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Vol. 63, No. 21 LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY FEBRUARY 20, 1992 14 PAG~S AN INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER FREE
AFTERMATH OF THE SHOOTING
Moratorium continues to affect RSOs
By BRIA ARCHIBALD
Staff Writer
Feb.22 w1llmarkthcfirstmooth
and the halfway pomt for the emer­gency
moratonum on non-student
attendance at campus events and
usc of the Red Bam, or any Other
campus location, for f undrai mg.
Smccthebeginmngofthemora­toriUm,
Rccogni.f.ed Student Orga­nizations'
have been contacting an
assigned representative from the
Student Event Policy Task Force 10
voice their opinion and offer any
suggestions for a revised policy.
The representatives also estab­lished
a Student Event Policy Task
Force that has been working with
the 142 various RSOs 10 establish
long-rdllgc plans and ideas for a
rev1sed permanent policy.
As of now, the new plan is still
in the early stages of development
and the Task Force is evaluating
any and all recommendations.
"We're getting tremendous re­sponsefromthcRSOs,"
said Denise
Gifford, dircc10r of Student Life
Pro!,rrams. "We've been receiving
input on a weekly basis.
"One of the things we· re doing
is checking with other benchmark
schools (univcrsiticscompamblc to
the University of Louisville) such
as Ohio Stale and the University of
Tennessee in Memphis, 10 review
their policies."
Y ct the response 10 the morato­rium
has not been all positive.
WLCV station manager John
Justus claims the University radio
station has been hun by the recent
limits on RSOs.
" It ended two events we had
planned for the spring semester,"
Justus said. "We were working on
setting up a local concert and aDJ.
dance."
According 10Justus, thecanccl­lationsofthccventshavcbccn
more
a result of the ban of on-campus
non-student attendance and fund­raising
than the ban on the sale of
alcohol.
"'The draw 10 our events has
been 25 10 50 percent University
students," Justus said. 'The Other
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Fire e ng ines
arrive at
Unltas Tower
to extinguish
a fire that
doesnt't
exist. Ove r 50
false fire
atanns have
occurred
this
semester.
STAFF PHOTO BY
HARRY SANDERS
The moratorium was passed by
reprcscntativesofthcOfficeofStu­dent
Life and the Department of
Public Safety m response to the
shooting of Univcr ity of Louis­ville
student, Herbert Henry, last
month during a dance at the Red
Barn. The reprcscntauves drafted
and passed tl1e policy which bans
the sale of alcohol from the Red
Barn and at any acuvity held by a
Recognized Student Organization
on campus.
Several Black History Month
events adversely affected by ban
By LORAINE LAWSON
Staff Writer
Programming Committee for the
Student Activities Board. "I've
been trying to do things organiza­tions
like to do - fun things."
ognized Student Organi1.ations."
Frequent false alarms cause
disruptions in dormitories
The moratorium restricting on­campus
events has created prob­lems
with low attendance and plan­ning
for some Black History
Month activities
But Dickson was afraid to move
to larger activities that would rely
on audiences outside the Univer­sity
of Louisville community.
By JACKIE HOLLENKAMP
Staff Writer
tion; no fire exis ted.
Since the beginning of 1992,
Miller Hall has had six alarms that
required students to evacuate and
wait outside in winter weather.
Though three of the alarms were
actual small fires, the rest were
either accidentally or maliciously
set off.
false alarms annoy residents.
"They're a pain because
people pu ll them just for
pranks," Rush said. " It's not
really funny because usually
when they pull them mo tofus
arc in bed."
An example of the participa­tion
activities Dickson went ahead
withwasthcFcb.19FamilyFcud­typc
competition
"The moratorium has put a
damper on the Minority Program­ming
Committee doing any plan­ning
for black hisiOry month," she
"We were faced with a very
tragic ituation that affected the
entire University and beyond," said
Dennis Golden, vice president for
Student Affa1rs, in an interview
Jan. 28. "Our actions were neces­sary."
"With the moratorium going
on, I've been hesitant to do big
audience things," said Missy
Dickson, chair of the Minority
" lt'sjustlikc Family Feud only
on black history month," she said.
"We've asked the different black
organi7.ations and different Rec-
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Over the weekend, Lou ­isville
Hall's fire alarm sys­tem
was ac ti vated four
times. That's four times the
Louisville Fire Department
had to come to the campus.
even though the system went
off because of a malfunc-
Sophomore Donna Rush lives
in a dorm at U of L. She said the
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Plan for more cuts released
By LORAINE LAWSON
Staff Writer
On Feb. 14 - Valentine's
Day - University of
Louisville' President
Donald Swain divulged his
Preliminary Plan for achiev­ing
the $5.6 million cut dic­tated
by Gov. Brereton
Jones' 1992-93 budget.
The Plan docs no: fore­cast
a budding romance be­tween
the Jones administra­tion
and the University of
Louisville. In fact,oncorthc
general assumptions stated
in the Plan is that "Budget
cuts and the probable fiscal
outlook for Kentucky in the
next four years will force an
adjustment 10 a permanently
lower base budget at U ofL ."
"That's a huge reduction
for U of L1" sai Larry
Mehlbaucr, dircc10r of Plan­ning
and Budget. "We've
never ever had any kind of
reduction that approaches
that."
The Preliminary Plan re­quires
a total cut of
$7 ,025,S34 tocovcr increases
in fixed costs, inflation and
the $5.6 million base cut.
Mchlbaucr explained that
fixed costs included items like
utilities, health insurance, in-creases
in debt, and contrac­tual
agreements: :Things you
don't have a choice about,"
he said.
Inflation and fixed costs
simply mU£1 becovcredi'lfSt.;
administrators assured that
these costs would be cov­credbycalculating
them into
the cuts.
"Fixed costs arc going up,
inflation's going up,"
Mehlbauersaid. "All of these
things arc going up, so we
have 10 make some provi­sions
for those."
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Education School aids KERA
By PAUL A. FULTZ
Staff Writer
Henry , Spencer, Trimble,
Carroll, Owen and Gallatin
counties, as well as in the inde­pendent
di tricts of Anchor­age,
Eminence, Eli7.abcthl0wn
and West Point.
sion to help promote educa­tion."
In an effort to promote
education reform throughout
the state, University of Lou­isville
faculty members will
hold a series of conferences
thi summer 10 help second­ary
education teachers ini­tiate
new programs next fall.
The conferences arc the
rc ult of a newly-formed
partnership between U ofL 's
School of Education and the
Ohio Valley Educational
Cooperative. OVEC IS a
group of 13 · hool districts
scrvingover34,000 tudcnts
in Bulliu, Oldham, Shelby,
Through the Partnership
for Professional Develop­ment.
OVEC will work with
U of L faculty and Kentucky
Department of Education
consultants 10 make changes
required under the Kentucky
Education Reform Act.
"Our motivation is 10 help
the hoot districts implement
the KERA reforms," said Ray
Nystrand, dean of the School
of Education. "As a profes­SIOnal
school we have a mis-
N ystrand said the partner­ship
programs arc being
funded by a $50,000 budget,
with about $15,000 coming
from U of Land the rest from
the school districts. Nystrdlld
said the Kentucky Legisla­ture
implied the University
wouldhclpouttheschooldis­tricts,
although it is not re­quired
10 do so by law.
"We arc expected to; the
legislature made it very
clear," he said. "It'sa matter
of 10ne and interpretation,
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PETITIONING THE GOVERNMENT: Christie Bonza (left), a
sophomore majoring In Elementary Education, stopped
Feb. 18 to write a letter to her representative expressing
anger over University budget cuts. The Student
Government Association table, here staffed by Scynthla
Spalding, an SGA senator and Communication major,
also had a list of all Kentucky legislators' addresses. The
table was a part of SGA's strategy to lobby Frankfort
concerning cuts In higher education, mandatory Insurance
and other student·related Issues. SGA also sponsors a
Legislative Roundtable that goes to Frankfort weekly.
ON THE BUBBLE:
Men's basketball team
works to dig out of the
Metro Conference cellar in
hopes of receiving a bid to
the NCAA tournament, see
column Page 10.
INDEX
News Briefs 3
Arts 6
Sports -----10
Editorials ----12
Co mics _____ 13
Classified Ads ___ 14
Credit Union offers campus banking
By SHAN 0 BE NETT
Contributing Writer
What work like a bank and ha
lent out over half a million dollars in
the past lWO years 10 University or
Loui ville tudcnts?-thc University
or LoUISVille Student Federal Credit
Union.
All students and alumni, as well a
their families, arc eligible to become
members of U of L's Student Credit
Union by paying a 5 member hip
rcc and main taming a S balance in a
savings account.
Manager St phcn Krckcl said the
Credit Union will help tudcnts bu1ld
a good credit history.
"Most students don't have cred it,"
Krekcl srud. " I'd y at least 50 per­cent
of the loan application we re­cei
ve on a weekly bas1s have 1cro
crcd1t and, as far as we sec it, that'
good credit his10ry."
urrcntly the Credit Union ha
over 100 outsta nding loan~ of four
types: car loans,computer loans, share­secured
loans and personal loans.
Krekcl said that U of L's Student
Credit Union is one of the few student
credit unions outof20 in the U.S. that
issues automobile loans. A $15.000
limit is set on all automobile loans.
For new cars, the mtercst rates range
from 8.95 percent to 9.70 percent de­pending
on the maturity of the loan.
For used car • the mterc t rate vary
from I 0 percent 10 13 percent.
To apply for loan . ·tudcnt. mu t
fill out an application llsung debts,
and providing proof of m orne and a
checking statement, as well as pay a
S fcc for proccs ing.
Krekcl id a student applying for
loan docsn 't have 10 work a de ig­natcd
number or hours per week to be
accepted, and financial a1d is taken
into consideration.
"The two most important criteria
we look at i current monthly b1lls
ver us current monthly mcomc,'' he
sa1d.
Though the Credit Union docs not
issue credit cards, its doc offer the
Signature Loan. a personal loan that
provides a sub titutc for the credit
card. On the Signature Loan, stu­dents
can borrow up 10 $500 with an
interest rate of 15.95 percent for per­sonal
needs such as tuition, books,
automobile repairs and travel ex­penses.
The Credit Union also has a Share
Savings Account which allows stu­dents
to invest thei r money. This ac­count
carries a 5 percent per year
interest rate which is paid at the end
of each quancr.
Semor Synthia Shelly, services
vice-president of SGA, is a Credit
Union member. Shelly said ·he trans­ferred
the money in her vings ac­count
at Citizens Fidelity to the Stu­dent
Credit Union last June.
''I'd rather have my saving over
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High schoolers rewarded
after cleaning up campus
By ROB KELLEY
Contributing Writer
Cleaning up the University of
Louisville's campus may not sound like
much fun , but last summer some area
high school students did just that. In
return, they wereallowedaccess 10 many
U ofL resources and got a little tuiOring
on the side.
The students worked through Project
Mainstrcet, a federal ly funded program
that provides jobs and summer school
programs for economically depressed
students.
Project Mainstreet is a division of
Operation Brightside, a non-profit orga­nization
instituted in 1986 by Louisville
Mayor Jerry Abramson to beautify the
area, as well as educate and provide
teenagers with work experience. Over
the years the program has grown 10
include a great many people and groups,
from private individuals to large corpo­rations
like Humana.
This year, Brightsidc was nominated
for the Take Pride in America award.
The award recognizes outstanding stew­ardship
projects or awareness efforts on
public lands. Brightside has introduced
its educational program to more than
250 educational facilities, including U
ofL.
Colleen Younger, a project coordi­nator
at Brightside, explained the
Mainstrcct program's target.
"It's for at-risk youth because they
fall into the economic scale where they
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Dr. Hilarious: U ofLPh.D.
tours nation's comedy clubs
By T. L. LASHLEY
Contributing W ritcr
Clifford Kuhn, University ofLou­isv
illc professor of psychiatry.
streaked throughcomedyclubs across
the country last year in search of the
healthy benefits of laughter.
Kuhn fi rst made his appearance as
a stand-up comedian three years ago.
What was a part-time hobby until last
Ju ly became a six month sabbatical
to study humor's effect as a stand-up
comedian.
"I was able to get a sabbatical to
do a humor study," Kuhn said. "l
thought that since I was going to do
such a study. what beucr way to do it
than first hand."
And so, he was ofr; to Indianapo­lis,
Washington, D.C., Detroit, Or­lando
and West Palm Beach to name
justa fcw. ln all , Kuhn travelled 1022
cities in II states, opening for other
comedians.
"When you open, you have 10 gel
the audience into the flow of things,"
Kuhn said. "When I rll'st started, I
never deviated from my act regard­lc
s of the audiences' reaction be­cause
when you first start out, you're
really too inexperienced 10 switch so
you just push through it. Now I am
much beLtcr at reading the audience
Wld seeing what they want, and, hopc­rully,
I can give them that."
Kuhn, who is lovingly referred 10
on the comedy scene as the "Laugh
Doctor," is a full professor with U of
L's Medical School Wld is the dircc-
KUHN
tor of Community Psychiatry. His
interest in stand-up comedy began
from clinical studies he had conducted
with patients suffering from chronic
diseases. He began noticing that the
people with a better sense of humor
and generally a greater ability 10 laugh
had a better quality of life, both men­tally
and physically.
"When youarcadoctor,yourmain
concern is your patients," Kuhn said.
"I just started asking myself 'How
can I hcl p those who can ' tlaugh?' By
looking into this I hope 10 benefit
other in my field in order to help
them help the patient."
Kuhn said that a book by Norman
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