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What's 0p In the Cafeteria?The cofeterio renovotion is underwoy. New ceiling tiles ond

zone lighting hove been instolled ond thot is only the beginning.Droperies ond corpeting with o grey ond mouve color schemewill be instolled which will reduce the noise level in the cofeterioond sotfen the institutionol otmosphere. New ook top tobles ondfobric lined choirs will reploce originol furniture, now showingmuch weor ond teor.

The cofeterio hos not been remodeled for 15 yeors ond thegool of this renovotion is to moke it o worm ond comfortobleploce for students, stoff ond foculty to enjoy meols ond fee time.

Pay Dewry Oight) @,eb'otes wilh Jad< Lucois (lefl) rtp won a frrc| classtou'?d ttip tid<e, lot ttto to Hoyroli. Confiilnttotslo Hoqer's Nrnuol cg/m-pg/lgn gslhe'9d hoplng ro heqf theil nqn€6 coiled. Jad( aN hts wr,elvloilant?€ arc looklng loila/,d ro il'p'k It/Is' tttp lo ,lowati ol the erl/d olltuv.

Third Annual Wellness Week -April 7-9, 1987John Cossis, returning by populor demond fiom lost yeor's

Wellness Week oppeoronce, will be the feotured speoker ot thekickoff breokfost, Tuesdoy, April 7 ot 7:30 o.m. His seminor, "Wlrenthe Going Gets Tough . . ." will look ot mentol toughnes os omeons of deoling with life's problems - personolly ond profes-sionolly - ond will offer suggestions for building inner strength.

A voriety of topics will be covered during Wellness Week relot-ing to exercise, stress monogement, nutrition ond oging. For ocomplete progrom, pick up o WellnessWeek brochure in HeolthServices.

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After 2O years of service,please share a memory:

Joonne Heinly: "Whot is refreshing ond energizing oboutHorper is thot eorly on there wos on opporent commitment fromthe community ond leodership of the College ond foculty to theconcept of community college educotion, thot it is os volid osfour-yeor institutions. Thot commitment hos been mointoinedond it is fulfilling to see it work so well."

Bob Thiedo: "The golden threod through the yeors hqs beenonswering those quirky ond unusuol questions from the students,stoff ond foculty who totter up to the reference desk."

Dee Johnson wos home recuperoting while this isue woswritten.

Congrotulotions to our three 2Gyeor veterons.

Joanne Heinly, Bob fhiedo ond Dee Johnson rcceive 20 year pins dl the#ruice Awdtds Ceremony.

lnsider's View of

Claudia Carlsen"Don't rush me - l'm moking mistokes os fost os I con," is the

sign thot greels customers ot Cloudio Corlsen's coshier stotion inthe cofeterio. Corlsen's sense of humor, smile ond light bontercon surely brighten up o slow morning or help breok up o longdoy. Corlsen hos been port of the Horper community for eightyeors ond is hoppy with her job. "l'm o people person, I like ihepeople I work with ond the people I see everydoy."Eorn; Chicogo, currently lives in Hoffmon Estotes.Educalion: Polotine High SchoolMoritol stalus; Monied; four "wonderful" children; two boys (17

ond 21) ond two girls (14 ond 22)Hobbies: Ceromics - which is reolly turning into o vocotion.

Christmos wos very busy for Cloudio who mokes ceromicpieces on consignment for sole in the "Country Chorm Shop"in Mt. Prospect.

Sporfs; A regulor ot the heolth club, Cloudio olso runs with hertwo dogs, o Germon shorthoir ond o beogle.

Favorile lood: Pizzo.Fovor ite l.V. show: "Moonlighting."I would like ro sloq: Overeoting,Best advtce porenls gove me: Do your best ot everything you

do!I can't slond: Crobby peoPle.tf tye leomed one lhing in life: People treot you the woy you

treot them.

Prcsiden Jomes Mcarclh impo/ils some fiov€l/lng tips to MolthewSchmeltz white his pp/rcnls lod< on. *hmenz dbng wilh 6 olher llarpergudenls, lefr lor a spring *meslet in Lodon.

Thaveling Harper Family'Absence does moke the heort growfonder," occording to

Mike Brown of the Art deportment ond Borlcoro Schmelfz of Sp+'ciol Progroms ond Services, whose children ore spending springsemester in London through Horper's lnternotionol StudiesProgrom.

Mike Brown's doughter Tonyo hos been oble to look up someof Mike's relotives ond hos ottended o fomily christening. Tonyoplons to toke odvontoge of her troveling opportunities through oside trip to Russio in Morch ond olso o trip to meet o friend who is

in lsroel on on exchqnge progrom.Motthew Schmelt is impressed by the "tube," London's under-

ground public tronsportotion system, ond hos found London oneosy city in which to trovel. Schmeltz hos been to Speokers'Squore where people toke their turns on the soopbox ond ononother occosion Motlhew hos "dressed up" to toke high teo.

Both students hove been to severol museums os o port of theircoursework ond ore enjoying the opportunity to meet peoplefom oll over the world, The students ore getting good exper-ience shopping ond cooking for themselves. Borb Schmeltz ondher husbond will meet Mott ot the end of the term in Londonond Tonyo's grondporents will trqvel to London to greet ond tourwith their gronddoughter.

Deportmenl Focus on

The Dental Hygiene ProgramDuring the post yeor ond o holf, there hove been mony

chonges in the Dentol Hygiene progrom, Morionne Holt os-sumed the role of Dentol Hygiene Progrom coordinotor in the follof 1985 ond with the help of the dentol hygiene foculty initiotednumerous chonges.

Thonks to Pot Bourke's plonning, the spoce within the deport-ment hos been redistributed to include o conference room, onx+oy ond sterilizotion oreo, ond exponded loborotory storogeroom. These chonges hove improved considerobly the efficiencyond utilizotion of spoce for both the students ond the foculty.

There hove been numerous chonges in the clinic os well. LynnBryon wos recently employed os o full-time foculty member ondfunctions os clinic supervisor. Lynn hos brought with her excellentexperience ftom both Morquette ond Loyolo Universities. To helpwith the numerous clinicol odministrotive responsibilities frominventory control to potient scheduling, o new IBM computer hosbeen purchosed. The foculty is working closely with Lorry Hoffner,director of ocodemic computing, to develop o computerizedcomponion to the clinic evoluotion system. lhe clinic still speciolizes in the conservotive treotment of periodontol diseose, butolso treots children ond young odults.

lhe Cuniculum Committee hos recently opproved the streom-lining of the dentol hygiene cuniculum. ln response to thechonging role of the dentol hygienist, occreditotion stondordsond licensing expectotions, severol chonges will be implemen-ted. Of speciol note, periodontology will be exponded to includetwo loborotory hours. Recent estimotes ore thqt four of five odultsover the oge of 40 hove periodontol diseose. Community Dentis-try ll will begin to emphosize the cunent needs of the communitywith more clinicol experience of geriotric centers ond teochinghospitols. Students will olso troin to function os heolth promotersond consumer odvocotes. During the month of Februory, Chil-dren's Dentol Heolth Month, students went out to nursery schoolsond doy core centers to tolk to the children obout dentol core.

Lost yeor severol students received owords ond recognition. A1986 groduote won the lllinois Dentol Hygienists Asociotion(IDHA) oword given to only one student from the eight por-ticipoting dentol hygiene progroms in the stote,

Ihe Dentol Hygiene progrom is committed to o continuingeducqtion progrom for its groduotes. An oreowide survey wosdeveloped to oscertoin the continuing educotion interests ofproctitioners. As o result of the survey, Horper's first continuingeducotion seminor wos held October 4, 1986 in conjunction withthe first olumni dinner ond meeting. Other continuing educotioncourses ore plonned. Sheri Donoger, D.D.S., who olong with MoryKomer. D.D.S. ond Kothleen Minoghon, D.D.S. ore the clinic'ssupervising dentists, will present o honds-on course on dentolseolonis on Morch 21, 1987, os port of the continuing educotionseries.

lhe hours the clinic is open hove increosed. On Tuesdoys ondthursdoys, the clinic will be open to the public ond the Horpercommunity from 8-1'1 q.m., 12-3 p.m., ond 4-7 p.m. Hours onWednesdoy ore 8-1 1 o.m. ond 1-4 p.m. Some selected oppoint-ments will be scheduled on Mondoys ond Fridoys. Upon onivol otthe scheduled oppointment time, eoch potient undergoes oscreening. This screening which includes on exominotion, x-roysond degree of difficulty opproisol, is done by o student underdirect supervision of o certified stoff member. Ihe cost is 55.00which is then opplied to ony future work required. All services oremodestly priced. Whole mouth x-roys ore 510.00 or S.50 eoch.Seolonts, topicol opplicotions which help prevent tooth decoy,cost 51.00 eoch. A normol cleoning is obout 510.00.

The bright, cheerful ond efficient otmosphere of the DentolHygiene Clinic is reflective of its dedicoted stoff. Toke odvontogeof this convenient ond excellent service. Ihe Dentol Hygiene Pro-grom puts its money where your mouth is.

(Al lop) Morionne llolt demonslrcles peilodonldl corc lo DenlalUygiene sludenl bnnie Bryt(- (Bottom lell) Sheil Donigel D.D.S. goesovet pqlien x+oys wilh studen Gloila Sciazko.

Department DevelopmentsWe welcome the following newemployees: MoryJoneAuslen-

sen, LS/HS; Kdthleen Steworl ond Jellrey HovroneK Bookstore;Eloine Koloso ond Joyce Fields, Registror's Office; Iom Metz,Librory Services; Lindo Goels, Plonning ond Reseorch ond KorenMorslod, TM/PS. We?e hoppy thot you?e here. Congrotulotionsto Elizobelh Rockslod of Disobled Student Services on her pro-motion ond olso to Julie Hennig, who hos been reclosified toESL Supervisor of Assessment, Registrotion ond lndividuolizedlnstruction. Jone Horis, AED Student Advisor, hos recenflyreceived her ceriificotion os o sociol worker from the Acodemyof Certified Sociol Workers which is o unit of the Notionol Associo-tion of Sociol Workers, Bridgel Colendo, Student Development D,is bock in the spotlight ogoin. She hos been selected by theFoliticol Science Deporiment to represent Horper College of osymposium in Woshington, D.C., Morch 2G22,entiIled "securethe Blesings of Liberty." She will be troveling with Shoron Alter,choirperson of the Foliticol Science Deporfment. A pot on thebock to Koy Reod of the Philosophy Deportment who hos beennomed University Fellow ond member of the lnstitute for theAdvonced Study of Religion ot the University of Chicogo. MikeBrown of the Art Deportment gove o presentotion to the locolchopter of Siggroph, o computer grophics orgonizotion, oboutHorper's use of Amigo, o computer designed for grophics. Horperhos three Amigos in the Art Deportment, which ore cunentlyused for independent study. Gene Kimmel, BS/SS, hos left someoutogrophed copies of his poetry book, /n Fee Simple, with Den-nis Brennon, BS/SS, The price is 57.95. Our green eyes ond bestwishes go to the following foculty members who will be retiring:Robeil Tysl, Morilyn $ronson ond llene Lovelle of the Liberol ArtsDivision ond Pouline Jenness of TM/PS. You will be missedl

Did You Know. . .) m" Tox Reform Act recently opproved by Congress includes o

number of provisions which offect Horper employees. Theyinclude:

1. the Stote University Retirement System (SURS) is consideredo retirement plon ond might possibly limit the full deduc-tibility of contributions to lndividuol Retirement Accounts(lRA) for those employees porticipoting in SURS.

2. The new tox code generolly imposes o limit of $9,500 on theomount of elective deferrols under o Tox Sheltered AnnuityOSA) (403Xb) thot on employee moy contribute eochyeor. There moy be some speciol circumstonces in whichon employee will still be oble to contribute more thonS9,50O however, this will require detoiled colculotions ondcertoin documentotion which should be obtoined fromyour TSA ogent. The omount of eoch employee's soloryreduction contribution will be reported on eoch employ-ee's W-2 Woge Stotement. This is designed to ossist thelnternol Revenue Service in monitoring ond enforcing the59,500limit.

) A new version of the recently revised W-4 withholding form willoe moiled to the public by mid-April. occording to on orticle inthe Morch 3 issue of The Dolly Herold. The W-4A wos born os oresult of o negotive reoction to the four-poge mind bogglerintroduced by the IRS in Nqember. Either form con be used. IRS

commissioner, Lowrence Glbbs. soys thot the shorter form willnot be quite os occurote in figuring withholdings os the four-poge W-4 bui con be filled out in obout 15 minutes.

) Mt. Prospect Stote Bonk, proprietors of the Cosh Stotion outsideof the Bookstore in Building A, offers "Corefree Checking," o nominimum bolonce checking occount. Clients with this occountcon sove money becouse ALL tronsoctions mode with the Cosh

' Stotion Cord (deposits, withdrowols ond tronsfer of funds) oreexempt from service chorges. For more informotion, coll 398-4050.

Fo. Yotr. Information

SURS Fiscol Yeor End Chonge From August 3,1 lo June 30

FY 87 will be o lGmonth fiscol yeor ending June 30, 1987,torthe Stote Universities Retirement System. This chonge will focili-tote inclusion of the Retirement System finonciol reports in theAnnuol Report of the Stote of lllinois. ln oddition, the RetirementSystem fiscol yeor will now coincide with most of the employerscovered by the Retirement System, Effective immediotely, ollemployees who ore poid on on hourly bosis or who receive ononnuol solory in instollments during 12 months of eoch oco-demic yeor in the finol overoge solory period, moy computetheir four-yeor overoge on the bosis of their eornings during the48 consecutive colendor months ending with the lost doy ofemployment. A lump sum poyment for up to 56 doys ofoccrued vocotion moy be included in this overoge. Acodemicemployees who ore poid on other thon o 12-month bosis, willcontinue to hove their overoge solory computed on the highfour consecutive ocodemic yeors. The ocodemic yeor is the 12-month period beginning on the first doy of the foll term, osdetermined by eoch employer or September 1, for those em-ployers who do not hove ocodemic progroms.

PersonnelThere hos been some confusion os to how medicol bills ore to

be submitted for dependent children when they ore covered byboth the fother's ond the mother's insuronce. Our plon is beingodministered on the bosis thot the fother's insuronce is primoryond bills should be submitted to his insuronce compony first. Acopy of the bills, plus o copy of whot the fother's insuroncecompony hos poid should then be submitted to Horper Collegefor considerotion.

lf the porents ore divorced, the primory insurer is the insuroncecompony of the porent with whom the dependent child lives;nexi would be the insuronce compony of the stepporent withwhom the dependent child lives if the child is covered underthe stepporent's plon ond finolly, the insuronce compony of theporent with wtrom the child does not live. This order of benefitdeterminotion is superseded by ony specific reference to heolthinsuronce in the divorce decree.

lf you hove ony questions regording where you should submityour insuronce bills, ot questions obout your beneflts in generol,pleose coll Feg Gormon in the Fersonnel Office, extension 2217.

Note of Thanks(This note wos rxeived following the deoth of Keffh Jockson ofthe Physicol Plont stoff.)

"Your kind words ond thoughtfulness were deeply oppreciotedduring this sod ond difficult time. From the mony cords we hovereceived, the colls ond everyone who come, we know we orenot the only ones who will feel the loss, He will be missed bymony. Thonk you oll ogoin for your help ond support."

lheJackrcnFomily

The Hopel lnsidel, o monthly publicotion of the lnstitu-tionol Communicotions Office, hos been developed os port ofthe College Relotions Deportmentol progrom of informotionfor the College community ond produced with ossistoncefrom LRC Medio Services.

Employee groups ond individuol odministrotors. foculty ondstoff members ore cordiolly invited to contribute stories ondinformotion before the first of the month for the issue pub-lished ot midmonth. Pleose contoct Potty Roberts, lnstitu-tionol Communicotions. 4302. extensi on 2628.