COVER STORYHealth care legislation passed:How will this affect college students?

6 & 7

A&ENine years and still poignant:NKU production demonstrates scope of American ideals post 9/11.

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NEWS 4, 5 & 8Finding his way home:Kolstedt phones home, letting his family and NKU know he’s okay.

WHAT’S INSIDE

SPORTS 11Norse steal one of two:Baseball team picks up win against the Mount St. Joseph Pumas.

3 April 7, 2010

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VIEWS 9Student meal plan options:University needs to offer on-campus students the chance for other meal options.

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NEWS

4 Edition 45, Issue 11

A hearing impaired student at NKU faces a problem that is potentially life-threatening in the event of an emergency.

Crystal Hudson, who is hearing impaired, would not hear the fi re alarm if there was a fi re in the dorms. She has struggled in her assertive efforts to work with the NKU Housing and Disabilities Cen-ter since the beginning of the semester so that she may re-ceive proper safety accommo-dations in her dorm room.

“It doesn’t matter if you are UK, NKU or U of L, you are responsible to provide safety...It is up to Northern to make the university as safe as it can be,” said Jeff Sandfoss, chief of the Campbell County Fire Station.

Lisa Besnoy, the director of Disability and Testing Servic-es, said, “To my knowledge, all of the safety standards have been met.”

Besnoy explained that the university has a list of students who have signed onto the Norse Alert system. Through Norse Alert, those students, in the event of an emergency or important announcement, are informed through e-mail, phone calls and text messages minutes, or sometimes hours, after the university itself is no-tifi ed. The fi re alarms in Uni-versity Suites where Hudson lives are also fi tted with blink-ing lights as part of its warning system.

“It (isn’t) that I don’t have a blinking light on the wall, but during drills I have found it hard to notice (the lights) un-less it’s brought to my atten-tion,“ Hudson said. “When I e-mailed the disabilities offi ce about this I was asked not to stay in my room, but to fol-low housing protocol and was

given the suggestion of NKU Alert system. I have no idea what would happen if I’m asleep.”

“If there is a fi re in the room and someone is not aware that there is a fi re, that is a prob-lem,” Sandfoss said. “There are deaths with sprinklers — smoke can reach someone be-fore fi re...If we have smoke in a building, by the time we get there it may be too late.”

The thought of an actual fi re bothers Hudson.

“The fact that there is a chance I may not be aware of a fi re bothers me. There have been a few drills, but no actual events thus far,” Hudson said.

Hudson has been to both the Housing offi ce and Dis-ability Center several because of her situation. Hudson has also consulted outside re-sources.

“During fi re safety week I communicated the situation to one of the offi cial men. The man I communicated with asked me if something that vibrated would help. He said he would talk with housing/maintenance,” Hudson said.

The Campbell County Fire Department is willing to help Hudson in this situation.

“We normally receive smoke detectors from the Red Cross for the deaf and blind. We work with NKU all of the time. They are very good about safety, it just sounds like something that has fallen between the cracks. Whatever we need to do, we will work with them,” Sandfoss said.

“The reply that I received from housing is their willing-ness to act if the disabilities services will support what

Charlotte Etherton/Photo editor

Crystal Hudson is having a hard time getting NKU to get her a special fi re alarm.

Can’t hear her fi re alarmHearing-impaired student struggling to get special fi re alarmMelissa McLeodStaff writer

See ALARM on page 5

5 April 7, 2010

NEWS

ALARM from page 4

Finding his way homeKolstedt phones home, letting his family and NKU know he’s okay

James Kolstedt, the student reported missing to univer-sity police by his family early in the morning of March 31, called home the same eve-ning to say he was in Seattle, Wash., according to university police and university spokes-man, Chris Cole. Kolstedt’s call ended a widespread effort to locate him, which included a Norse Alert and a search by police departments and res-cue squads from across Camp-bell County.

According to the police documents obtained under an open-records request, police had reason to be concerned for Kolstedt’s well-being. Kol-stedt has a potentially life-threatening medical condi-tion and it appeared he may not have had access to his

medication. Police were also concerned when they found Kolstedt’s keys, cell phone, and NKU all card in his car on

campus. “Yes, it is good news. He has

been found and I am very re-lieved,” said William Kolstedt, his brother, who lives in Buf-falo, Mo.

The family told police that Kolstedt was unaware that he had been reported missing when he contacted his family

to say he was in Seattle. The report also said that Kolstedt said he had sent a letter to his father explaining his in-tentions to leave. His father had not yet received the let-

ter when the family reported James missing.

The family has not offered any additional comment on why Kolstedt went to Seattle or why he left many of his be-longings in his car.

Police offi cers from seven police departments were in-volved in the search: NKU Police, Highland Heights, Campbell County, Fort Thom-as, Wilder, Bellevue and Flor-ence. In addition, the Central Campbell Fire Department and Campbell County Search and Rescue responded.

A Facebook group offered support and posted updates throughout the day. Students, family and friends typed prayers and commented on how much they care about Kolstedt on the group’s wall.

Jesse CallStaff writer

Yes, it is good news. He has been found and I am very relieved.”

-William Kolstedt, brother

,,

,, Courtesty of NKUJames Kolstedt

needs to be provided and re-quest that I be accommodat-ed,” said Hudson.

Peter Trentacoste, director of University Housing, ex-plained that it is not Hous-ing’s responsibility to choose whether or not to accom-modate a student’s needs. Students have to receive the “OK” initially from NKU’s Disability Services. The stu-dents are sent to Disability Services in order to receive

approval of any suggested or needed accommodations.

“We are the implement-ers not the decision makers. When a student says, ‘I need this’ and a dorm does not have it we will comply with Disability Services and what they recommend. When it comes to what we do when there is a concern, the stu-dents need to see disability services,” Trentacoste said.

According to the Disabil-

ity Service Web site, “The offi ce of Disability Services will collaborate with the Of-fi ce of University Housing to provide reasonable accom-modations for students with special needs.” The Disabil-ity Services Mission State-ment says, “The NKU Offi ce of Disability Services (DS) is committed to providing learner-centered assistance and resources to students with disabilities in their tran-

sition to Northern Kentucky University. Our mission is to provide reasonable accom-modations and a supportive environment where students with disabilities have access and opportunity to succeed in their pursuit of a higher education.” Hudson is deter-mined to make her transition and sense of safety in the dorms the best it can be — still, nothing has been done despite her many attempts

and proposals. “Our depart-ment really cares about stu-dents. We rely on expertise across the campus for all stu-dents,” Trentacoste said. “At the end of the day, if the Dis-ability Services tell us to do something, we do it. We have a lot of students that we ac-commodate and some things have been quite expensive. It doesn’t matter if it is a $40 or $40,000 dollar item, we will do what we need to.”

Health care legislation passesWhat do these laws mean for college students?Jesse CallStaff writer

6 Edition 45, Issue 11 7 April 7, 2010

Vice President Joe Biden has de-scribed it as “a big deal” but many students are wondering exactly how the recent reforms to the health care system will benefit them, if at all.

One of the biggest benefits will go into effect later this year al-lowing students to remain on their parents’ health insurance plan until age 26, as long as they continue to be a dependent. Students, however, will still have to consider the bene-fits of becoming independent which removes their parents income from consideration in awarding financial aid and allows them to receive tax benefits such as the recent “stimu-lus checks.”

By 2014, students will be able to stay on their parents health insur-ance even if they are offered alter-native coverage through their own employers. “This will help cover the one in three young adults

who are uninsured,” said a White House press document provided to The Northerner by Shin Inouye, director of Specialty Media for the White House.

Health care reform “ensures young adults always have quality, affordable health insurance choic-es, regardless of how their lives change, particularly as young adults frequently change jobs, move, or hold

part-time or temporary jobs,” ac-cording to the White House.

This year, the new law prohibits insurance companies from denying individuals under 19 years old cov-erage based on pre-existing condi-tions. Going forward, the law will also prohibit insurance

companies from denying cover-age to all individuals, according to the White House. Also, this year, the new law will eliminate all life-time limits on how much insurance companies cover if

beneficiaries get sick and bans in-surance companies from dropping people from coverage when they get sick.

Also this year the reform act re-quires new insurance plans to cover prevention and wellness benefits at

no charge by exempting these ben-efits from deductibles and other cost-sharing requirements, which may allow some students coverage for fitness activities.

The law is also supposed to make health insurance more affordable for college students and young adults, according to the White House, because the new law sup-ports states starting in plan year 2011 in requiring health insurance companies to submit justification for requested premium increases. It also “cracks down on excessive insurance overhead starting in 2011 by applying standards to how

much insurance companies can spend on non-medical costs, such as bureaucracy, executive salaries, and marketing, and provides consumers a rebate if non-medical costs are too high.”

But, not everyone is pleased with the changes or thinks they will ben-efit college students in the long run, including Kentucky’s two Republi-

can U.S. Senators.“The debt that will be created by

the President’s health care plan will be on the backs of today’s college students and their children for de-cades to come. I agree in the prin-ciple of health care reform but the path that this President and this Congress has taken will no doubt lead to higher taxes, job cuts, and cause ill effects to our nation’s health care system.” said U.S. Sena-tor Jim Bunning (R-Ky.)

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) was unavail-able for comment, but his office pointed out a recent study by The Associated Press.

The study pointed out that un-der the health care overhaul, young adults who buy their own insurance will carry a heavier burden of the medical costs of older Americans — a shift expected to raise insur-ance premiums for young people when the plan takes full effect in 2014.

Beginning in 2014, most Ameri-cans will be required to buy insur-ance or pay a tax penalty. That is when premiums for young adults seeking coverage on the individual market would likely climb by 17 percent on average, or roughly $42 a month, according to an analysis of the plan conducted for The As-sociated Press. The analysis did not factor in tax credits to help offset the increase.

On April 7, U.S Republican Con-gressman Geoff Davis (R.-Ky.) will address students about the health care reform bill at 2 p.m. in the Otto Budig Theater. There will be a question and answer session to allow any students or staff the op-portunity to ask the Congressman questions about issues arising in our country. This event is open to all faculty and students at no cost, but is closed to the public.

The Associated Press contributed to this article.

Photo courtesy of MCT campusPresident Barack Obama signs the new health care legislation.

Part one of two:

Special on health care and student

loan legislation

The Northerner is, and will be, reporting on how the recent health care legislation will be affecting Northern Kentucky University students. This is part one of the piece and involves the portion of the health care legislation that will be affecting students.

Graphic courtesy of MCT campus

Health care legislation passesWhat do these laws mean for college students?Jesse CallStaff writer

6 Edition 45, Issue 11 7 April 7, 2010

Vice President Joe Biden has de-scribed it as “a big deal” but many students are wondering exactly how the recent reforms to the health care system will benefit them, if at all.

One of the biggest benefits will go into effect later this year al-lowing students to remain on their parents’ health insurance plan until age 26, as long as they continue to be a dependent. Students, however, will still have to consider the bene-fits of becoming independent which removes their parents income from consideration in awarding financial aid and allows them to receive tax benefits such as the recent “stimu-lus checks.”

By 2014, students will be able to stay on their parents health insur-ance even if they are offered alter-native coverage through their own employers. “This will help cover the one in three young adults

who are uninsured,” said a White House press document provided to The Northerner by Shin Inouye, director of Specialty Media for the White House.

Health care reform “ensures young adults always have quality, affordable health insurance choic-es, regardless of how their lives change, particularly as young adults frequently change jobs, move, or hold

part-time or temporary jobs,” ac-cording to the White House.

This year, the new law prohibits insurance companies from denying individuals under 19 years old cov-erage based on pre-existing condi-tions. Going forward, the law will also prohibit insurance

companies from denying cover-age to all individuals, according to the White House. Also, this year, the new law will eliminate all life-time limits on how much insurance companies cover if

beneficiaries get sick and bans in-surance companies from dropping people from coverage when they get sick.

Also this year the reform act re-quires new insurance plans to cover prevention and wellness benefits at

no charge by exempting these ben-efits from deductibles and other cost-sharing requirements, which may allow some students coverage for fitness activities.

The law is also supposed to make health insurance more affordable for college students and young adults, according to the White House, because the new law sup-ports states starting in plan year 2011 in requiring health insurance companies to submit justification for requested premium increases. It also “cracks down on excessive insurance overhead starting in 2011 by applying standards to how

much insurance companies can spend on non-medical costs, such as bureaucracy, executive salaries, and marketing, and provides consumers a rebate if non-medical costs are too high.”

But, not everyone is pleased with the changes or thinks they will ben-efit college students in the long run, including Kentucky’s two Republi-

can U.S. Senators.“The debt that will be created by

the President’s health care plan will be on the backs of today’s college students and their children for de-cades to come. I agree in the prin-ciple of health care reform but the path that this President and this Congress has taken will no doubt lead to higher taxes, job cuts, and cause ill effects to our nation’s health care system.” said U.S. Sena-tor Jim Bunning (R-Ky.)

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) was unavail-able for comment, but his office pointed out a recent study by The Associated Press.

The study pointed out that un-der the health care overhaul, young adults who buy their own insurance will carry a heavier burden of the medical costs of older Americans — a shift expected to raise insur-ance premiums for young people when the plan takes full effect in 2014.

Beginning in 2014, most Ameri-cans will be required to buy insur-ance or pay a tax penalty. That is when premiums for young adults seeking coverage on the individual market would likely climb by 17 percent on average, or roughly $42 a month, according to an analysis of the plan conducted for The As-sociated Press. The analysis did not factor in tax credits to help offset the increase.

On April 7, U.S Republican Con-gressman Geoff Davis (R.-Ky.) will address students about the health care reform bill at 2 p.m. in the Otto Budig Theater. There will be a question and answer session to allow any students or staff the op-portunity to ask the Congressman questions about issues arising in our country. This event is open to all faculty and students at no cost, but is closed to the public.

The Associated Press contributed to this article.

Photo courtesy of MCT campusPresident Barack Obama signs the new health care legislation.

Part one of two:

Special on health care and student

loan legislation

The Northerner is, and will be, reporting on how the recent health care legislation will be affecting Northern Kentucky University students. This is part one of the piece and involves the portion of the health care legislation that will be affecting students.

Graphic courtesy of MCT campus

8 Edition 45, Issue 11

NEWS

Vern HockneyNews editor

Members of student govern-ment gathered around the SGA offi ce on the night of April 1. Ten tense minutes passed be-fore the results were posted for the candidates to see. The stu-dents most stressed were, per-haps, the candidates running on the presidential tickets.

Immediately after posting the results, it became apparent that Kevin Golden and Dani-elle Hawks had been elected president and vice-president, respectively. Equally disap-pointed was candidate Leigha Phelps, who lost the presiden-tial bid for a second time in as many years. There was no ques-tion who students felt would best represent them as exactly

100 votes separated the two slates.

President elect Golden hopes to go on a retreat after the spring semester is over to en-sure that the new senate, execu-tive council and judicial council are cohesive.

Golden also wants to contin-ue gaining presence on campus for SGA even though SGA has had problems in the past.“We have had kind of a rough year, so it’s about communicat-ing to students and letting them know we are a voice for them to the administration and we’ll stand up for their rights and stand up for their concerns,” Golden said.

Golden and Hawks provide

the opportunity for SGA to go in a completely new direction or to remain as they are now. Next year promises to be full of surprises as a new adminis-tration takes offi ce and as the body faces the possibility of a new constitution.

Other members of the ex-ecutive council include: Dustin Robinson —secretary for stu-dent involvement, Mike John-son—secretary for public relations, Jeremy Moore—sec-retary for administrative affairs. Only two senate candidates and one judicial council candidate were not elected. For a com-plete list of next years SGA members and vote counts, visit thenortherner.com.

SGA’s new leaders announcedCampus visibility administration’s goal

Vern Hockney/News Editor

Kevin Golden (right) and Danielle Hawks react after winning.

9 April 7, 2010

VIEWS

When I moved to NKU’s campus my freshman year of college, I was excited to begin a new life away from home. I had never been away from home for more than two days without a parent, and I was excited to live on my own. Now that I’m in my fourth semester of living on campus, I am almost willing to do any-thing to get myself off cam-pus, and get away from the awful food they force-feed on me.

NKU forces their on-cam-pus residents that live in the dorms to choose from one of four meal plans with a

price that ranges from $1,185 through $1,305, according to the NKU dining Web site. This money is in addition to the money you must pay to live on campus. Each plan of-fers you meals at the cafete-rias in Norse Commons and Callahan Hall. It also gives you fl ex dollars that you can spend at other on-campus dining areas.

While an on-campus meal plan is probably a good idea for a lot of students, some students don’t want to be re-stricted to where and what they can eat. I personally am a very good chef and enjoy

going to the grocery to fi nd my own food, and my cooked meals are usually of better quality and much healthier for me than meals served on campus.

“I love cooking, and I’m good at it” said sophomore Music major Joe Singleton. “I also like to go eat out, but be-cause of the money I pay to on-campus dining, I always feel forced to eat in the cafe-teria.” The restaurants in the Student Union are generic versions of well-known fast food restaurants, and you can see the difference in the price and the overall quality of the

food.“Campus dining is basi-

cally the reason I’ve decided to move home next semes-ter and just commute,” said Bethany Sheneman, a fresh-man Music major. “I really don’t like the food in the caf-eteria, and I have already run out of fl ex dollars because the Student Union is overpriced. I love living on campus, but because of meal plans, I can’t eat out and I don’t like the food I eat, so I’m moving home.”

I believe that the campus would draw in more people into living on campus if meal

plans weren’t a mandatory requirement to reside in the NKU dorms. I would per-sonally stay on campus, but instead, I’m leaving because of an issue with food. I be-lieve NKU should require a meal plan for freshman liv-ing on campus and allow up-perclassmen to have a choice whether or not to purchase the plan. Upperclassmen have adapted to the college life and may feel they are ready to be in charge of there own menus. They should be given the option to eat on NKU’s campus — or choose to fend for themselves.

Nicholas JonesContributing writer

Meal plan needs to changeStudents should be given option of whether to eat on campus or not

A&E

10 Edition 45, Issue 11

Wine, decadent food and titillating conversation are the subjects of Northern Ken-tucky University’s latest pro-duction: Omnium Gatherum. The play is a two-hour ride by way of running discourse—but more closely resembles acri-mony—covering the breadth of our nation’s hot topics: U.S. enslavement to oil, killing the planet one fuel-ineffi cient car at a time, a divided war, global-ization, sweeping stereotypes, rampant capitalism, excessive patriotism, class division and who can forget, food—all via an upscale dinner party in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks.

The title of the play is a Lat-in phrase that roughly trans-lates to “a collection of pecu-liar people.” The phrase is a direct reference to the party’s

guests and was penned by playwrights Theresa Rebeck and Alexandra Gersten-Vas-silaros who, throughout the play, are constantly reminding the audience of what strange bedfellows the eight guests are, due to the vast chasms of personal philosophy and moral ideals among them. The diners range from a New York fi refi ghter (who’s an everyday Joe), a spy novelist (who’s a stanch pro-capitalist), to the very opinionated, Cambridge-educated snob—all poised to cite their often differing opin-ions within their unique hob-nob where the volatile and contentious blend.

The play, which debuted in 2003, feels like an amalgama-tion between Whose Afraid of Virginia Woolf and Guess

Who’s Coming to Dinner with its constant bantering and awkward pairings. Just two years removed from the Trade Center attacks, the play smacks of social commentary--as all good theatre ought to. One of the main interpreta-tions pokes at the idea that if there’s going to be a world power, it’s a relief that it’s America. But as the play points out, America —with its torrid history, reliance on war and exploits of capitalism—may make the land of oppor-tunity the grandest terrorist of them all.

Another message pent up in the play is the idea of double standards. Americans admon-ish Middle Eastern nations for allowing their leadership to be dictators, but at the same time,

America is a form of cultural dictatorship created in part by the pervasive and overbear-ing media that programs the expectations and desires of all that come into contact with it.

But the U.S. and its strange barometer of fulfi llment is not the sole culprit. The play points out that many factions that our nation classifi es as terroristic are governed by medieval hierarchies that base their tenets on religion, and in doing so, perpetuate zealots, miring themselves in distrust and hate for a western society that is programmed to con-sume.

Alongside the dining expe-rience, we become aware of the guests’ personal stories. But we never truly gain an understanding of why such a

bizarre collection of personal-ities are dining together—that is, until the end. We fi nd out that the fi reman is in fact dead and has been since the recent attacks. This proves problem-atic to the other guests, and eventually gives way to a line of eminent questioning to sort out the whole affair: are all of the guests dead, and if so, are they dining in Heaven or Hell?

Those questions are never fully resolved, and because of that, the storyline and the eight party-goers never quite reach a resolution. In the end, no matter how one chooses to argue the facts, we know that eight people are dead, two towers have been razed and 3,000 souls have been irrevo-cably lost.

Jeremy JacksonA&E Editor

Nine years and still poignantNKU production demonstrates scope of American ideals post 9/11

Courtesy of NKU Theater Department

Characters in Omnium Gatherum discuss different terrorism, while sitting at the dinner table.

11 April 7, 2010

SPORTS

Norse steal one of twoBaseball team picks up win against Mount St. Joseph’s PumasMark PaynePrint editor-in-chief

Tim Downer/Staff photographer

Jason Cisper (3) safely slides into second base after stealing second. Cisper contributed to the Norse win over the Pumas at the plate and with his base running. Cisper leads the Norse with a .500 batting average.

The Northern Kentucky Uni-versity men’s baseball team picked up one win in a double-header against the Mount St. Joseph Pumas April 5.

The win brings the Norse to 22-11 overall, and 14-11 — sec-ond place, East Division — in the Great Lakes Valley Confer-ence.

The fi rst game the Norse were led by catcher Brian Erie (.453), who went 3-3 at the plate. He was followed by left-

fi elder Jason Cisper (.500), who went 2-4, with one run batted in. Cisper leads the team in batting average.

The Norse jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the fi rst, when Cis-per doubled to right center and was knocked in by Bryan Rose. Rose was knocked in by Evan Mcdole on a sacrifi ce ground-out.

The Norse tacked on another run in the third, but the Pumas exploded with four runs on fi ve

hits. The Norse regained the lead in the sixth with two runs on two hits. However, the Pu-mas tied the game at fi ve in the seventh, then bashed out anoth-er four runs in the eighth to seal the victory over the Norse 9-7.

On the mound, Ed Schlueter picked up the win for the Pu-mas and Kevin Jordan accepted the loss for the Norse.

In the second game, the Norse were led at the plate by second baseman Pat Muth (.360), who

went two-four. The Norse took the lead in

the fi rst with two runs on three hits and two errors. Bryan Rose led off the inning with a single, then stole second. Rose then ad-vanced to third on a Pat Muth single.The fi rst run came when Rose scored on a throwing er-ror. After Muth was caught stealing, Jason Cisper singled, then stole second. Cisper was sent to third on a walk and the Norse were able to capitalize

on two Puma errors.The Pumas tied the game in

the fi fth with two runs on two hits. However, the Norse re-gained the lead in the sixth and never looked back. The winning run came on a sacrifi ce single to left fi eld by Shannon McCor-mick.

Jay Hale (1-1) picked up the win for the Norse.

The Norse next take the fi eld April 7 against Wilmington, Ohio, at NKU.