Yonemura, 18, from Novi, Mich., was a fresh­man in the biotech­nol­ogy pro­gram and a sprinter in his first year on the Ferris Track and Field team. He lived in Henderson Hall.

Roland Razburgaj, a home­town friend, recently shared some thoughts with the Torch about Yonemura.

“I will never for­get the last day I saw him…unfortunately, I no longer have the priv­i­lege of see­ing him here on earth, but I hope the day will come that I’m for­tu­nate enough to join him in heaven and see him once more,” said Razburgaj.

Razburgaj and Mardan Sattar, another home­town friend, both attested to Yonemura’s skills as an artist. He had promised to help Sattar fin­ish a draw­ing over Thanksgiving break that they were work­ing on.

“The draw­ings mean a lot to both of us, and we will cer­tainly keep them for­ever,” said Razburgaj.

Another char­ac­ter­is­tic that his friends remem­bered him for was his smile.

“What I will always remem­ber about Fumi is that con­ta­gious smile of his. All he had to do was smile, and what­ever wor­ries you might have had would just dis­ap­pear for that moment,” said Razburgaj.

Yonemura was also a track run­ner in high school and an accom­plished stu­dent, choos­ing to attend Ferris over the University of Michigan for its biotech­nol­ogy pro­gram. He took advanced place­ment classes in mul­ti­ple areas and had a strong work ethic both in the class­room and out on the track.

His track friends here at Ferris, although only know­ing him for a few weeks, have felt the impact of los­ing a teammate.

“We were just start­ing to get to know each other,” said track coach Steve Picucci. “He had only been train­ing with us for about six weeks, so this came at a pretty tough time.”

“Fumi was a very sur­pris­ing addi­tion to our team, he was a very quiet kid that no one really knew much about,” said team­mate Justin Price. “The sur­pris­ing part came dur­ing our try­outs just a week before his death, when he shocked a lot of the older guys on the team with his speed and explosiveness.”

There have been two Facebook groups cre­ated in Yonemura’s remem­brance where fel­low stu­dents and friends have been leav­ing com­ments in his mem­ory. The ser­vice for Yonemura was held on Sunday, Oct. 25 at the O’Brien-Sullivan funeral home in Novi.

“He came from a very respectable fam­ily. They are some of the nicest, most won­der­ful peo­ple any­one can ever meet. It was truly an honor to be a part of Fumi’s life. He will be deeply missed,” said Razburgaj.

Campus Fun

Oct. 28

FSU Jazz Band Fall Concert, 8 p.m. – 9 p.m., Rankin Center Dome Room

Oct. 29

3rd Annual Pumpkin Smash, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., Quad

International Forum: Sojourn in Qatar Phillip Watson Discusses his Spring Fulbright in the Persian Gulf Region, 11 a.m. – 11:50 a.m., Starr 138

Autumn Alive 2009, 7 p.m., Wink Arena

Oct. 31

Campus Wide Residence Halls Trick or Treat, 5 p.m. – 7 p.m., All Ferris res­i­dent halls

Nov. 2–20

“3 Works” Photography Exhibit, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m., Rankin Art Gallery

Nov. 3

Fall Choir Concert, 8 p.m., Rankin Center Dome Room

Faculty Colloquium Series: Dr. Daniel Ding: Teaching Technical Communication in China for a Semester, 11 a.m. – 11:50 a.m., Starr 129

Letter Sending Party, 4:30 p.m. – 11:30 p.m., Rec Center

Staying Afloat Using the Fish Philosophy, 11 a.m. – 11:50 a.m., Science 102

Oct. 29–31

The Haunted Jail, 7 p.m. – 11 p.m., 220 S. Stewart St.

Off Campus

Oct. 31

Big Rapids Fall Festival, 9:30 a.m. – 2 p.m., Downtown Big Rapids

Trick-or-Treating for Recyclables, 5:30 p.m. – 7 p.m., Big Rapids area

Nov. 3

Literature in Person Reading Series: Marc Sheehan, 3 p.m. – 4 p.m., Great Lakes Book and Supply

Concerts/Shows

Oct. 30

Big Rapids Fall Festival: Key West Permafrost Blues Band, 6 p.m. – 8 p.m., Downtown Big Rapids

A rebut­tal: why gen­eral edu­ca­tion matters

In an arti­cle writ­ten by the Torch’s Opinions Editor Megan Coady in last week’s Torch, she made the argu­ment that gen­eral edu­ca­tion classes are detri­ment to stu­dents’ pock­et­books and to their abil­ity to grad­u­ate on time, and shouldn’t be required. I believe otherwise.

I agree with the fact that this costs stu­dents more money and that it may take longer to grad­u­ate; this is not arguable. What is arguable, though, is whether they should still be required.

The defin­ing aspect that dif­fer­en­ti­ates a uni­ver­sity edu­ca­tion from a trade or tech­ni­cal school one is that classes are required which are out­side the cur­ricu­lum of a student’s con­cen­tra­tion of study. Here at Ferris these go by the famil­iar names of sci­en­tific under­stand­ing, global con­scious­ness, cul­tural enrich­ment and oth­ers sim­i­lar. All stu­dents who grad­u­ate with a degree are required at least this min­i­mum of courses.

If you don’t want to take classes that do not directly apply to your degree, fine, but do not call it a uni­ver­sity edu­ca­tion. A col­lege edu­ca­tion is about much more than study­ing one field. It is about bet­ter­ment of self, enrich­ment of knowl­edge, and look­ing at the world with a deeper under­stand­ing and appre­ci­a­tion for it.

These can­not be gained from sim­ply study­ing one area. Yes, some of these skills can be learned in a class more rel­e­vant to a student’s major, but that is still leav­ing some­thing out. It does not allow the stu­dent to expe­ri­ence other edu­ca­tional oppor­tu­ni­ties. A high per­cent­age of stu­dents change their major at some point in col­lege, and gen­eral edu­ca­tion can help pro­vide an under­stand­ing of where to go next.

In another sense, gen­eral edu­ca­tion require­ments pro­vide another ser­vice for many stu­dents. Upon arriv­ing on cam­pus, many first year stu­dents have not decided what they want to study, and oth­ers are unsure if the pro­gram they have cho­sen is really the right fit for them. General edu­ca­tion classes can help pro­vide those stu­dents with a way of fig­ur­ing out what they enjoy or what is a worth­while path for them to take educationally.

My fresh­men year of col­lege, I came in as a hos­pi­tal­ity man­age­ment major. After tak­ing English classes, I decided that hos­pi­tal­ity wasn’t for me, and that I wanted to write for a liv­ing, which is why I switched to jour­nal­ism. I also took a phi­los­o­phy class, which made me real­ize that I wanted to study phi­los­o­phy as a minor.

I most likely would not have taken these classes if they were not required of me, thus never dis­cov­er­ing what I truly wanted to do in life. Not only does a solid gen­eral edu­ca­tion foun­da­tion pro­vide a sense of guid­ance in edu­ca­tion, it makes stu­dents well-rounded in many dif­fer­ent areas. For exam­ple, HVAC majors can become fine-tuned in English, com­mu­ni­ca­tions majors can become fine-tuned in math or sci­ence, and any other com­bi­na­tion you can think of.

Taking classes not directly related to a career or major is exactly what a uni­ver­sity is about. It is the essence of higher edu­ca­tion and a neces­sity for any­one hop­ing to bet­ter them­selves edu­ca­tion­ally by com­ing to college.

The Bulldogs have won four con­sec­u­tive games and five out of six overall

Ferris posted a 5–4 over-time win Friday night over the vis­it­ing Robert Morris Colonials. Ferris jumped to a quick lead as senior Blair Riley scored 37 sec­onds into the game. The Colonials responded quickly as they scored twice to take a lead 2–1 after the first period.

In the sec­ond period, Riley scored his sec­ond goal of the game at the 6:30 mark as he cashed in on a short­handed oppor­tu­nity. Senior Aaron Lewicki put the Bulldogs back on top as he scored his sec­ond goal of the year to make it 3–2.

Senior Casey Haines lit the lamp for his first goal of the sea­son to give Ferris a 4–2 advan­tage early in the third period. Robert Morris did not back down as they responded with back-to-back goals to tie the game and force overtime.

Haines scored just 32 sec­onds into over­time giv­ing the Bulldogs a 5–4 victory.

Sophomore goalie Taylor Nelson improved his record to 3–0 on the sea­son as he stopped 24 of 28 shots on goal.

The Bulldogs con­tin­ued the trend of out­shoot­ing their oppo­nent as they held a 47–28 advan­tage in total shots. Head coach Bob Daniels was sat­is­fied with how his team per­formed overall.

“I felt like we played well, but we spent a lot of time in the penalty box, which made it hard for us to gain momen­tum,” said Daniels.

The Bulldogs con­trolled the game on Saturday, as they were vic­to­ri­ous 4–1. After a score­less first period, the teams com­bined for four goals in the sec­ond period.

Ferris scored first as junior Todd Pococke lit the lamp at 8:22 of the sec­ond period. The lead was short-lived, how­ever, as the Colonials responded quickly with a goal only 23 sec­onds later. The scor­ing con­tin­ued as junior Justin Menke scored what proved to be the game-winning goal with 10:03 left in the second.

Sophomore Matthew Kirzinger gave the Bulldogs a two-goal lead at the 12:32 mark. Junior goal­tender Pat Nagle made a huge glove save near the end of the period to keep the lead intact.

Robert Morris came out very aggres­sively in the third period, but Ferris proved to be up to the chal­lenge defen­sively as they were able to hold them score­less for the frame.

“The defense has been absolutely phe­nom­e­nal, mak­ing my life easy,” said Nagle.

Senior Aaron Lewicki added an empty-net goal with 21 sec­onds remain­ing to seal the vic­tory for Ferris.

“I’m very proud of how well we played in the third period and that the team did not go into a lull,” said Daniels.

Nagle improved his record to 2–1 this sea­son and has only allowed one goal per game in his first three starts.

“We are rid­ing some con­fi­dence right now, which we have earned,” said Daniels.

Campus Wide Public Speaking Contest (Finals)

On Oct. 28 the three final­ists cho­sen from the pre­lim­i­nar­ies will speak on “Opportunity and Social Change.” The speak­ers will be in SCI 126 from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. For more infor­ma­tion con­tact Sandy Alspach at alspachs@ferris.edu or call x2779.

FSU Jazz Band Concert

The Ferris State Jazz Band will be hav­ing their fall con­cert on Oct. 28 from 8 to 9 p.m. in the Rankin Center Dome Room. For more infor­ma­tion con­tact Matt Moresi at moresim@ferris.edu or call x2587.

3rd Annual Pumpkin Smash

Gamma Epsilon Tau presents the 3rd Annual Pumpkin Smash on Oct. 29 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the cam­pus quad. Smash prices are $1 for a small pump­kin and $2 for a large pump­kin. Proceeds will ben­e­fit the Epilepsy Foundation of Michigan’s Camp Discovery. For more infor­ma­tion con­tact Dennis Boyd Jr. at dennisboyd87@gmail.com.

Autumn Alive

On Oct. 29 the Music Industry Management Association (MIMA) presents Autumn Alive 2009 with Third Eye Blind and spe­cial guests Hot Chelle Rae. The con­cert will take place in Wink Arena. Tickets are $10 for FSU stu­dents and $20 for gen­eral admis­sion. Doors open at 6 p.m. and the per­for­mance begins at 7 p.m. For more infor­ma­tion con­tact Kelsey Fales at falesk@ferris.edu.

Crossroads Cougar Fall Carnival

Crossroads Charter Academy’s annual Cougar Fall Carnival will be held in down­town Big Rapids on Oct. 30 from 6 to 8 p.m. as part of the Big Rapids Fall Festival. There will be an inflat­able play area, a pet­ting zoo, and var­i­ous children’s games. Tickets are $.25 each or 50 for $10 and can be redeemed for prizes. In case of inclement weather the car­ni­val will take place at CCA Elementary. For more infor­ma­tion con­tact Kendall Schroeder at schroederk@ccabr.org or call 231−796−6589.

Campus Wide Residence Hall Trick-or-Treat

FSU Housing and Residence Life presents trick-or-treating in the res­i­dence halls. The free event is open to the Big Rapids com­mu­nity and gives them the chance to cel­e­brate Halloween with Ferris State. The event will take place on Oct. 31 from 5 to 7 p.m. in all res­i­dence halls. For more infor­ma­tion con­tact Yug Gill at gilly@ferris.edu or call x9161.

Literature in Person (LIP) Reading Series – Marc Sheehan

LIP Reading Series presents Ferris’s Marc Sheehan, win­ner of the 2008 Richard Snyder Memorial Poetry Prize from the Ashland Poetry Press. On Nov. 3 the LIP Reading Series will cel­e­brate the pub­li­ca­tion of the book “Vengeful Hymns”. Sheehan is the author of Greatest Hits, a col­lec­tion of poetry and is a pub­lished jour­nal­ist and media writer. The event will take place from 3 to 4 p.m. at Great Lakes Book and Supply. For more infor­ma­tion con­tact Phillip Sterling at sterlinp@ferris.edu or call x5898.

Fall Choir Concert

The FSU Concert Choir presents its fall con­cert on Nov. 3 at 8 p.m. in the Rankin Center Dome Room. This is a free event. For more infor­ma­tion con­tact Cate Arroe at arroec@ferris.edu or call x2070.

As part of the Annual Austin Blair din­ner, can­di­dates from the Republican party of Michigan met to dis­cuss var­i­ous issues fac­ing the state.

The Austin Blair Dinner, which is spon­sored by the Mecosta County Grand Old Party (GOP), was held last Thursday as the run-up to the elec­tions in November becomes more active.

The Torch spoke with some of the can­di­dates at the event. Below is what a few of them had to say.

McManus

“Getting an enhanced driver’s license should be as easy as get­ting a hunt­ing license.”

Booher

“We need a plan. 1. Balance the bud­get. 2. Create jobs… Michigan Promise? Fund it.”

Candidates

Republican can­di­dates for State level posi­tions share thoughts at the Austin Blair Dinner. Jeremy Mishler is run­ning for the 102nd State Representative Position, Sen. Michelle McManus for Secretary of State, and Rep. Darwin Booher for State Senator.

Kaitlan Ware dis­cusses how it felt to have the Swine flu

Kaitlan Ware, a health infor­ma­tion management/pre-nuclear med­i­cine major, is still bat­tling some symp­toms result­ing from the H1N1, or swine flu virus.

“I have been with­out a fever for over two weeks, I just can’t kick the cough,” said Ware of one of the lin­ger­ing symptoms.

In order for stu­dents to get an idea of what it’s like to have H1N1, Ware shared some infor­ma­tion on how it feels to be ill with the virus, and what other stu­dents can do if they become ill.

When did you find out you had H1N1/swine flu?

Ware: I found out four days after I got my ini­tial symptoms.

When you were ill, how long were you quar­an­tined for?

Ware: I wasn’t strictly quar­an­tined. I live off cam­pus, so the doc­tors told me to wear a face­mask if I was within six feet of a per­son. I was also told to stay home from school until I felt better.

How long did the virus last for?

Ware: About one full week. However, I still have a cough and have been strug­gling with fatigue.

What were your main symptoms?

Ware: High fever (102−103 degrees F) for hours at a time, chills, severe pain in my lower back, cough­ing, sneez­ing and light nausea.

Where were you diagnosed?

Ware: Birkam Health Center.

How did the uni­ver­sity han­dle the situation?

Ware: They gave me a “flu kit” and advised me what to do, how long I should be sick, what to do if I get worse, what to eat, what med­ica­tions to take, etc.

Is H1N1 sim­i­lar to the reg­u­lar sea­sonal flu?

Ware: I thought it was worse than any flu I have ever had before. It lasted longer and the symp­toms were far more inoc­u­lat­ing than what I had been used to.

If any­thing, was there any par­tic­u­lar med­ica­tion that aided you in a quicker recovery?

Ware: I didn’t take any med­ica­tions other than pre­scrip­tion cough syrup and Motrin to com­bat the back pain. This was because I wasn’t diag­nosed until four days into the symp­toms, so the antibi­otics would have been rather ineffective.

In regards to advice for other stu­dents who are feel­ing ill, Ware said,” Students need to real­ize that if they get sick, they need to stay home from school and teach­ers need to real­ize the same thing and be sym­pa­thetic to the sit­u­a­tion.” She added, “So far all of my teach­ers have been extremely understanding!”

Any stu­dents who are feel­ing ill with sim­i­lar symp­toms should con­tact the Birkam Health Center at x2614 to speak with a nurse for addi­tional instruc­tions or come to the physician’s office if symp­toms are severe.

The women’s ten­nis team won two matches after a first-round defeat

The sixth seeded Bulldogs began the week­end with a loss to third seeded Michigan Tech early Saturday, 5–2.

The Huskies were able to jump on Ferris early in dou­bles as they won two of three matches. Michigan Tech also had the edge in the sin­gles com­pe­ti­tion as they won three of the first four games.

The only Bulldog vic­to­ries came from a dou­bles win from the pair­ing of senior Daniela Dimas and sopho­more Mellissa Flowers, along with a sin­gles vic­tory by sopho­more Natalie Diorio.

After the loss, Ferris had a chance to respond in the con­so­la­tion match against the Lake Superior State Lakers. Junior cap­tain Amy Ingle knew the team would be ready to bounce back going into the sec­ond match.

“It was def­i­nitely a rough loss dur­ing the first round,” said Ingle. “But com­ing back from a tough loss is a key in com­pet­i­tive play.”

The Bulldogs responded by beat­ing the Lakers, 5–3. The team was able to take con­trol early as it won two of the three dou­bles slots. The Bulldogs car­ried the momen­tum into sin­gles com­pe­ti­tion, where they held on to a 3–2 lead.

After split­ting the first two matches of the tour­na­ment, Ferris went into the fifth place match against fifth-seeded Ashland University with a high level of confidence.

“After win­ning the two dou­bles matches against Lake Superior State, we were really fired up,” said Ingle. “We just took our aggres­sion out on the next two teams after the loss to Tech.”

Ferris har­nessed that aggres­sion against Ashland, as they tal­lied a 5–2 vic­tory. The vic­tory gave the Bulldogs a fifth place fin­ish at the tour­na­ment for the weekend.

“I feel the whole team played well this week­end,” said Ingle. “Even some of our losses in sin­gles and dou­bles this week­end were bat­tles that showed what our team is capa­ble of.”

Following their tour­na­ment per­for­mance, the Bulldogs will not be back in action until the spring sea­son. Ferris will begin the spring sched­ule with a trip to Calvin College on March 2.

Speaker Anna Rosmus dis­cussed how she revealed her hometown’s secret

Anna Rosmus knew she had to take action when she dis­cov­ered hor­ri­fy­ing secrets about her home­town of Passau, Germany when she was a teenager.

Rosmus, a polit­i­cal activist, deliv­ered a lec­ture on Friday, Oct. 23 about how she dis­cov­ered that the town of Passau had been a part of the Nazi regime dur­ing World War II, although offi­cials denied they had any part in sup­port­ing Hitler and the Nazi party.

Public offi­cials denied the Holocaust and refused to put an end to the Neo-Nazi par­ties and “right-winged” or national social­ist orga­ni­za­tions in Germany.

“I won­dered what I could do to play a role to help the sur­vivors,” said Rosmus dur­ing her speech. She decided to take action by hold­ing ral­lies and protests to help bring out the truth.

What ulti­mately prompted Rosmus’ deci­sion to take action was enter­ing an essay con­test that required her to do research about the his­tory of Passau. In her speech she said it was required that stu­dents learn about their home­town. Her father, the prin­ci­pal of her school, encour­aged her to write the essay regard­ing the truth behind Passau.

Rosmus won the essay con­test. Her 220-page essay even­tu­ally became a book, known as “Out of Passau.” Since then, she has pub­lished four books and was a win­ner of the Geschwister-Scholl-Preis, a lit­er­ary prize, in 1984.

Incidents Rosmus brought up in her speech were times when Jewish cit­i­zens were attacked, a jour­nal­ist was ‘knocked to the ground and kicked,’ and an 18-year-old was attacked for her Mongolian looks. These were just some of the atroc­i­ties Rosmus dis­cussed that encour­aged her to want to make a difference.

Rosmus said that she, as a 27-year-old mom and stu­dent at the time, lead the largest protest the city had ever seen.

“Hundreds of police­man sur­rounded us, we were just peace­ful demon­stra­tors,” said Rosmus. She added, “Policemen refused to look at the Nazi sym­bols, they said they didn’t see any­thing with a smirk on their face; it made head­lines in the United States and Europe.”

Rosmus again started a rally with her uncle in the town where there were “swastikas dis­played like giant neck­laces in the win­dows.” She said she and her uncle took pic­tures of the evi­dence before it was removed. Again, author­i­ties denied the incident.

Throughout her lec­ture, Rosmus shared sto­ries about the suc­cesses she has reached and strug­gles she has endured in bring­ing out the truth of Passau’s involve­ment with the Nazi regime in WWII.

Rosmus added that Neo-Nazi orga­ni­za­tions are no longer allowed to exist in Germany and she has suc­cess­fully helped sur­vivors of the Holocaust be recognized.

Students found Rosmus’ lec­ture to be infor­ma­tive, eye-opening and inspiring.

“It was very well informed, she def­i­nitely had a lot to say. It was def­i­nitely well put together. I enjoyed it, I want to know more,” said lib­eral arts major Shainna Beaderstadt.

Freshman Petra Coronado agreed. She said, “I enjoyed it a lot, it was very inter­est­ing, and she gave us a great mes­sage that we can apply as col­lege stu­dents in our society.”

That’s exactly what Rosmus encour­ages, she urges stu­dents to “get involved in your com­mu­nity.” She said, “Not only do you have the right to speak up, you have a moral oblig­a­tion to do so.”

For the sake of my pearly whites, I hope this over­haul works out

I should con­sider myself lucky to have health insur­ance, but I can­not help but notice how flawed my pro­gram really is.

I am refer­ring to the well-known social insur­ance pro­gram known as Medicaid, which has been my pri­mary health care provider for a long while. Right now, I have Health Plan of Michigan, which many doc­tors’ offices are no longer accept­ing. Now, it is even more dif­fi­cult to find a “decent” doc­tor, den­tist or counselor.

According to an an arti­cle from med​ical​new​sto​day​.com pub­lished on July 23, 2007 from the “Wall Street Journal”, a grow­ing num­ber of physi­cians are no longer accept­ing new Medicaid ben­e­fi­cia­ries because of fed­eral pay­ment cuts and ris­ing health costs. Although this arti­cle was pub­lished over two years ago, the con­cept remains the same: fewer physi­cians are accept­ing Medicaid.

A more recent arti­cle, “Medicaid Expansion Would Guarantee Coverage, Not Care”, pub­lished on wash​ing​tonin​de​pent​.com on Sept. 22, 2009, and stated that about 40 per­cent of physi­cians do not accept new Medicaid patients.

The arti­cle con­tin­ued to explain that while the Democrats want to expand Medicaid eli­gi­bil­ity, how ben­e­fi­cial would it be if a major­ity of health care providers refuse it?

Although a good num­ber of den­tists do not accept Medicaid, I recently was able to come across one who did. I made an appoint­ment to visit this den­tal prac­tice to see if they were able to con­duct some spe­cific den­tal work. Because of my insur­ance, the den­tist explained he could only pull out my teeth, not fix them.

Needless to say, I did not return to that den­tist for a sec­ond visit. I refuse to have my gen­er­ally healthy teeth yanked out of my mouth because of the lack of cov­er­age pro­vided by my health insurance.

I sup­pose that explains the results of a 2007 sur­vey by the American Dental Association that stated fewer than 27 per­cent of respon­dents treated Medicaid-insured patients.

Because I am an inde­pen­dent col­lege stu­dent, Medicaid is the only health insur­ance pro­gram I am eli­gi­ble for.

The low rates in pay­ment of Medicaid must cer­tainly con­tribute to health care providers’ refusal of accept­ing the social insur­ance pro­gram. That makes it all the more dif­fi­cult for cit­i­zens with Medicaid to find decent health care providers for their med­ical, den­tal and emo­tional wellbeing.

I recently learned that one of my health care providers was no longer accept­ing Medicaid and I was def­i­nitely less than thrilled about the news. For my next and most likely final appoint­ment, I will be pay­ing out of pocket. Unfortunately, I can­not afford to pay out of pocket for every appoint­ment at this point in my life.

My hope is the health care reform bill will aid in pro­vid­ing cit­i­zens with a more effi­cient form of health insur­ance, or improve the Medicaid sys­tem alto­gether. In addi­tion, it would be appre­ci­ated, by myself and oth­ers in my sit­u­a­tion, if more health care prac­ti­tion­ers began accept­ing Medicaid in the near future.

I can­not wait until the day I get a decent job that will offer decent health insur­ance with reli­able cov­er­age. Until that time how­ever, I will have to rely on Medicaid. I can only hope that the health care reform is suc­cess­ful and that Medicaid will improve dras­ti­cally or a bet­ter option will become avail­able. I am much too young for dentures.