Thursday, December 2, 1982The Daily Tar Heel3
GPSF sets up scholarship fund with part of back fees
By DAVID POOLE
Staff Writer
A Student Health Service proposal that would make
health insurance mandatory next fall has drawn criticism
from the Graduate and Professional Student Federation
as being unfair, to graduate students.
GPSF President Peter Mallinson called the proposal
"ridiculous," adding that statistical assumptions of the
SHS proposal underestimated the number of graduate
students who would be forced to purchase health in
surance in order to comply with the plan.'
A majority of graduate students are opposed to any
type of mandatory health insurance, he said.
In response to the SHS proposal, the GPSF Senate
issued a resolution Tuesday that stated that students
should not be automatically billed for health insurance
and called for a letter of clarification from SHS to "be
mailed to all students and parents concerning the pro
posed changes to the existing health insurance plans."
Under the mandatory health insurance plan, which was
approved by the SHS advisory board in October and is
presently under scrutiny by the Office of Student Affairs,
all UNC students will be billed the $238.96 premiums for a
UNC Blue Cross-Blue Shield group health policy each fall
beginning with the next academic year. Students would
then have the option of either paying for the Blue Cross-
Blue Shield policy, deducting the cost of the policy upon
showing proof of alternative coverage, or signing a waiver
accepting all responsibility for costs incurred at SHS.
Beginning in January 1983, three specialty clinics the
opthalmology, ear, nose and throat and dermatology
clinics will charge fees for SHS services. In August
1933, the orthopedic care clinic will also begin charging
fees.
Students will be billed for these services through their
accounts in Bynum Hall, and it will be up to the students
to make the claims with their insurance companies.
The proposal, if approved by the UNC Board of
Governors next spring, could generate more than
$300,000 in the first year and help offset further increases
in the SHS fee until the 1984-85 school year.
"We're trying to give the student the best health care
package, both through the health fee and existing in
surance policies," said SHS Director Judith Cowan.
Ninety-five percent of the student body is presently
covered by health insurance, according to the SHS budget
report.
But Mallison contends that the figure of 95 percent was
obtained from a 1981 survey of undergraduate parents
and ignores the fact that a large percentage of graduate
students are uninsured.
According to the 1981 student affairs survey, 94 percent
of a sampling of parents of undergraduates said that their
. children were covered by some type of health insurance.
In contrast, only 84 percent of the student body answered
the same question affirmatively. Twenty-four percent of
that sample was graduate students.
"This means that roughly 40 to 50 percent of graduate
students are without health insurance," he said.
GPSF secretary Norman H. Barth said that the percent
age could be even higher. "The survey was done before
last year's 50 percent increase in the Blue Cross-Blue
Shield premiums, and if there were 50 percent of graduate
students without insurance' then, the number could have
only increased with the huge hike (in premiums)," he said.
Cowan said the number of students who indicated they
have health insurance may be artificially low because
many students might be unaware of their insurance status.
The discrepancy between the responses of parents of
undergraduates and those of students is probably less than
10 percent and is not a major issue, Cowan said.
. Mallinson said the budget proposal would double the
health costs to half the graduate students. "A majority of
undergraduates have their parents paying for their in
surance, while graduate students for the most part pay out
of their own pockets, which obviously hasn't been taken
into account by the people at Student Health (Services),"
Mallinson said.
Campus Calendar
TODAY'S ACTIVITIES.
Campos Crusade for Christ weekly fellowship will meet at 7
p.m. in the Carolina Union. Check at the Union Desk for the
room number.
The Theta Tau Chapter of Zcta Tan Alpha win celebrate
phase one of the construction of their new home at the Ground
Breaking Ceremony, at 3 p.m. in the ZTA parking tot.
Come to the MoodmobOe from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at
Granville South.
Judy Eastman, a counselor ia private practice is Chapel
Hill, will speak on "Personal Relationships" at 3:45 p.m. at
the Baptist Student Union, 203 Battle Lane.
The North Carolina Botanical Gardea will hold two pro-'
grams today. Registration and a fee are required for both. Call
967-2246 for information.
- Al AIESEC members interested in going to Detroit: there
will be a meeting at 4 p.m. at the AIESEC office. If you can't
come but are still interested, call Sandy at 933-3330 or leave a
note in the office.
Chimera, the fantasy and science fiction dub, presents a talk
on Charles Fort by Paul Thompson at 7:30 p.m. in the
Carolina Union. Check schedule at the Union desk for the
room number. Everyone is invited.
The Italian Club invites you to celebrate Christmas Italian
style. "Come all ye faithful" at 7:30 p.m. to the Carolina
Union with a small gift to exchange. Check the Union desk for
the room number.
The Americas Society of Personnel Administrators (ASP A)
will hold a meeting at 5:30 p.m. in T-7 New Carroll. John War
ren, president of Sunbelt Hydroelectric, will speak.
The Campus Y Committee on Undergraduate Education
will meet at 3:30 p.m. Thursday at the Y.
Mid-Campus Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship will have its
annual Christmas Worship service at 7 p.m. in the Carolina
Union. There will be singing, sharing and a love feast. Check
the Union desk for the room number. Everyone is welcome.
The Women's Soccer Club Christmas party will beheld at 6
p.m. at Mr. Gatti's.
The A.B.S. Christmas Mixer will be held at 3:30 p.m. in the
Carolina Union. Refreshments will be served. Check the Union .
desk for the room number.
- COMING EVENTS
The UNC-CH Men's VoUeybaQ Club is hosting a sanctioned
25 team USVA toumey Saturday in Fetzer Gym. Competition
begins by 9 a.m.
Amnesty International adoption group 84 will meet at 8
p.m. Monday at the Newman Center. Newcomers are wel
come. Call Bruce Tindall at 942-0209 for more information.
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Applicants should be sophomores or juniors. Interviews
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The American Student Fellowship welcomes everyone to the
last Campus Eucharist of the fall term at 10 p.m. Wednesday in
the Chapel of the Cross.
Come to celebrate Love Feast in the Moravian Tradition at 7
p.m. Sunday at the Wesley Foundation. A brass band will
begin the Old Well.
A free, public exhibition, "Photographs and Text by Eudora
Wetty," continues in the small gallery until Dec. 19. Excerpts
of Welly's fiction accompany the display.
Dri John P. Preskill, Harvard University, will speak on
"Theories of Magnetic Monopoles," continuing the
UNC Duke Physics Astronomy Colloquium at 4 p.m.
Wednesday.
The Department of Dramatic Art will present a new adap
tation of A Christmas Carol, Dec. 9 through Dec. 19 in the
Paul Green Theater.
The Hunger Action Committee will meet at 3 p.m. for Surprise
Friday at Anne's house. See directions at the Campus Yjrcall
Anne at 929-1433.
Beyond Compliance, this week's Friday Flick will be pre
sented at noon Friday in the Conference Room of the second
floor of the Health Sciences Library. The film is sponsored by
the Audiovisual Services.
The Campus Y wiO bold its annual handicrafts bazaar Fri
day through Sunday in the Great Hall of the Carolina Union.
For more information, call the Campus Y at 962-2333.
"The World at War: the Origin, Nature and Consequences
of World War II," a seminar featuring Kenan Professor
Gerhard Weinberg, will be presented Friday and Saturday. To
enroll or for more information, call 962-1 123.
ITEMS OF INTEREST
VAT (Veterinary Aptitude Test), Jan. 8: Registration must
be received by Dec. 13 and costs $20. Pick up application in
Nash Hall.
GMAT (Graduate Management Admission Test), Jan. 29:
Registration must be postmarked by Dec. 27 and costs $30.
Pick up applications in Nash Hall.
GRE (Graduate Record Examination), Feb. 5: Registration
must be postmarked by Dec. 30 and costs $27 each for General
and Subject Tests. Pick up application in Nash Hall.
DHAT (Dental Hygiene Admission Test), Jan. 14 and Jan.
IS: Registration must be postmarked by Dec. 27 and costs $18.
Pick up application in Nash Hall.
PharmCAT (Pharmacy College Admission Test), Feb. 5:
Registration must be received by Jan. 8 and costs $25. Pick up
applications in Nash Hall.
Applications to the reception for Max Robinson following
his lecture Jan. 16 can be Obtained at tne Union Desk. Deadline
is Dec. 16.
The Fine Arts Festival Design Contest deadline is Dec. 13.
Submit entries to Box 15 of the Carolina Union. Rules are
available at the Union Desk. Call 933-6260 for explanation.
Graduate students assail
health inMrMce policies
By MARK ST1NNEFORD
Staff Writer
Like the beneficiary in the will of the
proverbial rich uncle, the Graduate and
Professional Student Federation Senate
had to figure out how to spend a wind
fall Tuesday night.
But the GPSFs $10,136 windfall was
not the result of an inheritance. The
figure represents the amount of
graduate and professional student ac
tivity fees the organization had been
shorted over the past two academic
years because of an administrative er
ror by the Student Activities Fund Of
fice. Under an amendment to the Student .
Constitution passed in February 1980,
the GPSF is entitled to 15 percent of
the activity fees paid by graduate and
professional students.
During its regular meeting Tuesday,
the GPSF Senate approved the creation
of a $5,000 scholarship fund with part
of the back fees. Criteria for awards
and a committee to administer the
scholarship fund are expected to be
established at the Senate's next meeting
in January. ' ' -
GPSF President Peter Mallinson
said the GPSF might be able to make
the scholarship fund into Z permanent
endowment by requesting that SAFO
place the money in an interest-bearing
savings account.
"SAFO has indicated that it may be
possible to create a scholarship endow
ment fund in perpetuity, making
awards of $500 each year, by having
the funds administered in an interest
paying account," Mallinson said.
. The GPSF Senate rejected a pro
posal from its GPSF Finance Commit
tee to allocate $5,000 for a fund to at
tract speakers for graduate and profes
sional student. functions. Instead, the
Senate voted to create a special projects
fund of the same amount. A committee
will be formed by the Senate to ad
minister the fund.
Maha Elkbrdy, representing the
nutrition department of the UNC
. School of Public Health, supported the
special projects fund as a means to sup
port the various needs of schools and
departments.
"A lot of departments don't have a
use for speakers. The special projects
fund would ensure that the money ;
helps us all," Elkordy said.
Among the possible uses for the
fund are the payment of travel expenses
for students presenting research papers
and small purchases of equipment by
schools and departments, Elkordy said.
In other business, the GPSF Senate
approved a resolution, proposed by
Norman Barth of the physics depart
ment, that schools and departments
match' from their own funds any
money awarded to them from the
special projects fund.
"Through the requirement for
matching funds, the special projects
fund will stretch farther," Barth said.
"Moreover, a department faced with
the requirement to match funds will be
very serious about any requests they
make."
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