Edwardian (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, January 30, 1987 Page: 1 of 8
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A Student Publication of St. Edward’s University
Vol. 3, No. 1
January 30, 1987
Students can lose benefits
Hospitals say
No pay, no stay
Ever wonder what happens around campus while you're tucked away with your dream? Often during the midnight
hours, light races through the hills of St. Edward's!
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Dr. Alma Lowe a boon to students
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sixties. She was made a Distinguished
Professor at Howard Payne Univer-
sity. She also was the first woman to
receive a P.h.D. in English from Rice
University. That was over 30 years
“Too many teachers today try to
impress their feelings or interpreta-
tions of the material on student,
instead of giving it at face value and
letting the individual student decide
what the material may mean to them.”
In her lifetime Dr. Lowe has been
the editor of the book, Henry James’
The Edwardian staff wishes to thank everyone who contributed to our publication over
the past two years. As this is our final issue, we hope you will contribute to our new
publication, debuting February 13.
are pretty similar to one another,” she
gives with a wink, “some of the words
are different but that’s all.”
Dr. Lowe explained that she always
knew she wanted to be a teacher, and
has taught government and history as
well as English in places such as
Puerto Rico, Jamaica and England.
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St. Ed’s is required to offer compre-
hensive health service in order to
protect itself from liability for acci-
dents; suits for negligence and unsafe
conditions could theoretically paralyze
an institution such as St. Ed’s in the
absence of mandatory comprehensive
health insurance. As a result of its
unique position as a group purchaser
of health insurance, St. Ed’s is able
to offer a phenomenal deal to insurees.
57 dollars per semester buys the
insuree comprehensive health insur-
ance for approximately four months.
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This is perfectly legitimate, but some
of these students fail to make the
required payment to the institution or
physician providing the service. The
result is that the institution does not
receive payment for services rend-
ered, the student’s credit is ruined
because the account is turned over to
a collection agency and the bad debt
remains on the student’s credit record
for seven years, and Keystone
acquires the reputation of not deliver-
ing payment for medical services
rendered.
Comparable health insurance bought
independently, according to Presto,
usually costs over 100 dollars per
month. Obviously, the savings is
immense.
Student health insurance purchased
from Keystone at St. Ed’s offers
insurees free treatment for illnesses
and accidents. This covers virtually
all kinds of medical problems except
elective surgery and pre-existing
conditions.
At the Student Health Center,
insurees may be seen by certified
nurses and physicians at no cost. Some
medicines and equipment are available
at a discount. If the problem requires
further medical attention, perhaps by
a specialist or with the assistance of
X-ray equipment, then the student is
referred to outside physicians and
labs.
All radiological and lab work
ordered for students by Health Center
personnel is paid for by St. Ed’s first
and is filed on a special claim form,
stamped and initialed by Presto,
according to Presto. Later, the school
is reimbursed by Keystone for the
claim.
Previously, not only did Keystone
claimants not have to pay for radiolog-
ical and lab work before hand, but
they also did not have to pay for
treatment at designated hospitals and
from designated physicians (many of
whom were specialists). Failure to pay
bills by students who have collected
their insurance awards is not the only
reason for the loss of this benefit,
according to Presto. Many students
fail to file claims, said Presto,
“thinking that some magic wand is
going to wave and file their claims
for them.”
The interview with Presto and a
review of the SEU student handbook
produced a list of procedures to be
followed, whether the student is
insured privately or by Keystone.
1) All students are required to have
hospitalization insurance; unless stu-
dents provide the name of their
insurance company and their policy
number at registration, they will be
automatically enrolled in the St.
Edward’s Insurance Program and
charged $57. Students had until
January 30 this semester to show their
insurance company name and their
policy number to the Business Office
(see KEYSTONE, page 6)
Sometimes, if you’re going to
school in 1987, its hard to remember
why you’re there. Sometimes a person
in school can get bogged down with
grade point averages, paperwork,
adds and drops and the million other
things that has made school more of
a business than a learning experience.
But every once in a while, for all of
us, there is at least one teacher who
makes you remember what the pursuit
of knowledge is all about. Every once
in a while there is a special person
who seems to be above all the
paperwork and daily quizzes and is
willing to go that extra mile just to
see you learn something you didn’t
know before. I recently met one of
these people, and what more likely
place to meet her but here on St.
Edward’s campus.
Her name is Dr. Alma Lowe. She
has been teaching now for 50 years.
As I arrived in Dr. Lowe’s office I
was greeted by a warm smile from
a kind face. There, seated in front of
a wall full of books, was unmistakably
a teacher. With her round rimmed
glasses, and her hair pinned up, Alma
Lowe seemed to be waiting for the
next appointment. Sitting there, in her
squeaky wooden chair, she seemed to
be waiting patiently for the next
student to arrive and ask their next
question. Since 1936, when she
started working at TCU, Mrs. Lowe
has been providing those answers. She
has earned her BA and her MA in
English and in history.
The name of the game is health
insurance, and the players are the
entire SEU community, SEU
faculty/staff and students, and Austin-
area physicians, medical personnel
and medical institutions. At .stake is
the future of comprehensive health
insurance for the entire SEU commu-
nity.
The losers of the game: all of the
above mentioned players. The win-
ners: so far, there are none.
How to justify such a grim progno-
sis? One fact alone will suffice:
currently, no hospital in the city will
accept Keystone Health Insurance in
lieu of cash payment or proof of other
insurance, according to Jan Presto,
Head Nurse and Director of the SEU
Student Health Center. Presto attrib-
uted this problem to the fact that many
students, who are required to either
produce proof of other health insur-
ance or to pay for Keystone Health
Insurance, file claims for treatment
and services naming themselves as the
recipient of the check from Keystone.
— How to fit and
stay in last yearfs
swimsuit, page S
— Just when you
thought you’d heard
the last, Sheppard
returns with his
blast from the past,
page 2
— Do you seek to
dress to impress, or
does your dress only
g.
“I think all students should have ago. “But,” she insists, “I’m by no
a second major or at least a strong means a feminist. Just the opposite, .
minor in something. This idea that just in fact.”
one major is plenty is far from the Dr. Lowe now teaches in St.
truth,” she exclaimed wide-eyed and Edward’s New College program and,
raising up a bit from where she sat, on December 10, 1986, was awarded
“The world is always changing and the Academic Award of Distinguished
there’s no telling what you may end Teaching by Dr. Hayes, university
up doing.” president. “I’m suppose to be retiring
Dr. Lowe, who at one time taught but I’m not,” she said with a deter-
Spanish to nuns planning to go mined look, “Everyone should learn
overseas believes that everyone should as much as they can, you never know
learn as many languages you as how valuable what you learn might
possible. “All the Romantic languages be.”
tary on page 3
— RCC is ready for
your laps, your
strokes, your half-
court shots and
your dancin9 toes.
RULES, page 5
— Santa brought
victories, Virginia.
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