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Show Thursday, December 3, 2009 University Journal Page 6 Continued from Page 1 the services they provide to students by replacing state funding with student fee MEGAN UNIVERSITY VALANTINE JOURNAL be bakugan toys line the shelves at Walmart. Some gifts that are expected toZhu Zhu cell Driod Motorola include season the phone, popular this Christmas Pets and general electronics like netbooks. Trent Iwanski, technician team leader at the St George Verizon store, said Dioid and cell phone accessories like car chargeis and items this headsets are going to be Christmas Droid is cool, Iwanski said You can get a a mount windshield dock so you can use the navigation on the Droid big-tick- Continued from Page 1 Bennett said As Seen on TV displays at the end of a lew isles are quite popular and make good stocking stulfers during multi-medi- turn-by-tu- Christmas dollars Student included in Organizations Involvement & Leadership are SUUSA Student Government, Service & Learning, Outdoor Recreation and Greek Lite Audience participants addressed the question of whv the Student Health Clinic was considered and not psychological services While some have suggested mental health services on campus be cut, Eddleman indicated that community resources for mental health needs are stretched with some outside entities referring students to the services provided on campus Audience participants also addressed the question of whether the health clinic was being closed because of inefficiencies This was really based on (the clime not being) mission essential and budget cut decisions, Eddleman said Annalie Bloomquist, a senior nursing major fiom Kearns, who is uninsured, said if the health clinic were cut, it would be a struggle to pay for the high healthcare rates If I get sick, itll suck because I dont have insurance and Im around the hospital a lot, she said Theres no way I can afford the insurance plans offered to students right now Bloomquist said it is hard for college students to obtain health insurance when many students do not work full time and have no health insurance benefits. Bloomquist said she is concerned more for married couples going to school full time who live off student loans, because they often cannot afford health insurance if they are not working full time Half my classmates are in that situation and have children and if the student health clinic closes it's going to impact them, she said The Cedar Cuy Health Clinic, located on 74 W Harding Ave , offers similar services of the Student Health Clinic Rita Osborn, Center of Rural Health associate director, said because the the current clinic only operates pait-timSt George Southwest Utah Community Health Center who has the resources to will take over their operate clinic in eaily March (The clinic) has outgrown the needs and e to the level where not able to do it It's better it needs to be done, she said for the community because they have larger resources Osborn said the clinic, which is federally funded, would charge patients on a sliding fee scale, meaning that patients seen are charged a rale based on their income, verified by income tax returns. The Student Health Clinic charges e students a entry lee of $10, in addition to the $11 required student fee students pay Since former Student Health Clinic Director and Family Nurse Practitioner Marjean Allen resigned Nov 10, Drs Steve Newman, Dan Allen and Jarid Gray, physicians from the Cedar Ridge Clinic will see patients at the Student Health Clinic until the remainder of Spring 2010 semester e, full-tim- e, full-tim- one-tim- 3S Continued from Page 'C i !?I . t Utah AAA However, Rolayne spokesperson Fairclough said Utah residents should not expect a significant spike in prices over the i Dr. Steven Taggart, O.D. Educators Mutual Welcome Eve Exam-- S j Contact a box welcome! Walk-in- s Open Mondav-Saturda- 865-28- 54 Exam-$7- 9 Acuvue y 09 Cedar City Walmart (ntermountairv Medical Group Daren O. Gatherum, DO WOMENS HEALTH SPECIALIST Di, Gatherum is a dedicated, board-certifie- d OBGYN who provides compassionate care & treatment for women. 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Thanksgiving holiday travel in the mountain west area of 50 miles or more was projected to have increased .3 percent to 2 5 million people the increase Nationally, was more significant, with the number people traveling for more miles or 50 Thanksgiving weekend rising 14 percent to 38 4 million people In the report, Fairclough said although there may be more holiday travelers than last year, there will still be many people who wont travel Y N i k 5 ! r v WISHES YOU GOOD LUCK ON FINALS AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS. SEE YOU NEXT YEAR! |