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The Louisville
an independent student weekly Friday, January 23, 1981 Vol. 51 No. 17
Ekstrom calls for more
participation 'on· King birthday
By RENEE STIGALL
for future programs at the Univer­sity
of Louisville honoring Dr. Mar­tin
Luther King Jr 's birthday, Dr.
William Ekstrom, acting president
would like to see U of L continue to
do the same thing that it did this year­but
have more participation by stu­dents,
faculty and whites.
Ekstrom does not believe U of L
should recognize King's birthday as a
holiday. "Particularly in a commuter
community you do the worst thing in
honoring somebody by having eve­ryone
stay at home. The best way to
honor someone is to have something
going on."
Dr. Joseph McMillan, assistant
vice president of. Academic Affairs-
Minority A,1lQirs, beli~ves that the
program raised the consciousness
of the students and faculty that
participated. He said, "The only dis­appointing
thing was that there w_as
not enough participation by whtte
students and faculty. The participa­tion
by black students was good,
although it could have been better."
Belinda Hughes, a senior account-ing
student, felt that the program was
enlightening. She said, "There was a
deep emotional feeling that spread
throughout the audience after the
gospel choir sang and the lecture of
the Rev. Ron Sailor. Sailor's speech
enlightened the awareness and need
for us not to dissolve' the fight and the
struggle that is very much alive."
Birthday as a holiday
Hughes, like many other students
at U of L, feels that the school should
recognize King's birthday as a holi­day.
She said, "What he tried to
accomplish was for more than just
one set of people. l-Ie was for all the
people as opposed to a certain section
or group of people. There was a
group that was more oppressed than
others but I think that he spoke for
the majority.ft
· McMillan ul o feels that the school
should recognize King's birthday as
a holiday. "Although I believe at this
University it is not a practice to dis­miss
school to commemorate a holi­day
for a famous American like
George Washington or Abraham
Lincoln, I believe Dr. King should be
accorded the same status· as those
other great Americans because truly
he was the greatest Americans of
the 20th Century, in my mind."
Task force to educate students on rape prevention
By JEAN FILIATREAU
"All females ... regardless of race
or age . . . regardless of social or
economic status . . . regardless of
lifestyle . .. are potential victims of
the rapist.
"'fhe most vulnerable target is a
woman alone."
This is one of the key facti; that the
Rape Relief Task Force oft he U niver­sity
of Louisville wants students to
know.
In 1979, five rapes occurred on the
Belknap Campus. Sexual crimes have
averaged one or more a month, in the
last three months of 1980.
In reaction to this, the Department
of Public Safety, headed by Dan
Keller, has created the Rape Relief
Task Force. The other members of
the force include :, Angela Ford, presi·
dent of SGA; and Rob Chiles; SGA
executive vice president, DPS and
membei\S of the Counseling Center.
One of the main goals of the task
force is to educate the student body
about rape prevention. Through the
use of brochures, posters, seminars,
and films, they hope to help students
mtmmtze the chances of being
attacked by reducing the opportunity
for crime.
They have discussed the possibility
of teaching self defense - training
· interested students in martial arts
and street fighting.
Also in the "preventive" area, the
task force is looking into the environ­mental
conditions on the campus.
They hope to see improvements in
lighting on campus, student awareness
of emergency telephones and reduc­tions
in isolated restrooms.
According to Angela Ford, there
are certain groups that the task force
will be concentrating on:
I) dorm and sorority residents
2) nursing and a llied health
students
3) commuter students
4) staff and faculty
S) nurses at University Hospital
6) special groups, such as the
library staff
The task force has set March I.
1981. as their target date. Already,
improvements are being made.
The officers of DPS will be receiv­ing
a training bulletin, as well as in­service
training dealing with rape
cases.
The counseling center will also be
trained on t>ow to help the rape
victim, in conjunction with the
YWCA's RAPE Relief Center.
Over all, the task force is trying to
organize every area that will deal
with the rape victim.
"We want to develop a university
policy on how to handle a rape case,"
said Angela Ford. "the more or­ganized
it is, the less painful it will be
for the victim.
Here's how to avoid rape
One of the best ways to avoid
becoming a rape victim, is first
of all, accept the fact that you are a
potential victim, and secondly, to
take some precautions. The Rape
Task Force offers these rape-pre­vention
suggestions for women on
campus:
At night, always walk on well­lighted
walkways.
Know where the emergency
telephones on campus are
located.
When walking on campus, es­pecially
at night, keep alert and
walk with a purpose. Attempt to
walk with someone or in groups,
if possible.
- Don't hitchhike or accept a
ride from a stranger.
- When walking to your car,
have your keys in hand.
- If you are followed into a rest­room
by a male, scream . . .
someone will probably hear you
and it should frighten him off.
- In dormitories, don't take a
shower if there are males on the
no or.
- In dormitories, keep your
rooms locked at all times.
- If you live on campus and lose
or have your room key stolen,
have the door to your room
rekeyed immediately.
- Report suspicious or obscene
telephone call to the Depart­ment
of Public Safety, 6111.
- If working in a lab or an isolated
office or c lassroom at night or
on weekends, call the Depart­ment
of Public Safety and let
them know you are there.
Washington a mix of parties, anxiety
Editor's not~ Denise Garrison, a U of
L student and former Cardinal staff
member, Is in Washington on a polit­ical
scirnce internship. She attended
the inauguration and parade Thes­day.
She filed this report.
WASHINGTON - Although peo­ple
were partyinsand celebrating the
inauguration Tuesday, there was
another thing on everyone's mind -
the freed American hostages.
Following President Ronald Rea-gan's
speech,many in the crowd began
asking abolit the hostage situation.
And during the inaugural parade
- some observers held radios to their
ears listening for news of the hostage
release.
Still, many people made the in­auguration
a big event.
Parties and balls were held both
Monday and luesday night. Con­gressmen
opened their offices to con­stituents,
coffee and doughnuts.
The nightclub Traps, usually fre­quented
by Georgetown University
students, held a Ronald and Nancy
Reapn look alike contest for its cus-·
tomen from out of town.
But durina the inausuration and
parade, the atmqaphere was a little
more ~eriou1, with tiaht security
measures.
There were SOJfte protest groups
alona the parade route. Anti-draft
reptration and ERA supporters had
sisn• but did not march. Most people
applauded Reapn durina his speech,
especially when be advocated states
rights.
Colleges ordered
to desegregate
By BERNIE FELLONNEAU
Kentucky colleges were ordered to
desegregate by the Department of
Education, Office of Civil Rights on
Jan. 15. The order stated that a plan
must be submitted to the Department
of Education within 60 days. The
department would then have 60 days
to consider the plan.
How the order will affect the Uni­versity
of Louisville is uncertain but
the state could lose $60 million in
federal funding if the order is not car­ried
out.
At U of L, blacks are 8.5 percent of
the student enrollment. In the fall of
1980 I, 723 blacks attended the uni­versity
out of 20,386 students.
In 1979 there were 18 full time
black faculty members at U of L,
accounting for two percent ofthe910
total. •
Blacks hold five percent of the
"Upper-level" staff positions out of
the total of 100 such positions.
Although U of L bas 1he largest
number of blacks enrolled of any col­lege
in Kentucky, the Department of
Education feels that it is not a true
reflection of Jefferson County's pop­ulation.
"The order states that
'only' 8.8 percent of U of L 's
enrollment is black," said Professor
Herbert Garfinkel, vice president for
Academic Affairs. "The word 'only'
troubles me," Garfinkel said.
The order stated that 18.4 percent
of the local high school graduates
were black in 1978,Garfinkel said. He
noted that in 1976.29.9 percent of the
Jefferson Community College's en­rollment
was black and that many
blacks from Jefferson County go out
of town to attend college.
"There aren't any barriers to admis­sion
at U of L," Garfinkel said. "We
admit a lot of black students, but they
don't all graduate. In 1980 only 6.6
percent of the undergraduates earn­ing
degrees were black."
"If you decide on an open admis­sion
policy you mustn't be surprised
if a lot of students leave the univer­sity,"
Garfinkel said.
"An increase in remedial programs
should be attempted," Garfinkel said.
"However, I'm not sure how success­ful
they are."
Remedial help is offered to stu­dents
through at least three programs;
the West Louisville Educational Pro­gram
(WLEP), Minority Affairs and
the Educational Advancement Pro­gram,
(EAP).
"There is no major concerted effort
sponsored by U of L," said J . Blaine
Hudson, actions director of WLEP.
"Remedial help is needed on a much
larger scale.lt needs the support from
the entire university." WLEP serves
between 100-150 students of which
S0-60 percent are black Hudson said.
"U of L needs to retain the black
students it has now," Hudson said.
"U of Lhasa lot going for it to attract
black students, such as the programs
it offers and its low tuition."
"The bulk of minorities don't have
the basic skills to compete in the tra­ditional
college," said Ralph Fitzpa­trick,
director of the EAP. "We are
limited in the number of students we
see, they are just a drop in the bucket."
Fitzpatrick estimated that between
WLEP, EAP and Minority Affairs
only 3SO students can get help.
"A high percentage of black stu­dents
leave college after the first or
second semester," said Jerome Hut­chinson
Jr., chairman of the U of L
college chapter ofthe National Asso­ciation
for the Advancement of
Colored People, "If there were more
black professors there would be more
black students."
"People tend to identify with peo-pie
they can relate to," said Hutchin­son,
"Black students could develop a
closer relationship with black pro­fessors."
"Right now there is a freeze on
external hi ring," Allen Sturtz said,
the staff representative to the Board
of Trustees. "It would be an act of
recruitment of minorities to get them
to come and stay at U of L."
"Because of money we can't com­pete
as well as we would like to," said
Sturtz. "It's difficult to recruit minor­ity
professors."
"U of L never has made any great
effort to recruit black staff and faculty
members," said Hudson. "The argu­ment
that there are few black Ph.d's
doesn't hold water. lf there is some­one
the university wants badly enough,
they will find the money."
Graduate assistant programs are
one way that Hudson thinks U of L
could develop a pool of black faculty
members. A graduate assistant would
cost $4,000 per student, Hudson said.
.U of L does have a Graduate Pro­fessional
Opportunity Program that
is an attempt to create a pool of black
faculty members, Garfinkel said.
"There are plenty of black profes­sors
in some areas such as education
and some of the social sciences," Gar­finkel
said. "The number is limited
with black professors in business,
engineering and applied math. For
reasons that go back to the inade­quate
schools, blacks don't have the
background for those fields," Gar­finkel
said.
"We wish we had a larger propor­tion
of black faculty. The pool isn't
large enough," Garfinkel said.
"That's a fallacy. There are plenty
of capable black faculty throughout
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Federal effort
co~tlnues slowly
WASHINGTON, D.C. (CH)
T he federal government's higher
education desegregation effort con­tinues
to move ai a slow pace, and
doesn't appear any closer to the finish
line.
The Education Department most
recently notified four states - Ala­bama.
Delaware, South Carolina and
West Virginia - that they have not
done enough to eliminate racial dis­crimination
in state colleges and uni­versities.
All four were given 60 days
to produce acceptable desegregation
plans or face court action aimed at
withholding millions of dollars in
federal money.
Four other states - North Carol­ina,
Louisiana, Maryland and Mis­sissippi
- are already in litigation
with the fcdt.ral government over
their desegregation plans. Six more
have had plans accepted by ED,
which must still make assessments of
four states - Texas, Missouri, Ken­tucky
and Ohio.
The federal government's action in
the college desegregation arena is
based on a 10-year-old lawsuit
brought by a group of parents and
college students around the country.
Over the past 10 years, Federal Dis­trict
Judge John H. Pratt has repeat­edly
ordered the government to speed
up its desegregation effort.
The Reagan administration is ex­pected
to .slow down the process,
however, possibly by changing the
criteria for an acceptable level of
desegregation. Any such changes
would probably be challenged in
court, thus delaying the lengthy dese­gregation
process even more.
Of those states notified most re­cently,
only West Virginia wasn't
admonished for maintraining a racially
segregated system.