The
Louisville
f\n independent
student weekly
Vol. 54, No. 11 Louisville, Ky., 1Thursday, October 28, 1982 12 Pages
Swain comments on the
problems facing U of L
ByNAYDATERKILDSEN
Cardinal Contributor
In a question and answer ses­sion
after his speech at last Fri­day's
"Lunch and Learn" meet­ing,
University of Louisville Presi­dent
Dr. Donald C. Swain ad­dressed
himself to some of the
University's ongoing controver­sies.
Department of Public Safety:
Swain responded to a question
concerning the lack of effective­ness
of DPS by saying, "Security
is always a state of mind."
According to Swain, most of the
security problem on campus is a
"perception of possible danger."
He said: "I don't believe we can
simply respond when there is only
a fear that something may hap­pen.
We do need to have some evi­dence
beyond individual fears
that we have a problem."
Swain's second point was that it
is "easy for students and faculty to
ask for more police protection, but
something must suffer in order to
pay for it."
Responding to a recent example
illustrating the lack of adequate
securit~, Swain said, "As far as
President Swain outlined his
plans for two new units of the Uni­versity.
(Story, page 6)
I'm concerned this isn't a big
issue."
University Hospital: Humana's
proposal to manage U of L's
teaching hospital was another
topic raised. The president said
that the negotiations had run into
problems over assurances of
academic freedom for U of L per­sonnel,
but that he was now confi­dent
this proposal was in both par­ties
best interest.
Swain called Humana's indi­gent
care proposal "one of the
greatest potential bargains" he
had ever heard. He said that if the
proposal is approved, "the city,
county and state would never
have to devote a larger proportion
of their current tax revenues than
they are devoting now to indigent
care."
Humana has also initiated a fu­ture
profit-sharing arrangement,
as well as an initial $4 million gift.
Swain concluded by saying:
"There are a lot of university pres­idents
and deans of medical
schools all over the country wino
are very interested in this expe'ri­ment.
If it works here, I believe• it
will be a trend nationally."
The latest proposal must be atp­proved
by the medical school.
Communications Program:
Swain called the communications
program "a very popular, but
overgrown program." He doesn't
think the present program is of a
high enough quality and the Uni­versity
"will not put any more re­sources
into the progrm as it cur­rently
exists" due to its lack of ade­quate
planning.
He asked the committe cur­rently
studying the programs fu­ture
"to think big a:nd take risks,"
but not to duplicate programs cur­rently
existing at other state uni­versities.
Swain said he would
comment more specifically on the
program's future after he receiv·es
the committee's report.
The communications planning
committee has been holding its
meetings behind closed doors, a
matter that The Cardinal h.as
sought to change. Swain J;lilade
clear that it was the commilteE~'s
Continued on page 3, col. I
Staff Photo by Cindy Pinkston
Up, up and away
Jim Ballard (left) assists the chase crew in
preparing the Bob Hook hot air balloon for
flight. The intramural balloon race started
late after being delayed by strong winds.
Third District candidatfes offer their viewpoints
Incumbent Mazzoli
maintains his efforts
By LARRY CROOM
Cardinal Staff Writer
"I believe abortion is wrong. I
support federal efforts to protect
life across the board, from reduc­ing
the threat of war to insuring
that young people have the oppor­tunity
to have good nutrition, good
health care, and a good educa­tion,"
said Ron Mazzoli, Democra­tic
candidate for the Third Con­gressional
District in Kentucky,
laying down his platform for the
upcoming election.
Mazzoli believes that the right to
a good education is the right of all
students. He said he voted against
the current budget cuts that have
seriously hampered the student
loan and student grant programs.
"The Democratic Party is com­mitted
to ensuring that every stu­dent
has an op•.x>rtunity to obtain
a good educat.on," Mazzoli said.
"Unfortunately, the political party
represented by my opponent
would deprive our students of
· such opportunity."
Honts feels
independent
status is an
assest to him
By LARRY CROOM
Cardinal StaffWriter
UI would be a better con­gressman
than either (Carl)
Brown or (Ron) Mazzoli because I
am not part of a party that has
been bought and paid for by big
business like the Democrats and
Republicans (have.) I've worked
for the last eight years as welder
and a pipefitter, and I know
firsthand what it is like to be laid
off," said Craig Honts, Socialist
Workers Party candidate for the
Third Congressional District,
speaking on his platform for elec­tion.
Honts and his party oppose
draft registration and support
those who resist it.
Mazzoli also believes that the
"trillion dollar defense buildup
supported by President Reagan
needs to be cut back, He thinks
that this country needs a good de­fense,
but that the country is now
over-spending for the military.
Mazzoli also said that the mandat­ory
draft registration law should
be dropped from the law books.
"I do not believe the Pentagon
has proved the need for
peacetime draft registration, and I
would support repeal of the law,"
said Mazzoli.
Unemployment is also a major
issue with Mazzoli. He thinks that
"emergency action" is needed to
put people back to work.
"The Job Training Act-which
I co-sponsored and voted for -
will help to train and retrain citi­zens
for the high technology and
service industries which will pro­vide
the jobs of the future," said
Mazzoli.
"For my part, I will continue to
support laws-such as the Voting
Rights Act which was extended
CRAIGHONTS
"The Socialist Workers Party
opposes the draft registration pro­gram
because we oppose the war
drive this country is being put
through," said Honts. "I partici­pated
in the movement a~ainst the
Continued on page 2, col. 3
RONMAZZOLI
last year with my active support ­to
guarantee equal rights and
equal opportunity to minoritiE~s.
(Also), I am co-sponsor of th.e
Equal Rights Amendment. I be­lieve
our constitution should
guarantee rights for women," !he
said
Continued on page 21 col. 1
Leveronne
thinks. his
experience
will prevail
By PAUL A. LONG
Cardinal Editor
Norbert Leveronne, the inde­pendent
candidate for the Thlrd
Congressional District, believl!s
that his most outstanding quality· is
"for want of a better word . .. e•x­perience."
Leveronne said ~1at
his lifetime experiences set hJpt
apart from the other candidates.
"I am a 60-year-old man, father
and grandfather ... I remember
vividly ... the great' crash of tl~e
stock mar,ket ... the ensuing 9le-pression
years ... (and the) w~lr-time
years, which I spent for tl e
most part in Italy," he said.
Leveronne said that he wou!ld
strive to ensure that the country
would never again go thrOUiifh
Carl Brown hopes for
an upset to win race
By JOHN DAY
Cardinal Managing Editor
On the surface, one might be in­clined
to think that Carl Brown,
Republican candidate for the seat
in the Third Congressional Dis­trict,
is not a member of the same
party as President Reagan.
Brown favors the restoration of
student loans, reintroduction of
the Equal Rights Amendment, a
battle against backpedaling on
civil rights, and a nuclear freeze.
The Jefferson County Fiscal
Court Commissioner is pro-choice
on abortion and dissatisfied with
the Reagan administration's han­dling
of the unemployment prob­lem.
But Brown points out that the
reason he is a Republican is be­cause
he can express those views.
"I am Republican because I be ­lieve
in the right of the individual
to grow and flourish in a free soci­ety,"
Brown wrote in response to
queries from The Cardinal. "A
true Republican abhors the idea
of government making personal
decisions for its citizens.
NO&BERTLEVERONNE
those experiences. He said that he
could do it because, "I have a bet­ter
than a normal intellectual ca­pacity
and a bulldog tenacity that
would work for the people to such
an extevt that they have never
had before."
Continued on page 2, col. 6
"A true Republican believes
that government is best when it is
decentralized and accountable to
its people. I would call myself a
true Republican in that ,sense."
Brown is running against Ron
Mazzoli, a 12-year veteran in Con­gress.
He hopes to change Maz­zoli's
perceived strength, his ex­perience
in Washington, into a
weakness.
"I think my youth and en­thusiasm
make me the better Con­gressional
candidate," Brown
said. "My opponent has spent 12
years in Washington and we have
precious little to show for the time
he has spent there. It is time for a
change- time for new blood and
a fresh face - time to elect some­one
who is a fighter and who is
ready to approach the job with
vigor."
Brown outlined the finer points
of his plan to bring his zeal to gov­ernment.
"As a Congressman, I would
vote to restore the federal student
loan program. I might add that I
would support measures that pto-
Murray will
offer more
freedoms
if elected
By VICTORIA WALTRIP
Cardinal News Editor
"'Give me liberty, or give me
death,' is not a slogan to me. It is
how I think and feel," said Dan
Murray, the Libertarian candi­date
for the Third Congressional
District.
Murray believes the goals and
principles of individual liberty will
assure fairness to all Americans
on every issue. The principle phi­losophy
behind the Libertarian
goals is ~o eliminate governmental
control Qver individuals' lives.
"The constitution has been mis­interpreted
into a 'scare-crow,"'
said Murray. "Rather than being
used to restrict and limit govern­ment
power as intended, it has
Merger debate highl'igllts the conflicts I
By JOHN DAY
Cardinal Managing Editor
The problem with voting on an
issue, rather than a candidate, is
that voters cannot identify person­ally
with an issue but must rely on
their perceptions of its merits to
decide. The University of Louis­viDe
political science department
took a step toward personalizing
the Nov. 2 vote on the merger of
the Louisville and Jefferson
County governments last Wednes­day
by holding a debate on the
proposal.
State Sen. David Karem a~~d
Darrell Owens, a Louisville attor­ney
on the commission that is
studying the government reor­ganization,
met to defend andre­fute
the Charter Commission's
proposal to merge the two existing
governments into one orches­trated
unit.
The debate was sponsored by
the department as this year's pre­sentation
in the Brennan-Haly lec­ture
series, an endowed annual
lecture designed to promote dis­cussion
of issues of concern to citi­zens
of Kentucky. This lecture
was the fourth of its kind.
Before the adversaries ma1de
their presentations to the au,di­ence,
Dr. Dennis Gilbert, as­sociate
pr·ofessor of political sci­ence
and a member of the Charter
Commission, outlined the po'nts
on the referendum.
"As pursuant to SB (state l:itiU)
13, the 26-member commissilon
was formed to review the statu!• of
government in Louisville and J·er­ferson
County and recomme,nd
changes which might improve 1lt,"
said Gilbert. "The Commi ion
met from May 19 through Aug, 2,
and our suggestion was that the
area vote on Nov. 2 for or against
the reorganization of the two en­tities
through merger."
Gilbert explained that the city
and county would combine, to the
extent that the city as a separate
entity would cease to exist. The
union would form the 13th largest
municipality in the United States.
The area would still be referred to
as the city of Louisville, but that
conglomeration would bear no • e­semblance
to the governmental
and geographic place that exists
today.
Instead of the Fiscal Court sys­tem
now in practice, the county
would be served by a 19-member
district board that would be ba­lanced
by a strong mayor. The dis­trict
members would be elected to
overlapping four-year terms, and
would have the power to impeach
the mayor.
The mayor would also serve a
four-year stint, but unlike the cur­rent
set-up, he could succeed him­self.
His duties would include ap­pointing
department and commit-
Continued on page 2, col. 1
CARL BROWN
vide greater enforcement against
defaulters."
Brown expressed his disap­proval
of the registration program
for a possible draft.
"As there .is no .exigency war­ranting
the need for a drafl, I see
no sound reason why there needs
Continued on page 2, col. 1
DAN MURRAY
been used as the go\1ernmE'nt's
power to restrict and limit citi­zens."
According to Murray: "The
draft is nothing less than slavery.
This issue is one in which the gov­ernment
places 1ts own social and
Continued on page 2, col. 3
Inside ..... .
Volleyballers continue their
flight toward the top . . pg. 7
Afterclass ..... ..... pg. 9
Afterdass Calendar pg. 10
Classilieds . . . . . . . . pg. 12
Editorials pg.4
Sports .........•.. pg. 7