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V - / Voice...............................5 Trustees In F o c u s Civil rights, approve IU insurance black voting tlona major, fine tunas her design In changes monoprint focus of lecture class at the Herron School ■ Charles Pinckney of the Colored People ■ Board members voted of Art. which (NAACP). spent NAACP gives talk on the an hour weaving unanimously to change a thread of civil importance of voting. rights history employee insurance plan. into the issues By Tom Freehalm effecting people By Darin Crone Crtntomi t$ TU Sqamm today. Tkt SagttMjrf Pinckney, a dentist. took Only six people out of a university little time The IU Board of Trustee* community of about 27,000 showed loosening his tie. unanimously approved a draft of up Tuesday night in Cavanaugh Hall removing his coal and gening down lo proposed changes in the IU health to listen to Dr. A. D. Pinckney speak business. His speech ranged across care plan on Saturday at the board on the importance of the vote to the time and topic, from the meeting in Bloomington. The new African-American community. plan is expected to save the university Those six had the opportunity to disenfranchisement of the African- aJmost $4 million. listen to the soft Southern drawl of American voter in the 1890s to Rosa The changes include the increase in one of this city's long-time warriors Paris and Dr. Martin Luther King lo the deductible employees pay as pan in the battle for civil rights. the Rodney King incident and its of the plan. The new plan will replace Pinckney, a 30-year member of the the present SI50. 5400 and S800 Indianapolis office of the National deductible with a S300. S500 and a Association for the Advancement of Please see NAACP on Page 4 S900 choice. The changes were designed to cut future losses that are expected as a result of the increasing health care costs of employees TU Card’ proceeds Terry Clapacs. vice president of administration, told the trustees at a committee meeting that if IU continues on its current pace, the gap to benefit IU only between benefits and university resources would reach S43 million by HERRON: 90years later campus." said Bill Trafford. President 1996-97. ■ Students being offered of the Undergraduate Student "IU will save S3.8 million annually credit card that benefits Assembly (USA). with this new plan." said Clapacs hen John Herron looked around Indianapolis, he saw "We (IUPUI students) don't get The most debated provision of the little artistic development Upon his death in 1895, he lU-Bloomington, gives anything in return." proposal was the plan for retired IUPUI students have been called on employee*. In the changes, which left $200,000 to encourage the artistic endeavors of nothing to this campus. the telephone and have received letters begin in jin . 1993. retirees will Indianapolis artists. urging them to participate in the offer. By Amy May remain a pan of IU’s health care plan. "Using the Indiana University As the John Herron School of Art celebrates its 90th year of T k S q m m _________________ Preferred Care of Indiana (PCI), as a MasterCard is a great way lo show separate pool. This change will save W-steering creative, young artists, the community comes your pride in IU today while you build the university SI million per year. together to help them celebrate at the Artimes Ninety Weekend. A new product has been offered to "It has been the intent of the IUPUI students. It is a cream-and- every time you use your card to make University for a long time to treat crimson MasterCard with the IU a purchase. MBNA America makes a retirees as an isolated group," said Compete story on Pago 12 pitchfork logo on it. It has received a contribution to IUSA which helps Clapacs H seems that with all of the chilly reception at IUPUI, however. "We don't fed comfortable working with a awn puny that U soliciting on Please see CARD on Page 3 Please see TRUSTEES on Page 4 Learning partners benefit from Two students serve up some one-on-one tutoring experience early morning group and presented a proclamation from the governor ■ In the courtyard last Wednesday, supporting the mission of the corps. comedy public officials, faculty and students Bayh. a long-time supporter of literacy efforts, told the gathering of students and faculty in the aninyani that ■ Stand-up comics got to helped raise awareness of literacy efforts. there are currently 300,000 adults in this country who practice their craft at _i^ad below the third-grade level. By P atrice Hartmann “When you hear statistics like that, you know why this Crackers Comedy Club. Tkt Setanort ________ cause is so important," she said. “You can't help everyone, but maybe you can help one or a few." That's exactly what some 2 1 students who are currently The phrase "never give up" just may be Ed Castor's enrolled in the program are doing right now. said Rob motto Springer and Tracy Thompson, student coordinators Castor, a speaker and advocate for literacy efforts, Students enrolled in the program work one-on-one with spoke at the Student Literacy Corps "Literacy “learning partners." giving them assistance in areas Awareness" event in the library counyard last ranging from algebra to spelling. Wednesday. "It's a very student-driven program." Thompson, a Castor has first-hand knowledge about how the inability junior elementary education major, said. "We want lo to read can affect a person. A former high school drop instill in them that everyone is a pan of it." out. Castor said he was 45 years okJ when he learned lo Springe" added that working with the educationally read That opportunity came about when he received a disadvantaged gives both the tutor and the learning job promotion from his employer. General Motors. partner an increased sense of self-worth The job I wanted was an engineering assistant position. "It gives you a chance to work with somebody who It involved reaml-kecping and reading forms, and I had really didn’t believe in themselves before." said Springer, axnedy, appeared on WISH-Channel lo go in and tell them that I just couldn't do it," he said. a graduate non-degree student. I K news - live at 5:30 a.m. - from the Through a training program offered by his employer. Those students work with three different organizations club on the city's northskfe. Castor received one-on-one tutoring for one year and was in various capacities: Veterans Upward Bound. Dick Wolfiue. WISH TV reporter. able to p i from a third-grade learning level to receiving Indianapolis Network of Employment and Training, and I his GED. Now Castor, a recipient of one of President Have A Dream - Indianapolis Inc. Student volunteers George Bush’s 'Thousand Points of Light" awards, can earn up to three credit hours for their work in the travels the country to give motivational speeches. corps. "My employer was wonderful to me. I just want to give The corps is one of more than 260 literacy programs hack to people and that's what I'm doing now " he said. throughout the awntry funded by the federal department At IUPUI. the Student Literacy Corps is a student-led of Education. lU-Bloomington. Purdue University and group that enciHiruges voluntcerism by recruiting students Vincennes University also have programs. to contribute 60 hours of literacy-related service to three For more information about the program, contact Induaupplifr community organizations Springer or TNmipson at the Student Literacy G aps Susan Bayh, wife of Gov. Evan Bayh. spoke to the office at 274-6745. VI The Sagamore September 28,1992 Sagamore PAID ADVERTISEMENT The Student Activities Page Multicultural Student Career Focus ’92 Leadership Conference Career Focus ‘92, sponsored by Career & Employment Services, six “Leadership: The Inner Side of Greatness - IUPUI schools, and partially funded through the Student Activity fee, will Organizational Roots, Current Realities, and take place Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the University Place Conference Center. Future Promises." Over 62 employers will participate in a job fair from noon to 4 p.m., emphasizing professional career opportunities available to students upon Th e main purpose of the When: Oct. 9 * 10 conference is to help students graduation. Where: IUPUI 38th Street enhance their leadership Career workshops are scheduled from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Local employers, Cam pus Welcoming Banquet: capabilities. career professionals, and former IUPUI students will speak about career Oct. 9, 7:30 p.m. The West It is designed to sensitize planning, job search strategies, resume writing, and interviewing skills. End, 617 W. 11th Street participants to the struggles Pre-admission graduate workshops will also be offered by the schools of that occur daily on campuses Cost: $25 - college Business, Social Work, and Engineering and Technology. students and adults; as students face racism, and $20 - high school students make them aware of the role Reservation deadline: higher education plays as a Friday, O c t 2 change agent; to suggest Upcoming Kvents Where to register: ways to create environments Office of Multicultural Kosher dinner art which can be practiced for Oct.