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Oregon Daily Emerald’s athletes of the year See Page 7 Oregon Daily Emerald Monday, June 8, 1987 Eugene. Oregon Volume 88. Number 100 ASUO to offer a piece of the rock By Carolyn Umbenon Of the Kmmrald The ASUO Student Health Insurance Committee decided on Friday to choose Prudential Life Insurance as the carrier for the 1987-88 school year. The Prudential plan is being offered through the American College Health Association, said David Shackleton. chair man of the committee. The ACIIA set out to gel many of its member schools attracted to one main carrier, he added. Through this, the ASUO was given the opportunity to secure Prudential. Shackleton said. The decision to go with the Pruden tial ACIIA plan is still contingent on a bin ding agreement with the University ad ministration. according to a statement released by the committee on Friday. What the committee hopes to do is ensure student control of the program, said committee member and former ASUO Vice President Caitlin Cameron. ASUO President kasey Brooks hopes to have that agreement made by the end of this week, she said. Brooks and former ASUO President Steve Nelson (also a committee member) la-gin negotiations with Dan Williams, vice president for administration and Cerry Mosely. vice provost for student affairs today. Brooks added. ASIJO Insurance Coordinator Shirley Chase said the premium for single students will be about $246.00 I.ast year's premium was $216, but Chase attributes the increase to medical inflation. Every plan they harked at involved an increase, she added The benefits of the plan will lie basical ly the same as this year’s. Chase said The difference will occur at the student health center. Under the Prudential plan, many services provided at the health center will be paid 100 percent. This does not include preventive medicine and routine medical checkups, she said. Another added benefit will la* a reduc tion in student paperwork for cases treated at the health center. Chase said For most cases, a claim form will not l>e required, she said. The health center will bill Prudential directly. The exception to this is physical therapy perfomed at the health center, she added. A claim form for this and some treatments outside the health r enter w ill tie required. ‘‘Students are going to love this plan." Chase said. "I think the added benefits vmII make the plan attractive to students And the name Prudential will add credibility to the program." Turn to Insurance, Page I Grade point system set to change next fall By Chris Norred (M Ihr Knurr aid When tin- University begins computing the grade point averages on student report cards and transcripts next fall, pluses and minuses will count as three-tenths of a grade point. This year, students who receive a B plus. H. or It minus, accumulate a 3.00 grade >Hiint Next year, students who receive a B plus will have a 3.30 grade point, and students with a It minus will have a 2.70 grade point The changes are the result of faculty legislation passed in 1S7B, which called lor a University CI’A requirement for bachelor's degree recipients. Currently the University has no CPA requirement for a bachelor's degree. The "satisfactory work" requirements for a bachelor's degree are governed by the "percentage rules." which say students must pass 85 percent of University work with grades of A.B.C.D.P. And if the 85 |>er cent requirement is met. then 75 percent of all completed work must be passed with grades of A.B.C'.P. The "percentage rules" are difficult to understand and difficult to compute. Mid l!niv«rsity Registrar Herb Ghereck The GPA rules will Ik- easier to understand, he said. The 1R76 faculty directed the Universi ty Registrar to develop a simpler UI’A re quirement for a bachelor's degree. But the computer support necessary to revise all student records and keep track of each GPA was not available at that time Next fall, the "percentage rules" will tie changed to a simple 2.(Hi UFA require ment for a bachelor's degree. Professional schools may have tougher degree requirements. The cumulative GPA will lie included on students' transcripts and the UPA will ta int luded on report cards ouch term In calculating the GPA. the first 15 credits of "no-pass” grades will be excus ed After 15 credits of "no-pass” grades, each will count as an F in the calculation of GPA. Chereck said. The cumulative GPA will never lie recorded as more than a 4.00. he said But during the calculations. A plus grades will Turn to GPA, Page 3 Renovation begins Ihilt! Grace took a pick to the Huy ward Field truck following Satur day's l.ith annual I’refontuine Classic, the lust meet to be held on the truck's old surface. The truck's restoration, which began Sunday, was unofficially started after the meet by those involved with the renovation Photo by |ohn (>iustin<i Lane County officials gearing-up to accommodate Dead/Dylan fans By Laurie Schwartz IN tbr Imerald With ticket sales remaining brisk for the |uly 19 Grateful Dead Hob Dylan con cert ut Aut/.en Stadium. Eugene officials are gearing up for the influx of fans. Tickets went on sale on Friday, and the $21 general admission ticket cost hasn't deterred students. EMU Main Desk Manager Marsha Hudspeth said. Tickets an? expected to sell out. A total of 43.000 tickets have been printed, according to Marsha )ames Gluz. Mult Center ticket manager The Mult Center is coordinating the ticket sales. With a large crowd anticipated, coun ty officials are expecting thousands of concert-goers from out-of-town to bring tents and sleeping bags The last time the Grateful Dead played at Autzen Stadium. l«ane County spent $ 15.000 on clean-up after illegal campers invaded Alton Haker Park. Lane County Administrator |im Johnson said. This time the county will attempt to accommodate the campers — and perhaps even make some money from them. lame County will he taking bids from contractors to set up a temporary cam pground for an estimated 5,000 campers in Alton Haker Park. Johnson said. The contractor will charge cam pground fees, and will give a percentage of the revenue to Lane County. "The primary group that | think would have good experience and probably could handle it would be the folks who sponsor the Oregon Country l‘'uir. ” he said. The Country Fair is being held in Veneta on )ulv 10-12. Many fair-goers are expected to stay in the area for the Dylan/Dead concert. Although l.ane County owns Alton Hiikor Park, the City of Eugene's park rules are in effect there, including a rule against camping. City officials have agreed to pass an ordinance allowing camping in the park for one week at the time of the concert, Johnson said. The Eugene Police Department is con sidering its options for security at the event. Sgt. Tim McCarthy said. "We expect a tremendous influx and we expect a lot of extra problems that we don't normally have that week in sum mer." he said. McCarthy said he worked for the police department during the 1084 Crateful Dead concert at the Hull Center. "There was a real increase in some bizarre social behavior problems." he said. "There were flagrant violations of a number of the laws that were considered by the Deadheads to lx- irrelevant laws, fur instance, the use of marijuana and other narcotics. There wus a tremendous amount of drinking violations." lie said The last Crateful Dead concert on cam pus was in 1H7U at McArthur Court. The last time the group played at Autzun Stadium was in 1!I7H, according to Hunt llolsapple. manager of the Athletic Department's ticket office. The I lull (looter and its outlets will ac cept only cash and money orders for the tickets. The EMU will accept personal checks with a University I D. james-Cluz. who was working at the Unit Center when the Grateful Duad played there in and 1084, said the staff at the I full Center "had to deal with cpiite a few bounced checks." “We like them (the Crateful Dead) a lot. we really do." she said. "YYo have a good time. They're very nice people."
