Oregon
DAILY EMERALD
Monday. October I. I<W0
Kugcnc. Oregon
Volume 02. Issue 24
Briefly
In the spirit of interna
tional cooperation and
learning, nine Soviet en
vironmental scientists
and activists are in Eu
gene to explore shared
concerns about the envi
ronment.
The delegates from Ir
kutsk. Eugene's Soviet
sister city, arrived last
Tuesday and will bo
spending the next week
holding seminars, forums
and exploring the lakes
and forests of Oregon.
See story. Page 3
Irena klepfisz. an
aw ard-winning writer
and founder of a Jewish
peat e organization in
New York (lily, will he on
campus this week to read
from her two new books
and to deliver a talk on
the role of women in the
Palestinian-Israeli peace
movement
The readings will be
held Wednesday, first in
the EMI1 Maple Room at
-i p m and then at H p m
at Mother kali's Hook
store. 2001 Eranklin
Hlvd She will speak
Thursday at p m in
the EMI' Eir Room
See story. Page to
A hearing dealing with
amendments to nine Uni
versity rules concerning
skateboards, bicycles,
student directory infor
mation. child care and
contested student con
duct cases will he held
Tuesday. Oct. 2, in the
EMU Gumwood Room
See story, Page 11
Sports
Oregon's football team
used <i dominating defen
sive performance to upset
fourth-ranked Brigham
Young Saturday at Aut
zen Stadium. In front of a
split-national television
audience, the Ducks gave
Coach Rich Brooks what
he called “the biggest
win over a highly ranked
team I've ever had."
See story. Page 6
With a loss to Oregon
Saturday. Brigham Young
lost any chance it had of
winning a national cham
pionship. but players and
Coach laYell Kdwards
said they're more con
cerned with winning
their own Western Athlet
ic Conference.
See story. Page 16
Tying up Ty
Inside linebacker James Bautista sacks Brigham Young quarterback Ty Detmer
late in the third quarter fur one of five Oregon sacks on the day Detmer was also
intercepted five times as the Duck defense led the way in a 32-1(> upset ol the na
tion 's fourth-ranked team.
Photo by Soon Poston
insurance
enrollment
By Daralyn Trappe
Emerald Repoiler
While response to the now student
health insurance program is generally
positive, enrollment in the program has
decreased fit) percent since the same
time a year ago. said Cathy Curran,
ASIIO student health insurance office
director ami Sheila Shekel. ASl't) co
president.
Changes in the policy, previously un
derwritten by Prudential and now un
derwritten by All-American Life Insur
ance Co., Include an increase in cost
and an increase in maximum benefits.
The deductible remains the same as
does the benefit payment level
The cost of ASUO insurance for an in
dividual student is now $525 (an in
crease of Stiff over last year), but the
most dramatic increase is In the cost of
insuring a dependent. This year, the to
tal price for a student and one depen
dent is $1,829. an increase of $457 over
last year. The cost to a student with two
or more dependents is $:tHt> higher at
$2,208.
That increase has some students an
gry. said Diane Kail, president of the
Graduate Teaching Fellowship Fodera
lion.
"Many of them are very, very con
cerned about the cost." she said.
The price increase has been attributed
to dependents, especially children, hav
ing more claims than the student. Cur
ran said
"Parents lend to take their child to
the doctor more frequently than they
would themselves," she said,
Craduate Teaching Fellows have their
own insurance plan, through Preferred
Health Northwest, however, and the
cost is substantially lower than ASUO
insurance
Kau said there are two main reasons
the GTF policy is offered at a lower cost.
Fnrollment in the plan is subject to
approval, so the company can screen
people it does not want to insure, al
though nearly 98% were accepted last
year.
Turn to INSURANCE. Page 9
Education must be pnonty, speaker says
By Peter Cogswell
Emerald Associate Editor
The world is a house in
which everyone has to co-in
habit. said the president of the
World Confederation of Organi
zations of the Teaching Profes
sion Friday at the University's
ninth annual Convocation Cere
mony.
"We have now inherited a
house,” said Mary Hatwood
Futrell. former president of the
National Education Associa
tion. "We need to figure out
how to make this house a
home.”
Kutrell's speech, entitled
"Are We Ready for the 21st
Century?.” focused on whether
or not education will adequate
ly prepare today's students for
the future
Futrell tells audience that caring for
children will ensure nation’s future
“It is an essential prerequi
site to make sure teachers of
America accept this chal
lenge.” she said. "Students
need to Ik; exposed to courses
that enhance global under
standing
"The teachers of tomorrow
must be willing to prepare chil
dren for a smaller world in
which competition won’t just
live in the U.S. but also
throughout the world."
Futrell said she is grateful
she had teachers that prepared
her for a world they did not
know could be. These teachers
enabled her to do the things
that she would want to do later
in life.
" the message is very sim
plo,” Futrell said. "You don’t
know what the future holds so
take advantage of what you
have now. The world is a labo
ratory,"
If teachers are to adequately
prepare students for the future,
she said, it is necessary to make
sure that they have the oppor
tunity to learn from one anoth
er.
Futrell said today's adults
have a responsibility for the
sake of the world's children.
"The future of America and
the world is not in business,
but in the classrooms around
the world." she said. "The
business of education is busi
Mary Hatwocd Futrell
ness. Business and the univer
sity must work closer than they
Turn to FUTRELL, Page 15