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The Gamecock
Founded 1908 Eighty-one Years of Collegiate Journalism Wednesday
Volume 82, No. 19 University of South Carolina September 27, 1989
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historical landmark.
Policy change
By JAYE SIMMONS ?
Staff Writer
Several changes have been made in state employee
health and medical insurance, which P1
many affected people aren't aware of, a univer- pi
sity official said. a
Some of the changes involve differences in .
payment and dependent eligibility rules, USC 1C
Benefits Manager Carol Bonnette said. SC
'The new health plan is a comprehensive or
major medical type plan while the old plan used
to be a combination of basic major medical outpatient
diagnostic and prescription drug card ?
program," she said. wl
Under the new policy, which becomes effec- re
tive this January, benefits will be subject to annual
deductibles and co-payments, Bonnette cl
said. cfi
Dependents will lose their dependent eligibil- pa
ity after age 18 unless they are full-time sturfp.nfs
Denendents still in school will lose their as
eligibility at age 23, she said. de
These rules differ from previous requirements
Company look.
By RHONDA GREENE j
Staff Writer 2
A prominent selective marketing company is 1
interested in offering a new Call 900 telephone i
system to a major university in every state. c
While this system would provide students
and alumni with valuable information from I
other colleges and universities across the nation, t
some university officials believe it would be s
counterproductive. s
If introduced by the North American Selec- s
tive Marketing Inc., the Collegiate Information
Network, a Call-900-Plus service, would pro- 1
vide for a fee a menu with pre-recorded mes- a
sages, NASH's Executive Vice President 1
Henry Wener said.
These messages include information about i
job opportunities, alumni news, course changes, a
Percentage black enrollment at S.C. colleges
Wofford I 11
Winthrop I 17.2
Lander
USC-Columbia ' 17 4
| I 5
Charleston 12
Citadel ^ [~h
6 1988-89
j , 1989-90
9 5
Clemson ^
m 5.o
0% 10% 20%
Graphic by Slcphan Ouilfo;
For the Record HH|
In the Wednesday, Sept 20
edition of The Gamecock, Student
Government President JS
Marie-Louise Ramsdale was misquoted.
Ramsdale actually said
some of the Students' Rights Coalitions'
activities are superfluous HHST .
when the group does not work
with already existing organizadons.
She does not think the organization
itself is superfluous. flHI
The Gamecock regrets this error.
Jerry Brewer
ice makes
DA apartment building, but had to be removet
:s affect state
"The new health plan is a com
"enensive ur majui mcuitm ijpc
an while the old plan used to be
combination of basic major medal
outpatient diagnostic and preoption
drug card program."
Carol Bonnette
USC Benefits Manager
tiich allowed dependents eligibility at age 23 i
gardless of their educational status, she said.
Certified documentation will be needed to
aim dependency of adopted children and
lildren having last names different from their ;
irents or guardians, Bonnette said.
She said employees of the university are
ked to contact the Benefits Office whenever a
;pendent loses eligibility.
Eligibility may be lost when a dependent gets
y into telephc
iports scores and information on various organiations,
Wener said. It can also be used to col- i
ect information on credit cards and registration.
\ variety of items can be added to the menu
lepending on the university's needs, he said.
Any university can obtain a 900 number just
>y contacting NASH and filling out an applicaion,
Wener said. The cost of using the line
itarts at $250 a month. The fee for setting the
ystem up and programming is about $1,500, he
aid.
The Collegiate Information Network can also
)e used as a fund-raiser for the university or as
i means to meet the cost of using the system,
le said.
"We hope to see at least one major university
n each state use this system," Wener said. "It is
l quick and widespread source of information."
Rlarlc pnrollr
By JEFF WILSON 1
Assistant News Editor bla
New figures from the office of admis- of
sions at many of South Carolina's colleges
and universities show that black vie
enrollment is up at most of the state's wo
predominately white schools. pre
With its percentage of black freshmen, cul
USC fares considerably better than many tan
other state campuses. dei
Of the 2,779 students in the fall fresh- ]
men ?lass at USC, 17.4 percent were pie
black). That is a 3.8 percent increase over oni
* this past fall's freshmen class. sig
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1 because the building is an was already instal
$3,500 to the univers
employees [
married, is no longer financially dependent on
the policy holder or exceeds the age requirement,
she said.
The opportunity to obtain health and medical
insurance as a one-time dependent of a group
insurance policy is protected under federal law,
Bonnette said.
The Consolidated Omnibus Budgets Reconciliations
Act (COBRA) of 1984 requires employers
to notify employees and/or dependents
who lose coverage under their group plan of
their right to continue coverage under that plan
for 18 to 36 months depending on qualifying
circumstances, Bonnette said.
The newly formed Division of Insurance Services
was established this past July as a combination
of the State Insurance Benefits Division
and the Insurance Reserve Board.
The specific reasons why the new division
was formed has been the root of much speculate
INSURANCE page 2
me system
Martin Solomon, USC Vice President for
uompuung, Lommunicauons anu liuuriiiauuii m
Technology, said USC already offers services
that are similiar to the Collegiate Information
Network at no charge. Such services include
ASKUS and the new Telephone Information
Processing System (TIPS), which allow students
to receive their grades or register by telephone.
The Call 900 network would be administered
through MCI, Solomon said. MCI will charged
seven percent of the retail value of each call to j
offset the cost of billing and uncollectables, he
said. Uncollectables are calls people claim they
did not make and the phone company has to t
pay for them. \
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Solomon added that USC tries to provide free t
and helpful information to students.
nent rises at m<
JSC has the largest percentage of number of bl
ck studenta in its freshmen class out "Through
the schools surveyed. sages were si
'USC for a long time has tried to pro- we are serio
le an environment where students black studen
mid feel welcomed. We have tried to pated in Car
wide an enrviroment that celebrates tunity to kn<
tural diversity," Ralph Johnson, assis- port progran
it dean of student life for minority stu- sistance Peer
it life, said. Deborah
He said the Office of Admissions' im- sions, said C
mentation of the Carolina Tipoff, a pective min<
e-day minority workshop, played a rents to com
;nificant part in the increase in the many pf the
I Pi Kappa Pi
elects Brewi
By ELISABETH TANGUY
Staff Writer
Jerry Brewer, assistant vice president I
fairs and dean of student life at USC, ha
national treasurer of the Pi Kappa Phi fira
In August 1989, he was elected treasu
tional Board of Directors of Pi Kappa F
year term. The national board has seven
sci puueics anu ucai wiui investments.
Brewer's election was the result of his
volvgient in the fraternity. "I was initi
fraternity in 1974, and I have been acti
file photo alumni since 1979," he said.
From 1980-85, Brewer served as Are
iider at NADA
MAS "It was my fault," Saad said. "I should
have checked to see if the building was a
South Carolina's hous- landmark building, but the thought that it
a $15,500 mistake, a might be didn't even cross my mind."
Saad said the vinyl siding was ordered
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I the National Alumi- the building was peeling,
stall $16,000 worth of "Two-year-old paint should not peel,"
blue NADA apartment she said. "It cost us $7,600 to paint that
emester. building. It should last a little longer than
je said, "was that that two years.
irk building, and vinyl "The vinyl siding seemed like a prudent
red to be an acceptable financial move at the time," Saad said, "bek
buildings." cause, basically, vinyl siding lasts forever."
3t completely installed Saad said she plans to be very cautious
realized their mistake, in the future to make sure another mistake
>cked off some of the doesn't happen.
, leaving the total cost
1,000, Saad said. She said there was no information in the
r, Crouch Construction, housing office files to indicate that the
emove the siding that building was a landmark, "And it didn't
led, adding another even dawn on me that that was in the realm
ity's bill. of possibilities," she said.
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TEDDY LEPPfThe Gamecock
Lending a helping hand
Business senior Bob Wiggins helps to load a truck bound for
he South Carolina coastal areas Tuesday. The Coliseum's Ele>hant
Room was literally packed with cots, food, clothing and
>ther necessities donated by Columbians willing to help the vicims
of Hurricane Hugo.
Dstly white schools
ack freshmen who enrolled, dents, including financial aid. She said
the Carolina Tipoff, mes- minority students already enrolled at
ent to the general public that USC served on a panel to answer quesus
about our recruitment of tions about campus life and activities,
ts. The students that partici- Haynes said the Office of Admissions
olina Tipoff had the oppor- received good evaluations about the
)w more about student sup- workshop from the participants.
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is, such as the Minority As- diuaenis aisu iuuhu um awm
Program," Johnson said. number of different minority organizaHaynes,
director of admis- tions on campus, such as the NAACP,
arolina Tipoff allowed pros- the Society for Black Engineers, the Asi>rity
students and their pae
to USC and find out about
; programs available to stu- See ENROLLMENT page 2
hi board of directors
?r national treasurer
coordinating the local alumni structures in both North
Carolina and South Carolina. He was also the fraterfor
student af- nity's national secretary in 1987-88.
s hran namftri Brewer, who earned a master's decree in student
iternity. personnel services in 1980, has been involved in stuirer
of the na- dent affairs for the past 15 years. "It seemed natural
>hi for a two- and it's been a very enjoyable experience," he said,
members who At the moment, Brewer combines his functions in
the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity with his work at student
long-time in- affairs,
iated into the
ve in it as an "The two compliment each other very well," he
said. "Through the fraternity, for example, I can cola
II governor, lect information and use it to the benefit of students."