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Copyright The Daily Tar Heel 1982
Serving the students and the University community since 1893
Volume SpC Issue 4
Thursday, September 2, 1982
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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By DAVID LAMBERTH
Staff Writer
Nicholas Graham, a library science graduate stu
dent from England, faces eventual deportation
from the United States because of his failure to
comply with a University policy.
If he does not buy the health insurance policy re
quired by the University prior to matriculation or
receive an exemption, he will not be able to regis
ter. He would then lose his status as a student and
be required to leave the country in no more than 60
days from the time of his arrival.
According to U.S. Immigration laws, interna
tional students must have adequate health in
surance, said Jill Bulthuis, director of the UNC In
ternational Center. Only in the last three years has
the University required that international students
buy its recommended health insurance plan, cur
rently Blue CrossBlue Shield.
The one exception to that regulation is given to
foreign students who are sponsored by a group
such as the Agency for International Development
or Rotary International, Bulthuis said. The spon
soring groups are considered responsible to assure
that their students are covered. There are some 375
international students at UNC.
Graham's problems with purchasing the re
quired plan, which costs $315.60 a year, is that he
has already purchased a health insurance policy
elsewhere. His coverage, through the leading
health insurer in England the Ensleigh In
surance Service of Britain pays benefits up to
20,000 pounds (approximately $40,000). Blue
CrossBlue Shield pays up to $20,000 in benefits.
Graham's policy also states that the insurer is not
liable to pay any benefits if the insuree is doubly
insured.
"I'm being asked to pay $315 for the privilege of
more than halving my health insurance," Graham
said.
The requirement that foreign students must buy
the recommended health insurance plan came as a
result of the tragic experiences of some students
who did not comprehend the high cost of medical
care in this country, Bulthuis said.
"One case representing this was a student who
became ill and in the hospital for some time before
ultimately dying," said James Cansler, associate
vice chancellor for student affairs. "An enormous
medical bill was accrued."
Cansler pointed out another difference in the
case of American and international students '
most students have the support of their families
nearby to meet their immediate needs while inter
national students do not have that support.
Cansler addressed the question of why adequate
policies could not be accepted from students. "In a
rush of some 200 students, how can the question
of what is adequate be addressed?
"If health insurance is required, the level of
coverage becomes substantially important," he
said. "The director of the international center does
not have time to acquaint herself with all the dif
ferent companies (that might' be represented in the
students' policies)." There would be problems get
ting claims from an agency located in another
country, he said. :
The UNC Student Health Service's Insurance
Board Committee currently is considering requir
ing mandatory health insurance of all students at
the University. Presently students have an option
to buy the University's recommended policy, have
their own policy, or have no coverage.
"If this goes into effect, the form it might take is
that students would have to take initiative to 'opt
out' (of buying the University's recommended
plan) instead of signing up for it as it is now,"
Cansler said. -
An expert on health insurance policies would
have to be involved in deciding whether students
with adequate coverage should be allowed to buy
the policy.
That same sort of system could have saved
money and hassles for many international students
this year, had it been in effect. The University is
considering something of this nature for interna
tional students next year, Cansler said.
"In the same way that we trust a sponsoring
agency about health insurance for their sponsored
student, there might be (or ought to be) some
agency which does the same for international stu
dents," Cansler said. "If such an agency (with a.
relationship to the University) said they had an
adequate policy, that would be sufficient."
Such an arrangement would alleviate the man
datory requirement to buy the University's recom
mended plan, yet maintain the desired level of
coverage. Cansler noted that Jill Bulthuis was ac
tively exploring that possibility for the next
academic year.
The only possible requirement other than
specific levels of coverage would be that the
foreign insuring company would have to have of
fices in the United States (so that it would be ac
cessible for court claims), Cansler said.
Janice Lester, a second-year graduate student
from South Africa, found herself in the same posi
tion as Graham this year at registration. Although
her insurance was never questioned a year ago, she
was told she could not register until she bought the
insurance plan. She was eventually granted an ex
emption though she is not a sponsored student.
Her insurance, a joint policy with her husband
through Northwestern University, is held by a
United States company.
Step 'up 9 to college
disastrous for some
By LYNN PETTHMAN
Assistant Managing Editor
For many students, the transition from
high school to college life b a smooth one.
But for others, it is a frightening step down
from popularity at a small high school to
relative obscurity as one of 22,000 students
at UNC.
Most college students go through a
period of readjustment and re-evaluation
of themselves at the beginning of their col
lege career. Nancy Jones (not her real
name), a senior from Rocky Mount, has
had a tough time of it.
-T triink-that -happens to a lot -of
people," said Sherry Stuckey, assistant
director of the University Counseling
Center's Outreach program at UNC.
No matter how high an achiever a per
son was in high school, there are going to
be a lot of people who turn out to be
"mediocre" compared to everyone else,
especially when considering the quality of
students at UNC, Stuckey said.
"A lot of people go through a period of
losing their identity" in college, she said.
They do not have the activities they had in
high school. "They're stripped of
everything that's been a part of their self
image." "Not everyone graduates sixteenth (of
581) in their class and flunks out' Jones
said with a bitter laugh.
In her first semester at UNC, she failed
a course. Last year she came close to fail
ing school, with only a year left to start in
the Pharmacy School. "After I flunked
Chem(istry) 11,1 realized I wasn't invinci
ble," she said. "I had never flunked
anything before. I probably could've pass
ed that course. I didn't go to class and I
didn't study," she said.
"I guess it really didn't hit me. I never
sat down and looked at myself and said,
'What are you doing right? What are you
doing wrong? What do you want to
change?' I guess I should have."
Jones' self-image was low her freshman
year, and she was not doing well
academically. "I didn't think it was going
to be harder than high school. I was taking
accelerated classes. I was real involved in
, high school and I thought I was going to
be involved up here."
What's tough coming from high school
to college, she said, is that "you feel like
you want to be involved, to be
somebody. ... I went everywhere and met
everyone," which was a big step for her
since she had been shy in high school.
"It's tough to come up here and be
nobody." She was groping for something,
she said, and her school work suffered.
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By LYNDA THOMPSON
Staff Writer
A lot of people go from a small town
and school to a large school, such as UNC,
to be somebody. '
"The first very critical time is after they
(students) start college," said Kandi Stin
son, a graduate student and former in
structor of the course Family and Society.
"That is something. . .that is going to
cause anxiety, some re-evaluation," she
said. "They ask themselves 'do they
belong here? Why did they come here?
regardless of where they came from."
Once at college, Jones said, people are
"growing up, and making your own deci
sions and being responsible for yourself.
You become a little more responsible. It
comes kinda quick."
Another UNC student undergoing such
a self-examination is Beth Parolari, a
sophomore from Charlotte. She was a
music major, wanting to incorporate
piano, music and education.
"And I still do in a way. It's a change
within me. The grades are fine. I was do
ing just as well as anybody, but the dedica
tion wasn't there," she said.
Her first semester at UNC, she practiced
her music every night until 10, came home,
went to bed and rarely went out. "I just
wasn't strong enough to handle all that
stuff. I went through a period of depres
sion. Now I feel locked in."
But she is going to start over.
"I though the only way to find out if I
wanted it was to get away from it. I knew
the decision wouldn't come like that," she
said, snapping her fingers, "but I knew I
had to try it."
Parolari said she feels it is important to
get involved in things and "not lock
yourself in the practice room. And next
semester I'm going to take advantage of
things." She was an orientation counselor
this year and wants to get involved in other
student activities.
Jones has taken some time out to decide
if the route she has chosen is really for her.
After she flunked out of the Pharmacy
School, "I made tentative career
decisions." She still wants to be a phar
macist, but she wants to do other things
too.
People are important to her. "There are
so many opportunities for sitting and talk
ing to people you can learn so much.
Spending time with people and having
friends that's what keeps you sane,"
she said laughing.
When she came to college, her mother
told her: 'Now be careful. College isn't
hard. It's college life that's hard."
"You do whatever the hell you want,"
the senior said. "That's an adjustment and
that's what's hard."
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Chapel Hill officials and UNC student represen
tatives met twice last month to discuss a joint effort in
enforcing the town's alcohol and noise ordinances.
The meetings, which included Student Body Presi
dent Mike Vandenbergh, Town Relations Committee
Chairman Frank Hirsch, Chapel Hill Mayor Joe
Nassif , Police Chief Herman Stone and Major Arnold
Gold of the Chapel Hill Police Department, brought
no official changes. Hirsch called the meetings "an at
tempt to iron out town policies concerning alcohol and
noise ordinances."
"At first we thought it was becoming a dictatorial
situation, but that's not the case at all," Hirsch said of
the town's recent crackdown on illegal drinking.
"This is not a case of the cops versus the students.
There has been a very cooperative atmosphere," he
said. ,
At one of the meetings the police asked for coopera
tion and the same kind of commitment from the
school that was shown last year. Gold said.
Vandenbergh said the need to inform students was
stressed at the meetings.
"I intend to help spread the word of the
ordinances," he said. "Student Government is trying
to serve two roles: First, we want to protect students
by providing information on the ordinances. Second,
we plan to work with the town council."
Student Government is planning to publish a pam
phlet concerning the ordinances for the students.
Along with that information, Hirsch said there will
be efforts to inform students about the laws concern
ing drunk driving.
"Students need to be ready for a crackdown on
drunk drivers," Hirsch said. "Police will not have
sympathy for these people. They will be prosecuted for
.10 (the legal intoxication level)."
In a meeting with Nassif, Vandenbergh suggested
that it would be in the best interests of the town if the
police issued warnings to first-time offenders of the
alcohol ordinance. He said he felt this was necessary
because enforcement laws change from year to year.
Vandenbergh said the mayor responded positively.
"As I said earlier, the police will not give
warnings," Gold said.
"People who violate the public consumption or
dinance will be given a citation a citation like the
one given for running a red light."
Gold said that since Aug. 19, 31 people have receiv
ed citations for public consumption. Four underage
drinkers were also caught, but riot charged. A fifth .
underage drinker was caught with possession of drugs.
."Arrests have decreased," Gold said. "We hope it's
because people have decided to comply with the law."
Vandenbergh said Nassif expressed his concerned
with underage drinkers.
Hirsch said the town council was concerned with
underage drinkers and with the reputation of Chapel
Hill.
"It's great for the University to be called the drink
ing capital, but they (town council) don't wanl the
town to have that reputation," he said. "I also think
it's politically popular to be against it."
"High school students can become anonymous,
especially during rush parties at fraternities and
sororities. In the past, bars have not been diligent in
carding, and high school students have been abl to get
in," Hirsch said.
Vandenbergh warned that people responsible for
dorm parties should be aware of underage high school
students. He said campus parties should be regulated,
but should not have to card or have undercover police
attend.
Hirsch said recent actions with underage drinkers
have scared local restaurant and bar owners.
"You practically have to have gray hair before they
won't card you," he said.
Gold said some bars have called the police when
they discovered using a driver's license that has been
tampered with or that belongs to someone else.
He said one person has been charged with using a
friend's license and the person loaning the license was
caught. Another person has been charged with altering
the license date.
"Through education and talking with people, we
hope to inform them about ordinances. If that doesn't '
work, the police must use enforcement," Gold said.
Labor Day
auto deaths
expected
By TAMMY DAVIS
Staff Writer
The Carolina Motor Club in Charlotte
has projected that 18 automobile-related
fatalities will occur state-wide over the
78-hour Labor Day weekend.
This figure compares with the fatality
rate of 16 persons killed in automobile ac
cidents over the same period last year , A.
Dr. John Trader III, president of the
Motor Club, said the club predicted the 18
deaths would occur in 14 accidents, while
895 additional people would suffer bodily
injuries in a total of 1,480 accidents on
North Carolina streets and highways bet
ween 6 p.m. Friday and midnight Mon
day. "Labor Day weekend ends summer
vacation and signals the return of normal
routine for families," Frazier said. "This
means kids are returning to school and
adults are concentrating on getting back to
work."
Frazier said that statistically, Labor Day
is the third most deadly holiday of the
seven during the year. "Thanksgiving and
Christmas have consistently averaged
higher fatality rates over the last 12 years,"
he said.
"The purpose in mak
ing this prediction is to
make people aware of
the dangers...."
Dr. John Frazier III
Motor Club President
Frazier said in the past the club predic
tions have been accurate within one or two
deaths.
"Our predictor, Jane Hartsel, has been
doing this for years and has been con
sistently accurate," he said.
Frazier added that if a person is injured
in a car accident during the weekend and
dies within 30-90 days, the death counts on
the Labor Day fatality total.
"The purpose in making this prediction
is to make people aware of the dangers this
weekend (to motorists). We want to make
people more safety conscious," Frazier
said.
Lt. Arnold Rector, public information
officer for the Traffic Safety Division of
the State Highway Patrol, said Labor Day
is one of the state's most dangerous driv
ing holidays.
"It's the last long weekend of summer.
People will try to stretch more mileage (in
to a trip) than they should," Rector said.
Rector said he believed there would be a
criss-cross of traffic between the beach and
the mountains this weekend. Certain
highways will be designated as Combine
Accident Reduction Effort highways, he
said.
"This effort will increase the visibility of
' troopers to discourage violators. We'll be
looking for speeders and drinking
drivers," Rector said.
Rector said that drinking is naturally
more noticeable on weekends, especially
on holiday weekends. Most driving under
the influence arrests take place during
weekend travel from Friday afternoon to
Sunday evening, he said.
"Combined with the extension of travel
this weekend, this may result in more traf
fic accidents," Rector said.
Rector advised motorists to drive within
the speed limit, allow proper time for
travel, stay alert and drive defensively.
"You have to watch out for the other
driver," he warned.