the louisville cardinal vol. xliii, no. 26 university of louisville, louisville, kentucky 40208 april 21, 1972
Student exhibits
Campus-wide Cut Day
Zootcooter will play today for the
student "Cut Day," to begin in front of
the UC Building at 11. Included will
be a faculty-student book sale in front of
the SUB.
Also, Monday through Friday of next
week, there will be student exhibits of
photography and painting in the Main
Lobby of the Library, with prizes
awarded to the best entries in each divi­sion.
Entries are due in the Student Sen­ate
office, Sunday from 1-3.
Language lab fouled up
By C. A. LAROCHE
Cardinal Staff Writer
Before spring break, students of mod­ern
languages had access to a language
laboratory located on the top floor of
Gardiner Hall. The facilities, approxi­mately
two years old, were nothing to
write home about but were sturdy and
permitted students to listen to pre­recorded
tapes and practice their Spanish,
Italian, French or German to the wall.
Since then the students have had nothing.
New equipment has been delivered and
still does not work, the lab assistants
have been sitting on their duffs turning
customers away.
To make a long story short-the Vice
President for Academic Affairs, Dr. Ek­strom,
as well as educators from Arts and
Sciences, had long been concerned with
the lack of sophistication of the now­removed
system. It could only perform a
"library'' function except on three posi­tions
equipped with small Panasonic Cas­sette
players.
week of Mar. 31, things had not improved,
they passed it along to "purchasing.'' The
installation crew has been reported to
show up around 10 :30 a.m. and leave at 3
p.m., after having taken two hour lunch
breaks. Attempts by Mr. Todd, Director
of Purchasing, to reach them over the
telephone have up to now failed. There
is a meeting scheduled between the Lab
Committee, Audio Visual and Purchasing
today to attempt to clarify the situation.
Presently the grievances are as fol­lows:
There is radio interference. As soon
as one puts on the head sets one hears
WLOU, a 5 kilowatt AM radio station
whose antenna is located immediately be­hind
Speed School. The existing collec­tion
of tapes cannot be used. There ap­pears
to be a risk that students would
erase the master track. Two of the eigh­teen
tape decks are missing. One station
has already broken down. There is pres­ently
no estimate of when the Language
Lab will be operable but there are hopes
it will be ready for the Summer Session.
Photograph by Pa.u1 Snove-r
A scene from Lorraine Hansberry's
"A Raisin in the Sun", to be presented
by VL's Black theater workshop.
A lab committee, chaired by Dr. Fink
was formed and wrote specifications for
new equipment. Eighteen remote control
"record and compare" working positions
were ordered. There have been rumors
that the cost was over $18,000, neverthe­less
"purchasing" knows only of $17,700.
This equipment is supposed to be trans­ferred
to the new Humanities building a
year from now, and will be the nucleus
of a bigger and even better laboratory.
UL being part of the State System, the
purchasing had to be done via the legis­lature
in Frankfort through a bidding
process. The lowest bidder turned out to
be a Lexington firm by the name of
BERNIE MILLER, and listed in the tele­phone
directory as a TV repair outfit.
Audio Visual was under the impression
that the Lab would be installed and op­erational
right after Spring Break and
handled matters at first-when during the
Spring Drama Festival at Belknap
UL recruiting
By RICK CUSHING
Ca.rdifUtl Sporta Editor
Wednesday was the first day that na­tional
letters of intent could be signed by
recruitees. Lee Corso spent Tuesday eve­ning
frantically trying to keep in touch
with various prospects around the coun­try
and insure that they would have no
last minute qualms about signing.
I walked into his office Wednesday to
see how it had gone. I had to look no
farther than the smile on his face to know
that it had been a success.
"This is the best recruiting year we've
ever had. We got everybody we wanted."
Thus after months of hard work and
headaches the end of the road has been
reached. Corso and his staff can now go
out and celebrate while they an.xiously
await that day next fall when the fruits
of their labors first put on the Cardinal
Red jerseys.
By IRENE SPRADLING
Cardinal Staff Writer
When young "whippersnappers" get to­gether
in the spring to pool their efforts
and imaginations, anything can happen­and
it has. Since before March, students
from several of the various theatre arts
classes at UL have been working
to present the 1972 Belknap Spring Fes­tival,
a production of one, two, and three
act plays carrying over a nine-day period.
"This is purely a student function, with
only light supervision by the theatre arts
teachers," stressed Mike McCarty, direct­ing
class instructor. "What's importa~t is
z•s a success
Seven Junior College transfers were
signed. Heading this list is 6'3" 225 lb.
Steve Caiazzo, a receiver. He earned first
team Juco All American recognition last
year and "could play anywhere" accord­ing
to Corso.
Sam Moser, a 6'3" 255 lb. lineman also
was listed as a first team Juco All­American.
Walt Peacock is another recruit with
impressive credentials. The 5'8" 165 lb.
speedball from Indianapolis led Indiana
high schools in scoring last year, tallying
10 touchdowns in one game!
And Jim Wagoner from Beaver Falls,
Pa. (Joe Namath's alma mater) made the
Big 33 all-star team. He is rated as one of
this year's outstanding prospects.
See back page for a complete list of
those who have signed national letters of
intent to come to UL.
that students studying every aspect of the
theatre, from stage make-up to directing,
are getting involved and using what
they've learned all semester. It serves as
a good practical final for the acting and
directing classes."
Thus the student directors, three gradu­ates
and six undergraduates, are left free
to use all the creativity and ingenuity
they can muster. For starters they
have made the character-audience rela­tionship
much closer physically and emo­tionally
by clearing the stage, building a
small stage in its center and seating the
audience around it in folding chairs. Much
to the surprise of many, there will be
enough room for 150 people.
The theater festival, in progress since
last Wednesday and going on through
April 28, as student director Clint Vaught
puts it, "should be very intriguing, since
it includes drama cover.ing all realms of
theater entertainment."
Three · one act plays opened the
drama extravaganza Wednesday night at
Belknap Theater. "Strip Tease," directed
by Phil Amthor, dealt with the stereo­typed
All-American Joe and his reactions
to certain situations.
Story Theatre, under the direction of
Debbie Lord, was a narrative sequence of
skits displaying art of simple improvisa­tion.
Included in this production was an
Aesop's fable and scenes from James
Thurber's "A Thurber Carnival." We're
having a lot of fun doing Story Theatre,"
said Ms. Lord at a rehearsal, "and we
want to see how much fun the audience
can have with us." "Witness," by Terrance
McNally, concluded the night of theater.
Director Herb Allen called it a "black,
morbid comedy based around President
Kennedy's assassination and dealing with
American social decadence."
Next Saturday night at 8 p.m., UL's
Black theater workshop will present Lor­raine
Hansberry's "A Raisin in the Sun,"
under the direction of TAS staff member
Thelma Carter. A husband-wife team will
play the two leading roles.
The following Sunday at 3 p.m., stu­dents
will present the last of the under­graduate
one-act plays. Two male and
one female student will perform Chek­hov's
"The Bear," which director David
Barr describes as "a not-so-subtle roman­tic
comedy."
Next on the agenda is a Tennesse Wil­liams'
drama, "The Lady of Lockspur
Lotion," under the direction of Marsha
Dohn. Some have described this as a
"tragic or pathetic comedy." The night's
finale, "Triumph of the Egg," directed by
Barbara Peterson, is a unique comedy by
Sherwood Anderson.
On Tuesday night April 25, director
Stephen Atkinson and an eleven member
cast will present "As I Lay Dying," an
original . dramat~c adaption of the Faulk­ner
novel, written by Janice Grey, a
graduate of UL TAS. It is a two-act play
about the adventures of a poor Missisippi
family in 1913 as they take their deceased
mother 40 miles to be buried in the hot
July sun.
Moliere's "Imaginary Invalid" will be
presented as the grand finale of the fes­tival
on Friday night April 28 at 8 p.m.
under Clint Vaught's direction. This pro­duction
promises to be a fun adventure
into slapstick comedy and "pure licen­tious
folly."
If anyone is looking for some spicy,
entertaining, unique, cultural, and free
nights of theatre, the Belknap Spring
Drama Festival is the place to come.
Bring your own popcorn and pass it
around.