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SHIC urges required
student health plan
B\ Brian Blur h
Emerald Assoc i.ite Editor
lacing drastic. premium
hikes and dwindling lieneiits
the Student I le.dlli Insuranc e
( nintnitlee responded In on
going i lies tin allurdahle iie.11111
i are I'ridas u illi a i all for man
dator\ ASl’O insuranc e uiver
age for .ill students
The i I dec isinn to recnm
mend to the I ni vei sits admin
istration a mandatory ASIA)
health insurance requirement
III! the 1 tl‘10 u 1 si 111 II >1 year
i .uni' at the end iit a heated
SIIK! meeting called tu e\am
me solutions to the i m renth
troubled insurant:e program
The four committee members
w Im voted in tavcir ol the re
quii'ement maintained th.it a
mandators enrollment policy
would reduce' student premi
unis while me leasing benelits
The ret (iinmentlatitin w ill In
passed on In the t'niversits ad
ministration lur t tinsiileratiiin
and a final dei isinn will be
made sometime in April or
May
\bcuit I atlll students i us
ered under this year's optional
plan are fat mg rate hikes ol up
to 1(U) pert ent. ini leasing tie
dm tildes and lower c Inim pay
outs from insuranc e i an ier I he
Prudential t o
Prudential nltii nils maintain
the premium hikes are due to
flight'i numbers id t laims com
pared Iti int culling premiums
We processed more claims
than we received in premiums
during the last two soars, said
( and \ess man. Pi udential at
count executive We couldn't
covet nui expenses tor the at
i mini .it .ill
\ml\ ('lark i iiiiiiiiilln’ mein
Imm ,iih) AM '() piesident said
tlir mandators rr(|uiri>nii,iil
would i rente a l.ii vl<T funding
pool, thus lowering .uni stain
li/.mg iho i.ilos and on leasing
i overage
II wi' i an oiler an insiiraiu e
i ompanv 1(H) pori ml partii ipa
lion bv 17.lillll students lilt'll I
i an guarantee premiums of ol
S.HIU a seat (single sludenll
I lark said "One hundred per
i enl ASl I) insiiraiu e will gisr
us the cheapest premiums and
I lie best (OS el age
In addilion he and AM ( )
v it e president and i omnullee
i li.lirman Si oil U sc kotl main
tallied dial a universal insur
am ■- requirement i mild eventu
alls eliniinale the insur.on e
i airier (.ompanv and permit
c onlrol ol the program solids al
the I niversitv level
As ss e ini rease our mini
hers we in< rease onr input
VVvi koll said U e will no
longer he al the inert s ol I’i ii
deutial
Some who favored the re
qtiirement also stressed the
need for spreading the cost ol
insurant.e over a greater mini
hel of Students latliei ill.Ill al
lowing a higher finani lal bur
den lo fall on student parents
those ssilh families and foreign
students who are required lo
i alls the poll! s
I Ins is a soi i.tl problem sve
all lai e and sse should spiead
the expense said one student
al the meeting
I he ( ommitlee i hose the mu
sersal ASl I ) reqmremeiil over
two other options that would
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ABA claims spark fee hike
for incoming law students
By Chris Bouneff
Emerald Associate Editor
The University's law school has responded to concerns
from the American Bar Association by charging higher fees
for incoming law students to pay for improvements in the law
program.
The ABA threatened in October to revoke the law
school's accreditation because of low funding and gave ad
ministrators until Dec. 1 to respond to ABA concerns
Among the ABA's concerns were the law library budget
faculty pay levels and the lar k of an externship program,
where students work fora community law firm
“The increase in fees will generate revenue, and the rev
enue will be maintained in the budget of the law’ school."
said Maurice Holland, law school dean.
Holland. University Provost Norman Wessells and repre
sentatives from the Oregon Slate System of Higher Education
have been meeting since the October letter from the ABA to
draft a response to the problems raised in that letter
Holland said the fee hike was one short-term method of
providing additional funding to address the ABA's concerns
over computer equipment and the library budget
University and law school administrators w ill decide dur
ing the normal budgetary process this spring which programs
the additional funds will go into. Wessells said.
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Rolling up the welcome mat
Hie I 'nivcrsin s plan l<> t in hack enrtdlmenis has led to fewer
international students on campus ami tlieir numbers may continue to
shrink in disproportionate numbers.
Bv Denise l littnn
finer aid \ssoi i.ite Flfilor
( ills iiits t uts It seems like evervlliing li.is l.iken its turn .it
tlii' I hriverstlv s chopping him k
puitire departments sin li .is gerontology .mil religious studies
huve been plat eil on the line I ni idly positions li.ive nut been
lllletl .mil many ( lass sei lions li.ive disappeared
Ami students base been i lit troni the I uiversits .is well Xitel
bill tel III 1 <IMH u lien tile I lli versit \ S enroll llielll tipped the s( .lies
.it more tli.in IH >00. tbe administration .innuunied it would i lit
tlie number nl students down to ,ibout 1C itttt tIn* I nisersil\ s olfi
i i<iI maximum ( aji.n its
I'lie plan is to i til >00 students e.n b sear during 1'IM‘i and
!<)«((I sii the optimum enrollment level i ould be reached bs tall
I‘too Hut to i ill enrollment bs .">00 students, tin- admissions oil it e
lias to re|e< t more than I >00 ipialdied applu ants
bills tall till' admissions nttu e denied eniollmelit to 1 000 po
tential freshmen and transfer students ()l these too svere (fregou
residents and I ,t>oo ss eni out ol state and inlet national students
III addition between tall I0HM and lall HO svblle the >00 stu
dents ss ere trimmed (a I pert ent de< linel international student en
rollment dropped bs I > percent to l.liti.t students Internallonal
students now make up only 7 pert.cut <>1 the total l'Diversity stu
dent population
\ .did ( aim crns
Audun Kunde Norwegian graduate student and the dtrei lor ol
tin' I'diversity . Association ol Norwegian Students Abroad said
Ills i oik erns about enrollment ( ills slmns Irom the alreads depict
ed Norwegian enrollment at the I 'Diversity
When I ss.is beie last tune in M"> getting ms b.n helm's de
gree there were user 100 Norwegian students he said N’oss
there are less Ilian t>0
I oin Mills director of international servii es partialis attri
butes this drop to ness highei reipiirements for international stu
dents partii ularls students from \orssas and ((real Britain
We re ar (nails gelling a belter-quality student than sse se
had in the past ' he said
But Kunde disagreed the ness standards caused the drop in en
rollment because most students don't think about it (studying
abroad) mill h until thus base the requirements anvssns
And Kunde warned the I 'uiversits s assumption tlial it i an at
trait higher quality international students through more stringent
requirements may be dangerous
"The l ’diversity must remember that people ss ho are ai i epted
here mas also be accepted somesvhere else like in (California
and everybody knows more about (California, or some famous' l ast
(Coast si hool he said And these people are more likels to go to
these other si bools
II the I 'Diversity gains a reputation in \orsvay of rejei ting a lot
of international students the really qualified Norwegian students
mas stop apply mg." Kunde said
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Life abroad
nets valued
experience
By Polly Campbell
Emerald Reporter
Despite distances f <>r
from home the t ool ()re
non weatlici and ,i foreign
i ulture. stmlenls (time
Iront .til over the globe to
study .it the I 'Diversity
One of the biggest
problems international
students experience is be
mg misunderstood said
Wiomi Tateishi. an inter
national studies senior
from Tokyo
llllt Tateishi S.ml pro
pie within her depart
nienl .ire always yvillmg
to help out
There have always
hern many students who
would help me hei ause
in the international stud
ies department, students
are interested in learning
about foreign countries
and cultures.' she said
t'ahad Al-Meiiky. a
graduate student from
Saudi Arabia. agrees
there are often misunder
standings about interna
tional students. but
through the help ot stu
dents and faculty no big
problems exist
"We have a great facul
tv that helps me to dcvel
op my schedule, help me
yy ith re scan h. and overall
they help me to develop
my skills. Al-Meliky
said.
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