Newspapers / Daily Tar Heel (Chapel … / Aug. 31, 1990, edition 1 / Page 2
Part of Daily Tar Heel (Chapel Hill, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
r 2The Daily Tar HeelFriday, August 31 , 1990 raws 9$ Course guide soon to dispense professor, class information By MARCIE BAILEY Stan Writer " ''"The Indispensable Guide to Classes," one of Student Body President Bill Hildebolt's campaign planks, should become a reality in late October, despite faculty and administrative con cerns about the guide's accuracy. J Tracy Lawson, editor of the guide, said some administrators have re sponded favorably to the project. The guide will highlight 25 departments, including a general description of the departments and teachers recommended by students. Hildebolt said while some depart ments have approved of the guide and helped with the information, some have THE ARMY HAS THE FIERCEST HELICOPTER IN THE WORLD... It can see in the dark. And attack with out being seen. It can strike like lightning. It's fast, smart and mean. But the AH-64 Apache helicopter doesn't fly by itself. It needs trained avia tors capable of handling its awesome technology. Warrant Officer Flight Training takes ability, dedication and commitment. It's an intensive 40-week training program designed to take the very best people and make them pilots. If you have a high school diploma, preferably two years of college and can complete Basic Training, we just might have a flight suit your size. To find out if you qualify for Warrant Officer Flight Training, see your local Army Recruiter today or call Staff Sgt Blankenship 929-4820 ...AND WE WANT TO TEACH YOU FLY IT r i ! i ? w a vi - a wit . &..i... y -l -1 , inn inini ruf il been wary. "They are probably afraid it will be critical at a time when budget cuts are causing low morale," he said. "There is no reason for anyone to be worried or offended. The information is upbeat opinion." Lawson also said the guide had a positive approach. "It will not be about class slashing and professor bashing," she said. Gillian Cell, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, said she didn't know much about the guide because she had not seen it. The one question in my mind is whether the guide reflects the view of only a few students, because it could be unfair and damaging," she said. The information in the guide is based on a survey of 300 to 350 students and includes articles on departments by students majoring in those areas. Kathleen Benzaquin, associate dean of students, said she favored the idea of the guide because she could review it from two perspectives. "As an adviser to student govern ment, I commend them for getting this information out because it is hard at a big university. "As an academic adviser, I would refer students to the guide. If it ends up being as productive as Bill (Hildebolt) anticipates, it will be a valuable tool of information," she said. Hildebolt said there was a definite need for a class information source. A similar guide at Harvard University is very popular, Hildebolt said, and it gave him the idea to create one at UNC. "The way I look at it, after four years of school, I want to put everything in it (the guide) that I needed to know as a freshman that I didn't even know I needed to know," he said. "It will be like a lot of grapevines coming together, so everyone can hear what's going on. The guide will be a bonus for professors because a positive review will give the incentive to teach well." The guide also will be entertaining, including some columns from former Daily Tar Heel columnist Ian Williams, Hildebolt said. The guide eventually may expand to include food and resi dence hall reviews, he said. The effect of the guide this spring probably will be small, but in the future its impact should increase, he said. This semester, some departments were omitted from the guide because there were not enough resources. "I hope someday it will be really successful and that students will use the gu ide as the primary source for classes," Hildebolt said. 3 students treated for knife wounds after fl ght i3 By THOMAS HEALY Staff Writer Chapel Hill police are continuing their investigation of a fight behind a fraternity house Wednesday morning that left three University students with knife wounds. One of the victims was sent home until next week because of a large cut on his neck. Police planner Jane Cousins said Thursday . investigators had not yet identified four of the people involved in the incident, but she said they were described as black males. Scott Howard, a sophomore from Fayetteville, and Jonathan Reppucci, a sophomore from Charlottesville, Va., both received minor cuts, and Christo pher Rice, a freshman from Southern Pines, received a larger cut on his neck that required about 60 stitches. Howard said the three were walking from the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity house on Columbia Street through the back yard of the Phi Gamma Delta house on Cameron Avenue when they saw four men standing in a darkened path. Howard said the four males started making antagonizing comments, say ing things like, "You better be moving on," to which the three students re sponded they didn't want any trouble. One of the four men then confronted Howard and swung at him, prompting Reppucci to "deck" him, Howard said. A fight broke out among the seven men, and when it had ended, Howard and Reppucci noticed that they were cut and that Rice was cut in the neck and "completely splattered in blood." The three students went to a nearby fraternity house, where they attended to Rice and called an ambulance and po lice. Howard and Reppucci were treated at the scene, and Rice was taken to University Hospitals for treatment until he was released later Wednesday. Howard would not comment on whether he, Reppucci or Rice would press charges if the four men were iden tified and located. He said their actions largely would depend on what Rice wanted, since Rice was injured seri ously. Rice is at home in Southern Pines recovering and will return to school Tuesday, Howard said. FRIDAY 2 p.m.: Career Planning and Placement Services will hold Job Hunt 101: Basic information on how to use the UCPPS Office for seniors and graduate students in 210 Hanes. 2:45 p.m.: UCPPS will hold Job Hunt 1 02: Resume writing workshop for seniors and graduate students in 210 Hanes. ITEMS OF INTEREST Carolina Tar Heel Voices is now holding audi tions for the upcoming year. We are a mixed a capella choral group who love to sing and have fun. Sign-up sheet available at the Union desk. Auditions are Sept. 4-6. Carolina Cheerleading Tryouts are on Sept. 4 from 7-9 p.m. in Fetzer Gymnastics Room. Come put your athletic skills to good use. Umstead Committee of the Campus Y will be in the Pit II a.m.-l p.m. from now until Wednesday, Sept. 5 to answer students' questions about volun teering. Student Health Service announces that a Diabetes Educational Group is now forming. Call 966-6562 for informationregistration. The Dialectic and Philanthropic Societies. UNC's oldest student organizations, will hold a reception for " itbi J fJiJ The end of summer doesn't have to be a total bummer. I mean, before you know it, you'll be back with all those cool Tarheels you ve been missing. And if you connect your new phone service at the RightTouch Center, you can get together that much sooner. Hey, it's no sweat. As soon as you get to cam pus, just drop by the RightTouch Center in the Frank Porter Graham Student Union or Granville Towers West and say hello to your phone service. Here's all you do: 1) Decide what day you want your service connected. If you come by Monday through Friday before 3 p.m., you can have your service connected that same day. 2) Give us your new school address. y ' " ' I S5K I ml L 1 u ft 3) Decide on your long distance carrier. And to give your old wallet a break, when you connect your service using RightTouch Center, you'll save $10.25 on the service connection. RightTouch Center is so awesome, you can even use it to order Custom Calling services like Call Waiting, Call Forwarding, Speed Calling and Three-way Calling. You can make payment arrange ments or get information on your bill or disconnect your service, anytime throughout the year. RightTouch Center makes it easy to really get it together this fall. T RhlTbuch Center Southern Bell EE g. 1990 Southern Bell. persons interested in joining on Sunday , Sept. 1 6 from 2-4 p.m. in the Phi Chamber, top floor of New East Hall. Play Makers Repertory Company will open its 1 5ih season with "You Never Can Tell," Sept. 1 2-Oct. 7 at the Paul Green Theatre. For informal ion call 962 PLAY. UCPPS announces that the Foreign Service Writ ten Exam will be held on Oct. 27. Deadline for receipt of application is Sept. 21. Applications are available in 21 1 Hanes. Alpha Phi Omega Service Fraternity will have its fall informal rush at 6 p.m., Sept. 4 in rooms 205-206 of the Union. We welcome all interested people. We are socially serious and seriously social. Health from page 1 versity, he said. "Private practitioners may charge as much as $75-$ 1 00 an hour for psycho therapy services; therefore, these stu dents need this coverage in their health insurance policies," Cansler said. Students said the kind of coverage is not the only problem. The policies are not comprehensive enough when com pared to the cost of the premiums, they said. Blue CrossBlue Shield's yearly premium is $682, and Ultra 7's yearly premiums are $300 for those students under 25 years old and $420 for older students. "The Blue CrossBlue Shield cover age for an extended stay at a hospital is terrible," Stahl said. Blue CrossBlue Shield pays $ 1 10 a day plus 80 percent of the balance of the semi-private room rate. Students and their spouses must pay SHS fees to receive any benefits, he said. Hill said UNC's Blue CrossBlue Shield policy is more expensive than the one offered at N.C. State University. "The Blue CrossBlue Shield policy offered by N.C. State costs $506 a year, but the policy differs in its coverage and benefits from the policy adopted by UNC," he said. The Blue CrossBlue Shield policy at UNC pays for all lab work and X-rays; however, the policy at NCSU covers only 80 percent of those same charges, he said. The two policies differ in their cov erage of catastrophic sickness or illness (Major-Medical costs), Hill said. NCSU's policy pays 80 percent of any Major-Medical cost up to $100,000; UNC's policy pays 80 percent of Major Medical expenses up to $2,500 after the patient has paid $100, then it pays 100 percent for any accident or illness up to $100,000, Hill said. Don Roberts, director of NCSU's International Center, said that a pur chaser of health insurance could expect to get what he paid for. "They're getting more for their money (at UNC)," Rob erts said. Universities are torn in many direc tions while trying to find the best cov erage at the lowest price, he said. Cansler said many of the interna tional students don't understand that U.S. health insurance is expensive. "Most international students have little understanding of the tremendous cost of health insurance in this country," he said. Blue CrossBlue Shield premiums have increased by 43 percent this year, Cansler said. Hill said the cost of health insurance in this country is escalating because insurance companies are having to cover a large percentage of their clients. "Last year two-thirds of the students filed under Blue CrossBlue Shield received payments ranging from $ 1 0 to $ 1 5,000," he said. Health insurance coverage up to and exceeding $100,000 is a necessity, Hill said. "Last year, five different claims in excess of $100,000 were filed from students enrolled at East Carolina Uni versity, Duke, UNC and N.C. State." Stahl said graduate students do not make enough money to afford hospital medical costs for an extended period because the policies offered by the Uni versity do not pay enough. Hill said the student coverage of fered by Blue CrossBlue Shield is sig nificantly cheaper than comparable policies available for non-students "A premium of $960 a year is a realistic figure for a 25-year-old male in this category," he said.
Daily Tar Heel (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Aug. 31, 1990, edition 1
2
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75