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Wednesday, July 12, 1995
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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Lied Foundation donates $3.5 million to University
Contribution fuels art and research at KU Med Center
Kansan staff report
The University of Kansas has
received a $3.5 million gift
from the Lied Foundation of
Las Vegas.
Chancellor Robert Hemenway on Friday announced that the Foundation would donate the money to biomedical research at the University of Kansas Medical Center and to performing arts at the Lawrence campus.
"The University of Kansas is profoundly grateful," Hemenway said. "This gift continues the Lied Foundation's tradition of investing in projects that affect the well-being of humanity."
The Foundation this month gave $2 million to the KU Endowment Association to create a $1 million endowed-research fund at the Medical Center and a $1 million endowment to support performing arts programming at the 'Lied Center.
The foundation will add annual contributions of $100,000 to the Lied Performance Fund for five years.
In addition, if KU officials are successful at reaching fundraising goals from other sources, the Lied Foundation has agreed to add up to $500,000 to the Lied Performance Fund and up to $500,000 to the medical research fund.
To receive the additional funds, KU must raise $500,000 for programming at the Lied Center during five years and $500,000 for the medical-research fund by Aug. 31, 1996.
When the matching funds for these endowments are secured, the Lied Performance Fund will total $2.5 million and the Lied Research Fund $2 million.
The Lied Foundation provided $10 million in 1988 to construct a performing arts auditorium, which was named the Lied Center in recognition of the Lied Foundation's contributions to KU. A scientific research building at the Medical Center also will be named for Ernst F. Lied.
Lied attended KU in the 1920s and was a member of the university golf team. He later established an automobile business in Omaha, Neb.
In 1950, he moved to Las Vegas and entered the real estate business. His estate established the Lied Foundation in 1980.
CORRECTION
Due to a reporter's error, an article last week on Watkins Memorial Health Center renovations erroneously reported that spouses of University of Kansas students will be able to obtain health services this
fall by paying an $86 fee. Spouses of KU students will be eligible for Watkins' services, but they will have to pay for individual services, because non-KU students are not eligible to pay the $86 fee.
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INSURANCE: Health financial problems fester
a vicious cycle of health problems. Last year, 30 percent of Watkins' patients were uninsured. Yockey said the percentage was higher than that of uninsured KU students because uninsured individuals were sick more often.
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"People who can't afford health insurance often have a lot of financial stress," Yockey said. "They then get sick and get bills they can't afford, which gives them more stress."
Satterfield said that she got sick more than she could afford.
"I work a lot to pay my bills, and my immune system goes down," she said. "I can't always afford to eat right."
Additionally, uninsured students sometimes put off going to the doctor because they are afraid they cannot afford it.
"I knew for weeks that I should go back for a follow-up visit for my ankle, but I didn't want more bills," Traxler said.
Regina Anderson, Leavenworth senior, is a lab technician and sometimes treats herself instead of going to the doctor. She doesn't have health insurance.
"I if have the flu or any other sickness, I procrastinate about going to the doctor," Anderson said. "I either treat myself using my knowledge or go to the doctors and pay huge bills."
As of today, KU has no solutions to its student health insurance problem.
The American College Health Association recommends that colleges automatically enroll students in KU's plan unless they show proof of insurance from a parent or another private plan.
Cynthia Launchbaugh, director of member services at the American College Health Association, said that most universities had adopted this mandatory insurance policy, though KU, Wichita State University and Kansas State University have not done so.
Other colleges, like the University of Colorado, allow students to forgo insurance only if they sign a waiver. If the waiver is not signed,
the students automatically are added to the university police.
Dan Newman, president of G-M Underwriters Agency Inc., said that mandatory coverage was beneficial because more participants could mean lower premiums. Newman estimated that if KU's insurance enrollment doubled, individual premiums would decline by 15 to 20 percent.
But not everyone is impressed.
"Mandatory insurance is not a good idea unless the university is willing to lower the cost of tuition," Satterfield said. "I can barely afford to pay tuition, let alone health insurance."
David Ambler, vice chancellor for student affairs, said that KU had no plans to require mandatory insurance.
"I think students who don't have insurance are putting themselves at risk, but trying to enforce that is almost impossible," Ambler said. "It's difficult enough to require immunization."
Yockey said that although he liked the idea of mandatory coverage, he also didn't see it happening anytime soon because many students likely would oppose it.
"Mandatory is not a popular word," Yockey said. "KU isn't going to do something that discourages students from coming here."
Both Ambler and Yockey said that insurance was ultimately the student's responsibility.
"It boils down to priorities and how you spend your money," Yockey said. "I look at insurance as a necessity, just like gas in my car."
But for some KU students, paying for insurance may mean not paying for gas or tuition. As a result, many of these students end up betting that they won't get sick, even though they are playing Russian roulette with their financial future.
Some win this bet; some break even. But some students like Suecos, who gambled and lost, are left with regrets.
"The only thing I did wrong was be a kid and wait too long to get health insurance," Suetos said. "I'm paying for it now. This could haunt me for the rest of my life."
Weather
CAMPUS INFORMATION
Friday:
Last day to submit an application for degree to graduate in summer 1995
Hours for Watson Library and Anschutz Science Library: 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mon-
Thurs.; 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fri; noon to
Sat; Sat.; 1 to 5 p.m. Sun.
Enrollment center hours: 8 a.m. to noon and 1 to 5 p.m.
Mon.-Fri.
Hours for the Kansas and Burge union bookstores: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Mon.-Fri. The Kansas Union Bookstore will be open on the following Saturdays
from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.: July 15
and July 22.
Campus is closed to through traffic from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Mon-Fri.
Parking is restricted in blue, red and yellow lots. Residence hall parking lots are not restricted. Parking areas on workplaces.
University directory assistance
From campus phones, dial 0. Off
campus, dial 864-2700.
KU Police Department (non-emergency): 864-5572
Safe Ride: 864-SAFE
Watkins Memorial Health Center:
864-9500
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