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Vol 65. No 22 Lou•svllle Kentucky February 25. 1993 12 Pages An lndependPnt Student Newspaper Free
Women's History Month expands scope of issues
By Renita Edwards
Staff Wntc.r
WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
As March steadily approaches so docs
the cclcbrauon of Women's History
Month. This year, Un•vcrsuy of Louis­ville
organizers have develop a schedule
of event~ des•gncd to mcludc i ucsOlhcr
than those Lraditionally considered
"women's problems."
AIDS beginning at 5:30. Following the
unveiling, there will beapremiereofthe
movie "Belinda," which focuses on the
life of Belinda Mason, a Kentucky na­tive
who died of AIDS. Mason was
noted for her hard work whilcservingon
the national President's Commission on
AIDS.
Monday, March 1. 5:30p.m. "Belinda" video, in which Belinda Mason narrates
this video about her experiences deaJing with AIDS. Reception immediately
following. EksLrOm Library. Free.
Jud• Jcnnmgs, d•rcctor of the
Women's Cemcr, sa•d she hopes the
events w1ll reach many people.
"We're Lrymg to broaden the scope
of what IS seen as women's ISSues,"
Jennings smd. "We want people to look
beyond sccmg women· s issues as just
dealing w1th ch•ld care. We want people
to sec that women's is ucs are
everybody's issues and everybody's is­sues
arc women's issues."
Ginny Montes, the natiortal secretary
for the National Organization of Women
(NOW) will speak at the University of
Louisville March 4 . The topic of her
lecturewillbe"HowWcCanCopeWith
Gender and Race Bias in Our Commu­nity
." The talk will focus on ways to
combat racism and sexism, particularly
concerning minority women. The event,
sponsored by the Jefferson County
NOW, the Women 'sCenterand the Mul­ticultural
Center will be held in Strickler
Hall, Cochran Auditorium.
Tuesday, March 2. Noon. "Women in Non-traditiortal Careers: Challenges Then
and Now." Kathleen Bean, professor of law at U ofL, Dr. Leah Dickstein, associate
dean of the U of L School of Medicine and Kathy Jackson, a body mechanic for
TARC arc the featured panel. The program will be held in the VIP Lounge of the
U of L Medical School. Free.
Wednesday, March 3. Noon. Film presentation: "Hidden Faces," which explores
the lives of Egyptian women. Floyd TheaLre. Free.
Thursday, March 4. 5:30 p.m. "How Can We Cope With Gender and Racial Bias
in Our Community," a lecture featuring Ginny Montes, national secretary for NOW
is the featured speaker. Strickler Hall room 102. Free.
Wednesday March 4 through Sunday March 7. "The Merry Wives of Windsor"
will be performed at the Thrust Theatre. Call 588-6814 for more information.
Through art, pocLry, video and pan­els,
the scheduled event~ address topics
of concern to all people, from AIDS to
rac1sm to phys•cal violence.
Montes, who is a rtative of Honduras,
is the first Latina to hold a national
office in NOW and has been an ardent
Saturday, March 6. 7:30-9:30 p.m. ''Telling The Truths of Our Lives," featuring
Barbara Cameron. Dinner available at 5:30. Humanities room 100. Call Pam
McMichael at588-{)142 for information on reservations and tickets.
On March I, the Ekstrom Library
wtll unvc1l Its cxh1bit on women and
Snowball fight
turns nasty,
one injured
By Loraine Lawson
S1aff Wmcr
The Department of Public Safety is investi­gaung
a snowball fight Lhat occurred Feb. 15.
Wa11 a mmulC ... A snowball fight? Is this a
joke?
ot according to the unwilling targets of the
nowballs, including a police officer.
DPS Lieutenant Tom Fitzgerald said the snow­ball
that hit Officer Sheila McNeill contained a
rock. Me eiU was not seriously injured, but the
hit did blacken her eye. Her assailant has not been
identified and DPS would not release repons of
the incidents, saying the mauer was stiJI under
investigauon.
The snowball fight got out of hand when the
residents of Stevenson and Threlkeld HaJJ were
evacuated by almost simultaneous false ftre
alanns. The residents found themselves literally
out in the cold and siuing ducks for students
launching snowballs at them.
One studem who said she was harassed agreed
to be interviewed on the condition that her name
not be released because she fears those involved.
She and another student had wanted to talk openly
about the incident until they heard a rumor Lhat
the now ball hurlers were trying to discover who
had been talking.
She said the students were throwing more
than snowballs.
"If you looked at them like you were going to
say something back, they yelled at you. They
were gelling nasty."
The student said they threatened to "kick her
ass." She said some in the haJJ were considering
contacting football coach Howard SchneUen­berger
because they believe football players were
involved. However, she could not identify the
players and Fitzgerald said that there is no indi­cation
that football players were involved.
Frank Mianro, director of residence adminis­tration,
is helping with the investigation. He said
they are having problems.
"There were a lot of people throwing snow­ball
," M•anz.o sa•d. "Some were willing partici­pants
and some were not."
One person who definitely was not a willing
participant was Kevin Denningfield, a pizza de­livery
man for Domino's Pizza. He said some
snowball hurlers actually jumped him.
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WILL I GET TO MEET HOWIE?
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Melanie Rouse spoke at the Feb. 11 meeting of the U of L chapter
of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored
People.
U ofL NAACP chapter
revived after six years;
becomes official RSO
By Anita-Carol Money
Contributing Writer
After dissolving in 1987, the Na­tional
Association for the Advance­ment
of Colored People is back as a
University of Louisville Recognized
Student Organization (RSO). Al­though
the group formed in Novem­ber,
it already hasabout45 members.
The U of L-NAACP became an
offiCial RSO Feb. 10, when it was
approved at the Student Senate meet­ing.
Marsella Bradley, a jWiior fi­nance
major, serves as president.
"I think everything is going really
weU," Bradley said. "It seems that
someone new is at every meeting. I
think people were waiting for some­one
to start it. The good thing is that
we have a consistent core that keeps
corning to every meeting. I think this
consistency shows that we already
have a dedicated group."
that the ban on alcohol and the re­quirements
of time-consuming metal
detectors and expensive DeparLrnenl
of Public Safety officers were pro­hibitive
and would severely damage
campus social life. Minority groups
claimed the policy would affect them
the most because more of their events
are held on campus.
"After the RSO policy became so
strict. former members (of the U ofL­!
IIAACP) were pqshin& me to restart
it." Bradley said. "We saw as minori­ties
we really didn't have a voice in
the RSO policy or in other campus
issues, either."
Photo by Harry Sanders
David Tullberg, left, spoke to Courtney Semones, right, and her parents about the marching
band at a Feb. 22 open house In the Student Activities Center. The event Is held annually to give
Jefferson County high school students a chance to learn about U of L.
Bradley said the organization was
revived in response to the controver­siaJ
RSO event policy set last semes­ter.
Many student groups complained
To determine exactly what cam­pus
issues need to be immediately
addressed, the U of L-NAACP is
holding a Black Unity Forum Feb. 24
at 7 p.m. in Strickler Hall's Middleton
Auditorium. The purpose of the fo­rum,
Bradley said, was to hear feed ­back
on improving the campus atmo­sphere
for minorities. She said be-
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Law student helps HIV I AIDS patients protect legal rights
By Jonathan Baize
Staff Writer
When many of us hear the word lawyer we
think of the high-pressure, high-salaried, L.A.
Law type attorney. But Cynthia Clay, a first-year
law student at U of L, is hoping to change that
opinion, at least where she is concerned. She is
doing volunteer work in the community at the
HlVI AIDS Legal Project.
Clay became involved in volunteer work
through the Law School's public service pro­gram
, which requires all law students to perform
30 hours of public service work. However, after
finishing her required hours, Clay decided to
continue because of the importance of the Project
and the experience she is receiving.
TAX TIME
"I started working at the lllV/ AIDS Project in
January," Clay said. "I've fmished my hours but,
I'm going to keep volunteering my time because
this is such a good experience."
The Project is a division of the Legal Aide
Program, and offers free legal assistance, on a
financial need basis, to people infected with the
HJV virus. Clay said thatshechose to work in this
program because of the people it was designed to
help and its obvious need for more workers.
"I chose to work with this program because I
haddoneapaperon HIV as an undergraduate and
was interested in the subject," she said. "Plus the
Project wasjuststartingoutanditis being run by
only one auomey and one paralegal. I thought it
would be beuer to work with a small fli'ITI that
really needed the help."
Clay added that work­ing
with the Project has
not only allowed her to
work on cases she feels
strongly about, but she said
that working with the small
fli'ITI has given her more
"The way I see it, they are people just like
everyone else. Just because they have a dis­ease
doesn't mean they don't have rights ."
experience than working
with a large company.
''There is a rising need
of legal services for HIV
-Cynthia Clay
Law Student, volunteer for IDV/AIDS Project
patients. This program was
started because the legal problems associated
with HlV are fairly new here in Louisville," she
said. ''I've gotten to do a lot of work on my own.
I've been able to help process new clients and I
took onecl ienl through a Social Security benefits
hearing.! helped gather the information and went
through the hearing with him."
Though the experience is very beneficial, it is
her commiLrnent to providing legal assistance to
those that are most needy that made Clay decide
to continue working with the HIV I AIDS Project.
Clay said that when she first began working with
the Project she realized it was one with special
needs.
Key to filing income tax returns is being well-prepared
Jeff Been, the attorney who heads the HIV I
AIDS Project, said that Clay's help has been very
valuable, especially in helping research the laws
relating to HlV cases.
"Cynthia has been very helpful in researching
cases, which is difficult because the HIV issue
touches almost every aspect of the law," Been
said. "She has also been helpful in representing
clients, particularly in Social Security benefit
case , including one where she directly repre­sented
a client and now that client has received
the benefits."
"When I frrsl started working they asked me
questions like, would I be scared to shake a
client's hand? I didn'treaJly think about it, bull
guess some people wouldn't want to do that," she
said. ''The way I see it, they are people just like
everyone else. Just because they have a disease
By Renita Edward doesn't mean they don't have rights."
Staff Wri1er
Tax cason •s here once again, and some
tudents w1ll rcce1vc refunds while others will
owe Uncle am orne cash. Beside worrying
a utmoncyowedand filingdeadlines,thereis
also the head he of the actual fihng. Alan
Attaway, pro~ sor of accountancy at U of L,
1d there arc way ·tudcn tscaneasc thcpamof
tax ea n, if they make them elves aware.
ttaway id Lhat tf the filer doe not have
any compli ted mformauon to deal with, then
the I 040 EZ • the best bet
"Undoubtedly the simplest form 10 file is the
1040 EZ," Attaway aid. "It i only one page
and 11 i frurly easy to fill out. It 1 also processed
quickly bccau 11 is machine anned,"
Attaway id that tudcnts with more com­plicated
finnn e should check into itemized
dedu uon ,whichareahmilCdgroupofexpen-ditures
allowed as deductions from your ad­justed
gross income. Essentially what it does
is reduce your taxable income. Itemized de­ductions
include, but are not limited to, medi­cal
interc 1 payments, charitable contribu­tions
and some business expenses. He also
said that Kentucky's minimum requirement
for itemization is maller than the federal
standard deduction.
l f you plan to complete your own tax
forms, Attaway advises that you be well­prepared
and organized.
"The main thing is to have everything at
hand," he said. "Anybody doing their own
returns should get all the information in one
spot and work from there."
For the lucky student who ha income
from non-wage sources, Attaway said Lhat
more than likely that person will be swamped
with a series of I 099 forms.
" 1099sarcforpayments not received from
wages or salar•es." he said. "It is a whole series
of forms that stale your income recci ved during
that year."
For example, if you sold your house or any
stoclcs or bonds, then that transaction will be
renccted on the 1099 forms.
Another i sue that students should pay par­ticular
attention to is deductions.
"Students need to check with their parents to
see if they are claiming them as dependents on
their tax returns," he aid. "If they are being
claimed by their parents then they cannot claim
them elves on their return and their standard
deduction will be maller than a single
taxpayer's would be."
Attaway said that there arc many students
who don't file a return because th y did not
know they must.
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20th Century Literature
Conference Is this week.
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"Many people with the virusdon'trealize that
theydohaverights. I respect the need to avoid the
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