ou VILLE ARDINAL
Volume XLVII, No.5 A University of Louisville Newspaper
Copyright 1975, The Louisville Cardinal
September 26, 1975
U of L, UK to form joint health science committee
by Steve Wingfield practice program "are closer than any
U of L 'President James G. Miller and others."
University of Kentucky President Otis
Singletary last Monday announced the
formation of a joint committee to achieve
closer cooperation between the health
sciences centers of the two institutions.
Miller said that both presidents "have
been meeting frequently to discuss ways
of cooperation" between the two schools.
Singletary said, "This (the .committee) is
not an i!Ccident, adding that much time
has gone into the planning of the
The committee will deal with committee.
cooperative efforts in such areas as "The formation of a joint committee
academic programs, hospital operations, for health sciences," said Miller, "is the
professional plans, residency programs at first of many" to find ways of achieving
the university hospitals and personnel closer cooperation for U of Land UK.
policies. The two presidents also called for the
The committee will be composed of committee to set up subcommittees
UK Vice-President for the Medical Center "immediately" to study nursing
Dr. Peter S.osomworth, U of L education and professional liability
Vice-President for Health Affairs Dr. Hal insurance at the two schools.
Boyer, and the deans of medicine and Miller added that finding liability
dentistry at the two schools. insurance for professionals on the
Bosomworth will chair the committee university staffs may become difficult,
during ·the first year of operation and and the two institutions should make sure
Boyer in the following year. their needs are covered.
Both Miller and Singletary emphasized The specific duties of the joint
that the two schools "should work committee include:
together" on matters of common inter~st, 1) Providing a channel forum for
to try to avoid duplication ~nd cut costs. communicating and jointly discussing
Singletary added, "Let's not mislead common problems and interests, and
anybody. There are areas where both current policies and planning which may
institutions will go their own way due to have implications for the other
different philosophies, and that's . institutions.
probably wise." 2) Determining whether closer
Miller and Singletary also stressed that working relationships for existing
there has been cooperation between the programs might be beneficial to the
two schools in the past. Drs. Bosomworth universities.
and Boyer went on to elaborate areas of 3) Developing proposals for achieving
past cooperation, saying the kidney mutual support and joint approaches or
·harvesting program . and the family efforts on various specific matters.
P.hotograph by Miehael Brohm
Stephan Phelps, new President of the Student Government Association.
Photograph by Mike Heitz
UK President Otis Singletary (left) and U of L President James G. Miller
announcing the joint committee on health sciences.
Phelps elected SGA
President ,Cole wins VP
by Steve Wingfield
P. Stephan Phelps, an A&S political
science 111ajor, has won the special
election for Student Government
Association President held this week.
Phelps defeated two other A&S students
- Unda Miller and Mark Neff - for the
position.
The unofficial vote totals, compiled
Wednesday night, are:
Phelps ........................ 643
Miller ........................ .438
Neff. ................... ........ 253
In the race for Academic
Vice-President, Connie· Cole defeated
Rana Pennington, Steve Matheis and John
Byers,)r.
On Wednesday night, a recount in the
race had been .ordered. But Thursday
afternoon Bobbi Miller, who coordinated
the election, said there had been an error
in adding the total vote and a recount was
no longer necessary.
Cole had, before the error was
discovered, been leading Pennington by
only five votes.
The unofficial vote totals in the
Academic Vice-President race arc :
Connie Cole ................... .488
Rana Pennington ............... .411
Steve Matheis ........ . .......... 207
John Byers,Jr. ............. . ..... 79
After the election, Phelps said he will
"just implement the policies I stressed in
my campaign."
In his campaign, Phelps said he would
3;ttempt an investigation of the parking
situation on Belknap Campus, try to
bring a concert series with nationally
known performers to U of L, support a
women's studies program, strive for more
student input in university policy
decisions, and press for a full review of
the services provided to University
College students.
Phelps said he feels UC students are
not receiving the full amount of services
that other U of L students receive.
Linda Miller, who remains President of
the Arts and Sciences student council,
said her defeat was the result of "not
· enough organization." "I guess," she
added, "I just didn't know what I was
doing." She also said the special election
was different than the regular student
government elections usually held in
March. She said this difference hurt her
planning for the campaign.
The election was called to . fill the
unexpired terms of former SGA President
Greg Price, who resigned in August, and
former . SGA Academic Vice-President
Scott Yeakey, who resigned in June.
Phelps and Cole will hold office until
next March, when the regular SGA
elections will be held.
As Pre ident o; the SGA, Phelps will
hold a scat on the university Board of
Trustees. He will be responsible to the
Student Senate, the main governing body
of the SGA.
Phelps and Cole will take office at the
Student Senate meeting next Tuesday.
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