VOL. 59, NO. 27 LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY APRIL 7. 1988 12 PAGES
Conliffe slate sweeps SGA executive posts
By KE ETH HARDI
GREG RY HARRI
Staff Writer~
and
Unusually low voter turnout did
not stop hri~ Conliffe and his slate
from sweeping the Apnl 6-7 tudent
Government Association executive
office elections.
onliffe took 913 votes for SGA's
top spot. while his opponent Chip
Walker received 519 votes.
A total of 1549 ballots were ca\t
in the electiOn, which constitutes a
drop of about 350 ballots from last
year and only even percent the
Univer ity of Lou b. ville s ~tudent
body.
Dr. Fred Rhodes. assi,tant vice
pre. ident for student life. ~aid the
low voter turnout may have resulted
from bad weather on the ~cond day
of balloting.
The entire Conliffe slate, which
has collectively logged nine yea!'\ in
GA. stressed their experience and
compatibility as crucial factors 10
the election .
"I'm really proud of everyone."
Conhffe said. "We had an out­standiOg
ticket. ·
"I felt fairly confident throughout
the election . ' he continued. ' I just
w1sh we had the tally earlier."
Vo110g results were delayed while
the SGA Election Commission de­liber.
ued for three and a half hou~
oyer ~n unusually high 17 campaign
V10lat1on repons .
Four of the repon. , which ranged
from illegal campaign poster; to
slander, resulted 10 penalt1es agaimt
candidates. However, none of the
penalties affected race outcomes.
Depaning SGA Pres ident Doug
Executive
VIce
Pruldent
STUDENT SENATE
TERESA
STEPP
MS • Tim Hagerty, Mike Flynn, Elizabeth Glass, Donna
Norman, Stefan Muller, Shelia Simmons, Michael Hagerty,
Russell Williams. BusiMU • Cynthia Howard. Speed
School • Danny Holt, James Lewis.
President • CHRIS CONLIFFE
Devme said he was confident in the
Conliffe slate' ability to run Student
Govemment effectively.
' I think Chris had a good plat·
form, ' Devine said. "I think that's
what appealed to people. It was per·
haps not the most charismatic, but it
was cenainly the most realistic.'
Conliffe and his running mates
said their generally sizable margins
of victory are a vote of confidence
in their ability to lead SGA in the
upcoming year.
Robyn Sauich, current Services
Vice President , took the Executive
Vice President post in the most
hotly contested race of the election ,
beating out Merrill McMullen by a
752-629 margin .
Tara Wigginton won by a land­~
lide in the Academic Vice President
race, drawing 778 votes. Jeff DeR­ouen,
running on Walker's slate, re­ceived
360 votes and independent
candidate Karen Stites claimed 268
ballots.
Teresa Stepp filled out the Con­liffe
ticket's weep, taking the Ser-vices
Vice President post by a 867-
532 margin over opponent Gerald
White.
Walker, who touted him~elf as a
candidate with new ideas during the
election, said he hopes the upcom­ing
administration will incorporate
many of his slate's ideas into their
programs .
'The bouom line is, the election
may not have been ours , but we
want to work with them," Walker
said.
U of L student faces murder charge after wreck
By MARY JACOBSO
and JAMES D. HINES
Staff Writers
A 2 1-year-old University of
Louisville student wa> charged with
murder after police found premi li­nary
evidence of alcohol consump­tion
in connection with an April 4
one-car accident that killed two
pa se ngers .
Richmond, Ky .. police charged
Melinda Lighter with two counts of
murder after prel iminiary lab results
showed high levels of alcohol in her
bloodstream , according to Richmond
Police Cheif Russell Lane.
Lane said the alcohol levels were
high enough to warrant a murder
charge. not a lesser count of
manslaughter.
Lighter, of Mt. Washington. Ky.,
was pinned behind the steering
wheel but Tonia Denise King. 20.
and Michelle Magruder, 21. who
both suffered fatal injuries, were
thrown from the vehicle. Lighter
was transponed to Pauie A. Clay
Hospital for observation of head and
facial injuries and released Wednes­day.
King, a 20-year-old Eastern Ken­tucky
University student, was pro­nounced
dead at the scene by Madi-son
County Coroner Embry Curry .
Magruder. 21, a 1985 graduate of
Fern Creek High School and former
employee of Louisville 's Manpower
Temporary Services. died of multi­ple
mjuries at 12:25 a .m. in Rich­mond.
The women were traveling nonh­bound
on KY 388 at 11 :15 p.m.
when their car struck a utility pole
at high peed . Lane said the group
· was returning from downtown
Richmond , an area notorious for
student drinking.
No safety bells were wom by the
passengers of the car. according. to
police accounts of the accident.
Officiab at the Madison County
Jail said Lighter was released on
bond and is at home with her par-ents
. •
Funeral ervices for Magruder are
sch~duled for 10 a.m . Thursday,
Apnl 7, at McAfee Funeral Home.
4501 Bardstown Road , with burial
in Resthaven Memorial Park .
Survivor include her parents.
Shirley and Earl Magruder of
Louisville: a brother, Craig L. Ma­gruder
of Louisville; and her grand­parents,
Mary Conn and Mr. and
Mrs . Earl Magruder Sr., all of
Louisville.
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AN INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER
PHOTO BY HARRIS
Former Gov. Martha'Layne Collins urges a group of political
science students at a March 31 dinner to take leadership roles.
Collins urges leadership
development at U of L
By GREGORY HARRIS
Features Editor
If Kentucky ~~ to <,urvive na·
t1onal and international economic
difficulties. the Commonwealth
mu\1 develop tjuahficd and dedi ­cated
leader\. accordmg to a for­mer
chief executive of the \late
Fonner Gov. Manha Layne
Collin' told a March 31 gather­ing
of Pi Sigma Alpha, the ni ­versity
of Loui>vllle s political
;cience honor ,ociety. that their
skilb and effon ~ arc Kentucky's
best hope to >olve its long-terrn
problems .
"The more I work in govern­ment
and politic,. the more I ~ee
a need for leader>hlp, ' Collins
'aid . "Unfonunately . I don't 'ee
enough leadership that il. long­term.
leaders that have vision .
She said the state now face~ a
cri tical period becau!oe competi·
1 ion with other s tat e~ and nations
for business i' ' gelling wild. '
"When we have that kind of
competition. we've got people
who :1re willing. but they need 10
be led .' Collin!o l.aid. I chal
lenlle you all to be mvnl veu in
politiC!. and govemment. but to
\ee your role a!o a leader I thmk
we need to demon,trate more
and more of our leader .. hlp.
In order for future g.:neration\
of Kentuckian' to compete '" the
expanded world market . they
need to learn a wider con~eption
of the world and Kentucky'
place in it, Collin' loaid .
' ~ hope we can e ncourage
Kentucky students to travel.
Collins said . ' They need to cra!oe
the boundaries around Kentucky.
and see they c:m era'e the
boundaries around the country .
because it's a small world .
To facilitate this expanded vi­sion,
Collins urged Kentucky\
educational system 10 focu• on
hi story . f!,eography. and culture.
She sa1d that by the time many
studentlo graduate. they could
have developed qualities and ex­penise
which would be an asset
to a public office.
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U.S. trade
policy with
Japan topic
of debate
State educators say additional funding
is mixed blessing for Kentucky schools
By GREGORY HARRIS
Feature\ Editor
A debate over United State> trade
policy led 10 predictiom of nuclear
war as two University of Louiwille
debater• squared off .1gam'1 debater~
from college> in Japan March 30.
The Japanese "udents, Akira
lkeya and Yu1ure Yama.,hita. were
in Louiwille as pan of an annual
exchange program . which mcluded a
\IX-week debate tour of the .
Repre~entin~ U of L were \Opho·
more> Ted B1xby and John Delle­cath.
who recently returned from the
nauonal collegmte debate touma·
rnent at Weber tate Univer\ity in
tah .
lkeya opened the debate by con·
tendmg that . . trade policy is
outdated . He proposed that a new
PHOTO BY GREGORY HARRIS
Yuzure Yamashita, left, debated United Slates trade policy concerning
his native Japan with John Dellacath during a March 30 formal debate.
federal agency be created to control
intemational trade, establishing tar­riff~
and protectionist policies if
need be.
Bixby said Japan would perceive
increa>ed American protectionism as
an economic threat.
' It seems 10 me the Japanese are
going to be really bummed out when
we tell them it will cost them more
to ship their cars across the ocean.'
he said .
Bixby also claimed that if the
U .. alienated Japan. they would
By JAMES D. HINES
Assistant News Editor
When the 1988 Kentucky General
Assembly adjourned March 31,
Kentucky's lawmakers had given
higher education $30 million more
for the next two years than Gov.
Wallace Wilkinson planned in his
executive budget proposal.
But many educators in the state
aid they have mixed feelings about
the final budget recommendation .
University of Louisville President
Donald C. Swain said the additional
funding is welcome, but much work
remains.
' I have been celebrating the gains
we've made -- it was a good gain, '
he said, ' but it was not enough .'
Gary Cox, director for the Coun­cil
on Higher Education agreed with
Swain's comments.
' I wouldn't say that this was a
victory ,' said Cox. 'This reaffirmed
the imponance of higher education
in Kentucky , but it's not a victory
A&S becomes first college to OK orientation course
By TAMMY FREDETTE
Staff Wnter
The allege of Ans and Science\
recently be arne the first a adem1c
unit at the Umversity of Louisville
to approve a finali1ed course cur­riculum
for a new freshman orienta·
tum course .
'We set out to really look at the
course to see whether we could
come up with a Mrong orientation
course that we could present to our
fa ulty ,' aid Dr. V1ctor Olorunsola,
A&S dean. "I feel we have done it. '
Mo t members of A&S's Faculty
enate agreed with the course rec·
ommendation , according to Olorun­ola.
He aid only a handful of the
senators voted again t the orientation
curriculum.
Every tudent will be required to
complete the course before they earn
18 erne ter hours. However, the
one-hour course will not affect
G.P.A. or carry credit toward grad­uation
.
The course is designed to ease the
transition freshmen face at U of L
and enhance their academic success
here. throug~ know.ledge of the Uni­verSity
and 1ts serv1ces.
Topics addressed in the frollram
will include the history o h1gher
education and U of L, the academic
and organizational tructure of the
Univer ity and the learning re­sources
available on campu and in
the community.
The Faculty Senate establi hed
three se ions of the program which
will be nexible and acce sible to all
fre hmen, Olorunsola aid.
The first se sion will bring com­muter
tudents to campu to give
them a sense of the Umversity a a
community. Panicipants will live in
dorms during the five day program,
which will be conducted before
classes begin in the fall.
The second session is also taT·
geted for non-traditional and part·
time commuter students. Panicipants
will attend two weekend camps at
the beginning of the seme ter, but
will return to their homes at night.
The third course, an in-ses ion
model, will be held three times a
week during the first five or ix
weeks of the seme ·ter.
Each session will be limited to 30
students and all courses will be
staffed by a full-time faculty mem­ber
and a representative of U of L.
A&S officials are till unsure of
the exact number of course sections
which will be open. Over 1300 new
fre hman enrolled in U of L last
fall .
Research how that orientation
course have reduced student aun­tion
over a period of time said Gale·
Rhodes, d1rector of orientation
couNC for the Provost's office.
Rhode , who worked with a Uni­versity-
wide pilot orientation pro­gram
last seme ter, believe the
course will benefit the students and
the University.
The pilot orientation course served
as a basis for schools, such a~ A&S,
to design specific course for their
needs, aid Nina Pollard , as istant
University Provost.
The Nursing School and Speed
cientific School have approved im­plementation
of a orientauon course.
but has yet to develop a curriculum .
The pilot course's forrnat was
voted down last year by the A&S
Faculty enate, but Dav1d Howarth,
chair of the Geography Depanment,
id the pilot course was a useful
tepping- tone.
'We learned a lot, ' Howanh said .
' It was good to have a pilot pro­gram,
because we were able to see
what wa right and wrong .'
Howanh, an active upporter of
the newly passed orientation course,
aid the program will be re-evalu­ated
in three years.
Howarth said he is confident in
the success of the course.
becau e there just i~n 't enough
money.'
The total amount budgeted for
higher education in 1988 is $560
million and will increase to $593
million in 1989.
Of the additional $30 million, $11
million will be doled out to the uni ­versities
during the first year and
$16.7 will be awarded during the
second year.
Cox said the additional funds will
be distributed 10 the individual uni ­versities
to be u\ed as the institu­tions
deem necessary.
' There are three area; where the
money will be used ." Cox said.
' Salary increases , increases in fixed
costs (fringe benefits) and mainte­nance
and operational costs. But
there just is not enough money to
meet every need. "
Swain sa1d U of L will now be
able to grant a two percent salary
in ·rease, something which was not
possible under the original budget.
'We can provide a two percent
increase and meet our fixed costs,'
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Swain said. ' I don't believe we will
have to get into budget cuts.'
The University of Louisville and
University of Kentucky will both re·
ceive an additional $1 million for
engineering enhancement as pan of
the budget , said Cox.
Both Cox and Swain expressed
fear that the Governor may veto
pans of the budjlel which deal with
capi tal construction project> for the
universities.
"I think there i a possibility that
the Governor may veto the Capital
Construction proposal ," sa id Swain.
'That money came from a reserve
fund which he set up in case of
catastrophe. But that is a separate
line on the budget away from the
main funds.'
Cox said the additional money
was included in the overall budget
of the individual universities, thus
,reducing the chance of an overall
budget veto .
' We are pretty safe here at U of
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