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Louisvil·l·e C·ard·inal ' .
Vei.XLVI No.3 Room I i 7, Otter Hall, Louisville, Ky. 40208 September 13, 1974
Tact C08Ch Jim Faeman was dianiaed from University athletics earlier this week.
(Stories below and J111e 1 S.) ·
Afl~gations mount
Students may lose
'75 tuition cut
by Kenny Vande\'elde
University of Louisville students may
lose $75 of the $100 tuition reduction
they were granted for this academic year.
But they will defmitely retain the
remaining $25 reduction.
The $75 reduction was fmanced with
surplus funds appropriated last summer
by Governor Wendell Ford. However, two
Republicans, Larry Hopkins and Albert
Ouisten, have filed a complaint in the
Franklin Circuit Court, seeking an
injunction restraining the state from
expending the surplus funds.
Essentially, the complaint alleges that
the allocation of some $75 million in ·
surplus revenue by Governor Ford was
unconstitutional because the
· appropriation of funds is a legislative and
not an executive function.
The complaint cites section 230 of the
State Constitution, which provides that
"no money shall be drawn from the State
Treasury, except in pursuance · of
appropriations made by law."
Governor Ford was authorized to
appropriate the surplus revenue by House
Bill 288, which passed the 1974 General
Assembly by a. vote of 97 .() in the House
and 3 7-0 in the Senate.
In a telephone interview with a
Ctll'diml reporter, Christen said he
believed that the legislature, in passing
HB 288, had violated the separation of
powers clause of the constitution and had
delegated to Ford a power which it did
not have the authority to delegate.
Christen said the Governor should call
a special session of the legislature and
seek to have the legislature approve the
appropriations, thereby resolving the
constitutional issue.
At stake in the suit is $4 million which
the University was granted out of the
surplus funds. The money was to be used
by U of L to fmance $75 of the SJOO
tuition reduction as well as to purchase a
heating and cooling unit for new
buildings, to fund a minimum wage
increase, and to balance the operating
budget.
Should the suit succeed, the University
would lose the $4 million: which it now
appears only the legislature could restore.
U of L students were also granted a
$25 tuition drop for this year by the
legislature out of regular state revenues.
. Th·is cut will remain, regardless of the
outcome of the suit. ·
Also at stake is a f1nancial aid program
established by Go~ernor Ford from
surplus funds, w~ich ·is paying some of
the expenses of thirty to fifty U of L
students. ·
State Attorney General Ed W.
Hancock has written a lcgaJ opmwn
saying he believes the Governor's actions
with regard to the surplus were
constitutional.
The University of Louisville has
refused to speculate on the outcome of
the suit. It is referring all inquiries to the -
Council on Public J-ligher Education.
However, Harry Snyder, an attorney for
the Council said, in a telephone interview,
that as of Wednesday morning, the
Council did not have an official position
on the suit.
.Traek-coach Jim Freeman fired
by IC£nny Vandevelde
' University of Louisville Track Coach
Jim Freeman was fued earlier this week,
it was arinounced today.
According to Director of Athletics
D.ave Hart, ·Freeman w• fued "in the
best interests of the track program."
. When asked to elaborate, Hart said
there were "just so many things." He
mentioned ·~attentiveness at practice"
and said Freeman's performance of his
4uties "ieft a lot to be desired." He also
cited· communication problems with team
members, especially regarding their
gran1s.
"Mter many notices, it just got
worse," said Hart. It fmally became
necess:uy "to relie~ him of his duties."
A c.dinlll in~stigation has uncovered
a long list of allegations against Freeman
that are apparendy at the root of his
dilliliisal.
The fliSt and most damning set of
allegations emerged over two weeks ago
when a student with close ties to the
track team asked the Cardinal to print a
letter he had written about Freeman. He
asked that the letter be run anonymously.
The letter fust attacked Freeman's
competence as a coach, asserting that,
uwith the past records of scores U of L's
track team has produced, Mr. Freeman
would be rated very low in his profession . .
Last year, the U of L team did not score a
single point in the indoor MVC games and
not more than five during the entire
outside season. The previous year the
team again scored no points in 'the indoor
season and only six in the outside
conference."
The letter further claimed that three
of the team's best runners had left the
team because Freeman, whom he termed
"an expert con-man,'' had not lived up to
his commitments for financial aid to
these students.
It also said that other students have
been similarly deceived, "but remained
on the team · and are afraid to speak for
fear of losing what little aid they already
have obtained. u
Among other allegations made were
the following:
1.) Freeman told one athlete he was
entitled to free books as a track team
member and "to just walk in and pick up
the books he needed" at the athletes'
bookstore. It later turned out Freeman
had no such authority and the student
was accused of-stealing.
2.) Several track team members were
in debt because they were promised
·money by Freeman they never received.
3 .) Freeman had "come to track
practice partially drunk and several times
(Continued on page 2)
Shown above Malin& her Mill Kentucky
crown is Darlene Compton, U of L music
paduate student who fmished third
runner-up with a S3,000 scholarship in ·
the f"mals of the M& America Pageant.
(Story on page J. J
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