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VOL. 60, NO. 4, LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY SEPTEMBER 15, 1988 10 PAGES ANINDEPENDENTSTUDENTNEWSPAPER
Swain calls for more
formula funding from
Education Council
By J DY HART
and JAMES D. HI E
taff Writer.
lnfonnatwn for this Mory wa~ al o
gathered by staff writer Michael
Tucker
Un1ver,ity of Louiwille President
Donald Swain announced that U
of L " .,eeking 100 percent fonnula
fundmJ? dunng a Council on Higher
Educauon meetin~? Sept. 12.
De\1gned to fatrly distribute state
muncy to public higher education
m•utuuons, the Kentucky Appropri­ation
Recommendation Fonnula
take' tnto account anables such as
the number of ~tudenh at a given
~chool, tu1t1on and the le el• of in­struction
and research.
The re\ulttng figure represents the
total amount of Mare funds needed
ro adequately suppon a school at its
current level
of L ha'i never received I 00
percent. Although Univel'lii ty
\Chool' and re~1dence halls are oper­ating
ar full capa ity. U of L is only
funded at 84 percent .
watn said additional Council
fundmg i!. especially necessary to
provide more salary incentives for
fa ulty membel'li.
The median alary of tenured U of
L faculty membel'li i 90 percent of
the proje ted formula amount.
Compared to other state schools.
U of L s percentage is favorable.
The lowest figure for fonnula
funding salaries was Kentucky State
University. where the faculty was
paid 85 percent of the recommeded
amount.
The highest percentage was paid
by the Univel'liity of Kentucky's
Community College System. which
awarded 95.8 percent of the recom·
mended amount.
Swain said after the Council
meeting that he believes the fonnula
is too complex and needs to be im­plified
.
' I don t want to wing this one,"
he said . 'The formula is OK and is
'" need of few changes. '
The Council defines U of L's ur­ban
mission a~ producing ~rad u a te
researchers that can identify and
1>eek solutions to problems in the ur­ban
area.
STAFF PHOTO BY MARK VIERGUTZ
Student Government Association President Chris Conliff addresses the Council for Higher Education hearing
Sept. 12. Coni iff said that although the student population is growing, without proper funding many students may
decide not to attend the University of Louisville.
We need to be more responsible
to our mi>Sions, ' Swam said .
He also uggested reducing pro­fes~
ors ' teaching loads so they can
concentrate on research .
Swain stressed the need to offer
financial aid to people wanting to
attend U of ).. but who can nor af­ford
11.
Instead of attending U of L. he
said, many students may be attend­ing
classes at Jefferson Community
College because of finanical rea­sons
.
"There are approximately 7.000
~tudents attending JCC.' he said.
' JCC i>. doing a good job as a com­munity
college.'
The ouncil i~ the legislative body
that sets goals for higher education
funding in Kentucky .
The hearing wa one of eight held
on state supported campuses during
the 1988-89 Formula Fundmg Re­view
.
Earlier hearing~ were held at
Morehad State nviver'>ity and
Eastern Kentucky mver,ity. Future
hearings will be held at Murray
State Umver>.iry. WeMern Kentucky
Univer'>ity. Nothern Kentu,ky Uni­ver\
ity. Kentu,ky State University
and the Umver>.1ty of Kentucky.
All meetings are open ro the pub­lic.
Student Government kicks off campus voter registration campaign
By BETH AHO E
Staff Wnter
The Student As ociation for Voter
Empowennent kicked off its voter
registration drive Sept. 7 with a
rally featuring several elected offi­cials
from ci ty and county govern­ment.
including Louisville Mayor
Jerry Abramson and County Judge­Execut
ive Harvey Sloane.
AVE, a division of the Student
Government Association formerly
known a Student Advocate For
Education . sponsored the hour-long
rally "hich provided free food and
drinks for attending students .
AVE Director Tim Hagerty and
SGA Pre ident Chris Conliffe said
the rally. which gave students the
opportunity to meet local officials.
provided a su cessful start for the
dnve by getting several tudents to
register.
' It took quite a bit of time to get it
together,' Hagerty said. ' All the
food and drink was donated by
community groups, except for $20
worth. '
Hagerty said his organization has
been working with former Com­monwealth
Attorney Dave Ann­strong,
who has given advice and
helped obtain a large quantity of
regtstration forms for use on cam­pus.
'We now have I .200 fonns .'
Hagerty said . ' That's our goal,
1.200 registrations. It's sort of am­bitious
. We want to get as close to
that as possible .'
Hagerty estimated that as many as
10,000 students at the Univel'liity of
Louisville are not registered to vote. CHRIS CONLIFF
Less than 50 percent of all eligible
18- to 24-year-old students nation­wide
either are not registered or do
not vote, Conliffe said .
' Our goal is to get as many stu­dents
on this campus registered to
vote as possible. ' said Conliffe.
The registration deadline to partici­pate
in the November national elec­tions
is Friday. Oct. 7.
"All you have to do is be a resident
tor one month tu be able to register.
Any student can register to vote
here.' said Hagerty .
Conliffe sa id that Hagerty came up
with the idea for a rally , then
worked closely with the mayor's of­fice
to find a date when Abramson
would be able to attend .
'We invited every elected official
to come, ' Conliffe said. ' I guess
about I 0 were actually able to be
there.
'T1m (Hagerty) was the Master of
Ceremonie'> and I spoke from the
student per>.pective. Univel'liity
President Donald C. Swain spoke
and Dave Armstrong said a few
words and introduced the mayor and
county judge,' Conliffe added.
If the number of officials attending
seemed heavi ly Democratic, it was
not intentional. Hageny said.
' When it came to re'ponses, all we
were .lietting was Democratic, ' he
said. I called the local Republican
chainnan , as I did the Democratic
chairman, and invited him.
' He stopped by briefly but that was
the day Vice President George Bush
wa in town, ' Hagerty aid.
Continued on Page 3
Preliminary
enrollment
data shows
I• ncrease
By BARBARA BAUMAN
Staff Writer
Although offictal 'tatl,tic' have
nor yet been relea.,cd. prelimmary
ligure' show a marked Jn(reasc in
enrollment at Kentuc~y universitle'>.
UniveT\ity of Loui~v1lle offic1als.
a' well a!o admmi,tratoT\ ar several
other 'tme in.,tlrurion,. claim pre­liminary
figures reflect an mcrease
in hoth full - and pan-tunc enroll­ment
'We expect a 'igmllcant 1n.,ea'e
across our community college 'ys­tem
, said Bernie Vonderh1de . di ­rector
of puhhc relation' at the Um­verslty
of Kentucky
"On the mam (dmpu., m Lexmg­ton
there probahly Will be a '>light
increa'oe m enrollment. ·
Early ligure, at Murray tate
mve">ltY \how a 7 5 percent en­rollment
mcrea,e . Murray · ~ Dean of
Admi"1ons and Records Bill Bryan
~aid the figure reflect' a freshman
cla'os increa'e of 21 percent and a
transfer '>IU lent mcrea'e of 15 per­cent.
Enrollment at We'>tem Kentucky
University is abo ri,ing. ~aid Ron­nie
utton. dean of schola'>tlc devel­opment.
We are definitely cxpenencmg an
increa'c here at Western thl'o fall .
The que,tion is . how much of an In­crease
Offic1al!o at Ea'>tern Kentucky
University were reluctant ro release
preliminary figures but !.aid an in­crease
is expected .
' It does look like we're going to
have an enrollment increase of con­siderable
magnitude ,' !.aid Charles
Whitlock . assistant ro the president
at Eastern .
Increased enrollment is attributed
primarily to the rising number of
hi h school graduate~ who decide to
attend college. Bryan sa1d.
'The number of high school grad­uates
is going up, and a high num­ber
of those graduates are going to
college ." Whitlock said .
Several administrators noted a
rising demand for pan-time classes .
Continued on Page 2
Dentristy
students
like summer
internships
Wood E. Currens steps down as chair
of Faculty Senate, successor named
By KEN ETH M. HARDI
Staff Writer
While many Univel'liity of
Lou1sville students worked at con­ventional
jobs. eight School of Den­tistry
semors spent their summel'li
gaining valuable experience in un­usual
settmgs.
The aspiring dentists worked with
underprivileged patients at public
health care facilities in locations
ranJ?ing from Kentucky's womens'
pemtentiary to 3fl Indian reservation
m Zuni. N.M.
"I thought it would be a good op­portunity
to get some hands-on ex­perien
e and see the needs of differ­ent
people in different regions, ' said
Jeff Figa, who worked at the Zuni
re,ervation for four and a half weeks
in July and August.
The eight students' public health
stint'\ served as a mandatory intern­ship
that all Dental School juniors
must complete before they enter
thetr senior year.
Between 50 and 60 tudents take
internships each summer. but only a
handful decide to go into public
health care, a cording to the Dental
chool's publi health program co­ordi
nator, Melissa Atkinson .
Continued on Page 3
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By MICHAEL TUCl\.ER
Staff Writer
After two yeal'li of service, Wood
E. Currens handed the Faculty Sen­ate
chair to law professor Robert
Stenger Sept. 7 .
The senate chair is a general rep­resentative
of the faculty and pre­sides
over senate meetings , appoints
committee membel'li and si ts on the
Board of Trustees, U of L's gov­erning
body .
Stenger said he is looking forward
to the upcoming year and already
has some topics planned .
This year, Stenger said, the enate
is going to begin a search for a new
Provost , continue the academic re­view
process and work on sa lary
and fringe benefits for the faculty .
'The amount of work depends on
what happens during the year.'
Stenger sa1d. ' You never know what
might come up.'
Despite his responsibilities,
Stenger said he plans to keep his
re&ular teaching load .
I hope it will still work and it's
not too often that I'm gone from
class, ' he said.
Stenger said the enate is respon­sible
for academics and academic
values.
' I hope if the faculty has a con­cern,
they will bring it up to the
senate, ' he aid.
Out-going chair Currens aid the
past two yeal'li have been a wonder­ful
experience.
'Serving as the senate chair and
representing the faculty on the
Board (of Trustees) is one of the
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WOOD E. CURRENS
greate>t honol'li I ve ever had ,' he
said during his retirement speech.
'The honor and the education which
I've received I' ll cherish forever. '
University of Loui!oville President
Donald C. Swain said he enjoyed
working with Currens .
"He wa!. alway prepared and
constantly took the view of the
whole Uni vel'liity on what was be~>t
for everybody ,' he said .
wain said Currens was extremely
good at making people feel impor­tant.
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For example. Currens once pro­posed
a way to increase the salaries
of lower-paid staff members. He
sponsored a bill to reduce the sa lary
of higher-paid facu lty members and
admini trators by channeling money
to lower-paid University employees .
The propo~al paJ.sed the senate by
a slim margin . but was turned down
by Swain.
urrens also dea lt with many
other issues during hi., term. in­cludmg:
flJliOvinp the size of !oenate
t ... .. mllce' dod the way they evalu ­ate
deans.
· : 1ng 1n,ulved with the creation
ol the Umversity Club by corre­sponding
wi th the Bmgham family .
mducrmg se!osions of the sen­ate
s ad h0<. ,ommittee regarding the
perfonnance base salary increa!.e
proces\. The proce~s b based on an
mcome increase accordi ng to ind i­'
;rlOJal faculty perfonnance.
• ·1aluating and proposing addi ­lhm>
tiJ the University-wide Strate­gic
Plan for 1986-9 1. The plan ,
which was highly praised by the
ouncil for Higher Education, maps
tht> University's fu ture direction.
• articipatmg in the creation of
'" ~e rsi ty-wide minimum guidelines
for general education.
opproving a statement of ethics
for !acuity.
• • urhorizing the University Aca­d~.
o .II I C Review ommittee. whtch
approves any new degree and re­VIews
all existing programs.
• pproving doctoral programs in
the College of Urban and Public Af­fairs
and Speed Scientific School.
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