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Vol. 63, No.11 LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY OCTOBER 31, 1991 12 PAGES AN INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER FREE
U of L funds cut by state; staff
and faculty layoffs are expected
By THOMAS PACE
Staff Writer
As a result of a $31 million budget cut in
higher education announced by Kentucky gov­ernor
Wallace Wilkinson, the University of Lou­isville
Board of Trustees met OcL 28 and re­viewed
a list of cutbacks outlining how U of L
plans to deal with its $6.8 million share.
The University's set of guidelines that deals
with the situation was developed by U of L's
Office of Planning and Budget and will be pre­sented
to Kentucky's Council on Higher Educa­tion
at CHE's next meeting Nov. 4.
The guidelines arc broken down into II areas
of reduction:
• The University's budget reserve, which rep­resents
$2 million used for University emergen­cies,
will be reduced by S I million.
• Thesupplyandexpenditures' reserve, which
makes up consumable supplies used by different
schools and units, will be reduced by $395,400.
• Over-realized tuition revenue, money which
is in excess to what was anticipated in the budget,
will be cut $500,000.
• The application fee revenue, which was re­cently
passed, will give up $300,000.
• The funds that were to be saved through the
College of Urban and Public Affairs administra­tion
phase-{)ut will allocate $414,400 to the re­duction.
• Funds normally left over in the budget, which
go toward equipment and extras, will allocate
$681,000.
• A 5 percent reduction of the utilities budget
will be enacted, totaling $400.000.
• The SIOO,OOO normally left over in U ofL's
telephone clearing account will be allocated to­ward
the cutback.
• There will be a 4.2 percent reduction in
the student activity fee finance program,
which will total $70,900.
• The Kentucky Residency Pro­grarn,
a program in which Univer­sity
medical school students
rotate in to rural areas to do
residencies, will have a
funding cut totaling
$110,400.
• Each unit will
be given an amount
that needs to be cut from
respective budgets. The
amount allocated for this i
$2,842,900.
Larry Mehlbauer, head of
planning and budget, believes these
guidelines represent the University's best
alternative.
"It was one scenario picked out of a number
of scenarios," Mehlbauer said. "I think it's work­able.
This procedure has been approved by the
President (U of L President Donald Swain). It's
the one we're going with."
The reduction must be realized by June 30,
1992, the end of U of L's fiscal year. The base
budget in succeeding years will be cut by a
similar amoum, Mehlbauer said.
Swain explained the necessary cuts at the
Trustees meeting. He said travel will be lim ited
to that which is essential, an immediate hiring
freeze will be implemented until budget planning
is completed, a restriction on budget requests
will be imposed and there will be layoffs in
certain units.
''The units are going to have to recover
$2.8 million." said chair of the staff
senate Jenny Madden. "A good deal
of the money will be in staff lay-offs.
At this point it is impos­sible
to say how much, but
there will probably be
several layoffs."
University Pro­vost
Wallace Mann
said he did not know
how many jobs will be
affected. The different units
have to look at how they pro­pose
to adjust their budget ac­cordingly,
he said.
Mann also said the cuts might af­fect
U of L's restructuring venture, A
StraJegy for the 90s.
"I think it might delay the implementa­tions,"
Mann said. "We sort of asked the unit
heads, vice presidents and the deans what they
will do. It (the budget cuts) will accelerate the
need to do some of the changes and delay the
need to do others. I don't think it will delay the
administration structure of CUP A."
Mehlbauer met with the executive board of
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New University food service received well
STAFF PHOTO BY HARRY SANDERS
Since arriving on U of L's campus this fall, Marriott's services have been received
well by many students. The company took over for Professional Food Management.
By PAUL A. FULTZ
staff writer
After IIIC¥C than two months as the U ersity
of Louisville's food scrviee-vendor,lhe Marriott
Corporation has drawn largely favorable reactions
from campus. Marriott officials say the company
is settling into its new role and will continue
refining and expanding its services.
Marriou commemorated its move to U of L
with a grand opening celebration Oct 23 in the
Student Activities Center's second floor cafete­ria.
Local radio personality Duke Meyer (from
95.7 WQMF) was on hand, broadcasting his
popular "Cafe Rock" program live. The event
also included live music in the form of two
singer/pianists from Hurricane 0' Malley's
nightclub, as well as various prize give-aways
and free food samples for everyone.
"We did it to create some excitement," said
Gary Willis, Senior Director of Marriott at U of
L. "We wanted to do something for the campus
and the students. It was definitely a success; a lot
of people turned out for iL"
The grand opening marked the debut ofPiua
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U OF L STUDENTS ENCOUNTER RACISM
University's racial air
harmful to all students
By LORAINE LAWSON
Staff Writer
Abdulqader Abduljalil is a citizen of Jor­dan.
He has lived in Louisville for eight and
a half years and is now a permanent resident
of the United States. Though only a resident
in the U.S., he is nonetheless subject to the
laws and entitled to the rights every citizen
holds- except voting.
But because he is a foreigner as well as a
minority here, he said he has been hesitant to
usc his right of free speech, especially during
the time of the Gulf War.
"I really didn't want to talk to anybody
about it (the war) because I knew my thoughts
would be different," Abdul said. "I wouldn't
bring it up because I knew it would create
arguments."
He would express his opinions when his
friends and fellow students questioned him
about the Gulf War. Their reaction con­rumed
his fears.
"I would reply back and they wouldn't
like it," he said. "I had a feeling - it wasn't
said- but I had a feeling of 'if you don 'tlike
it here just go home.'
·'tt didn't go back to the way before the
war started for me."
Abdul said the war created other prob­lems
in his life. Shortly after the war began,
Abdul began receiving harassing phone calls.
"They sounded like young people," he
explained. ''They'd say all the dirty words
you can think of; (they'd say) 'so and so
Arab.' At some point, they (the calls) were
constant, now it's just every couple of days
that I receive one of these calls."
Xenophobia, racism, hatred: all effect the
minorities at the University of Louisville in
varying degrees. According to minorities,
incidents range from jokes made in the class­room
to acts of physical violence.
Kenneth Bryant is an African-American
senior majoring in communications. Though
he is also vice president of the Association of
Black Students, he preferred to discuss the
issues African-Americans face as an indi­vidual,
not a representative.
Bryant said he has experienced racism at
the University of Louisville.
Three years ago, when he lived in a cam­pus
resident hall, someone used black shoe
polish to write on the wall a derogatory word
aimed at Bryant and other Afri an-Ameri­cans
living there. Butdiscrimination is often
more subtle.
"Some people are subtly racist and some
people arc even blatantly racist," he said.
"More than anything, it's in what people
say.
"I would say that the atmosphere here
isn 'tcomfortablefora lot of African-Amen­cans
because there's always a sense that the
institutions here don't care about them as
people," Bryant said. "Every group has a
right to express its own uniqueness through
institutions that are set up. When instituuons
arc not set up so people can express them­selves
as a unique group, the people who do
that dehumanize them, and that's racism.
"There should be more African-Ameri­can
faculty here. White faculty should real­ize
they're dealing with different people.
When you talk about curriculum I thmk you
have to admit the dominant culture is Euro­American.
I've felt uncomfortable because
of the perspectives that lectures might be
taking. I've felt like basically the thrust is
Euro-centric and not the perspective of Af­rican-
Americans."
Mary Hawkesworth, a politi al science
prof cssor, agreed that other pcrspecti ves need
LObe used.
"I think there's this way of seeing the
world as belonging to while men ,"
Hawkesworth said. "Recent scholarship m
women studies and African-Amcncan stud­ies
is challenging some of the most basic
assumptions of the most dominant disci­plines.
Students should be able to learn of
those challenges in the disciplines them­selves,
not only in a women's study course
or Pan-African course."
Hawkesworth helped conduct a 1985
study of student employment practices.
Among the study's major findings: I 0 of the
479 respondents reported t11at they had been
subjected to derogatory comments on the
basis of their race while at work. The repon
also stated that black students were signifi­cantly
underrepresented in the ranks of
graduate fellows and graduate assistants and
had experienced the most severe cuts in
work study grants.
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Editor offers apology and clarification on Speed
School 'tenure editorial. See Editorials, Page 10.
University of Louisville School of Medicine boasts excellent staff, facilities
By KE BRANAMAN
Contributing Writer
In the past 154 years, the University
of Louisville's School of Medicine has
educated 13,336doctors,somcthing vice
dean for academic affairs David
Wiegmansays isindi itiveofthcmcdical
school's long tradition of tough stan­dards,
fine teaching and dedicated tu­dents.
"Our biggest trength is clinical
training students receive," Wiegman
said. "We have a strong teaching area.
When the students get to two years (in
medical school), their grade point aver­age
is above the national average."
Students who wish to enter medical
school can expect very careful scrutiny
during the :ldmissions procedure.
"The average GPA for medical tu­dents
entering this year wa 3.4 to 3.5,
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and the average score on the Medical
College Admissions Test was 7.93 to
8.00, (out of a sca le of 15)," Wiegman
said.
A good score on the MCAT (Medical
College Admission Test) and a high
GPA, however, will not guarantee ac­ceptance.
A personal interview and rec­ommendations
are also considered by
the admissions committee that meets
once a month.
Dean of the School of Medicine,
Donald Kme11., said the committee tries
to consider all the information concern­ing
the student when making a decision.
"If a student has a bad freshman year
and then goes on to have an outstanding
sophomore, junior and senior year,then
the commiuec tries to take those things
into consideration," Kme11. said.
When asked about v.hich under­graduate
curriculum would best prepare
STAFF PHOTO BY HARRY SANDERS
The University of Louisville Medical Campus, located In downtown
Louisville, was built In 1983 and works with surrounding hospitals.
Artists display
talents at
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a student for medical school, Kme11.said
basic knowledge in the liberal arts is a
step in the right direction.
"Any liberal education will prepare a
student for medical school," he said.
"However they need to have a good
understanding of biology and chemis­try."
Second year medical student Shaun
Aggarwal agreed with Kme11..
"Any classes taken that are related to
histology and biochemistry will make
the transition to medical school easier,"
Aggarwell said. "Especially for non­science
majors."
During the students' final three years
in medical school, they are subject to
take three sets of National Board of
Medical Examination tests, commonly
known as 'boards.' These are exams
given to see if the students arc able to
accomplish what they have been trained.
The first one is given after the sopho­more
year, the second after their enior
year and the final one is given after a
year of residency.
Medical school students receive four
years of training. The firsttwo years are
generally spent in the classroom learn­ing
the basic information required to
pass the first part of the board test.
The third and fourth years arc spent
with a more hands-on approach , spend­ing
more time in the hospitals.
Kmet7. said that 94 percent of U of
L's medical school students received
their primary edu ation in Kentucky.
The school has to raise the students'
abilities to be comparable to the rest of
the nation in order for them to pass the
board certification test.
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Dr. Dunkenstein
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