Eastern Illinois University The Keep May 2011 5-26-2011 Daily Eastern News: May 26, 2011 Eastern Illinois University Follow this and additional works at: http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_2011_may Recommended Citation Eastern Illinois University, "Daily Eastern News: May 26, 2011" (2011). May. 5. http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_2011_may/5 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the 2011 at The Keep. It has been accepted for inclusion in May by an authorized administrator of The Keep. For more information, please contact [email protected]. "Tell the truth and don't be afraid." Local educators honored Bos resigns, takes job for positive actions at IUPUI Page 3 Page 8 STATE Commission rejects insurance plan. ten to rhe commission members Gov. Quinn precipitates a constitutional crisis, which will be solved in the courts," Health Alliance, Hurnana refuses to listen Rose said. Rose said the commission vot­ to lawmakers ed against rhe move because they say patients may be affected did nor believe the numbers Gov. By Alex McNamee Quinn presenred and they did not new insurance and new doctors. Editor in Chief think ir was fair. State employees, retirees 1he commission told The News-Ga­ "They did not believe it was fair would have to find zcne in Champaign Tuesday that new A policy moving a large num­ to the taXpayers," Rose said. contracts with Blue Cross and Blue ber of state employees and retir­ By establishing a new program, Rep. Chapin Rose new doctors, insurance Shield and rwo open~llccess plans will ees into a state self-insurance pro­ Gov. Quinn estimated the stare save the state money. gram caused much disagreement in would save $102 million in its first said. bur Quinn has ignored that. By The Associated Press Existing providers Health Alliance Springfield Wednesday. year, according to an arricle in The "He has refused ro lisren," Rose Medical Plans and Humana protest­ Despite an 8-3 voce by the bi­ Nerus- Gaut~. said. URBANA - A state comrniS'­ ed the contracts, wltkh they say would partisan Commission on Govern­ The move came after the state Rose said he thinks money could sion says rhe Illinois Department of require many of their roughly I 00,000 ment Accountability and Fore­ Executive Ethics Commjssion re­ be spent "paying off coundess back­ Healthcare and Family Services proper~ patients co travel to see new doctors. casting, which did not advise and jecrcd Health Alliance and lluma­ logs of what we owe the state." ly awarded group health insurance <:on­ Many docrors in the: Champaign area consent to the action, Rep. Chap­ na's protesrs over the bidding. "lr's not a good use of taxpayer traces to new prov1ders. have exdusive contracts with Health Al­ in Rose said Governor Pat Quinn is In voting against the new pro­ dollars," Rose said. "How much do The decbion by the Executive Eth­ liance. nor backing off. gram, the commission has rold we owe Eastern right now?" ics Commission means reus of chou­ .H FS Director Julie: Hamos believes Gov. Quinn ignored the vote Gov. Quinn he is wrong and needs sands of state employees and retirees those doctors will sign deah with the and will force ir inro a lawsuit posi­ to start over, Rose said. Ale~ McNamee can be in cc:ntral Illinois will have to choose new open-access plans. tion, Rose said. By law. the commission has to reaC'IJed 4l :l8l-7!J.42 "The governor's refusal ro lis- give conscm to the governor, Rose or deneic~ymail.com. ECONOMICS STATE Yada yaf!.a y a: Senate bill could change Professor's 'Seinfeld' website state employee pensions to be on NBC's Today Show By Melissa Sturtevant News Editor teaching economics, Ghent said. "If passed, the bill Professors test "It's useful now in that ifyou don't Senare Bill 512, which would change know what moral hazard is you ca.n "For a limited pensions for state employees, will have a would represent a economics in acrually go and if you dick on that educational hearing on Amendment No. 1 on Thurs­ shameful breach pop culture rag on rhe website it'll define it for day at 9 a.m. you," Ghent said. "So if you're watch resource, The amendment would require em­ of agreements using TV shows the clip you ca.n see that." ployees ro pay 24.89 percent compensa­ The original site was online in (200,000 tion &om the year 2013 co 2015. with state By Alex McNamee March 2010, and after Ghent gave According ro John Allison, the pres­ employees." Editor in Chief a "Seinfeld" lecture at Berry Col­ page views) idem of Universiry Professionals of llli­ lege, in Rome, Ga., in Ocrober, the nois, or UPI, said a rwo-riered system is John Allison. president of UPI On a day in 2008, Linda Ghent site took off. is absolutely already in place that was passed through and Alan Grant were ralking about Frank Stephenson, the chair of enormous." the state government lase year. This sys­ cult for him co take a definite stance on different TV shows Ghent bad no­ the economics dcpartmenr at Ber­ tem did nor change benefits for state em­ a but on which the derails are being dis­ ticed were full of examples of eco­ ry College, blogged about the site, George I.esica, co­ ployees. cussed. nomics. which led to a media explosion, t:n~ato.r of The The people that it affected were rhe "There is uncerrainry wiili regard to the Of the shows mentioned, Ghent Ghent said. Economics of Seinfeld people rhac came in to the system after 111. fiscal condirion and its budget. 1hat had found clips in "Grey's Anato­ Tht Wall Strut journal wrote Jan. 1, 2011. It required new employees has an impact on us hiring people and my", "King of Queens", and some abour it in July 2010, Th~ Econo· the site increased rapidly. to wait until the age of 67 w retire with keeping people so just rhe condition of of "Seinfdd". "Some" was not what mist and 7h~ Neru Yclrk Times wrote Lesica said it was interesting ro full benefits. the Ill. budger creates uncerrainry and cre­ Granr expected to h~r. Ghent said. about it in October 2010, and warch the various spikes of she traf­ "They could start receiving benefits ar ates problems for us in terms of recruit­ "(Alan) said, 'Oh I think there's Businm wt>ek wrote about it in No­ fic based on which publications age 62, bur they would rake a silC percenr ing and retention," Perry said. "To remove a lot more,"' Ghent said. vember 2010. Also, Ghent said she were memioning it. The biggest reduction each year until (the age of) 67,... uncertainty in budget, which is what gov­ Ghenr said Grant volunteered ro was rold rhe N~w 1-0rk Post wrote jumps in views came when the site Allison explained. ''In addirion, rbeir cosr ernmem is trying to do, is trying to re­ watch aU nine season of"Seinfdd", about it; however, she has never was mentioned on blogs related to of living increased for each year is dras­ duce deficit so there are a uwnber of areas the NBC show, which originally seen ilie article. economics. tically reduced chat it's below rhe race of were rhcy arc trying ro get more revenue aired from l990-1999. He would "This is just the power of me­ "(This) suggests ro us that a sig­ inflation. Once a new hire retires. assum­ or they are trying to cut costs." watch an episode every morning, dia," said Ghent, the chair of the nific:tnt amount of the:: traffic is ac­ ing they reach 62. they are likely to lose Allison said char legislators are able over breakfast. economics department. tually coming from t"ducators and against inllation. l1te longer you li ve, the to discuss and vote on SB512 at the last Nine seasons of non-sense lat­ One of Ghent's most memora­ srudenrs, which was pretry much less you have to live on." minute. He also explained that although e•, Gram presented 90 "Seinfeld" ble inccrviews about the website the goal," Lcsica said. " It validates The Eastern chaprer ofUPl, as a group, the bill doesn't hugely affect people al­ clips, which were examples of eco­ came when rwo radio disc jockeys the original idea that this can be is opposed ro this bill. Members of che ready working at Eastern, it will make it nomics jn ilie show. from Hartford, Conn. asked the something useful ro people who group have met wirh Senator Dale Right­ more difficult to hire people. If this bill The show turned into much co-creators ro call into their morn­ k-aro and teach economics." er and Representative Chapin Rose co is passed, he said, Ill. will have one of the more than a reaching rool for Gh­ ing show. Since January. approximately have their voices heard. The group has worst pension systems in the U.S., and ent, Graot and co-creator George "They are huge 'Seinfeld' fans," 50,000 people have visited the site, rried to srress rhar for many employees the it will be much harder to attract people Lesic.'l; it turned into a website, Ghent said. "They basically abused lesica said. The website has gained pensions are the only way of supporting here. which will soon be featured on us for about 15 minutes because 200,000 page views coral.