semester's slate is moving the disabled students computer lab from its current location in Education Building 1 to Liberal Arts Building 5.

Students have made numerous complaints about the computer lab's location, said Penny Peterson, coordinator for the High Tech Center. Requests have been made for a bigger room, new equipment and more of it. 

The move is projected to be finished by August for the upcoming fall semester. "We need a larger room so more students can come in," Peterson said.

CSULB will pay for the renovations and private funds will be used to pay for the new equipment, Peterson added. 

Other changes on campus include: installing electric doors, fixing sidewalks that have been cracked because of tree roots, placing signs that show where handicapped access is, and striping stairs, a task that is redone constantly with reflective tape.   "I haven't seen any handicapped people having any kind of problems," said senior history major Aaron Thompson. "There's elevators, ramps, parking spots and the shuttles are equipped. The shuttles can take the wheelchair students up to the top of the campus so they don't have to push themselves all the way up there."

Other students agreed with Thompson.

"Over the past few years I've seen them tearing up and fixing sidewalks and putting in ramps and stuff," said Jamie Gonzales, a graphic design worker in the University Bookstore. 

"Plus where I work we are always making new signs for the handicapped."