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...they are there in the first place. A study published by the United Community Planning Corporation of the Massachusetts Association of Mental Health claims that 83 percent of all homeless people either suffer from drug dependency, are mentally ill or retarded, or suffer from a character disorder. However, Steve Kalar '88, co-director of the homeless shelter of the University Lutheran Church, thinks that the figures are inflated, "a by-product of the fact that the study was conducted by psychologists." Blanchard also thinks the actual figure is much lower, and that the homeless are on the street mainly...
...other group, must be dealt with as individuals; for, accurately speaking, they are not a group at all, but a collection of lonely people. What they need is not money, but attention: training, perhaps treatment, and opportunity to work and be integrated into society as much as possible. Kalar envisages a nationwide system of small halfway houses where the mentally ill and homeless could help one another get back on their feet. It is a helpful suggestion, but no one answer will solve the problem. In all likelihood the problem will never be solved. But so long as we encourage...
Steven G. Kalar '88, U.N. enthusiast and long-time participant in student Model U.N. sessions, said he thought the poor showing did not reflect the pressures of reading period, but rather the cynicism and lack of respect most people feel towards...