Several issues were discussed during Friday’s meeting of the Council of Graduate Students in University Hall, but the student health insurance and technology fee dilemmas were the highest issues on the priority list. A new carrier has not been chosen for the student health insurance plan, but many issues, such as insuring domestic partners and different bill payment schedules, are being looked at by the Student Health Insurance Committee. Two members of the Deans’ Learning Technology Committee, Carole Anderson, dean of the College of Nursing, and Randall Ripley, dean of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, were present to answer student questions on the committee’s technology fee proposal, which is to be sent to Provost Ed Ray today. The $50 fee for full-time undergraduate, graduate and professional students would give each college funds to replace old computers and printers, and meet other technological needs for the individual department. Part-time students would pay a pro-rated fee proportionate to the amount of credit hours taken, with a minimum of $25. Council members were concerned by the generalization of the proposal and the lack of concrete information on how it is going to affect graduate students. One issue that concerned a few of the delegates was whether or not students with waived fees would have to pay the technology fee.Anderson said graduate students who have their fees waived by their college will have their technology fee paid for by that same college. One council member asked what the colleges were going to have to cut from their budgets if they had to pay the technology fee for the graduates with tuition waivers.Ripley replied that the system his college uses to determine the budget is two-fold. One budget is used for salaries and the other is a general fluctuate or “cash” budget. The money in the fluctuate budget is used on a need-basis, and the college administrators decide where the money will go.Anderson was optimistic about the process. “I think the whole purpose is to enhance things, not to detract from things,” she said. Members of the council with voting rights took a non-binding vote to show how they felt about the technology fee. The results were eight for the fee and nine against. Seven abstained from voting. The council is awaiting the next technology fee forum on Tuesday at 6 p.m. on the first floor of McPherson Laboratory to learn if any changes have been made to the proposal before it is handed over to Ray. Other topics of discussion were centered around the Buckeye’s Watch and elections for the 2000-2001 academic year. The Buckeye’s Watch is a new program the council is backing. All graduate students who sign the plan to help stop campus area crime will receive a sign to put in their windows. They will also receive a magnet and a T-shirt.The floor was opened to the delegates to place nominations for the executive board positions, and elections will be voted upon during the general meeting in May.