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Vol 65. No 18 Lou1sv ill ~ Kentucky January 28. 1993 12 Pages An Independent Student Newspaper Free
"Quick Wmslow, get help!"
Staffer's strolls make
campus safer for all
Students protest proposals for
increasing state tuition rates
By Renita Edwards
Slaff Writer
When Jan UpiOI'I moved her dog Winslow from a horse
farm in Lexing100 to the city ix years~. she vowed that
she would get him out o( the house as much as possible.
And so every morning, UpiOil, who works in U of L's
Cenlef for Faculty Development, walks the half golden
reuiever/half German shepherd around campus.
As a result of her walks, UptOn has not only become a
little healthier, but she's become somewhat of a campus
safety monitor, spou.ing and reponing burned out lights.
"Lighting in genenl is a concern of mine," Upton said.
"Last ummer I noticed a string of lights out at the Life
Sciences building and they were nOl getting fixed."
UpiOil said she immediately reponed her findings to
Steve Shake, superintendent of electrical maintenance, and
Physical Plant fixed the lights right away.
By Henry Hoenig
Staff W ritec
Blue jeans clashed with gray wool
suits as students and administrators de­bated
a proposed tuition hike during the
Kentucky Council on Higher Education
(CHE) forum Jan. 20atthe University of
Louisville. TheCHE filWICCcommitcee
held the meeting to gauge public opin­ion
on a tuition increase, but also heard
some grim commentary on the condi­tion
of higher education in Kentucky.
In an attempt to help negate a series
of severe state budget cuts for higher
education, the CHE recently proposed
three options for setting tuition for
Kentucky's public universities, two of
which would substantially increase tu­ition.
"Basically,/ think the tuition
increase is really a foregone
conclusion."
- Ronald Horvath
president Jefferson
Community College
"In this situation, where state appro­priations
may not be sufficient to main­tain
program quality, the Council is in­vestigating
other possible revenue
sources," said Stewart Conner, CHE fi­nancecommillee
vice<hair. 'ibis would
include a possible increase in already-approved
1993-94 tuition rates."
Ovec 70 million dollars have been
slashed from the state's higher educa­tion
budget over the last 18 months,
resulting in a fiscal crisis that one col­lege
president characteri7~ as "desper­ate."
According I y, every university pn:si­dentin
Kentucky hasofr.ciaUyendorsed
Option U and its corresponding tuition
hike, essentially passing the buck to
students.
According to CHE estimates, Option
II would raise U ofL's '93-'94tuition to
I I percent higher than the already-sched­uled
increase, resulting in a total hike of
17 percent from '92-'93 to '93-'94 and
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Pagc4
Upcon wallced on, and as she did, she started noticing
more and more lights ouL Once again, she sought the aid of
Shake, only this time, Shake was not so quick to stir.
"I tallc.ed to Steve in early December about the situation
and he told me that it was the responsibility ofPublic Safety
to repon lights out," she said. "I then sent him a PROFS
note (the University's electronic mailing system) andre­poned
that14lights and three strings of lights were ouL"
Photo by Harry Sandlin
SOAKIN' UP THE ATMOSPHERE: Winslow pulls
Jan Upton down the pathways of academia.
SAC Wendy's robbed Tuesday night
Tom Fitzgerald, spo.kesperson for the Department of
Public Safety, said that there is a certain procedure for
handling this kind of situation.
"We have a lighting survey form and the offiCerS wort
at completing one each week," Fitzgerald said. "The Uni­versity
is very conscientious about lighting and has made
efforts over the years for improvement."
Once these forms are completed, they are turned into
Physical Plant, which is responsible for making the repairs.
Still, Upton is concerned that not enough is being done
about the lighting situation.
"My main contention is that it seems that campus safety
is an uphill battle when it should be a given," Upton said.
"I don 't mind reporting poles that have lights that are not
wO!Ying, but someone else should be doing it. I just wish
that we had more cooperation on campus about safety."
Nina Deeley, a librarian at Ekstrom Library, said that
lighting is a campus wide problem.
"Therehavebeenstaffmembcrstallcingabouthowdark
it is around Crawford and Bcllcnap gyms," Deeley said.
"Many of the light posts do not give off adequate lighting."
Deeley said there were also complaints about the light­ing
in the Fourth Street parking loL Although a security
guard comes on duty at6 p.m., she said some people have
expressed to her that the guard should come on duty before
6 and roam around the parking lot instead of just staying
inside the booth.
Another concern of Deeley's seems from the campus
escort service.
"Although the escort service is a nice idea, it sometimes
proves to be more trouble than it's worth," Deeley said.
"Thece is a long waiting period, sometimes 20 to 30
minutes."
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By Loraine Lawsoo
SlafTWriter
Four Wendy's employees were held
at gunpoint by two men, one wielding a
silver revolver, on the night of Jan. 26.
Located on the ground level of the
Student Activities Center, Wendy's had
closed at 8:00 p.m., and at approxi­mately
8:20 the men entered the restau­rant
through the back door.
JohnJustus,directorofWLCV radio
station, cameoutofWLCV 's new office
across from Wendy'sas the robbery was
taking place. Justus said he was on his
way out when he heard someone yelling
"Get back here!" He was around the
comer and almost to the SAC elevator
when he realized he'd forgotten some­thing.
Whenhecameback,hesawaman
with a jacket holding a wad or money.
"Look, I'm not sure, but I
think Wendy's is being robbed
right now."
-John Justus to DPS
Witness
"lcameouthereand heard a bunch of
yelling," Justus said. wl was corning
back to grab something and then I saw a
guy wearing a coat. That stuck in my
mind because that's kind of unusual,
somebody wearing a coat, because usu­ally
they're wearing uniforms.
"That's when I saw the manager on
the floor and a guy behind him waving
cash."
Justus immediately slipped around
the comec to the campus phone and
called the Department of Public Safety.
"Look, I'm not sure, but l think
Wendy's is being robbed right now,"
Justus told DPS.
The men were apparently African­American,
dressed in long coats and
wearing ski masks. One may have been
wearing sunglasses.
Tom Fitzgerald, spokesperson for
DPS, said that there is no indication that
the men were students. As or press time,
DPS did not know how much had been
stolen. DPS Director Dan Ketler said
they did get into Wendy's safe.
Fitzgerald said the men did not hurt
the employees.
Anyone with information concern­ing
the robbery should contact deiCe­lives
Jewell or Campf~eld at 588-611 I .
MEDICAL SCHOOL
MAKE IT SO, NUMBER ONE
Doctors' plan to give school 3-4 percent of private
income goes into effect despite last year's protesting
By Diane Clark-Curtis
Contributing Wrilef
A revised plan requiring the faculty of the
University of Louisville School of Medicine to
give more or their private earnings. to U of L
quietly slipped into place Jan. 1. The silence
during the plan's first month of implementatioo
sharply contrasted the uproar heard when the
plan was passed last January, and one professor
resigned from a full-time position in protest
Both the original and revised versions of the
professional )J'liClice plan address the amount of
money that a faculty doctor with a private prac­tice
should pay to the University in exchange for
the use of University services and affiliation.
Under the old plan, doctors with a private
practice contributed a portion of the income that
the practice generated. The amount contributed
was based on a sliding scale, with those earning
more paying more back to the school.
gross income as a department, instead of giving
as an individual. This would mean that some
doctors could pay more than under the previous
plan.
Also, the recently enacted plan combines the
Dean's Discretionary and President's funds.
Although the new professional practice plan
has been under development for several years,
the medical school faculty and Board orTrustees
could never come to an agreement. Finally, the
Trustees voted in favor of the new plan last year,
despite the fact that the Medical School faculty
had voted down the same version.
The move angered many faculty members. In
an interview with The Louisville Cardinal last
January, Larry Cook, professor of pediatrics at
Kosair Children's Hospital and 12-year secre­tary
of the old practice plan, said he knew the plan
had to change, but he didn 't appreciate the way
the Board pushed it through.
"The plan has not been the
cataclysm many thought it
would be. There were some
fears that some would jump
ship, but that just hasn't
happened."
- Peter Hasselbacher
professor of medicine
ville, said thatsincethe plan was passed last year,
talk surrounding it has died down.
''The plan has not been the cataclysm many
thought it would be," Hasselbacher said. ''There
were some fears that some would jump ship, but
that just hasn' t happened."
The money was then divided into three sepa­rate
funds, with 85 percent funneled into the
doctor's own department, I 0 percent placed into
the Dean's Discretionary Fund and 5 percent
added to the President's Fund.
Under the new plan, doctors with private
practices must give an init.WI 3 percent of their
wwe want to control our own practice, we
want to pay a reasonable tax," Cook said. "We
have contributed to the plan in good spirit and
good will. We just don't appreciate the way the
plan was implemented."
But the fuss has apparently passed - for now.
Dr. Peter Hasselbacher, professor of medi­cine
at Humana Hospital-University of Louis-
Terry Gossum, assistant vice president for
Hospital Affairs, said the new plan is intended to
increase the amount of money annually given to
the Dean's Discretionary Fund from S 1.5 million
ScePRNATE
PageS
I'IK*I by Hany Sanders
President Donald SWain did his best Impression of Star Trek: The Next
Generation's Jean-Luc Picard as Board of Trustees Chair Robert Benson,
with his beard, struck a very "Number One" pose.
Cardinal apologizes
Through an inexcusable oversight by the editors of Tlte Louisville Cardi­NJI,
a wfake headline" appeared in the Jan. 21 , 1993, issue.
The IIDry was about a student who visited Vietnam. Heather Robinson
dclcribed her unique experience with true sensitivity and honesty. It was
obvious from ba' llalements thauhereveres the culture and loves the country.
The fake headline nepiCd this. It did not reflect the feelings o( Ms
Robinton,Shannon Bemett, the writer, oranyc(the editors at The CardiNJI.
In lhe put, lhe news editor would lay-()Ul the Jllle on the computer and
write headlines while laying out the page. Recently, we'vecreated anew lay­out
position for the News section. When doing lay~ it is necessary to put
in something for a headline, but because the lay-()Ul person is not cooccrned
with ICxt,she writes a fake headline. Theheadlinei then replaced by the news
editor.
But the headline was overlooked during our corrections llld then the page
was inadvertently placed' u is before receiving an extra, precautionary
reading. The headline that~ hid been carelessly wriLicn aftu the lay-
001 cdi&or hid briefly glanced over the 110ry and she in no way intended 10
imply anything neptive lbout Ms Robinson or the culture of Vietnam.
To insure the U of L community that this will not occur again, we have
decided to '* only "Xs" in flke headlines.
The lllafT of The CardiMJ wishes to further the awarme of and respect
for ocher cultures. The entire staff deeply regrets and apologize for the error.
Trustees' grievance committee discusses
plan that may weaken faculty input
By l..oniae LIIWM~~~
Slaft'Wrilcr
A recently in&roduced "concept state­ment,"
made by President Donald Swain
• a Jan. 19 Truslt.CS' governance com­mittee,
could weaken the faculty's input
into the University's administration.
Aa::ording to a statement sent out over
the University' selectronic mail from Dale
Billingsley, the faculty representative to
the Board ofTruslee , Swain introduced
two "concept Sl8temCilts" to the gover­nance
oommiace. One would give deans
more control within the college by allow­in
them toappoinldepartmeotchairsand
by allowing them to rna1ce all manage­ment
doc.·
Billing y has aslccd faculty for their
response and received llboul 40 re­plies.
Hebeliev the faculty m A &Sand
the School of Education are the 111051
upset, but he' heard ne ve replies from
Olhercolleges,andevenJXBit,ivei'CSplllleS
from the School o( Medicine.
Although the methods of cboosin& a
chair vary from college 10 college, in
Arts & Sciences and Speed ICboola, the
faculty YOIC on a the chair and the dean
is given a chance to vctD that penon.
Billingsley said dial IUIIea Swain
gives the faculty evidence for why the
dean should have the authority 10 ap­point
chairs, the faculty will faght the
idea.
"I've received no IIOICI from any one
saying itiOUndcd like a good idea 10 them
andwouldclearupproblems,"BiDingsley
said. "The individual fiCUity, a:nainly
the executive commillcc of lhe Faculty
Senate and the Faculty Senale, have
thought about this and concluded it would
not be in the best interest of the Univer-ity.
"lt would be a considerable loss o(
power. The president has tallced of this in
lmDSofadenhip. Wbatln:adinlotbcee
kind of silullms is ct.lla in power."
Billinpley Slid he hopes Swain will
explain his reasons • the next Flculty
SenaiC meeting.
The llClOOnd ooncept JII'CICIIU a more
flexible defllli1ion of faculty walk Dds.
The ooncept llllkes suggellionscooam­ing
non-tcnunlble teaching positions and
post-tenure review. The concept cloeely
follows an ~ repon from the Flc­ulty
Senalc on the defmition o( faculty.
Swainllidtheooncept!Uiemeols were
DOt his crealioos. Radler, he -ex~RSS­ing
someching the commiace wished 10
dilcuss but nccdcd 10 have in writing fU'IL
"I audklrcd the ooncept llaiCmelll," he
said. "11 was lhe consensus view o( the
oommiuee."
Before being cnaciCd, boCh concqU
must go before the Board of TrusleCS.
Swain said they may oome before the
Bowd IOI'DClime th' spring.
Frankfort tells U of L
that budget cuts are
probably going to
happen.
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News brief 6
Arts 8
Sports 10
Editorials 12
Comics 13
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