the Louisville Cardinal
Vol. XL VI No.8 Room 117, Otter Hall, Louisville, Ky. 40208 October 18, 1974
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Senate rescinds motiori
on Miller's task force
by Kenny Vandevelde
The University Student Senate voted
unanimously Tuesday night to rescind its
motion of the previous week which
"condemned, President Miller's proposed
task force on student affairs as an
usurpation of Senate authority.
The motion to rescind was made by
Senator Jim Kleinert, who has also made
the original motion to condemn the task
force.
The Senate next voted un1ulimously to
send to Miller a letter written by Senate
President Greg Price and a proposal by
Senator Ian Sonego relating to the task
force. The letter said the ,motion of
condemnation was passed "under a cloud
of uncertainty" and that "unfortunately,
as a result of past decisions regarding
students, the Senate appeared defensive
in its response."
The recommendations sent to Miller
·by the Senate Tuesday contained the
following scientific points:
-. Students on the task force would be
selected by the Student Senate,
• An effort should be made "to
complement not duplicate" the Senate's
activities in certain areas,
• The report of the task force should
be sent to the Senate before any fmal
decision is made.
These suggestions attempted to meet
objections raised by Senators that the
task force should have its student
. members elected entirely by the Senate
without involvement by Miller's office
and that the Senate should have fmal
authority over student aff~.
The Senate also passed two sets of
recommendations drafted by Senate
committees, one concerned with health
and the other with athletics.
The recommendations on health
Photoan&* by Gtady Throneberry
Director of Academic Senices W. Gary
Morrilon told the AAS Student Council
earlier this week that students 1ftre beiDa
denied access to certain unitenity files on
them.
passed 24-2. They urged that "the level of
services provided by campus health
should be equivalent to that of a general
medical practice."
The recommendation also said, "The
fee for Health Services should be
separately indicated on the student's bill
as a 'Health Service Fee.' The fee charged
should be mandatory for all in he
University. The fee charged should not
exceed $3 per semester, and should be
charged at the same rate to everyone,
regardless of full-time or part-time
status."
The second of the two sets of
recommendations dealt with the student
athletic fee. One third of the mandatory
student fee levied this year on all students
was allocated to .athletics.
The Senate called on the University to
clearly label the athletic fee as such and
to make it optional. Payment of the fee
should entitle the student to free
admission to all athletic events. The
Senate also recommended that the
current fee ($10 per year) be set as the
maximum and that the same fee be
charged to all students, part-time and
full-time, who wished to pay an athletic
fee. (Currently, part-time students pay a
fee pro-rated according to the number of
hours they are taking.)
The recommendations on the athletic
fee passed 20-2.
In other action, the Senate, by a vote
of 17 to 7, passed a resolution offered by
Senator Debbie Kent that declared
"support of the mass transit referendum
be voted on November 5, 1974" and
urged all students to vote for it. The
Senate resolution cited the need for
efficient and extensive mass transit and
for lessened traffic congestion as reasons
for supporting the ref~rendum.
Photog~aph by Carl Maupin
One U of L student found that the be• way to cope with the pressure of mid-tenn
exams was to enjoy a few relaxed moments of autumn football.
Students -denied access to
university .files on themselves
by Tom. Louderback
Associate, Registrar Betty S. Bradford
admitted at an A&S Student Council
meeting· last Monday that students are
not currently pennitted to inspect their
own uconfidential files." Those files are
maintained by the Registrar and contain
any subjective comments and school
records received by the University from
other institutions including high schools.
However, other records of a student's
progress at U of L, including grades and
grade point averages. are made available
upon requst. A federal personal records
disclosure law, effective November 21,
will require the University to disclose the
contents of all stude~nt records to the
respective students upon their request.
Mrs. Bradford and Gary Morrison,
Director of Academic Services, addressed
the A&S Student Council in response to a
Council investigation of student records
policies. .
Mr. Morrison explained why the dual
records have been maintained by the
Registrar's Office. The "confidential
flies" have been withheld from students
in accordance with a state law while
another set of records containing grades
earned at U of L have been made
available. The purpose of the law,
according to Morrison , was to protect
administrators or instructors who were
required to make comments on a
student's records.
Conti n uing, he added that the
University does not make or request
subjective comments about its students,
although such comments are received
unsolicited from other institutions,
especially high schools. He maintained
that subjective comments have no bearing
on any studenfs admission to the
university during a "non-<:ompetitive
situation." He describes the current
situation as being "non-competitive."
When the new federal law becomes
effective, the dual system will be
maintained but, in accordance with the
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