THE BATTALION
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1980
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1 health center needs to be expanded,
1 it will take money to do this,
il also realize there are priorities,
ut operating something like this is a
gmoney deal and we need more.”
|Goswick said he could not promise
lent senate members the added
tors would make a “significant
decrease” in waiting time at the cen
ter, but it would enable addition of
new services.
Student Body President Smith
said one of the “easy ways” to get
more money for additional doctors
would be to increase student fees.
But he said he did not know how
much this would cost, and is reluc
tant to tell students they will have to
pay more.
“If you are going to raise student
fees there has got to be worthwhile
benefits,” Smith said.
When asked about the Florida re
port, Smith said, “I don’t know: I
haven’t seen it yet, but surveys like
this can be very misleading.
“When my committees give me
their report I will ask for all the infor
mation on it so I can fight for it.”
Tracy Cox, head of the student fi
nance committee, said the possiblity
of student funding caused him to
study the issue.
All of the $15 per-semester health
fee and 14 percent of the $33.50 stu
dent services fee is used to fund the
center, Cox said. “We’re still looking
into this matter, but it seems now
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cover the salaries of six new doctors,”
Cox said.
Dr. John Koldus, vice president
for student services, said,“We will
be receptive to almost anything they
(student government) want to do in
this area. ”
Even if the University can hire
more physicians, Goswick said,
there is still a need to reduce un-
necesary use of the center.
“I hate to say that any student
comes here too much, but there are
those we know by name,” Goswick
said. “We never would want to make
students feel like they can’t come
here with a medical problem, but
there are those who are habitual us
ers of the center.”
One way student use could be re
duced is to eliminate class excuses,
which Goswick said takes too much
time away from students with need
for medical attention.
“We see between 300 and 400 stu
dents a day, and many of these are
students who come in for no other
reason than to get class excuses,”
Goswick said.
“I think they (excuses) are de
meaning to students, totally useless
and take time that would be better
spent on patients. ”
Eric Langford, student govern
ment vice-president for student ser
vices, said a bill to abolish class ex
cuses has been sent for action and
may be “law” by fall, 1981.
The proposed change to abolish
class excuses would require instruc
tors to request a report of student
illness from the center.
Goswick said this could reduce
student health center use by half.
Koldus said the class excuse prop
osal, sent to the rules and regulations
committee, would help the center,
and he does not see any problems in
instructor-student relations if the
policy change is approved.
“I don’t think we need to dwell on
student use, but rather services we
can provide,” Goswick said. “We
have enough beds to handle almost
any problem and a good staff... But
we are going to have to have more
money and physicians.”
Goswick said the most physicians
the center could use “from a facility
standpoint” would be three because
of limited outpatient faclities in ex
amination, therapy and treatment
rooms.
“We need more space for new
physicians to work. ”
The addition of a wing to the cen
ter is also being studied by the stu
dent senate. Goswick said expansion
is “a must,” but rates its chances as
remote because of the five-year mas
ter plan.
Goswick said the five-year plan for
University expansion is handled by
the campus planning office and gets
its name because any building must
be approved by the administration
and placed on the plan, which sets
priorities for University expansion
over a five-year period.
Expansion of the center is not on
the five-year plan.
Glenn Dowling, director of cam
pus planning, said the plan is admi
nistered by the steering committee
and the planning committee.
Any expansion of the health center
would have to be aproved by Koldus,
the steering committee, the plan
ning committee and the campus
planning office, Dowling said.
Before any construction can be
gin, funding must be approved by
the board of regents.
Dowling said the five-year master
plan is a guideline that could be
altered if “expansion in any particu
lar area is found to be a priority mat
ter” by the administration.
“This whole expansion thing gets
very complicated,” Goswick said. “I
have been proud of the fact that this
has not been a high cost service to
the students and I hope it can con
tinue, but maybe that kind of think
ing is just living in the past. ”
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Help for final exam jitters
Staff photo by Jeff Kerber
A. P. Beutel Health Center. Waits of two
hours and more are not uncommon.
Seminar to give testing tips
By SHERRY A. EVANS
Battalion Reporter
i A seminar on test anxiety will be
ield Monday at 7 p.m. in 301 Rud
der, hosted by the Academic Affairs
Committee of Student Government
and the Academic Counseling
Center.
; “Too many people are afraid of tak-
ng tests,” said Tom Gowan of the
Academic Affairs Committee, “so
we’re having the seminar right be :
fore finals to give people a little extra
help.”
Staff members of the Academic
Counseling Center will cover topics
such as test anxiety, test taking and
study skills.
Gowan hopes the seminar will im
prove students’ attitudes and im
press upon students the need to
avoid procrastination in studying for
their tests.
Gowan is also a member of the
panel which reviews cases of stu
dents who may be forced to leave
Texas A&M University because of
poor grades. Many cases reviewed
for poor grades are the result of stu
dents selecting the wrong majors as
freshmen, Gowan said.
Although anyone may attend, the
seminar will be directed toward aid
ing freshmen in decision-making and
showing them ways to improve their
study habits for next semester.
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