Oregon DAILY EMERALD Monday. October I. I 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