VOL. 60 NO. 11 LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY
University drafts
anti-smoking plan
for '89 spring term
By MICHAEL T KER
Staff Writer
In an effort to control 'moking at
the University of Loubv1lle. a spe·
ctally app(llnted committee has
drafted a pohcy to allow lighting up
only m des1gnated areas.
The ;moking policy, still in its
draft stage. is slated to take effect
during the '>pring of 1989 and will
allow '>moking only where ", moking
permitted ' -.gn' are posted .
Umver~i t y President Donald C.
wam '>aid he feel-. the proposed
gu1dehne'> are a needed policy for U
of L.
"We have not had a policy for
'>mokmg at U ot L and it s time we
have one ,' he sa1d . "It's (the policy)
a general awarene\S to the nghts of
nun· \muker'> and the pohcy takes a
Judgmental posnion on the IS!>Ue.'
TI1e policy ha\ been approved by
the Student Government A.,sociation
and w1ll go before the Faculty Sen­ate
uv . 2 and the taff Senate
Nov 14
Smo~mg area\ Will be ident1fied
by the 'pecific dean. provost or vice
rres1dent of the department .
mokmg will be prohibited in
"common areas ' areas that are
regularly vis1ted. The e are sum­wells,
hallways, cla~sroom~ and
laboratories, open office area~. con·
fe rence rooms and reception and
service areas cashier and com·
puler areas, librarie . health clinics,
copy centers, mailrooms and the·
aters .
The policy states, however. that
areas large enough to avoid d1scom·
fort to non-smokers may provide a
specific area to be set aside where
smoking will be permitted
University cafeterias w1ll have
designated smoking and non-smok·
ing sections. Waiti ng areas Will al~o
be segregated if size is permissible
and the head administrator approve:..
Enclosed . individual work offices,
if not considered a common area.
will be designated smoking or non·
smoking by the area's direct admm·
istrator.
Fraternities, sorori ties. University
apart ment~ and residence halls will
not be affected by the policy due to
the occupants' rights to personal
preferences in their homes.
Smoking during soc1al event>
sponsored by the University will be
at the discretion of the host group.
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Spreading the word
Traveling preacher Michael P. Woroniecki gives a homily on
Christian values Oct. 29 in the Humanities Quadrangle while the
minister's six-year-old daughter, Mercy, hands out
leaflets.Woroniecki's family visits U of L periodically to sermonize.
NOVEMBER 3, 1988 14 PAGES
Finance senior Chris Tran (lett) helps pre·med senior Lewis Diaz Ill
withdraw money from his Student Credit Union account Oct. 31 .
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AN INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER
Credit union expands
services, operations
By J . C HRISTOPHER KOEBEL
Staff Writer
Seven months have passed since
the University of Loutsville's Stu·
dent Credit Union opened its
doors. In that time. it h a~ trans·
formed from a fledgling business
to an integral part of the Univer·
sit{s busi ness commun ity.
It has really snowballed, espe·
cia lly in the last two months."
said John Hutc he n ~. credit union
president and chi ef executive offi·
cer.
Hutchens said the credi t union
began when the Student Govern·
ment Association decided to back
an on-campus financial institution.
"SGA has always been a big
brother to the redi t union and
they still nurture us along." he
said.
The credi t union. hx:ated in the
Student Center next to the Cardi·
nals' Ne. t, offers only saving~ ac·
counts and small loans not ex·
ceeding $300 to its members.
However. Hutchens said higher
intere:.t rates paid on credit union
savings accounts and low- interest
loans make the credit union an en­ticing
alternative to regular banks.
"Last quarter. bank!> averaged
five and a quarter percent interest
paid em rel\ular savings accounts."
he stud. We averaged six per·
cent. We are committed to giv ing
a minimum of six per ent as long
as it is fi nancia lly viable."
Hutchens said the credit union
determi nes it' in tere~ t rates by
profi ts from its cert ificates of de­post!
and the interest earned on
repa id loans.
"We withhold onl y what we
need to keep us· fi nancially viable
a m.l then we di vide the remai ning
pmfits a,mong our savings account
holders, he sa1d.
The credit union offe rs two
types of l oan~. secured and shared
secured . A secured loan is simi lar
to a loan from a local bank which
req uires coll ateral
With a shared ~ec u re loan. a pa­tron
can secure a loan for the en­tire
amount held m a savings ac·
count. while paymg 7.5 percent
interest.
Money in their savmgs account
sti ll earns six percent interest . so
they are actually paying only I .5
percent interest on the loan .
"It's a big plus for people 18 or
19 years old that have no credit
history.' Hutchen:. sa1d . "You're
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Lack of hot water steams U of L residents
By MICHAEL TUCKER
Slaff Writer
Universi ty of Louisville Health
Science's Medical-Dental apartme nt
residents were shivering in their
showers when the complex's hot·
water boi ler was shut down for re·
pair.
Residents were wi thout hot water
Oct. 17-2 1 while boiler tubes were
being replaced .
The problem arose in late June,
but l ar~e repair costs forced the
Univers1ty to resubmit the bid to the
state in accordance with Kentucky
law, said Ed Dusch, assistant vice
president of physical facilities.
George Blake, di rector of the
phys ical plant ·at Health Sc iences,
also aid the e ntire system was be·
ing checked.
'We recognized in the summer
that we had leaks to conte nd wi th ."
he said . "But we didn't want to go
in and repair the boile r until we
looked at the e ntire system.'
Signs were dis played around the
building Oct. 14 which warned that
hot water would be turned off until
fu rther notice.
Dusch said he anticipated the re·
pairs would only take one day,
lasting from 8 a.m. until 8 p.m.
"My experience of over 20 years
with many boiler repairs show that
in at least 90 percent of these re·
pairs the boiler tubes can simply be
replaced , which is nearly always a
one-day process," he said . ' This
would suggest that the repair would
not be given emergency status.'
In this case, repairs were required
on the pressure vessel before the
tubes could be replaced . But the
condi tion of the pressure vessel
could not be dete rmined until the
tubes were removed. Dusch said .
On Oct. 27, the contractor dis·
covered that new pressure vessel end
plates were needed . Instead of hav­mg
these plates delivered from the
heater manufactu rer. which would
take six weeks, the cont ractor made
them in his shop from steel pl ates
and delivered them Oct. 19.
Installation of the plates was con·
ducted Oct. 19-20 . Dusch said the
process was expedited by extra
welders work ing on each end of the
vessel simultaneously . which short­ened
the downtime by at least one
day.
Reside nt s at the apartme nts said
they fe lt the process was not quick
enough, however.
"Why weren't they worki ng over·
time? Whenever I went down the re
the contractor either wasn't there or
not work ing," said resident Glenn
Franklin .
Dusch said that worki ng overtime
is not always the best way to correct
a problem, especially in th is case.
' Sometimes worki ng overtime
does not speed things up greatly be­cause
the state boile r inspector must
physically see the completed work
prior to reassembly of the unit ," he
said .
' And if this occurs at 6 p.m. or 9
p.m., one has to wait until perhaps
10 a .m. the next day anyway, when
the inspector can get there to ap­prove
the work .'
Blake said he felt the process was
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Students learn about politics with Mazzoli
By G REGORY HARRIS
Staff Wri ter
Ensuring j ustice in the United
States i:. a mighty task in which the
House J ud iciary Committee plays a
little-known but vi tal role, commit·
tee member Romano "Ron' Mazzoli
recently told a Unive rsity of
Louisville polit ical sc ience cl ass.
Ma.aoli, Louisvi lle's Democratic
representative, anended political sci­ence
chair Paul Weber's Politics of
Law class Oct. 28 .
T he represe ntative said his com·
millee does not enjoy the high pro·
fi le of its Senatori al counte rpart , but
instead hand les crucial background
chores .
"Some would say to rne, and it
ha~ been proposed to me in some of
my campaigns, that some of the
commillees I serve on do not serve
the public,' Mazzoli said .
'Challengers say my work is not
of value to Kentucky. T hey're right
onl y if they don't need telecommu·
nications. copyrights o r immigra­tion
.
"For those of us who don't live in
a deep cave, I wo uld say that what I
do is of value to all o f us, ' Mazzoli
said .
The House committee's most im·
portant role is defi ning the federal
JUdiciary's scope. he said.
'We certainly have a vital role in
the administration of j ustice. We
establish for the judic iary what its
size will be, what its role will be,
and what cases come before it.
"To the extent that a federal judge
has a job to do, we decide what that
job is, what cla•1ses in a bill rise to
the level of feoc:ral acti vity. " he
said .
The committee also affects
American life in many unseen ways,
Mazzoli said . For example, a sub·
committee regul ates copyright own­ership
of satellite te levision .
In addit ion, a comprehensive drug
enforcement bill before Congress
was mostly written by the c rime
subcommiuee, on which the repre­sentative
serves.
Mazzoli . who also chairs the im·
migration subcommiuee. said the is·
sue will soon play an important role
in the country s growth . comparable
to the melting pot years dunng the
late 1800s.
"Ame rica is a nation primarily .
not e xclusive ly, but primarily made
up of immigrant stock," he said .
"And if the demographics hold true.
we will have to look to immigration
to provide the labor it will need for
the ne xt 20 years. '
Co ngress recentl y atte mpted judi·
ciary reform "!ith a law requ iri f!g
definite sentencmg ranges for certam
cr imes, Mazzoli sa1d .
He said lawmakers were con·
cemed that those who could afford
top-notc h lawyers, even if found
guilty, could receive tight sentences
for crimes, while othe rs accused of
the same crimes are incarcerated for
lctn l(er terms .
"We sa id 'that's wrong." Mazzoli
sa id . " It ' ~ wrong to have that per·
ception and it's wrong to have that
reality."
He sa id , however. that the legis­lation
encountered a number of ob­stacles.
' Eliminating di spa rity of sentenc·
ing has a down ~ ide, too, becau,e
j udges think they should be in con­trol.'
Mazzoli sa id . "There was a lot
of sc reaming and wai ling from the
bench."
Morality and justice a re the com·
mi nce's prime concerns, he said , but
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Education guarantees not assured in lottery plan Don't
By JAMES D. HINES Forget
and KEVIN BAKER
Staff Writers
Despite his promises during the
primary campaign, Gov. Wallace
Wilktn'>On ha.., not pushed education
guarantees m the word1ng of a con·
~t i t u t ion al amendme nt to legal ize a
state lottery .
' It wasn't necessary to add that
kind of language to our constitu·
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tion," said Tom Dorman, Wll~ i n­on's
legi slative aide . "The constitu­tion
is already full of a lot of unnec­essary
words. The important th ing 1s
enabling ~he legislature to direct the
proceeds.
According to Dorman, proceeds
from the proposed lottery would be
divided three way in its first year
of operation.
Early childhood development and
educat1on. senior ci tizens and Viet­nam
War veteran. would each re-ceive
one-third of the expected $70
million revenue a year on gross wa­ger:.
of about $200 million .
After the inaugural year, the vet­erans'
bonus will be dropped and the
profits would be split between senior
cit1zens and education , Dorman
said .
However, any subsequent meeting
of the General Assembly or any fu­ture
Kentucky governor could
change the way the funds are appro-priated
since allocation guarantees
are not written into the amendment.
"But Gov. Wilkinson is commit·
ted to spendin ~ in those areas he has
recommended, Donnan said .
Kentucky voters will have the o p·
portunity to e ither accept or reject
the idea of a lotfery Nov. 8.
Amendment I , if passed , will autho­rize
the state to conduct a lottery
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The Louisville Clldinal
would like to remind all Uni­veraity
of Louisville snadenta,
faculty and staff that ciMiel on
all campuses ue canceled
Tuesday, Nov. 8 for Election
Day. Don't forget to voee!
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