UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Monday, May 6, 1996
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BSU elects new board members
Kansan staff report
Freda Warren, Coweta, Okla., freshman, is treasurer, and Julian Stevenson, St. Louis sophomore, is parliamentarian. Tamika Mills, Omaha, Neb., freshman, is corresponding secretary, and Rosanna White, Portland, Ore., sophomore, is recording secretary.
Julius Williams, assistant director of the Office of Minority Affairs, and Damon Broadus are the organization's advisers.
New dean sets agenda for fall semester
By Jason Strait
Kansan staff writer
With ten months of experience as acting dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Sally Frost-Mason is ready for the fall semester so she can begin her reign as the real thing.
Frost-Mason was appointed dean of the college last week and has an agenda of improvements for next year.
Among the improvements are creating a student advisory board and downsizing within the college.
Frost-Mason said the college had
Although no decisions had been made on what programs would be affected, Frost-Mason said she was seeking input from staff members.
been instructed to downsize for next year by either eliminating or consolidating programs.
"I've had a lot of good suggestions from a lot person," she said.
One suggestion that had been talked about was creating a department of Romance languages or modern languages. Frost-Mason said.
Right now, Spanish, Portuguese, French and Italian are separate departments.
They would be consolidated if a
"What I want to take a look at is 'Does this make good academic sense?" Frost-Mason said.
department of Romance languages were created.
Frost-Mason said that the consolidations could be accomplished without eliminating faculty or staff.
Roberta Johnson, chairwoman of the department of Spanish and Portuguese, said she had not been contacted about consolidating the departments.
department, anything larger would be unwieldy."
"I don't think it would be particularly helpful," she said. "The individual departments function in a very good way. We are the right size for a
Frost-Mason said she also wanted to create a student advisory board so she could be informed about student's concerns.
"I need their input on where they feel the money should go," she said.
Frost-Mason has stressed that student needs were high on her list for curing the problems in the college, and according to those who work with her, she is sincere.
"I think she's going to be a great dean," said Tricia Wendling, Topeka junior. "She cares about the students a lot."
Mental health problems stigmatized, stereotyped
The notion that mental illness is not biologically based may be part of the problem.
But people suffering from mental illness often are fair game. Mental illnesses are satirized on television shows such as Seinfeld and stereotyped in movies such as What About Bob?
Nobody tells jokes about physical handicaps anymore. Racism and sexism are not expressed as openly as they once were.
"One idea is the idea that mental illness is something that can be changed at will," said Candice Moore, resident psychiatrist with the Menninger Clinic in Topeka.
As many as one in four Americans suffer a serious mental disorder at some point in their lives. More than five million Americans will suffer a mental illness this year.
A major problem that people with mental illness face is the limit placed on care by insurance companies. Typical health policies might limit coverage to 20 visits with a counselor or psychologist and $50,000 for a person's lifetime, but medical coverage for cancer or other illness might have a lifetime limit of $1 million.
But when people exhaust their cov erage limits and are rejected by the public health care system for having too high an income, they are forced to use their savings for treatment. Many mental illnesses can be chronic, needing lifetime care.
A big growth area in medical care is the managed-care business, but it does not address the problems of the mentally ill, either. Managed-care companies also limit mental-health coverage.
"The incentive for the insurance companies and the managed-care company is to withhold payment," said Charlie Mayo, resident psychiatrist with the Menninger Clinic in Toneka.
By Scott MacWilliams Kansan staff writer
Wallace's recent revelations of his personal struggles with depression have helped focus national attention on the need for more federal research funds for mental illness.
The list of the famous who have struggled with mental illness includes Mike Wallace.
The Dallas Morning News contributed information to this story.
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