There’s still hope for graduate health insurance.

Although the University decided Wednesday not to use a rider to add benefits to the Board of Regents policy, Graduate Student Association President Will Rooks sees the light at the end of the tunnel.

“We’ve had good communication with the Board of Regents and University administration, and I believe we are very close to reaching a solution,” Rooks said Thursday. “The real question is whether it will be cost-shared by the University.”

Under an insurance policy change passed by the BOR this summer, the out-of-pocket maximum for the mandatory graduate student health insurance moved from $2,500 to $10,000.

Under the rider, the maximum would move back to $2,500 and increase graduate student fees by $86 – a $96,000 cost-share by the University. Although Rooks received dozens of positive e-mails from students, the University is still weighing the options.

“It’s like the same debate we’re having – it’s a microcosm of the national debate on health care. How much do you pay and how pervasive are the benefits?” University President Michael Adams said at Thursday’s media briefing following his monthly Cabinet meeting.

cater to students and student activities. Print & Copy prides itself in providing “quick, inexpensive print and copy services for students, Division of Student Affairs departments, and registered student organizations,” according to its Web site.

However, Woodard said most student packets for professors are made at off-campus print and copy sites, such as Bel-Jean.

McLeod said most of Bel-Jean’s business with students comes from those student packets.

“We also offer services to individual student needs, [University] departments and student organizations,” she said.

And though local print and copy services are faring well during the economic downturn, international companies such as FedEx and Hewlett-Packard are not doing so well.

According to a Wall Street Journal report last month, H-P’s fiscal third-quarter profit dropped 19 percent due to lower international sales and falling margins.

FedEx also experienced a substantial decline last year due to dramatic increases in fuel prices and shipment declines, according to a Sept. 11 FedEx news release.