SEPTEMBER 23, 2008
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SPORTS
Young Cards
proved they are
ready to leave
the nest
The juvenile pups ofthe
underdog Cardinal football
team overrun the Kansas
State Wildcats. Lead by
sophomore Douglas Beau­mont,
the Cards now look
ahead to the UConn game
this Friday.
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Opinion 7
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The Beat 9
Weather 2
Web link 2
Sex, anyone?
7he independent weekly student newspaper at the University of
www.louisvi II ecardi nal.com
300,000-plus Louisvillian's
without power.
All schools closed except the
University of Louisville.
Why'?
University copes
with storm damage
By Dennis O'Neil
The Louisville Cardinal
dmoneil@louisvillecardinal.com
Jessica Amin has had to re­sort
to strange survival tactics
in a week without power. The
senior child psychology major
found herself volunteering in
Anne Northup's campaign of­fice
on Wednesday for Internet
access in order to finish a biol­ogy
paper.
"Literally every single per­son
I knew didn't have power,"
Amin said. "1 had to come into
the office to volunteer because
even the two libraries by my
house were without power."
Amin's story is just one of
many strange ones to unfold af­ter
a windstorm on Sun., Sept.
14 swept through Louisville
leaving close to 300,000 citi­zens
without power and level­ing
the city with debris. In the
days that followed, many Uni­versity
of Louisville students
found themselves scrambling
to survive life without electric­ity
by any means necessary.
For Student Government
Association President Rudy
Spencer, the past week has
been a series of short stays with
friends who still have electricity
and then many long treks back
to campus from their distant
homes.
''I'm from Louisville, so I
thought that I would stay with
my mom or some other rela­tives,"
Spencer said, "and still
none of them have any power.
It has been pretty rough. I've
A tree smashes a car following severe wind storms in Louisville that left more
than 300,000 residents without power. 40,000 were powerless as of press time.
//It was frustrating that U of L had regu­lar
class on Monday. I don't think they
were really looking out for the best
interest of students:'
-Warren Stephens, senior biology major
' just been moving from house
to house this week."
Spencer still considers him­self
fortunate though. He said
he had encountered some U
of L students who have had to
throw out their food because
of a lack of electricity and had
to apply for emergency food
stamps as a result.
"Some people who live off
campus just don't have the
money to eatTaco Bell or Me­Donalds
for the whole week,"
WINDS see page 2
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VOLUME 83, ISSUE 5 • 12 PAGES, 1 SECTION
F elner affects
alumni giving
Some alumni
fear donation . mtsuse
By Kara Augustine
The Louisville Cardinal
news@louisvillecardinal.com
Standing around a table, Uni­versity
ofLouisville alumni Randy
Reeves and Mark Ranall converse
about every day topics like the
possible outcome of the upcom­ing
U ofL football game.
When the name Felner is men­tioned,
however, the conversation
becomes a little more serious.
"I guarantee that if anything
comes out in the paper, the very
first thing quoted will be from a
UK fan saying, 'See, they give their
degrees away at that red school,"'
said Reeves, a 1986 graduate of U
of L's Speed School, regarding the
investigation into former College
of Education and Human Devel­-
opment Dean Robert Feiner.
Feiner is under investigation
for the alleged misappropriation
of federal grant money and ap­proving
a CEHD issued Ph.D.
for former U of L student John
Deasy who, according to univer­sity
records, only studied at U of
L for nine credit hours, well short
of the study time required for a
doctoral candidate.
According to Jimmy Ford, As­sistant
Vice President for Alumni
Relations, the Alumni Associa­tion
raised $86 million for the
university last year, which was a
record amount. In light of the in­vestigation
though, many fear the
university will see a downturn in
alumni contributions:
"The alumni will read about
the investigations and they'll be
embarrassed by it," said Bruce
Meyer, a 1971 Business School
Graduate. "Then that might affect
their giving back to the university,
unfortunately."
Meyer explained that the
alumni might become reluctant
to donate because questions are
being raised about the placement
of funds.
"When I give my annual do­nation,
I start to question in my
mind," Meyer said. "How do I
know it's being used and where is
it going? Is it being funneled to
other universities?"
Although questions have aris­en
about Feiner's wrongdoings,
alumni are also wondering how
he was hired to begin with.
Ranall, a U of L System Sci­ence
graduate of 1992, explained
that Feiner did not hire himself,
so he is not exclusively to blame.
"People can point fingers all
over the place but unfortunately
it comes down to who's in charge
of the whole place," Meyer said.
"I like Dr. Ramsey, but I do be­lieve
that he should be held ac­countable."
For many alumni, the Feiner
case hasn't tarnished their overall
FELNER see page 2
D PS upgrades its
call systems
In case of
.emergency,
just dial911
By Chelsea McBeath
and Brian Ray
The Louisville Cardinal
news@louisvillecardinal.com
When walking on campus late
at night, Anna Villereal said she
finds safety in numbers.
"There are several nights of the
week when I have to walk back
to my dorm really late," said Vil­lereal,
a freshman fine arts major.
"I found the best way to deal with
this is to walk back with people
going to or where I am, this way I
feel a little more protected."
This year the Department
of Public Safety has changed its
emergency number to 91 1. For
students like Villereal, who fear an
attack while walking on campus,
this change may be oflittle use - it
only works for landline phones on
campus.
Some students are alarmed by
this new system, fearing that it
won't help the.m in an emergency
situation.
"When it is late at night and
I'm walking to my car, what good
is this going to do?" undeclared
freshman Ashley Catapano said.
"I don't have a landline phone
available to me, just my cell. That
doesn't seem well thought out for
those of us who aren't having an
emergency in a dorm."
But according to DPS telecom­munications
supervisor George
West, students should feel espe­cially
safe when calling from a Ian-
CAMPU~ AFETY
.- University of Louisville
Department of Public Safety
has changed its emergency
phone number from a seven­digit
number to 911.
.- Dialing 911 only works
from university land line
phones. Calls from a cell
phone will go to Metro Louis­ville
Police.
.- Calls from university lan­dline
phones will show DPS
dispatchers the exact loca­tion
the call originated from.
dline in an emergency situation.
"Before when someone would
call from a landline and got dis­connected,
we had no caller ID,"
West said. "Now campus phones
transfer full locations to us. We
know what street you are on, what
building you are in and the room
number."
According to West, the old
emergency system was a techno­logical
hurdle DPS has always had
to navigate. Instead of 911, West
said the old system, which was in
place for over 10 years, had a sev­en
digit emergency number many
people had trouble remembering.
West acknowledged that there
have been a few growing pains
with the new system, mentioning
problems with AT&T in setting
it up. He said over the summer,
some of these problems could be
seen in some emergency alert text
messages. On several occasions,
alerts were sent to students stating
the campus phone lines were out.
However, West assures this is an
established system and is used by
SAFETY see page 2
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