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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9,20201 HILLTOPVIEWSONI INF COM
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changes.
states that the
counseling
are
offered
group sup-
BSWH
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SEU switches to BSWH for medical
services, HCC provides counseling
and
port
sessions,
clinics
vices
cially
and
vices
being
ser-
espe-
health
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Studies show Austin Police Department
contributes to killing of Black Americans
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will not be offer-
ing any mental
health or coun-
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According to a re-
port by the Office
of Police Over-
sight, it is more
likely for fatal po-
lice shootings to
occur in South-
east Austin and
to involve people
of color. Despite
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ser-
still
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on-campus.
They will be pri-
oritizing crisis
creased feelings of isola-
tion, depression and anxi-
ety made their academic
---— lives more stress-
ful. Despite the
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the HCC Dr.
Vanessa Pena
explained that
the conversa-
tion to switch
over to BSWH
began in 2019.
Pena said that it
was clear to staff
and the uni-
versity that the
HCC was no
longer enough
for St. Edward’s
students. Ad-
ministration
wanted to give
students access
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By VANESSA LOPEZ-CAMPOS the HCC website. Hill- set up by contacting the
»m_y_MSymeSS, topperscan now schedule HCC.
telemedicine visits and Receiving counseling
Back in May, St. Ed- have priority scheduling at and mental health services
wards administration an- BSWH which is located on-campus is still a major
nounced that the Health downtown, at 200 E. Ce- concern. An Active Minds
& Counseling Center sar Chavez St., Ste G140. survey reported that 80%
(HCC) would defer stu- The Student Health of college students said
dents to Baylor Scott & Insurance Plan will be ac- that COVID-19 wors-
White Health (BSWH) cepted at all BSWH clin- ened their mental health,
for health services amid ics. Those with SHIP will They also reported in-
COVID-19 concerns, only have to pay a $15 co- * * '
This change was just one pay. "We want students to
of many that St. Edward’s know that it is ultimately
University im- __________________________
of Austin’s popu- W
lation. Black Aus-
tinities are more
I_____________H services - are es-
JUAN DIAZ / HILLTOP sential to college
students.. .Con-
to a facility that was better their decision what pro- venience, cost and cogent
equipped to handle their vider they choose to en- health services are critical
growing needs. That is gage with, Pena said. She for students’ abilities to
where BSWH came into also acknowledged that succeed in college,” assis-
the picture, Pena said. students on campus are tant professor of psycholo-
Baylor Scott & White still inconvenienced with gy Dr. Moira Martin said.
Health will now provide health services now being “Good mental health is
students with frill wrap- off-campus. vital and health centers
around healthcare services The original HCC was should focus on much
such as physicals or im- a convenient on-campus more than [a] sprained
munizations. Pena rec- alternative for students foot. Medical issues are
ommends setting up ap- who needed quick ac- only a part of it. I would
pointments immediately cess to healthcare. This is hope that students would
to get accustomed to their no longer the case due to find encouragement for
system. Scheduling ap- BSWH being three miles healthy habits and have
pointments must be done off campus, however St. health providers that pro-
through the BSWH web- Edward’s is offering free vide personalized, individ-
site. Further scheduling transportation to appoint- ualized and compassion-
instructions are listed on ments which students can ate care.”
plemented this
semester in the
midst of the
pandemic.
Director of
likely to be fatally
shot by police
than white Austi-
nites.
In 2019,
46-year-old neu-
roscientist Mau- --
ris DeSilva was JUAN DIAZ / hilltop views
shot and killed Mary protesters
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By GRACE BENT by Austin police officers Karl Taylor. Ramos was unarmed,
@gracebentt Krycia, Christopher Taylor but the car he was in during
i non i , and Joseph Cast on Bowie the incident was considered a
•ver 1,000 people have Street in downtown Austin, weapon in the police report,
been fatally shot by police in DeSilva, who had a history Taylor is currently undergo-
the past year, according to a of mental illness, was holding ing a criminal investigation
database by the Washing- a knife to his own throat in for the shooting.
ton Post. For Black Ameri- the incident. When DeSilva "Why is officer Taylor still
the.rate ° i being shot began to walk toward them, drawing a paycheck from
and killed by police is twice knife in hand, Cast tasered us, the citizens of Austin?”
as high than it is for white him and Krycia and Taylor Ramos’s mother, Brenda Ra-
Americans. shot him. AU three officers mos, said of Taylor. "Why are
According to data compiled were placed on administrative we paying his salary when
by the Texas Tribune from 36 leave during the investigation he murdered my son over a
citie sin Texas between 2010 but were never charged. month ago and he murdered
Pena and 2015,41% of people shot All Austin Police officers someone else’s son 10 months
at by police were Black de- receive 40 hours of basic ago? Why isn’t he in jail?"
spite making up 14 % of the mental health training. The Ramos has become a figure
states largest cities. Around Texas Commission of Law in demonstrations against
6‘of police shootings result- Enforcement offers an op- police brutality in Austin,
ed from mental health calls tional, additional 40 hour Protesters havechanted “us-
and less than 3% of officers crisis training to officers that tice for Mike Ramos” in their
were disciplined by their de- would allow them to be certi- demonstrations and called
Partments for the shootings, fied as mental health officers, for Police Chief Manley to be
Austin, one of 15 of the Those officers are better pre- fired.
country’s most populated cit- pared for mental health cri- "Now I’m in this terrible,
les, has the highest rate per ses, such as DeSilva’s. heartbreaking club,” Brenda
capita of mental health calls More recently, a 42-year- Ramos said. "It’s a club of
resuiuing in a shooting by the old man, Mike Ramos, was mothers of Black Americans
police. The way mental health shot and killed by police who have been murdered by
calls are handled by officers in Southeast Austin. Like police."
disproportionately affect DeSilva, Ramos was shot by
ethnic minorities.
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Hilltop Views (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 1, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 9, 2020, newspaper, September 9, 2020; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1523503/m1/3/?q=Lamar+University: accessed May 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting St. Edward’s University.