VOL. 59, NO. 22 LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY FEBRUARY 25, 1988,
Universities to give Wilkinson
reports on impact of his budget
By REGORY HARRIS
Feature\ Editor
Gov. Walla c Wm.mson s request
for reports on the financtal Matus of
Kentucky\ etght public universities
con titute' a victory in higher edu­cattons
quest lor mcrea\ed fundmg,
accordmg to ntver~lly of Lout>ville
Pre\ldent Donald Swain.
"We rc ccrtamly gomg to respond
to the .ovcmor s offer to keep
talktng. wain \aid . The Governor
continue' to a''en the state ha' no
money. but "e re talking to each
other. and I thtn~ there is some
hope that we can make progre".'
Wil~m.,on relayed the reque;t for
the '>clf-e,ammatiom to the eight
public umver\lty presidents Feb. 22
through the Counctl on Higher
EducatiOn., c'ecuttve director. Gary
(l'(
The reque\1 followed a Feb. 18
meeting between
Wilkinson and
the pre idents,
who have been
highly critical of
his proposed I . 3
percent hi gher
education fund-ing
increase for
the upcoming
year.
Swain and the
state's other
seven public WILKINSON
university presi-dents
are tentatively scheduled to
review their reports at a special
meeting on March I .
Swain said he plans to outline the
general impact of the budget on U
of L. but could not give specifics on
which program would suffer most.
' We can talk about options. ' he
said . 'We can talk about possibili-ties
and likeli­hoods
of deci
sions.'
Cox >aid the
reports will help
the governor and
educators grasp
each others' per­spective
.
' If nothing
else, it clear~ the
air and improves
the understand-
SWAIN ing between the
Governor and the
presidents,' Cox said . ' I think the
presidents feel the Governor has
more empathy wi th their situation .
Whe ther that empathy translates into
money is another question .'
The meeting with Wilkinson and
resulting study request indicate
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Housing Office answers student
concerns with planned upgrades
By KI::VI BAKER
'italt Wntcr
1-nr three year.. , 'tudent'o in nt -
\Cf\lly of Lout" tile re'oldence hall'
ha\e been ,1\~mg for phone, ,
deaner butldmg' and improved se­cunty
By the end of th" ~ummer. their
need' wtll he mel. accordmg to
Dent'ot: Dtc~eNm - Gtlford. residence
dtr.:ctor.
'P'lll>e to >tudent surveys over the
Ja,t three 10 five years, Dickerson­Gifford
">aid .
Re,idenl siUdenh have reponed
the 'arne top three concerns for the
pa\1 three years. ;.he said . This
year';, 'urvey was completed in Jan­uary
.
$ 163.000 will be covered by resi ­dent>'
room and hoard revenue .
Dicker<,on-Gifford said .
Re>ident;, lisled quahty cleamng
\ervice\ . particularly on weekend\.
as their second highe<.l pnont~ for
residential improvements .
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AN INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER
Egg-xact science:
Students use skill
at Engineer's Day
By BARBARA BAUMA
on1rihu11ng Wnter
The wonder\ of engmeenng ;aved I I eggs from
40-I<KH falls and '>Upp<lned heavy wetglm with
baba wo<XI dunng the Speed Scienttfic chool s
57th annual Engmeer\ Da}
About 240 Kentu6y and Indiana htgh 'chonl
'oludent ll gathered 111 front of the J .B Speed Butld­ing
Feb. 22 10 test thetr engincenng .. ~tll s tn lhc
fourth annual egg drnp compcttlton . spothorcd by
peed ' indw.trial engmecring department
Competilof\ designed package> to cushion egg'
lrom a 15-loot fall . Succc'o'>lul de'>lgn~ were re­te,
tcd at mcrca'lng hetghh of up 10 40 teet.
Eleven cntric' '>Urvi' ed lhe ma~unum 40-loot
drop Anion Bur~hardl. a graduate .. tudcnt 111 In ­du:.
lrial Engineenng. '>tud that was when the com­petition
really began . They ..-ere JUdged on engt·
neenng ami cretlftvlfy alter that p<Hnt . he 'oatd
David a,h, an mdu .. tnal engmeenng gr<tduate
'otudent who helped JUdge the C\Cnl . 'olltd man} ol
lhe htgh 'ochool \IUdcnh too~ a more orgamc ap·
proach when destgnmg thetr entnes lhtS year
It \cemed lt~e the ~e> component thl\ year wa'
food 'UO\IJnce'o . a .. h 'oatd The \ccond- and thtrd­place
wmner' cu .. hinncd thetr egg'> wnh peanut
butter '>andwtchc' and a hollowed-out ptcce ol
French bread
The fiN-place winner. Bradle} Brown. a 'IUdent
al DuPont Manual Htgh School. placed hi' egg 111 a
weighted cardboan.l bo' and cu\htoneu 11 with a
balloon
H" entry w:" .1'"' well dc,tgned. a'oh 'oatd
Winner.. of the egg drop cuntc\1 won $30 for flr'ot
place. $20 tor .. cmnd . and $15 for lhird Several
honorable mentton' "ere "''"awarded
Some of the entne' rc,cmblcJ tce cream 'undae ...
a .. they u .. ed 'ub,t.Jncc\ 'ouch as mar>ohmallo"' and
chocolate icmg til cu .. hum the egg.
Alter banging our heads again;,t
the wall for 'oO ion~. it 's ju~t ama7-
mg. DickerMm·Gtfford said. ' It
ma~e\ you feel like tt ';, all wonh i1. ·
The Hou .. ing Office developed
plan' lor the three projects in re-
The mosl requested addition to U
of L dormitories has been the in­stallation
of phone lines in each
room . Currently. each floor has a
pay phone in the hall for student
use .
Dickerson-Gifford said each room
will have individual phone lines by
the end of this summer.
nder the current five-day-a-week
contract with the University's Phy;~ ­cal
Planl. studenls do not receive
adequa1e services during the week­end
when aclivities and garbage
levels increase. Dickerson-Gi fford
said .
She predicted a ;,even-day-a-week
cleaning arrangement wi th a private
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STAFF PHOTO BY MARK CRAMER
A Speed Scientific School student drops specially­packaged
eggs to see which package best protected
the contents during Engineers' Day Feb. 22.
However. a .. h 'atd thl'> "ralcgy may be hnn­ltved
becau'c ne" )Car' reqt11remen1~ might prn­hibn
u'oe ol food products in the egg drop.
tudent' had to be creative becau\e they could
not U\C 'tyroloum or foam rubber in the design . ac·
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The system's cost of around
Collins returns to class
with wider perspective
B~ TAMMY FREDETIE
taff Writer
Dunng her four yean. a;, Governor
of Kentucky. Manha Layne Collins
vowed to make education her top
pnority. Today. 'he continues that
quest. not a' a politician , but as a
1eacher
Colltn\, who recently assumed an
Executive tn Residence pmt at the
Uni er ity of Louisville School of
Bu\lne~ ... \aid she looks forward to
becoming a vital pan of the Univer-
"')'i like of L. I think i1's doinl? a
lot of wonderful things ." Colltns
.. aid . "The ;chool as a whole is
grow mg. there ' a lot of enthu>iasm
and JXl'>lltve altitudes about educa­lton
lm deligl11ed to be here .'
' a re,idcnt . Coli in;. does not
have .1 'oCI teaching ;.chedule . She
'otlld thl'o wtll allow her to lecture to
a ..-tde group ol 'otudent<, in variOU\
dcpanmcnt'o
lm glad to have the opponunily
to 1alk wilh students about the op­ponunHies
avai lable in the real
world. ' ;.he said.
Collins spent eight years as a
classroom teacher in Kentucky be­fore
being elected governor. Her ex­perience
in government, however,
strengthened her belief in the im­ponance
of education, she said .
' If anything, the importance of
education is grealer to me now." •he
said.
Collins linked Kentucky's future
with the education o f its citi zens.
'The longer I was in government
a governor. I got 10 see what was
happening in the U.S. and around
the world ,' she said.
' For Kentucky to compete we
have to pul priority on education.
provide excellence, and provide s lu­dent
s the opportunities to gel the
very best education they can,'
Collins said .
Collins said she had teamed a
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PHOTO BY GREGORY HARRIS
University President Donald C. Swain welcomed former Gov. Martha
Layne Collins to her new Executive in Residence post at U of L.
Experts discuss AIDS education in Plumbline fc>rum
By ,REG RY HARRIS
f'ealure .. Ed11or
The be\t dcfcn~e againsl AIDS is
'ollll educa11on. according 10 four
c pen' on 1he d~;.ease who gathered
recently at the Kentucky Center for
the i\rh to dt..,cu'' the ailment's
grnwmg tmpact on l.nciety.
The about 1.100 people who at­tended
the Feb 21 Plumbline
forum. the thtrd m a series co­'
J>0n'>ored by the mversity of
Loutwtlle ollege of Urban and
Pubhc Affatr . heard the panelist
JOin m calling for more publtc
awarenes' and compa'>'>ion for AIDS
VIClilll'o
They \atd ignorance ts danllerous
not only because it mcrea es nsk for
1he general public, but because il
fo, ters fear and hatred of !hose
'>tricken by the di>case .
Acquired Immune Deficiency
Syndrome will affect all American
111 \Ome fas hion. according to retired
Adm. J .D. Walkm;, chatr of the
pre\tdenual commi'osi n appoin ted to
Mudy the dise . Ahhough the
conuni"ion will nol deliver 11
rep<ln until June, Walkin!o did
generali7 about ih findmgs .
' A' we get funher mto thi\, we
find !hut !here ts no one in our
country who can exempt themselve
.from bemg personally mvolved in
lht'> eptdemi , ' he aid .
This 'entiment was echoed by
Randy hilt , a an Franci>co
/tromc/e reponer who wa\ the first
'
PHOTO BY ~IREGORY HARRIS
Randy Shilts, the first journalist in America to report full-time on AIDS (center, wearing glasses). discussed
facts about the disease with Dr. Karen Heln at a Feb. 21 Plumbline forum, as other panel membms looked on.
full -time AIDS correspondent.
' Ver:{. o ften when l hear, 'Who's
at n k .' the undertone I hear is, 'My
Goo. is it going to get me?'." he
said.
IDS primarily affect
homosexual men and intravenou
drug abusen., Shilts said , and so 1he
di ease wa Jon~ ignored because
th general pubhc was not wtdely
regarded a being at risk .
Shih aid that limited view ha
hurt not only major AIDS risk
group but those who have
e mbraced it. ' I think the mere facl
that human beings get thi~ di ase i~
enough to concern all of U\, • he
said .
Dr. Karen Hei n , director of th
AIDS m Adolescence program al
New Yorks Albert Ein tein College
of Medicme. agreed that public
paranom of AIDS victtms w~ great
cau e for concern .
'The epidemic of 'afrAIDS' i~
causin some of the problems that
the eptdemic of the virus is caus­ing,
' she suid. ' Fear and lack of
compassion are just as dangerou;.'
Watkins ec hoed thi ... enlunent. ' It
(AIDS) i'> gomg to come from blood
and semen and ignomnce. he sa td .
He promoted increa~ed emphasi<o
in school\ nol only on AID
educa1ion but on bask health habi!ll
as a solulion to 1he crisis. We ha\e
to gel heahh awurem:\., and health
progrum'> back mto our \choob in a
fundamental way." Watkin\ \aid
'We have to learn more aboul
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Artificial heart pioneer
says program still viable
By LISA ANAMA
Conlributing Writer
Despite recent c ritici!>m of artifi­cial
heart implanl!> by the Amencan
Medical Association. the technique';,
pioneer said research into the pro·
gram should contin ue.
About 40 students and profession­al;,
galhered to hear Dr. William
DeVrie•. the first ' urgeon aulhori7ed
to perform the complicated tran'o­plant
operatton, support artificial
heart research in a Feb. 22 speech at
the University of Louisville.
Since all attempt• at permanent
implantation have ended in the death
of 1he transplant patient\ , the proce­dure
has drawn c rilicism from both
the AMA and the general public.
De Vries sa id that although the ar­tificial
heart is not yet a wonder
cure, it is none theless worthwhile .
Sooner or later a ll hean patient\
are goi ng to die. whether they have
an anificial heart or no1 ,' DeVnes
aid.
"In ~ome ca'>e!> the anificial hean
can better thb quali ty of life. he
added . "If a patient can live wi th the
quality of life they want. 1hen it i.,
wonh it.'
DeVries no1ed that the first antli ­cial
heart recipient. Barney Clark.
lived 6 12 days wilh 1he implant. He
'aid knowledge gai ned from Clark'
ca\e benefitted late r patient'>. "We
were naive in 1he begi nning, but we
learned quickly .' DeVries said.
DeVrie'> also n01ed 1ha1 many ad­vance!.
in medicine come after much
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pull out miracle win at Iouth
carolina, but only after getting
'ume and expense. For example. he
;,aid . million> of dollars were '>penl
10 perfecl the polio vaccine. and
now the di,ease i' vtnually wiped
OUI.
The fir't pacemaker, implanled
thtrty year:. ago. had to be pushed
around on a huge mel a I cart. De­Vne'
added. Today. 11 is an im·
plant the '>i7e of a quaner. He said
:.uch improvements coulct be made
on the artificial heart until it re­quired
no e"emal equipment .
The anificial hean i\ currently be­mg
used a' a bridge 111 heart trans­plmw,_
DeVries said he has no plans
10 perform a permanent implant
anr,ume soon.
' II may be live or six years before
we perform another one. or a year.
who knows?'' he said.
Restriction> imposed by the Food
and Drug Admmistrallon technical
devtce committee . which regulates
medtcal equipment from the colton
\Wah to the heart-lung machine. are
tn part re'>pon.,ihle for the delay . ac­cording
10 DeVrie• .
Before ullowing another tmplant .
lhe comnnuee must revtew ca\e
'oludies and monthly rep<Jn'o DeVries
submih. It's a long proce" but we
have 10 follow it ." DeVrie•.
He said the search for the next
paltent ts also taking time .
A candidate mus1 reali7e !hat life
i'> preciou'>. and have a de>tre to li ve
a\ long a' p<>"ible.' DeVnes con­tinued
. Plus, he mu>! be willing to
help science and others. Thai's what
I he others have done. '
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