Some students with disabilities say the $500,000-a-year work being done by Ohio State administrators to make buildings on campus more accessible is flawed.”Put them in a wheel chair for a day or two, and see how well they can get around,” said John Kent, a sophomore majoring in military history. He is unable to speak and communicates by typing.Some so-called accessible buildings are not so accessible to Kent.Although some buildings have automatic doors for disabled students, not knowing how long they are going to stay open makes entering a building difficult, Kent said.”They open and close too quickly, I get stuck going in,” he said.He recommends minute timers set up by doors, to indicate how much time is left before they close.Phillip Soule, the university engineer at the Department of Physical Facilities, said the doors can be adjusted to prevent them from closing too early. Students with disabilities can work with maintenance people and decide how long they need to leave doors open, Soule said. Wheelchair ramps sometimes give Kent troubles, too. “Some ramps are like something out of medieval times in Hughes and Hagerty Halls. My walker gets stuck in the metal grating,” Kent said. The metal ramps should be replaced with the concrete ones, he suggested.The elevator in Cockins Hall is also too tiny for Kent. Both Lord and Converse Halls have no elevators.”I have to change or drop my class if it is in those buildings,” he said.Kent also questioned whether handicapped restrooms really are accessible.”There are no automatic doors at the entrance to get to them,” he said.He believes OSU could make more improvements. “If they take time to listen to us, they might discover that we have a lot of solutions to offer,” Kent said.Lillian Yang, a senior majoring in management sciences, broke her leg during a ski trip in January and has to walk with crutches.”The facility makes disabled students more disabled,” she said. “I have troubles going to the restroom without automatic doors in Bolz, Hagerty and Independence Halls.””Doors are usually heavy, and my arms often get stuck in between,” she added.Soule said that Cunz, Cockins, Dulles Halls and Lincoln Tower’s restrooms will be under renovation from July 1998 to April 1999, under OSU’s American with Disabilities Act restrooms compliance project.”In terms of Bolz, Hagerty and Independence Halls, I cannot immediately identify when we will have a funded project for them,” he said. Hagerty Hall has an automatic door at the front, but Yang has to walk to another side of the building to take the elevator. The building will be renovated after the business college moves to the Fisher School of Businesson north campus at the beginning of fall quarter, Soule said. Ramps and accessibilty problems will then be addressed.Yang said she used to think OSU was concerned about disabled students because of the many automatic doors and elevators on campus. Now she realizes the designs and locations are not appropriate to meet their needs.”The university is responsible to make the campus more accessible because an accident might happen to anyone,” Yang said. “You never know.”