2—The Daily Collegian Thursday, Sept 6,1684
GSA to study student health plan
By ROBERT P. KING
Collegian Staff Writer
Skyrocketing costs and a growing deficit have
prompted the Graduate Student Association to re-eval
uate its graduate student health insurance program,
the GSA president said..
Jeff Dooling said GSA asked Director of Personnel
Services Jim Wagner to look into various options for
altering or replacing the Blue Cross/Blue Shield policy
GSA offers to graduate students and their families.
According to an information sheet supplied by GSA,
the health care plan provides coverage for health
related expenses such as hospitalization, doctors' fees,
office visits and prescription drugs.
GSA Executive Secretary Lauren Miller said the
association serves as a liaison between the graduate
students and Capitol Blue Cross in Harrisburg. Grad
uate students apply for the policy at GSA's office in 305
Kern and can obtain their claim forms there.
Dooling said rates for the policy have been going
"through the roof" in recent years.
For example, he said the per-semester rate for basic
coverage for a single graduate student has risen from
about $25 in 1980 to $96.03 this year.
The rate for the same policy for a family is $344.88,
with dental and maternity care at additional cost,
Dooling said.
Dooling said one reason for the rising rates is that
students tend to pick up the coverage when they
anticipate major medical expenses. After the expenses
are paid they often drop the policy.
This is a particular problem with maternity cover
age. Students or their wives have been known to pick
up the coverage when they are eight months pregnant,
Dooling said.
Such practices have led to a $lBO,OOO deficit for 1983-
84, Dooling said.
To correct the problem, GSA is taking measures
such as making new policy-holders wait nine months
for coverage for prediagnosed conditions, including
pregnancy, Dooling said.
Also, GSA is raising the portion of the health cost that
must be paid by the patient and is encouraging interna
tional students to take advantage of insurance policies
created especially for students from foreign countries.
Jim Lynch, senior assistant director of the Office of
International Students, said these policies are cheaper
and provide much the same coverage as GSA's pro
gram.
He said the office merely provides information about
the policies, which have been approved by the National
Association for Foreign Student Affairs, of which OIS
is a member. •
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Although international students tend to have a great
er need for health care, because of stress due to
changes in climate and diet, their policies are less
expensive because the companies are able to treat
international students across the country as a group
and thus work from a larger base.
Wagner said he was asked by Dooling in August to
help GSA work out its health insurance problems.
"The basic question is what kind of a plan do we
have, and are we getting a good value for our dollar.
My initial reaction is that yes, we are," Wagner said.
`The basic question is what kind
of a plan do we have, and are we
getting a good value for our
dollar.'
—Jim Wagner, director of personnel
services
Wagner said the main reason for the rising cost of the
plan is inflation.
"Most of us working in health care are set back by
the sobering effect of inflation," he said. "I don't
believe the health plan has suffered much more of an
effect than the national statistics indicate, it's just a
fact of life. I wish it were different."
Changes in the plan design may include raising the
front-end deductible, the part of the plan that is paid by
the patient, Wagner said. This would keep costs of the
policy down while providing coverage for catastrophic
illnesses.
However, he emphasized he will not be able to make
any recommendations until the end of September at
the earliest.
"It's just too early to tell what we'll do," Wagner
said.
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Wagner said he does not anticipate recommending a
plan to leave Blue Cross/Blue Shield.
"They've given us a good value for the money. The
options we're really looking at are for changing the
plan design rather than switching carriers," Wagner
said.
Dooling said he is hoping the University will step
forward and lake control of the insurance program.
"GSA is trying to do a lot of things that might not be
our job," Dooling said.
Although the University is helping GSA with its
health insurance problems, Dooling said he would like
the University to "take some responsibility to take it
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Help wanted:
Women's Resource Center seeks volunteer counselors
By TIM EYSTER
Collegian Staff Writer
People interested in helping women
cope with traumatic situations may
now apply for the fall volunteer train
ing program of the Centre County
Women's Resource Center, the out
reach coordinator for the center said
yesterday. •
Teri Locacio said the training will
include an orientation to the center
and its services and education on
issues such as domestic violence,
sexual assault, women's health is
sues, legal concerns and minority
women's concerns.
The training program meets the
standards set by both the Pennsylva
nia Coalition Against Domestic Vio
lence and the Pennsylvania Coalition
Against Rape, Locacio said.
Upon successful completion of the
program, trainees receive certifica
tion as domestic violence/sexual as
sault volunteer counselors.
Anyone interested may obtain an
application at the center, in Room 210
of 111 Sowers St. from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Monday through Friday, Locacio
said.
Applications are due tomorrow,
although the deadline could be ex
tended if the class is not filled by
then, she said.
After successfully completing the
training program, Locacio said, per
sons will be able .to perform the
following services for the center:
Learning about yourself, dealing with problems, and growing with the
changes in your life are important parts of the Penn State experience.
Center for Counseling and Psychological ServiceS (CAPS)
invites you to consider joining a group
The following groups
.will be offered to full-time students
during the Fall Semester: •
I. Relationships Learning to handle various difficulties, such as conflicts with peers, intimates,
parents or other authorities; break-ups; loneliness, etc. Offered at various times.
Reduction Learning to relax and examining beliefs and feelings in order to effectively
a variety of stressful situations. Tues., 2:30-4:00 P.M.. wed., 3:35-4:45 P.M., Thurs., 2:30-
2. Stress
handle
4:00 I'.
3. Weight Control Readiness Dealing with altitudes. beliefs. and feelings related to being
overweight so as to more effectively participate in various weight control programs. Fri., 10:15-11:45
A.M.
4. Bulimarexia Readiness lcientifying emotional and personal patterns related to hinging and
weight reduction as a first step in dealing with these problems. Wed.. 3:30-5:00 P.M.
5. Bulimarexia Focusing on problem eating patterns and the personal/emotional concerns that
accompany hinging and weight reduction. Wed., 7:00:13:30 P.M.
6. Bulimarexia, Self-control Behavioral self-control for dealing NA , ith problems of hinging and weight
reduction. Tues.. 2:30-4:00
7. Art of Friendship Building Learning to make, deepen, and sustain friendship's by examining
blocks and learning communication skills. Tues., 2:30-3:45 P.M. • •
8. Heating the Clock with Time Management Focus on strategies to better planning and
managing time pressures. or dealing with procrastination. Tues.. 2:30-3:45 P.M.
9. Perfectionism: Fear of Being Human Focus on measuring success'and failure realistically and
valuing yourself vOlllO6l the pressure to be the Perfect Person. Tues., 2:30-3:45 P.M.
K).' Assertiveness Learning to effectively assert personal rights and what you stand for. Without
harrniul•aggression. Fri., 10:15-11:45 A.M.
Self-criticism/Self-esteem Exploring and modifying the harsh judgments we make toward
ourselves: learning self-acceptance. wed., 3:30-5:00 P.M.
12. Loss— Examining and dealing with reactions to personal loss of someone close resulting from
death or serious illness. Thurs., 7:00-8:30 P.M.
13. Graduate Student Exploring and dealing with the problems and stresses of graduate student life
such as with relationships and academic progress. Time 10 be announced.
14. Substance Abuse Learning to control abuse of alcohol and other drugs and to resolve the
personal/emotional difficulties that may be related to abuse. Time to be announced.
15. Personal Problems/Emotional Concerns Learning to better deal with anxiety, depression,
confusion, anger, frustration, etc.; in various aspects of your life. Offered at various times.
For information and help in deciding' about participating, call 863-0395 or stop by Monday-
Friday, 8:00A.M. - 5:00 P.M. at 217 Ritenour Health Center.
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for victims of rape and domestic
violence and people involved in other
crises.
• Work with an information and
referral phone line.
• Work in a library that contains a
collection of books that interest wom
en and research files on areas such as
aging, child care and sexual assault.
• Work at a shelter where women
who have been victims of domestic
violence can go for up to 60 days to
talk about their situations with coun
selors and each other.
• Participate as a supervisor in a
children's program held at the same
time as a women's support meeting
once a week. The program consists of
children discussing their problems
with each other; reading, doing pro
jects and completing exercises that
get them to think about themselves as
people.
• Do public outreach speaking
Other services offered by the cen
ter are advocacy for victims and a
newsletter, Locacio said.
While only women usually volun
teer for the program, men may also
volunteer if they desire, but they will
not be permitted to answer phone
calls, she said.
The first training session, which
will begin with the orientation to the
center and its services, will be held
from 7 to 10 p.m. Sept. 21, Locacio
said.
Volunteers will then learn listening
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group exercises included from 9 a.m.
to 5 p.m. Sept. 22 and 23, she said.
The trainees will then meet from 7
to 10 p.m. on five consecutive Tues
day evenings, Locacio said.
After completing the training pro
gram and beginning their services to
the center, volunteers should get a
feeling of satisfaction from helping
other women, Locacio said.
While only women
usually volunteer for
the program, men
may also volunteer if
they desire
Teri Locacio,
outreach coordinator
of Women's
Resource Center
The training program could also
supplement volunteers' education in
areas such as social work, counsel
ing, psychology and individual and
family studies, she said.
The volunteer work has also helped
volunteers obtain jobs, she added.
Beth Resko, direct services super
visor and volunteer coordinator for
the center, said women who have
been through traumatic experiences
such as sexual assault and domestic
violence may benefit froM learning to
help other women who have been
involved in similar situations.
Film star Reems to take part
in debate about pornography
By PAT COLLIER
Collegian Staff Writer
Pornography, a topic quite well Colloquy member Gene Golbus said.
known to both of the principals, will Reems gained national attention
be the topic of debate in Colloquy's when he was arrested by the FBI for
first presentation the organization's transportation of pornographic
president said. material accross state lines, he said.
The University's lecture-sponsor- At that time, many noted celeb
ing organization will present a pro- rities, among them Warren Beatty
gram titled "The Pornography, and Barbra Streisand, came to
Debate" at 8 tonight in Eisenhower Reems' deffnse, and he was later
Auditorium, the organization's presi- acquitted, Golbus said.
dent Deneen Silviano said. Alexander, who will oppose Reems
The program will be presented in in tonight's debate, is a noted femi
the form of a debate between infa- nist and chairwoman of the National
mous pornographic film star Harry Organization of Women, Siviano said.
Reems and founder of Women
The debate is part of a series of
Against Pornography Dolores Alex
ander. The two have debated before, lectures about sexual exploitation,
Silviano said. Colloquy's Fall Semester theme, she
Reems, known as the ,"Porno said.
King," made his film debut as Linda Silviano said that because of the
Lovelace's partner in the movie controversial nature • of Harry
"Deep Throat," Silviano said. Reems' past, the organization was at
Reems is a professional actor with first hesitant about hiring him.
FAO official to speak at seminar
A senior officer with the Food and because of concern about food and
Agriculture Organization of the Unit- agricultural enterprises, as well as
ed Nations will speak at an interna- resource management, in underde
tional service programs seminar veloped countries.
today. Snyder said the seminar will be an
The seminar, co-sponsored by the informal discussion to explain the
College of Human Development's Of- operations of FAO. Anyone interested
fice of Commonwealth Educational in the seminar may attend.
Systems and the Department of Corn- The seminar will be the first in a
munity Studies, will be held from 2:30 series of eight' scheduled internation
to 4 this afternoon in 101 Human al seminars to be sponsored by the
Development East. College of Human Development to
T.C. Varghese will speak on "FAO inform students of domestic concerns
Technical Assistance Operations." throughout the world and of career
Abram Snyder, associate professor opportunities outside of the United
in the College of Human Devel- States, Snyder said.
opment, said FAO was established
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• A female student reported to • The University Police Services
University Police that she was raped observed a student Tuesday shooting
the morning of Aug. 30 in a male bottle rockets from a window in Pack
residence hall. No further details are er Hall. The student will be referred
available. to the Office of Student Conduct Stan
dards.
• The State College Police Depart
ment reported that three stereo corn
ponents valued at $660 were reported
missing Tuesday from Phi Kappa Psi
fraternity, 903 Locust Lane.
• Charles Lone Wolf, 480 Airport
Road, told University police that his
motorcycle helmet was missing when
he checked his motorcycle in Parking
Lot Green B Tuesday night. The
• Denise Frodeman, 220 Easterly helmet was valued at $6O.
Parkway, reported to State College • Joann Toby, 5 Hartranft, report
police that her 10-speed bicycle was ed that a female student was missing
missing from her residence Tuesday. Monday night from Cooper Hall and
The bicycle was valued at $BO. had left a note saying goodbye. Uni
versity police said the individual lat
er was found on the HUB lawn in an
incoherent state. She was escorted to
Ritenour Health Center.
State College police reported
Tuesday night that two cement lawn
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collegian notes
• The Association of Health Plan- • The Penn State Karate Club will
ners and Administrators will meet at hold a demonstration and class sign
-7 tonight in the Living Center of the up at 7:30 tonight in 106 White Build-
Human Development Building. ing.
• The Student Assistance and In- • The Anthropology Club will meet
formation Center will sponsor a study at 8 tonight in the Anthropology Mu
skills program at 4 this afternoon in scum.
319 HUB.
• The Penn State Sailing Club will
meet at 7:30 tonight in 106 Boucke.
• The Hellenic Society will meet at
7 tonight in 111 Kern.
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meet at 7:30 tonight in 119 Boucke. at 7:30 tonight in 341 Deike.
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