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Health Center proposing increased fees
ABOUT THIS SERIES
This is first in a five-part series exam
ining how the University raises money
and where it spends those dollars. Today
we look at a health center fee increase
and where that money goes. Tuesday
well report on the newspaper readership
program. Find documents and the whole
series on redandblack.com.
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▲ Georgia’s Branden Smith heads toward then end zone on a 61-yard run during the first half of Saturday’s game.
Still hope for a
winning season
By FLETCHER PAGE
The Red & Black
Georgia needed a dominating
win over Tennessee Tech to
build momentum and confi
Students with HINI hurdle attendance policies
By DALLAS DUNCAN
The Red & Black
Illnesses can cause more than
just a loss of appetite they can
also contribute to a loss of
grades.
According to an Oct. 22 influ
enza update sent from the
University Health Center, it is rec
ommended to “encourage stu
dents to stay home when sick.”
For some students, such as
Morgan Edwards, a sophomore
from Covington, this recommen
dation cost her two chances to
drop tests in her classes.
She was ill during the first week
of September and had to miss
tests in her abnormal psychology
and biology classes. Though
Edwards said most of her teach
ers were willing to work with her
to make up missed work, these
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By CAROLYN CRIST
The Red & Black
University students could see
a $4 increase next fall in what
they pay to use the Health
Center or dish out more for
each visit.
The Health Center proposed
the new fee increased from
BULLDOGS
HAPPY HOMECOMING
dence heading into a crucial
weekend against Auburn.
The Bulldogs are fighting for
bowl eligibility, needing two
more wins, and a winning sea
son is still in question. The
Golden Eagles aren’t a BCS
team, but Georgia won convinc
ingly, 38-0, and in the process
gained valuable knowledge mov
ing forward.
After building an early lead
two classes were not as accommo
dating due to testing policies.
“I actually didn’t get to make
up either one of them,” she said in
a telephone interview Friday. “The
policy for abnormal [psychology]
■ is to drop the low
est two tests.”
She said there
are six tests in biol
“lnstead of let
ting me make up
the test, he’s apply
ing my grade for
that portion of the
LACY final towards the
test I missed,” she
said.
Rachel Appelbaum, a junior
from Alpharetta, had swine flu in
October, but said her teachers were
more willing to work with her.
"I took my temperature and it
BROKEN GLASS
How is one University
group turning a tragic
event in history into
something positive?
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sl9l to $195 per semester last
week to the mandatory fees com
mittee as a “must have.”
TO arrive at the $4 amount,
“We started with what expenses
we had no control over - indirect
expenses such as the adminis
trative overhead cost and retiree
benefits,” Jean Chin, director of
the Health Center, told The Red
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GOLDEN EAGLES
Georgia was able to mix and
match young players and little
used plays and formations to
see who could potentially con
tribute against Auburn, and the
rest of the season.
Freshman cornerback
Branden Smith got time on
offense, running three times for
72 yards and a touchdown.
Smith, a versatile speedster,
had gotten the ball only twice
was 102 degrees,” she said in a
telephone interview Thursday.
She said she went to the University
Health Center and was told she
most likely had HINI.
But she was able to make up
the human biochemistry test she
missed that day, she said.
"Everyone was actually really
understanding that we need to
keep the sick people out of class,”
Appelbaum said. She said the
main difficulty she had during her
illness was figuring out the best
way to get food from the dining
hall, not so much worrying about
her grades.
The Health Center update also
asks for adjustment of attendance
and medical excuse policies to
better handle H INI-related
absences, but not all teachers are
See HINI, Page S
& Black on Sunday.
With a $4 increase in fees, the
Health Center would pull in
$226,700 extra. Without the
increase, students will see more
come out of their pockets.
“We have two sources of reve
nue the health fee and the fee
for service,” Chin said. “Without
the fee increase, the only options
since his 61-yard run against
South Carolina Sept. 12. Coach
Mark Richt said he expects to
use Smith more on offense as he
continues to learn both sides of
the ball.
“I’d like to get him full time
but they won’t give him up,”
said offensive coordinator Mike
Bobo. “But he’s going to be a
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▲ University student Raj Shah speaks Friday at the
dedication of the Sphinx Honor Plaza between the
Tate Student Center and the Miller Learning Center.
Turn to page 2 to read more about the plaza.
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Find out how Bike Athens
is turning trashed bicycles
into brand new rides for
v/ kids and the homeless.
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Check out
photos from this
weekend’s
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are eliminating a service or
increasing a service fee, and
those aren’t good options. Those
options are the last resort.”
So where would the $226,000
go?
The majority of increased
expenses about $160,000
See MONEY, Page 3
Graduate
insurance
restored
Students to pay
additional SB6
By CAROLYN CRIST
The Red & Black
Graduate students are getting
their health insurance back to
where it was at the beginning of
the semester almost.
The Board of Regents approved
the ability for colleges and univer
sities across the state to enact a
rider that would bring the maxi
mum out-of-pocket cost back
down from SIO,OOO to $2,500. To
make this possible, students now
have to pay an additional SB6 in
student fees.
For Graduate Student
Association President Will Rooks,
the rider is a solution to the insur
ance problem he’s addressed all
semester.
“It was a question of equity ver
sus efficiency,” Rooks said. “Under
equity, everyone pays and no one
is left out in the rain. Under effi
ciency, only the sick need to pay
their own way.”
“But health care is an enor
mous public good because the
population around you is healthi
er,” he said.
The rider will apply retroac
tively to the beginning of the
semester. Human resources offi
cials are acijusting students’
accounts now, Matt Winston,
assistant to the president, said on
Thursday. The SB6 rider is being
distributed over several pay
checks, so students won’t be hit
with one lump sum. The changes
should be complete before the
open enrollment period begins,
and Rooks will announce the
change to students.
“We’re glad the University could
support this,” Winston said. The
University is helping to subsidize
and cost-share the insurance rider.
“We think it’s important that the
See HEALTH, Page 2
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