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Vol. 61, No. 20 LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY FEBRUARY 14, 19~0 12 PAGES AN INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER FREE
Faculty and students preparing
responses to restructuring ideas
By ANlTA-CAROL MONEY
Staff Writer
Although a report recommending the
redistribution of the University of
Louisville's resources has been out since
Feb. I, faculty and staff arc still in the
process of preparing responses to the
document
The rcpon, issued by U of L 's Plan­ning
Advisory Committee (PAC), set a
Feb. 15 deadline for responses, which
must be returned to the Oflice of Plan­ning
and Budget. U of L 's various de­paruncnts
have spent theirtimesince the
report was issued compiling reactions,
but most have indicated they won't be
ready to present them until thedayofthe
deadline.
ThcStudentGovemmcnt Association
is in charge of reporting the students'
response to the repon, but President
Holly Everett said SGA hasn't gotten
much student feedback.
Although SGA will not have its re­sponse
prepared until the deadline,
Everett said her personal feelings about
the report arc generally positive.
"It seems to be a sound report full of
infonned decisions," Evereu said. "It
"It seems to be a sound report full of
informed decisions. It targets several im­portant
areas of improvement and should
help make the administration of U of L more
effective."
SGA President Holly Everett on
the PAC's recommendations
targets several important areas of im­provement
and should help make the
administration of U of L more effective.
The 16-page PAC report came after
months of narrowing down compiled
suggestions.
"A total of 1,200 ideas were submit­Led
to PAC as considerations," U of L
President Donald C. Swain said. "These
wercn 'L recommendations, but rather
ideas to be pursued by PAC."
In the College of Arts and Sciences,
the process of discussing the PAC rec­ommendations
began even before the
report was issued.
"BasicallythcdateofFeb.l had been
EVERETI
announced early this year," said Tho­mas
J. Hynes Jr., acting dean of the
College of Arts and Sciences. "At this
point in time we organized the commit­Lee
structure of the college to get them
prepared for the process of responding
to the document.
"All the mechanisms for responses
were already in play. It was all done
with the idea that we wanted to usc time
efficiently and give people as much time
for responses as possible."
Copies of the report were sent to each
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U ofLtohold
career planning
teleconference
By SHANNON BENNETT
Contributing Writer
A statewide career planning tele­conference,
the first of its kind in Ken­tucky,
will be broadcast live from the
University of Louisville Feb. 16.
The event is part of U of L' s fourth
annual"CareerConnections" seminar, a
day-long series of workshops on career
planning and job searching.
"The essence of the conference is to
make sense for students of what to begin
doing now to increase the likelihood of
getting employed," said James Carter,
assistant dean of academic advising in
the College of Arts and Sciences. "By
forming an agenda to pursue, you will
find that rich opportunities will emerge."
This year's seminar is being pro­duced
through the joint efforts of A &S,
U ofL's Office of Career Planning and
Placement and Instructional Communi­cations
Center (ICC), and Kentucky
Educational Television.
Greg Crowe, a freshman physical therapy major, takes In the
black history exhibit on the main floor of the Ekstrom Library.
As a result of KET's satellite link­ages,
the teleconference will be broad­cast
to four other Kentucky universities:
Murray State, Western Kentucky Cond
See TELECONFERENCE
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STAFF PHOTO BY ED MANN
Debra Hadl, who was In Kuwah on the day of the Iraqi Invasion, speaks at the Feb. 9 "Support
the Troops" rally held at the Unlvershy of Louisville In front of the Administration Building.
U ofL students turn out to
show support for U.S. troops
By THOMAS B. PACE
Staff Writer
Waving flags, sporting yellow
ribbons and singing patriotic songs,
over 150 persons gathered on the
front lawn of the University of
Louisville's Administration Build­ing
Feb. 9 to show support for the
troops in the Persian Gulf.
Sponsored by the Kentucky
chapter of the American Freedom
Coalition, the rally featured several
speakers, original songs about the
conflict and letters which were read
aloud from President George Bush
and Kentucky Senator Mitch
McConnell.
"This is a rally in support of our
hOOps," said one speaker, Stacey
Griggs, head of U of L's College
Republicans.
After a prayer for peace by
Master of Ceremonies Peter Hayes,
one of the rally's organizers and
secretary-treasurer of the Kentucky
A.F.C, the group sang "America
the Beautiful" and were read a leuer
written by Air Force Sergeant
Michael Page, who's stationed in
the gulf. His letter said freedom
needs to be restored in Kuwait, and
stated thattheconflictisn'toveroil.
One of the more moving speak­erswas
DebraHadi, whotoldofher
experiences in Kuwait Aug. 2, the
day Iraq invaded the small country.
Hadi said she escaped by hiding
in a garbage truck while two family
members drove through military check­points.
She said the experience caused
her to miscarry.
"Hopefully, by the grace of God, we
don't have to go through what we did
again," Hadi said. "They (Iraqi troops)
raped children, killed people and
slaughtered them on the streets .... The
Kuwaitis were in shock .... Four sol­diers
ran a bayonet through a pregnant
woman who was in labor."
Hadi said the United States' actions
arc justified by the Iraqi's atrocities.
"It's a moral issue," she said. "It's
freedom . This man (Saddam Hussein) is
just like Hitler."
Hayes said Hadi's personalized ac­count
had an strong effect on the crowd.
"She definitely moved everybody,"
Hayes said. "To hear the story from
someone in Kuwait really moved the
people."
Another speaker, Viet Nam veteran
AI Williams, said protests damage the
war effort and spoke of how support
boosts a soldier's morale.
"We have a right to support the
troops," Williams said. "Protests lower
morale and cause a soldier to hesitate,
and there were many, many Gis who
were killed because they hesitated.
"No matter how we feel about what
led to the war, we have a duly to support
the men and women over there."
After Griggs read a poem written by
a mother whose son is in the Persian
Gulf, the crowd broke into an enthusias­tic
"USA" chant.
Once the chant died down Hayes
handed out "Shields of Honor",
colored prints of patriotic emblems,
to members of the audience who
have family memhcrs or loved ones
participating in the conflict. Hayes
said the hields arc to be displayed
in homes to show support for the
troops.
Audience reaction to the rally
was positive.
"I think it's important to support
the troops," said senior math major
Juanita Leksrisawat.
Robert Schroering, President of
the Shelby County U of L alumni,
agreed with this sentiment.
"I ha vc some friends over there,"
Schroering said. "We need to stand
behind our friends and family."
Jonna Shulthise, a Speed School
senior, was carrying a sign with the
names of several friends who arc
part of Operation Desert Stonn.
" IL 's about time everybody carne
together for the country," Shulthise
said. "The anti-war movement
makes me sick. The right to protest
is being guaranteed by our troops."
The organizers of the rally were
pleased with the results and the en­thusiasm
it created.
"We think it was very positive,"
Griggs said. "We want to keep it up.
This should not be a one or two time
thing. We need to do it for the
troops."
"I thought the rally was tremen­dous,"
Hayes said. "The spirit was
there."
U of L offers variety
of ways to celebrate Parking problems among concerns voiced at SGA meeting
By MELODIE STACY
Staff Writer
Several activities and events arc being held at the University of
Louisville in conjunction with the nation-wide celebmtion of Black
H1story Month but some students say it' not enough.
The celebration of black heritage and culture Lakes place annually in
February and is being commemorated with films, plays and exhibits at U
ofL.
Photographs and documents from the U of L Photo Archives concern­ing
black history will be on display at Ekstrom Library until AprilS on the
main floor gallery and in the Photo Archives on the ground floor. The
downstairs di play is open from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00p.m. weekdays except
for Thursdays, when it'sopen from I O:OOa.m. to 8:00p.m. The main floor
di play i open during the library's regular hours.
Dar Grear Long Time, a play based on circumstances and characters
involved in the last public hanging to Lake place in the United States, was
hown Feb. 7 through Feb. 10. Playwright Cedric Turner met with students
INDEX
News Briefs 2
Crime Report --- 3
Arts 8
Sports 8
Editorials 10
Comics 11
Classified Ads-- 12
Sec FILMS
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By THOMAS B. PACE and
PAUL A. FULTZ
Staff Writers
Student parking, mandatory student
health insurance and the fate of the
Multicultural Center were among the
concerns raised at the University of
Louisvillc'sStudentSenatemeetingFeb.
6.
U of L Vice President for Adminis­tration
Larry Owsley addressed the
senate about the problems arising from
the new parking lot next to the Student
Activitie Center. The lot has been
criticized forchargingstudents an hourly
rate to park and because of lack of ad­equate
pace.
"We will try to come up with addi­tional
space," Owsley said. "We are
tryingtoncgotiateforspaccacrossfloyd
St. for 60-70 additional paces.
"Continued research will be made on
who docs usc it. We may have undcres-timated
the number of patrons using iL"
Holly Evereu, Student Government
Association president, voiced concern
about the patron parking lot during a
Feb. II interview. She said SGA has
made their concerns known and the
matter is now out of their hands.
"The senate wants an hour of free
parking (for students)," Everett said.
"I met with Mr. (George) Howe
(Director of the Student Activities
Center) and Mr. (Daniel) Keller (Director
of the Department of Public Safety) at
the parking lot and gave suggestions.
Originally I wanted up to two or three
hours."
Glen Franklin, Health Sciences liason
to SGA, voiced concern about the lack
of adequate and safe parking on the
Health Sciences Campus.
''There arc only 2,000 spots avail-
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Cards snap
losing streak,
beat Seminoles
See Story, Page 8
STAFF PHOTO BY JESSE SIMPSON
The pay-by-the hour parking lot located next to the Student Activities
Center was the subject of discussion at the Feb. 6 SGA meeting.
Variety strip
gets Stressed
See Comic Strip, Page 11