VOL. 59, NO 30 LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY APRIL 28, 1988 14 PAGES
U of L final exams
are similar to other
urban universities'
By GREGORY HARRIS
Feature<, EditOr
The niver>ity of U>uisville ' ~
final examination system is sim­ilar
to tho e of comparable uni­ver.
rtie.,.
of L shares many charac­teri,
ti s with its 10 benchmark
imtltutions. state universities re­\
Cmbli njl U of L in size, tudent
composrtion, and urban location .
Officral'> of each of the bench­mark\.
which are used by the
Umver.,uy Board of Trustees to
evaluate U of L's relative
progres\, were called and a~ked
to de\cribe therr exam ~ystems .
U of L and ~eve n of its I 0
benchmark reponed that final
examination!. are not mandatory.
Ther are. however. con•idered
trachtional or expected at three of
the 'even .
Three of the benchmarks have
a policy of mandated study days
between the last day of classes
and the begrnning of the final
exam penod . Another, the Uni­versity
of Tenne~see. had to sus­pend
\tudy days in their switch
from a quaner to a semester
lormat.
Tennes\ee will resume their
policy of two Mudy days per
emester in the 1988-89 a a­demic
year, according to Vice
Provost Hardy Liston.
The Universi ty will resume a
mandated study day in the 1989-
90 \Chool year.
A~si;tant U of L Provost Nina
Pollard ~aid U of L did have a
study day ~ystem several years
ago, but the system was elimi­nated
at the request of the Stu­dent
Government Association .
Georgia State University reg­istrar
James Greene said that
GSU ; admi,;ion' and standards
committee had examined the
po!>\lbility of instituting a Mudy
day . The panel made a non­binding
suggeMion that GSU
adopt a \ludy day after the
unrversity changes from a quar­terly
to a !>emester schedule.
Like of L. seven of the
benchmark' have no policy set­ting
a maximum possible number
of examination~ a student can
take on any given day. All of
tho~e >chools, including U of L,
however. allow student to re-
Continued on Page 6
Final Exam Student Opinion Poll
DO YOU THINK THE UNIVERSITY
SHOULD GRANT STUDY DAYS
BElWEEN THE LAST DAY OF
CLASSES AND THE FIRST DAY
OF FINAL EXAMS?
DO YOU THINK FINALS SHOULD
BE CONDUCTED ON DERBY
EVE OR ON THE DAY FOLLOW­ING
DERBY?
WHICH DO YOU PREFER, MUL­TIPLE
CHOICE OR ESSAY EX­AMS?
DO YOU THINK FINAL EXAMS
SHOULD BE CUMULATIVE OR
JUST COVER CLASS MATERIAL
NOT PREVIOUSLY TESTED?
DO YOU THINK FINALS SHOULD
CONSTITUTE A MAJOR POR·
TION OF A COURSE SCORE,
SUCH AS 50 PERCENT, OR
SHOULD THEY PLAY LESS
PROMINENTLY IN DETERMIN­ING
FINAL GRADES?
iZJD YM - 84% No-18%
YM-15% No-15%
iZJD MIC - IlK EMey - 34%
iZJD Cum. - 51% Non - 48%
DiZJ Mlrjor • 31% Less- 611%
75 U OF L STUDENTS WERE CONTACTED BY CARDINAL STAFF MEM­BERS
AND FREELANCERS.
Employers look for more than good grades
By TAMMY FREDETTE
Staff Writer
Twenty or thiny years ago a
college de~ree automatically meant
getting a JOb, but today 's college
graduates need more than a piece
of _eaper.
The degree by itself is noth­ing."
said Rachel Nelson, owner of
Hunt Mills Personnel , a local em­ployment
agency, ' It must accom­pany
the individual and be a
whole."
Colle~e graduates frequently
have mrsconception about the real
world outside the universi ty set­ting.
which often causes them to
graduate with the illusion that they
will make large sums of money
right away or to seek jobs for
which they are not qualified . Nel­on
said.
"Many are coming in interviews
with wrong perceptions, just be­cau;
e they have a degree, ' she
said . ' It just doesn't work that
way.
'Every body has to pay the
prper. They can t come out and say
they want this or that ,' Nelson
continued . "They must pay the
price .'
Today's employers want college
graduates with a well-rounded col­legiate
experience, said Judy
Roland, a recruiting coordinator at
the University of U>urwille
Placement Servrces .
' When you're talking about em­ployers.
they're just like anyone
else, they want it all, she >aid.
Roland said most employers are
looking for graduates with solid B
averages, along with related expe­rience
and involvement in organi­zations.
In the past. Roland said. em­ployers
drd not focus much on
grades. but ' are now using grade;
10 size up a prospective employee's
potential.
"Employers are using grades as
1111 indrcator of success, ' he said
' We're seeing it more and more
acro;s the board.'
Not all employers. however. use
the same set of criteria for judging
recruits. Roland aid . Rather. em­ployment
office rs use their sub­Jective
opinions about what i!> be 1
Continued on Page 6
ANINDEPENDENTSTUDENTNEWSPAPER
Board of Trustees votes
to approve tuition hike
as economic adjustment
By KE F..TH HARDIN
ew' Edrtor
Re"dent undergrauuate 'tudcnh at
the nivcr,it) of Lmuwrlle "ill pdy
40 more fnr thdr cdtKallon next
year.
The Unrver,rty' Board uf
Tru,tee' approved a 2. X percent
increa'e for re"denl undergraduate'
at it' April 25 mectinc The hi~e
\\Ill put )Carl) tuillnn .u'SI.46K .
nt L' move " 111 l11rc "rth,
aero" the board tuillnn IIKrea'c' for
the \late' crght pub!": univcr,rtie'
.rpproH•d la'l . nvemhcr hy
Kcntud)' Cnunc·rl on llrghcr
hlucatron
Th" " no trc'h new,. 'aul
Llnl\eNI) Pn:,•dent Dnn.rlu
Sw.11n We "ere JU'I appl) 111c what
the Cnuncrl h.rd mandated earlrcr It
\\il' a ntutmc Hem
Earlr.:r 1111, )l!ar.
cun,Jdc:rcd L' hangmg
fur mula to ~ount.:rac· t
the 'late hudgct.
the Cmrncrl
II\ lliiiHlO
,hnrtlall' rn
M.::"urc'
DR. DONALD C. SWAIN
""''idered hy the Coum: rl inlludcu
a mrd-year turtinn hike
A fler 'lrnng re'"''""'c t mill
'tudent group, , hm\e\Cr. 11 dcc rdcu
to ~eep the formula rntact
In addition to tuition lllln:;t"'e' .
the Board apprmed ,, II 'i per<CIII
Continued on Page 3
University officials sued
by former postal worker
By JAMES D. HINES
A,;i\lant ew\ Editor
Two Univen.ity of Louiwille ad­mrni~.
trators have been named liS de­fendant'
in a law,uit brought by a
former U of L employee .
Majorie Live•ay. 64. a former
manager of the of L\ Postal Ser­vice.
alleges in a surt tiled April 22
that Larry Ow~ ley. vice prc,ident
for admini\tration. and William
Davidson. assistant vice president
for adminiMration. c< oerced her into
rctrring early from the Univer,ity,
denied her various bonu,es and
caused her undue mental and emo­tional
distress.
Live>ay'!> suit stem' from a 1985
incident in which $ 135,000 wa!> dis­covered
mis'>ing from an Postal Ser­vice
account used for 'tamp> .
Livesay wa; arraigned in Decem­ber,
1986 on 37 counts of theft by
deception and one count of fal"fy ­ing
bw,iness re~urd~ .
On April 22 , 1987 Live'") wa'
acquitted on all charge\ .
Livesay retired from the Unr ver­si
ty in October 1985 , hefore the trral
began. after being su,pended from
her post.
She contends that Ow,ley and
Davidson acted with malrce and
without probable cau~e in fil1ng the
complaint.
She also contend!> that the pro,e­cution
and investigauon wa' initr­ated
with the intent to damage her
good name and reputation .
Livesay declined to comment on
her pendrng litigation .
David.on was on vacation from
the University and could not he
reached for comment.
Ows ley's only comment on the
suit was: "Having read the ca'e. I
think it is unfair and regrettable .·
Medical students cure their monetary
ills with prescription of bank machine
By JAMES D. HINES
Assistant ews Editor
After waiting five years, students
at the University of Louisville's
Health Sciences Campus can now
have access to their money at any
time.
The Bank of Louisville opened an
Automatic Teller Machine in the
Commons Building al HSC on April
25. giving the students a service
which they said was de,perately
needed .
"Our biggest assenion was that
there are no financial services on
Health Sciences. ' said Cheryl
Sprawls, former president of the
Medical School Student Association .
"There i; no bur>ar' ~ office. no way
to cash checks."
Sprawls said the request for an
ATM was made in June 1987. after
\tudents had li>ted limited acces~ to
money as a wime problem on HSC.
"We put out a survey,' he said .
"Listed at the top wa a need for fi ­nancial
services. better counse lling
and activitie with the Red Barn . A
lot of students wanted this serv ice.
We pay our student fees like anyone
else.'
Acquiring the A TM was a long
and detailed process . Sprawls \aid .
' I called a local bank to find out
the procedure for getting one in­stalled."
she said . "But anytime
something is going to be placed on
state propeny . the proJeCt ha' 10 be
Continued on Page 3
Slain police officer honored by U of L
It's mime, all mime
Regina Hernandez, left, hands Jimmy Thigpen a sandwich outside the Student Center April 20.
By BETH AHONEN
Contributing Writer
' His life was not given in vain. It
symbolizes something very impor-.
rant , a dedication associated with
cen ain professions. '
J. Price Foster.
The College of Urban and Public
Affairs remembered one of it; own
by dedicating a young linden tree
April 26 to a slam U of L student
and Shively police officer.
CUPA Dean J . Price Foster was
Role of media subject of CUP A-sponsored forum
By BARBARA BAUMAN
Staff Writer
Frvc dr;trnguished media figures
di\Cu,sed JOUrnalism\ imr.act on
world uffurr' during an Apnl 24 fo­rum
at the Kentucky Center for the
Art .
The event was the final in tall­ment
of the four-pan Plumbline Se­rres.
co-spon\ored in pan by the
Umvcr rty of U>uisville College of
Urban and Public Affair .
Four panelist\ voiced opi nion on
a variety of topic , including media
mflue~e. journalistic ethic and
new\ coverage of current domestic
i ~ues .
The forum wa moderated by
Michael Ganner, a former editor of
The Courier-Journal , current editor
of The Daily Tribune in Ames,
I wa, and General News Executive
of the Gannett Company, Inc .
Audience memben. were invited
to question the panelists on their
definition of the media's purpose in
SOCiety.
Bob Edwards, a U>uisvi lle native
and U J.Jf L graduate who current!)'
host Natrona! Public Radio
' Morning Edition ," aid the media's
primary goal is to inform the public
through obJective news reponing.
'We are trained to do one thing:
that is to find out about what is go­ing
on m the world and to tell you
about it, he sa id.
However, re. pon!>ible news re­porting
i more complex than it
eem to be, said David V. Haw~ .
editor of The Courier-Journal, whrch
also helped ponsor the forum .
' There are many way~ to frame
reality ,' he aid .
Hawpe aid subjective factn111 bi
journalist;' coverage of media event.
and editor ' decision; to print them .
' I think your personal >Cherne of
val ues factors into it. I think that 's
inevitable,' he ard . ' I thrnk your
institutional values factor into rt. I
think your audience's value' factor
into it .'
Hawpe aid that accurately rn­forming
the public should, if neceF
sary, take precedence over obJectiv·
ity.
' It' crucial that we be able to il
Iuminate the i sue in such a way as
we're persuasive, ' he said .
Hawpe added that media coverage
should e tabhsh and influence public
agend~. rather than merely reponing
about rt.
' There ar many compelling is­sues,
and when you decide to focus
on one rou set the agenda,' he aid.
Televrsion new coverage ha a
maJor effect on public >entiment.
sa id Marvin Kalb, former chief
diplomatic correspondant for CBS
and NBC and moderator of NBC'.
' Meet the Press.'
"Television has become an indi -
pensible pan of the political pro­cess,'
he said . ' Television affects
mightily the way in which we con­duct
our lives.'
Dame! Schorr. senior news ana­ly'>
t for National Pubhc Radio, said
television' dominance has ne~a­uvety
rntluenced public perception
of ,P-?Iiucs.
Today we have a generation of
politicians who have learned to play
television's game, and having
learned to play that game, they've
been demeaned by the process, '
cllorr sai ~
Continued on Page 4
among those eulogizing John R.
Weiss, who wa!> shot Feb. 12. 1986,
duri ng a drug investigation .
' He was more than a student ,
more than an officer. FoMer said.
"He was a friend .'
Dr. William Pelfrey, director of
the School of Justice Administra­tion,
said the tree was a memorial to
Wei;s and to all other officer slain
in the line of duty.
' Today we honor the memory of
all law enforcement officers who
gave the supreme sacri fice ,' Pelfrey
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Qcawemev-r awards ... Pige12.
said . 'We recognize their dedrca­tion
. '
University Provost Willrarn F.
Dorrill said that although he and the
University mourned Wei . .,. death,
they gathered to celebrate the ideals
the officer personified .
' It marks both tragedy and tri­umph."
he said. ' It 's with sorrow we
mark the occasion. but a ..ense of
triumph.'
~rrill said he remembered •tories
of his uncle , an Arkan>as tate
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Special Section
The C.rdiiJIII bids good·
bye to the academic year
with a special pull-out
tabloid section Inside •
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