Vol. 50, No. 22 Copyright 1979 The Louisville Cardinal
Hospital lacks $6 million
for equipment, chem. lab
27°/o more than expected
By MARK GRUNDY
U of L faces a funding shortage for
two porjects. Last Monday, the Board of
Trustees di cussed a $6 million shortage in
its capital equipment fund for the new Uni­ver
ity Hospital. President Miller also re­ported
that bids for the new chemistry
building are 27CT/o above the expected costs.
In other matters the trustees approved a
policy to allow abortions at General Hos­pital
and to delay deci ion on air-condition ­ing
of General.
The cost of equipment for the Univer­sity
Hospital was an estimated $5.5 million
in the original budget. The cost is now
e timated to be $11.5 million. The trustees
said the rising cost i due to both inflation
and an initial under-e timate on the amount
of equipment needed.
President Miller said, "We have worked
out a number of strategies to cut the $6
million shortage down. We hope we can
handle this in one way or another so the
.\rnount will not be the ultimate figurte we
h·:n.:: to deal with." Miller told the trustees
he ~ 'Ill talk to the state Council on Higher
Education to get increased funds.
The budget of the hospital is curn!ntly
included in the overall budget of the univer-ity.
In January the Student Senate passed
a resolution recommending the hospital and
the University have separate financial sys­tems.
They expressed concern that a hospital
deficit might have to be made up from
funds from the rest of the university. The
resolution currently rests in a trustee c:om­mittee.
To curb the unexpected cost of the chem­i
try building, step are being taken to cut
bac~, said Miller. Cuts will be made in both
space and equipment. .
In the abortion matter the trustees ap­proved
the city-county Board of Health
pro-abortion policy at General Hospital. A
management agreement between the Uni­versity
and the Board of Health requires a
joint decision on major policy decisions for
the ho pita!. The abortions will be offered
until July 1 when U of L becomes owner
and sole policy maker of the hospital.
Board of Trustees Chairman A. Wallace
"Skip" Grafton attempted to have the nus­tees
adopt a new abortion policy to take
effect after July I. The policy permits abor­tions
in the case of rape, incest or physiologi­cal
danger to the mother during the first
trimester. Second trimester abortions will
(~ontinued to pa:~e 3)
Candidacy applications open
March 2, 1979
Student strips three of senate posts, absentees cited
By KIM KIMMEL
In a regular meeting of the
Student Senate Tuesday, Harold
Adams, U of L assistant vice
president for Student Life, in­formed
the Senate of the filing
dates and election procedures for
the SGA election coming up on
April 4 and 5. The dean will begin
accepting candidate applications
Monday, March 5, and the dead­line
is noon on Friday, March 16.
He also asked the Senate to ap­prove
election dates of April 3
and 4 for the Law School students
because the Law School•s system
of course scheduling is different.
Candidacy applications are
available at the SGA office in the
Student Center.
Adams said that there will be a
meeting the Monday after spring
break in which a ll candidates will
be informed on campaign proce­dures.
He went on to report that·
the Elections Commission has de­cided
on nine poll locations, and
that the student councils will be
informed by memo as to their
whereabouts.
Although the polls are supposed
to be taffed by the student coun­cils,
Adams said that last year he
and his secretary were forced to
man vacant poll locations, and
that this would not happen this
year. "Thi is your election and
your responsibility," he said. He
then asked the tudent councils to
submit taff schedule to him
before the elctions.
In other action, the Senate
stripped three senators of their
posts, approved the constitutions
of two new student organizations
and heard attacks on the Cardinal
.by John Gardiner and Terry
Friel.
were declared vacant because of ference and the U of L Art Lea- versity rather than SGA. "I think
absenteeism. April Conner and gue. Their constitutions were ap- that's trash and something ought
Susan Roche were the representa- proved by the Senate unanimously. to be done," he said.
tives from the Kent School; Kris- In his attack on the Cardinal, Friel, who was not pre cnt,
tie Jones was from the School of Gardiner berated the editors for condemned the Cardinal in a writ-
Nursing. misspelling Harvey Sloane's name ten statement rad by SGA Vice
The two new student organiza- in a headline three weeks ago and President Ian Sonego. ln her
The seats of April Conner, tions are t:he U of L student's 'for attributing the sponsor hip of statement Friel characterized
Susan Roche and Kristie Jones Music Educator's National Con- the Governor's Forum to the uni- Continued to page 3
Business School cans five degree programs
in effort to gain 111ational accreditation ranking
By LIND~ CLARE ing five of eight associate degree ing, advertising, finance, real · Grief said the elimination of
In an effort to achieve national programs. estate and transportation. the five associate programs and
accreditation standards, the U of L The programs which will be The School of Business pre- the part-time faculty positions
School of Business is discontinu- phased <?Ut by 1981 are account- sently has regional accreditation held in these areas "would not
Assistant Business chool Dean Louis Grief: "the main ob tacle to
accreditation is the student-faculty ratio.''
from the Southern Association of pay even one full -time faculty
Colleges and Schools. It is on~ of member's salary."
the few academic units at U of L In a December 1978 memoran­yet
to receive national accredita- dum to U of L President James
tion. Miller, Business School Dean Wil­ln
1976, the School of Business liam Peters explained the ration­began
a "five year plan" towards ale for discontinuation of the as­achieving
national accreditation sociate programs. The real estate
from the American Assembly of ·program was dropped because of
Collegiate Schools of Business duplication in other area schools;
(AACSB). Since that time, the the accounting and finance pro­school
has researched community grams were considered too com­needs
in relation to their pro- plex for the two-year associate
grams, revised the curriculum and degree; and the transportation and
added several full-time faculty advertising programs were said to
members. be vocational rather than aca­Loui
Grief, assistant dean of demic fields.
the Bu ines School, said a pri- Grief aid that AACSB ac­mary
ob tacle to accreditation is creditation would improve the
the student-faculty ratio. To meet quality of the faculty, increa e
AACSB standards the school on-campus recruiting by employ­needs
an additional 13 full-time ers and attract more government
facul!y members. funding.