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Student forum:·
Sloane, Malone
go over basics
ByJIMJUNOT
Student Writer
To enable University of Louisville
s!Udents to know the Republican and
Democratic candidates for mayor and
Jefferson County judge, the Student
Government Association and the Union
for Student Activities ponsored a ques­tion
and answer eminar last week.
On Monday, the Democratic candi­dates,
Dr. Harvey I. Sloane and Jim
"Pop" Malone spoke. Because of
Sloane's refusal to debate George
Clark, the Republican candidate for
mayor, the SGA and USA scheduled
Clark and County Judge Mitch McCon­nel
to appear Wednesday.
Dr. Tim Hynes, director of U of L's
Debate Program and associate profes­sor
of Theatre Arts and Speech, pre­sided
over the eminar. In the meeting,
Malone stated three basics of accomp­lishments
that he hopes to achieve if he
i elected.
The first of the three-part plan out­lined
by Malone is for further econom­ic
development in the county . Citing
his 17 years of involvement with the cit­y's
as well as the state's industries, Ma­lone
said that a· county judge's main
priority must be to work with industry
in order to meet this goal.
"We must try to keep the businesses
that are here in Kentucky here," said
Malone.
The second goal that the county must
meet is that it must sell itself, according
to Malone. He said that to do this the
state must delve into the university stu­dent
population.
'There are resources in this universi­ty
that we are not tapping," said Ma­lone.
In addition to using resources on the
campus, Malone said that the city and
county must erase the imaginary line
that exists betwen city and county go­vernments.
The third and final goal for a succes­ful
county government is that, accord­ing
to Malone, the government must
meet the basic needs and services es­sential
to a cotnmunity He singled out
ihe cnrne rate in. Jefferson County as an
example, saying that it has risen 30 per-cent
in two years. One of the solutions
he suggested i~ to separate the county
police and the county Emergency Med­ical
Services (EMS).
"We have to do this so we can get our
70 patrolmen back into patrolling our
own subdivisions," said Malone.
In the question and answer period
that followed, students seemed rela­tively
awkward about asking anything.
But there were some from the crowd of
about 150.
The two major topics discussed were
the pollution in Louisville and the coun­ty's
river port project.
"The auto emissions are a big prob­lem,"
said Malone. "I'm not totally
happy with auto emission plans. The in­dustry
has come a long way but we stiii
have a long way to go."
On the river port project Malone said
"We've been working on the river port
for 15 or 16 years, we don't even have
permission from the Army Corps of En­gineers
to operate a port except for wa­ter
industry only."
Sloane, in speaking for his mayorial
campaign, also outlined a three-point
plan for city government.
Sloane said that his top priority
would be to make "more jobs available
from the city."
To help students to obtain jobs,
Sloane said that "I would set up a spec­ial
structure for academic development
with a commissioner to watch over it."
He also pointed out that he would
help stabilize business already here in
Louisviiie.
Secondly, Sloane said he would aid
in preventing crime. A revamping of
the city police beat patrol is needed, ac­cording
to Sloane.
"We need to integrate different as­pects
of the judicial system in Louis­ville,
'' Sloane said. He did not elabo­rate
what these aspects would include.
The third and final point that Sloane
made was that Louisville has the oppor­tunity
to elect the type of government it
wants.
"I would introduce legislature to re­organize
the city government," said
Sloane. "That is the first step."
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;Eat. drink and be merry'
Friday Oct. 2, 1981 Vol. 53 No. 6
A natural course Staff Photo by Jonathan Ne~n
Dr. Schuyler teaches a Philosophy 205 , course in the Bingham Quadrangle
McConnell cites accOmplishments,
Clark reviews priorities for future
ByJIMJUNOT
Student Writer
In Wednesday's appearance by Jef­ferson
County Judge Mitch McConnell
and Republican mayorial candidate
George Clark, Clark outlined his priori­ties
for the city.
"Our main priority must be for the
completing of the center city," said
Clark. "That's where the jobs will be
coming from.··
He noted that large industries such as
the Ford Motor Plant are no longer
coming to the city to provide jobs for
Louisville's population.
Clark mentioned two specific priori­ties
for Louisville. "We have to make
the Brown hotel into a great hotel ag1ain
and finish the Galleria," he said.
The other priority for Louisville,
Clark said, would be the attraction of
tourists to Louisville, not only in state­wide
and national tourism, but also in
international tourism.
"There are two ways to build up tour­ism
to Louisville," said Clark. "One is
the Belvedere. Under the Marlowe
Cook administration, the Belvedere's
pyrpose was to be tied to the river, mak- i
. it a floating warf to provide enter-lment.
" · · .
Clark then suggested a 20-year
velopment plan of downtown Louis­ville.
One major tourist attraction
would be to tie in the riverfront to the
falls of the Ohio, creating an "interna­tional
tourist package." Involved in the
package would be Louisville Arts, swl:
as Actor's Theatre.
"People would come around the
world to ee Louisville's arts," said
Clark.
The second major priority that Clark
mentioned is the housing and summer
employment for Louisville youth.
When questioned about the housing re­habilitation
project proposed by Clark
and McConnell , Clark said, "During
the past I 0 years there has been a lack of
commitment to build up the vacant lots
and tearing down of condemned build­ings.
There has bee• approximately
$100 million spent on 400 houses in
Louisville."
Th~ summer employment program
would provide students jobs cleaning
up the city's streets in the summer.
"If you had walked the streets as I
have during n.y campaign, you'd see
how dirty this city really is," Clark said.
Mitch McConnell cited the improve­ment
in the work forces at the Jefferson
County Jail as well as the jail itself dur­ing
his administration.
"Before I came to office, there were
no records checks on any of the em­ployees
at the jail," he said.
"We ran record checks on all em-
, ployees and found that some of the peo­ple
who worked at the jail weren't any
better than the ones that were being
guarded," said McConnell."We found
not only convicted felons, but also peo­ple
who still had outstanding warrants
for their arrest."
McConnell pointed out that four
years ago under the Todd Hollenbach
administration, the jail was jokingly
called "Freedom Hall" because of sev­eral
escapes. He says now the jail is an
"award winner."
"I have made the Jefferson County
government a clean, honest place to
work ," said McConnell. "There has not
been any scandal of any type during the
last three and a half years."
In the question and answer period
that followed, McConnell explained
the term "housing rehabilitation."
'Swainfest' may begin ne~r U of L tradition
"The purp<)se of housing rehab is not
to displace people but to improve the
place in which they live," said McCon­nell.
"That's what housing rehab isba­sically
all about."
When questioned about the crime
rate McConnell said the crime rate is up
everywhere because of the current eco­By
MICHAEL DUCKETT nomy in the United States.
Student Writer
A new University of Louisville tradi­tion
wa inaugurated last Wednesday,
Sept. 23. at the Red Bam. It i a tradi­tion
that could get better year after year: .
"The Annual Swainfest."
The fest was in honor of Dr. Donald
C. Swain the new president of U of L
who was inaugurated on Tudesday
Sept. 22, 1981. It was a chance for
President Swain to meet informally
with students and friends while show­ing
off his beer serving style.
At 8 p.m. the Red Bam was nearly
empty. The volunteers working the fest
outnumbered the quiet guests. George
Howe, director of the Red Bam, stated
that there were 80 volunteers and 21
kegs of beer waiting on the crowd.
People were trickling in as the Cum­berlands
started their first set .
Most were taUdng and drinking
while waiting for the "fashionably late"
guest of honor.
Ella Smith had come "to see what
President Swain was like."
Kriss Walcott, a senior at University
College, was "out for the entertain­ment,
even if it wasn't the Swainfest I
would be here." Maureen Griffis want­ed
"to see Dr. Swain be his liberal self. I
think that the things President Swain
has done are OK."
Ella Smith "hopes he does something
for the Greek system."
One of the band members asked if the
doors had been opened yet.
The line coming into the Red Bam
was getting longer when President
Swain arrived. He shook hand:. and
looked over the crowd as he stopped for
a beer.
It wasn't long before he was ushered
to the stage by Student Government
President, Rob Chiles, as the Cumber­lands
stopped playing for its first
break.
R~ Chiles came on stage. "This
event is for President Swain by U of L
students." He then thanked George
Howe and the Red Barn volunteers for
the work put jnto the evenings party.
Chiles then introduced President Swain
and Sher~e Drake. Drake awarded Dr.
Swain a plaque making him an honor­ary
member in the "Society of Friends
of the Red Bam." (Howe said that Dr.
Swain is only the fourth person to re­ceive
this award.)
President Swain removed his check-
Physiology Lab offers
tests of your endurance
By MITZI LYNN FIELDS
Student Writer
Have you ever wondered if you are as
physically fit as you can be? Have you
ever wanted to know your endurance
ca~bility or hody fat ration?
One su·re way to find out theextent of
your fitness and how to improve it is
through the Exercise and Physiology
Lab. The lab is located in the basement
of Crawford Gymnasium on Belknap
Campus.
The Exercise and Physiology Lab is
staffed by four faculty members: Dr.
Brian Stanford, Dr. Bruce Gladden,
Dr. Ronald Fell, and Dr. l. W. Yale .
A<l'!ording to Yates, the lab is primarily
used for research in muscle physiology.
Research in fatigue, recovery from fa­tigue,
strength and endurance are in-eluded.
The I~ is furnished with equip­ment
that aids in research.
One example of the research equip­ment
is an air volume meter, used to de­termine
how much of the air we breathe
while exercising i'l oxygen and how
much is carbon dioxide. The meter is
used because the harder we work, the
more oxygen we use, hence, the more
carbon dioxide we produce.
Another example is the water tank
for under water weighing. According to
Yates, this method of wei~hing' deter­mines
one's body compos1tion, or the
amount of fat the body contains. In this
method, the more fat one has the lighter
he will be in the water, since water is
more dense than fat. This under watt:r
weighing method has been used by both
the gymnastics and football teams.
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ered sport jacket to put on a "First An­nual
Swainfest" T-shirt, picked up this
beer and stepped up to the microphone.
The applau~e died enough to let him
say; "Last night Beethoven tonight t.he
Cumberlands. I think I prefer tonight."
The crowd cheered more.
He kept his speech sh011 ending with
"thanks to the students for the night and
said he'd be working the bar later to­night
so stop by." The invitation wasn't
necessary for the beer.
The Cumberlands started the second
set and the foot stomping and haind
clapping took full breath. President
Swain joined a circle of dancers in front
of the stage before heading back
through the now packed Red Barn.
Taking a moment to talk he told me
that he "was delighted with tonight, I
love the name of the fest and hope to be
around for many more. Then it was
more handshakes, well wishes, and on
to bartendering for the new U of L pres­ident.
Now the Swainfest was truly a festi­val
in full swing. Invited guest Charles
Begley, U of L electrical supervisor,
and Betty Carter were toctapping to the
Bluegrass music . Carter said that the
night was fantastic, really upbeat."
Sophomore Brian Daniels and fresh­man
Debbie Koczian were there "to
drink beer for the Swainfest." Accord-
Wonten's ERA caucus
By JOE E. HERNDON
Student Writer
People have to know. Somebody has
to tell them, says Dr. Lilialyce Akers.
She is professor of Sociology and
Women's Studies and coordinator of
the Women's ERA caucus at the Uni­versity
of Louisville.
She got involv~ with ERA when he
started teaching women's studies 2nd
she began to understand the sign'fi­cance
of what was happening to wo n
because of the law . It was then she re13l­ired
that women didn't really h lve
equal status, and that this was harming
society.
Akers thinks President Reagan R~r­ceives
more support for killing ERA
than for ratifying it. She believes '!he
President has changed his position on
this because he thinks it' politically •,x­pedient.
The opposition to ERA is very orgl~n­ized
and political and has a lot of mo~1ey
behind it, a~ording to Akers, but ev ry
poll taken, i.e. New York Times, C S,
University of Kentucky and Univefll
1
ity
of Louisville has shown an overwhel~­ing
support for ERA.
"Yet politicians are saying peo1ple
don' t want it and are listening to a vt,ry
vocal minority, such as the Moral fa­jority
," Akers said.
.........
Dr. Liliayce Akers
Akers has tried to increase communi­ty
involvement. She is the coordinator
of the Women's ERA caucus which is
active on ERA issues.
'·One of the first things the caucus
want to do is to make people knowl­edgeable
about what ERA is and that is:
' &Juality of rights under the law .shall
ing to Debbie, Dr. Swain seems to be a
pretty good guy so far. We just need to
wait and see what happens.
Brian said he hopes (Swain) helps the
swim team and the athletic department.
Both agree that; It's gonna be a great
year.
President Swain seems to be on the
student level and understands what is
needed to bring people in.
The band broke for another st:t as the
first Swainfest peaked and moved clos­er
to it's finish . More people crowded
in the Red Bam. Howe said, "It's a
good crowd but it ain 't a record, there­cord
is 22 kegs of beer finished off."
Maybe next year.
''Crime will always be with us when
times are tough," said McConnell.
Another reason for more crime is that
more people are now reporting crime,
he said.
"To help fight the crime I have in­creased
the number of uniformed pa­trolmen
in Jefferson County from 180
to 228," McConnell said.
The candidates were also asked
about President Reagan's plans to dis­mantle
the Department of E'.ducation
and the annexation of sixth-class cities
into the city.
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stresses involventent
not be denied or abridged by the United
States or by any state on account of
sex.' The only thing it's saying is that
by law you cannot discriminate," Ak­ers
said .
Whenever an issue comes up that
supports ERA, the caucus has a letter
writing campaign that strongly supports
the issue and urging congressmen to
support it also. The caucus tries to get
as many women's organizations as pos­sible
in the community involved in the
campaign.
. Each fall the caucus offers a program
on campus emphasizing what makes
success, how women succeed, and
ERA is promoted in every way the cau­cus
can think of. A future meeting will
be announced at a later ~te.
She said it would be interesting to
look at the pay scale, at what levels
wo...,en are hired, at what levels men
are hired, how many women have been
president and/or vice president at U of L ,
and what percentage of women are
within full professoNhip.
She cited study done by one of her
students showing most scholarships go
to men and most work studie go to
women.
Akers said that the purpose of the
ERA is twofold: (1) To promote wom­en's
issues and (2) To let students know
what is happening.
ERA at U of L is not limited to stu­dents.
Akers believes it is open to any
person who is part of the university
community. Women and men in the
community are welcome to join.
"When ERA is ratified it won't solve
all the problems but will be a base from
which to act." Akers said critical and
her role - to make people aware of what
the issues are and how they begin to af­fect
us, "From there on, they're on their
own," she said.
Akers said,"Women started working
on getting the right to vote in 1848 and
didn't getthatrightuntil1920. Women
started working for ERA in 1923 when
it was first introduced into Congress.
We won't stop until we win. 11Jere are
enough men and women in the United
States who believe in equali' and wiii
support ERA." .
In 1972 ERA was ratified in Ken­tucky,
which is one of the 35 ERA rati­fied
states.
ERA supporters have until June 1982
to get three more states ratified, This
would make 38 states or two-thirds vote
by all of the states for constitutional rat·
ification.
The states' ERA supporters will be
concentrating their efforts on are: Vir·
ginia, North Carolina, Missouri and
Oklahoma. ERA support ia strong in
these states.