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Vol. 63, No.17 LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY JANUARY 30, 1992 12 PAGES AN INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER FREE
TWO MONTH MORATORIUM ON CAMPUS EVENTS GRIEVANCE COMMITIEE APPROVES TENURE REVIEW
Shooting prompts policy review Irnarntenurerequestaflr.rmed
Dy DRIAN AR HIBALD
<;taff Writer
Rcpr sentativesoftheOfliccofStu­dcnt
Life and the Department of Public
<;afcty drafted and passed a policy ban­ning
the sale of alcohol from the Red
Oarn and any activity held by
a Recognized Student Orga­Golden,
vice president for Student Af.
fairs. "Our actions were necessary."
In addition to the alcohol ban, the
new policy prohibits RSOs from using
the Red Bam or any other campus loca­tion
for fundraising.
The policy also requires all RSO
Life deems it ncccssarry, an officer
from the Depanrncnt of Public Safety
must also be present. Additional safety
procedures such as metal detectors may
be implemented during this period.
The goal of the Student Event Policy
Task Force is to collect opinions and
By LORAINE LAWSON
Staff Writer
A Jan. 24 Speed School Grievance
Committee decision absolved Leo
Jenkins of all claims of discriminatie>n,
in effect, and affirmed Ibrahim Imam's
request for anotlter review of his appli­cation
for tenure and promotion.
external funding for research. Jenkins
decisions overruled the positive recom­mendations
of deparuncnt and school­wide
committees. Provost Wallace
Mann and the Board of Trustccs sup­ported
his decision in May 1991 .
volvemcnt or discrimination.
Jenkins is on sabbatical, but before
leaving he referred questions to his at­torney,
Gary Hillerich. Hillerich had
mixed, but strong, comments concern­ing
the ruling.
nllation on campus to beef­fec
tive fur the next two
months.
The ban is part of a list of
new restrictions concerning
RSO and Red Bam activities.
·ntc policy is a temporary re­\
ponse to the on-campus
~ hootingofHerben Henry and
will be in effect for the next
two months.
"We were faced with a very
tragic situation that affected
the entire University and
beyond. Our actions were
necessary."
ideas from each student organi­zation.
Any input received
withinthctwomonthperiodwill
be taken into account in the de­velopment
of the new policy for
student organizations. A memo
was sent Jan. 23 to all RSOs
informing them of the morato-rium
period and giving them a
representative to contact.
The recommendation will now go to
University President Donald Swain. If
he suppons the committee's recom­mendation,
Speed School Dean Tho­mas
Hanley will review Imam's appli­cation
for tenure and promotion.
Imam would not comment on the
proceedings because of their confiden­tiality;
however, he and his auorncy,
Paul Sorcff, released a statement to the
press exprc sing Imam's pleasure with
the decision.
Speed School
Grievance Committee
decision absolved
Associate Dean
Leo Jenkins of
all claims of
discrimination
"I was happy to sec Dr. Jenkins was
cleared of any discrimination," Hillcrich
said. ''The most significant factor was
that all these silly claims of discrimina­tion
were found to be meritless. I think
there has been damage to Dr. Jenkins as
a result of being blasted publicly."
Hillerich spoke for the first time on
his opinion of what happened.
"Dr. Imam was not given any notice
of inadequate progress towards tenure,"
he said. "Strictly speaking, it was not
Dr. Jenkins' responsibility to notify him
of his progress; it was the responsibility
of the chair of the dcparuncnt (Khalad
Kamel).
- Dennis Golden,
Vice President for
Student Affairs
"We will be working in con­junction
with the RSOs on a
cooperative and collaborative
basis," Golden said. "And I ap-
After receiving notification of their
decision and that Imam's employment
with the University would be tcrmi­natedJunc30,1992,
Imam filed a griev­ance
claiming he had been denied due
process.
"S tudent Life representa­tives
were discussing policy
rcvi ions immediately after the shoot­mg."
said Student Government Asso­Ciation
President Jennifer Carrico.
events 10 be approved by the Student
Life Office and supervised by an ap­pointed
Student Life representative. The
plan bans non-students from RSO-spon­sored
on-campus activities. After the
two month moratorium students may be
limited to one or two guests on a con­tinuing
basis.
The decision was made Jan. 22 in a
meeting that established a Student Event
Policy Task Force, which will work
with the 142 various RSOs to establish
long-range plans and ideas fora revised
permanent policy. In addition. any approved event with
more than 100 persons must be spon­sored
and staffed by the Student Activi­ties
Center Administration. If Student
"We were faced with a very tragic
~• tua ti on that affected the entire Uni­ve
rsity and beyond," said Dennis
Elections pending for
Student Bar Association
By CHERI MORSE
Contributing writer
ll 'sclcction time at the Univer­sity
of Louisville School of Law.
On Feb. 10 and II, the school
will hold elections for the posi­tions
of president, vice-president,
treasurer, social chair, fund-rais­mgchair,
book torcmanager,Stu­dcnt
Government Association rep­resentatives
and the night crew.
All law students may vote in the
elections.
The elected officers will com­posethecxecutivecouncilof
SBA.
of a special committee.
"Shcrri and I arc on a commit­tee
that participates in interview­ing
potential faculty for the School
of Law," Sam Bach, current coun­cil
president, said. "This opponu­nity
to interact with faculty candi­dates
is a privilege other student
councils on campus do not have
and it demonstrates the impor­tance
of the SBA."
Because of the vital role the
executive council of the SBA plays
in the activities and administra­tion
of the School of Law, Bach
said, the elections for positions on
the council are imponant despite
the informal election process.
plaud the actions of the RSOs."
Yet while the RSOs are willing to
discuss the issues, not all of them arc
pleased with the policy.
"Nobody in our fraternity's in favor
of it," said Wes Tanner, vice president
of the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity.
"It's like being back in middle school.
The Student Life administrators need
someone to take the blame, so they're
See CARRICO
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"Throughout this difficult process,
Dr. Imam had faith in the integrity of
each member of this commiucc," the
release stated. "Dr. Imam has confi­dence
that President Swain will follow
the committee's recommendation and
take the necessary actions to correct the
injustice that has been done."
Thcgricvanccresultcd when Jenkins,
then acting-dean, denied Imam tenure
and promotion on the grounds that he
wasnotamcmberofthegraduateschool
and because Imam received inadequate
The grievance also involved charges
of discrimination against Jenkins. At
the same time, another Arab professor,
Ahmed Dcsoky, filed a similar griev­ance.
His grievance also centered on
denial of due process, but held that dis­crimination
may have been involved.
"Simply because you have adequate
progress toward tenure docs not mean
you receive tenure. The committee
didn ' t understand its mission. They
didn 't understand thcguidclinessetforth
for them.
"The commit tee was not supposed to
replace Jenkins' decision with its own,
and, practically speaking, that 's what
The rcpon of the grievance commit­tee
makes no mention of Jenkins' in -
Sec HILLERICII
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Swain prepares Board
of Trustees for worst
By LORAINE LAWSON
Staff Writer
Possible budget cuts dominated
the Jan. 27 Board of Trustees meet­ing.
President Donald Swain ex­plained
to Trustccs the prelimi­nary
calculation of possible bud­gel
reductions.
"It's very largely in the same
direction we discussed in Novem­ber,"
Swain said. ''They will hun
us, but not beyond repair."
The preliminary rcpon antici­pates
two cuts: a I 0 percent bud­getreduction,
or$1 1,269,200,and
a 15 percent cut amounting 10
$16,903,800.
tween Humana of Virginia, Inc. ,
and the University.
The University currently lcaS<'.s
themanagemcntofthehospitalto
the private company.
The report lists lOareasofpos­siblc
Universitywidc reductions.
"The council evaluates Law
School faculty and crcatcscommit­tces
that work with the faculty and
administration of the University,"
said Sherri Brown, current council
vicc-prcsidenL "It also is respon­sible
for representing the School of
Law in the Student Senate."
"This is nowhere near as for­mal
or intricate as other elections,"
Bach said. "With only 450 stu­dents
it'sa lot easier for us to have
these informal elections where you
just sign your name and you're
alloucd a particular time for your
campaign speeches. A lot of the
candidacy we leave to the initia­tive
of the individual candidate, in
terms of going out and reaching
students on their own."
RALLY ON THE STEPS: Kenneth Bryant, Ira Grupper and Rlzwan Azlz offered the
support of minority groups for recent committee rulings that gave Ibrahim Imam and
Ahmed Desoky another chance at tenure and promotion.
Swain distinguished two types
ofUniversity cuts: those centrally
decided, which total $3.9 million,
and those made by the vice presi­dents,
provost and deans, which
total $2.8 million. Swain assured
Trustees the later cuts would not
interfere with Univcrsitywidc
plans.
Among that being sla hed is
the Reserve Fund by $500,000;
having a mandatory five-day fur­lough
forfacuhy,$1,085,000,and
for staff, $84 7 ,000; suspending
faculty promotion and staff re­classification
fund, (effectively,
the fund for raises), $350,000;
eliminating various tuition-remis­sion
programs, $186,700; having
no automatic tuition escalator for
financial aid, $202,084; and ap­plying
the projected net tuition
rate increase for I 992-93 to the
cuts, $1,316,493.
Swaincommcntcdoncachpos­sibility.
But the Student Bar Associa­tion
is more than a tudent council
for the Law School. The SBA
works to help the law students
become more active wi th in the
school and University.
Current Law School Candidates
This executive council runs an
orientation program for first year
law students. It arranges events
uch as a fall dance and a pig roast
The campaigning period runs
from Jan. 31 through Feb. 9.
provide candidates with diversi ty
that also work well together,"
Lyons said. "That would be six
people who would be willing to
work and six people willing to
take equitable shares of work."
STlJDENT SENATOR
Jayne Creech
Jody A. la.saller
Paula Pabon
VICE
PRESJDENT
Raymon McGee
Karan Kellh
FUND RAISING CHAIR
Mylca Baughman
BOOKSTORE MANAGER
Jon Y art> rough
"We checked them at the
Universitywide level so that when
you add all of them, they don't
undercut the Univcrsitywidc pro­grams,"
he said.
"Having a reserve of a half a
million dollars is scary to me as
executive officer," he said. "It is
not a bad idea to encourage our
employees to take advantage of
our facilities. The problem is we
have to pay. Our policy of tuition
remission for senior citizens is
more generous than the state-man­dated
policy.
Michael D. Lyons, Steven R.
SECRETARY
and has scheduled a spring dance. Catrle Ballhrop
Brown explained that the spring
dance, scheduled for February, is
called the Barrister's Ball.
Romines and Jeff Roberts arc the
presidential candidates.
Lyons has cooolinatcd with fel­low
SIUdents in aeating a ticket of
candidalcs, even though the SBA
doe9l't olflcially recognize ticlccls.
Lyons hopes to work with the
Moot Coun, which offers a chance
for law students to debate in teams.
He also wants to obtain a f unc­tional
microwave and coffee
AilE RICAN
BAR ASSOCIATION
LAW5TIJDENT
DIVISION
VICE
PRESJDENT
NIGHT SCHOOL
Scott Karen Julie Wooldridge
Not calculated in the cuts arc
theapproximatcly$13,000,000of
stale appropriations for the
University's hospital. The prelimi­nary
report cautioned that an in­clusion
of that money in the cuts
would jeopardize the contract be-
"No increase in health insur­ance
benefits; that would be a great
blow to faculty and staff, but it
The pr sident and vice-presi­dent
of the SBA arc also member ''The purpose of the t.icket is to
Sec CANDIDATES
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REPRESENTATIVE
Gary E. Schaaf
Dennis Osuowski
Ed Monatcn
SOCIAL CHAIR
Marl< Biery
Chuck Rogero
Lauranoo YO<Jng
Lor1 Slllhlgren
TREASURER
Slew Humphrass
David Coorsaen
U OF L 'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LOUISVILLE COMMUNITY
Clinic offers students chance to get ACT together
By ROB KELLEY
Contributing Writer
Remember the American College
Test? Remember que Lions such as:
"Which of the following sources of
radiation would not be considered by
a bi logiststudying the detailed true­lure
of cell ?" and "Find the lowest
common denominator of each of the
following groups of number 7"
Looking back, the Acr may seem
like a brcc1.c. Dutformany highschool
students, it remains the m t intimi­dating
obstacle to entering college.
Some J cfferson County tudents
arc overcoming the obstacle through
a rics of clinics offered by the Uni­versity
of Loui ville's Office of Mi­nority
Service .
"It's an outreach program in the
community to help high school stu·
dents," Melvin Turner, director of
the program, said. "We have about
35 tudents involved with the pro­gram
right now. Hopefully, we'll be
able to sign up a few more this year."
For five years, Minority Services
has offered the clinics to minority
juniors and seniors. The office re·
cruits tutors from U of L and the
Jefferson County school system. Be­cause
the clinics arc federally funded,
participants pay only a$14 fccforthc
fii'St session.
SteveHaroldi oneofthein true­tors
involved with the clinics.
"Basically, we have two things
going. One thing is gcuing the stu­dents
used to how to take the tc 1, that
is, 'reading' the test," Harold said.
"We also help emphasize what type
ofknowledgcastudentneedstoknow
to pass the test"
Thcclinicsdo notattemplto cover
every type of question that could be
on the test, but instead try to cover
general caLegories and teach students
basic test taking ski lls.
"We teach them to usc any advan­tage
the test itself will give them,"
llaroldsaid.'"Thete twillgivcpeople
more advantages than people think."
Some of the skills taught apply to
more than test taking.
"Something that surprises people
that we do is teach relaxation," Harold
said. "We only usefourto IOperccnt
of our brain whenever we arc study­ing
something. We retain every bit of
what we study. The only problem is
most of it is retained in our uncon­scious
rnind. What we consciously
retain may be very small.
"It has been proven that the more
relaxed a person is, the bcucr grade
they will get because they arc able to
call on that unconscious memory ."
Both Turner and Harold agree
that participants who stick with the
program usually do well.
"We have noticed that students
that auend on a regular basis have
improved their te t scores," Turner
said. "Whatever their level, if they
come to the clinic we're able to get
them to improve a couple a levels.
We have had case where they've
improved four level ."
Brian Howard, a nior at Male
High School said the clinic helped
him.
"It improved my score three points
the second time I look it," he said.
'They have different people over each
section: son1cbody will do math, En­glish
and whatever."
Performing well on the ACf is
just one of the motives behind the
program. It is also designed to get
tudents intcrested in college. Ralph
Fitzpatrick, special assistant to the
president on minority afT airs said this
is one of many programs aimed at
bringing minority tudents into the
universitie .
"This program, like so many oth­ers,
is designed to get kids thinking
about college," Fitzpatrick said, "and
not just geuing by."
Sec SWAIN
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ARTIST HOMECOMING:
Bob Carter returns with
retrospective show. See
story, Page 6
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL:
Lady Cards continue to
dominate. See story, Page 8
INDEX
News Briefs 3
Arts 6
Sports 8
Editorials 1 0
Comics 11
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