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Vol 65. No 25 LOUISVIlle. Kentucky March 25. 1993 16 Pages An Independent Student Newspaper Free
SGA Elections • The 1993 Race
Shawn
Goodpaster's
SGA slate
By Loraine Lawson
SlllffWnler
Christy
Ames's
SGA slate
By J onathan Baize
SlllffWritcr
Shawn Goodpaster and his slate of
candidates for the Student Government
Associauon want you 10 be happy at the
University of loUisville. And they say
they're willing to do anything from
screwing in lightbulbs to throwing the
b1ggcst bash ever at U of L, if their
cffons will raise morale.
Goodpaster's campa1gn for presi­dent
of the Student Government Asso­~
auon started out m a dorm lobby.
Photo by Harry Sanders
THE GOODPASTER GANG: Left to right, Nicole Kaiser, Kim Fields,
Shawn Goodpaster and Ruehl Gupta.
A strong student voice with the ad­ministration
and increased student in­volvement
arc some of the main issues
for Christy Ames as she runs for Student
Government President. Along with the
rest of her slate, Ames plans to make
SGA more accessible to all students.
Through increased campus security,
new reforms in the Recognized Student
Organization event policies and a num­ber
of campaigns aimed at promoting
student involvement, Ames said her slate
hopes to improve the campus commu­nity
and be a strong voice for U of L
students.
Photo by Harry Sanders
THE AMES GANG: From left to right, Terry Young, Todd Schmedler,
Christy Ames and John Kolb.
"Shawn and some people were sit­ung
around complaining about things
on campu . They got to thinking about
it and decided to do a slate," said Kim­berly
Fields, who is running for vice
president of student services.
TI10ugh slates arc not officially rec­ogniLed
at U of L, Goodpaster, Fields,
Nicole Kaiser, candidate for executive
v1ce president, and Ruchi Gupla, can­didate
for academIC v1cc president, have
banded together for the April 7 and 8
race.
Since deciding to run for office,
they have talked with approximately
I 0 facully and administrators about U
ofL 's problems with safety ,class sizes
and the library 's co ll ection.
Goodpaster discovered that the prob­lems
and solutions aren't always
simple, but he thinks communication
would help.
"If I am elected, one of the first
things I'd like to do is hold a summ1t of
administration leaders, faculty leaders
and student leaders from each school,"
Goodpaster said,later adding slafflcad­crs
to the list. "It's in the Universi ty 's
best interest for all the units to be beuer
laken care of, to have their concerns
"We arc listening to student con­cerns,"
Ames said. "We have a presi ­dents
' council for RSOs, but we would
like to expand this and let organizations
really feel like they have a voice on this
campus. Our plan has been termed a
house of rcprcsenlativcs on other cam-puscs
and the council will include the
president or a reprcsenlativc from every
RSO."
Ames said that her slate also has
several plans for gcuing students who
arc not involved with an RSO more
involved in SGA.
"Every year we talk about having a
SGA ncwslcucr to help communication
with students," she said. "We would
also like to work with The Cardinal and
maybe buy an ad every two weeks to put
down, in an interesting format orne­thing
people will want to rcad ,justltltle
blurbs about the hottest topics, and what
is going on."
Executive vice presidential candidate
Todd Schmcdlcr added that some plans
to keep students in touch arc directed
specifically at commuter studcnL~ and
students on U of L 's other campuses.
Who's Who and What's What in the 1993
elections for SGA's executive officers
President
Duties: The president of SGA oversees an
approximately $400,000 budget and works
closely with the Student Senate, the Student
Federal Credit Union and SGA boards. Also is
a voting member of the Board of Trustees.
The Candidates
Chr isty Ames: A junior majoring in
Political Science. Served one year as academic
vice president for SGA and another year as a
student senator. Chair of the SGA Finance
Committee. Member of Delta Zeta sorority,
worked in SOAR. Worked with Faculty Senate
as acadcm1c vice president. Is a traditional
tudent who resides in University housing.
Shawn Goodpaster: A sophomore major­ing
in history and political science. Supple­menial
Instructor, participant in Board of
Overseer's Mentor Program , Honors Program
Campus Culture assistant, worked on campus
for Athletic/Academic Services. Recently
initiated into Sigma Chi. Worked for Honors
Program's volunteer program. Is a traditional
student who resides in University housing.
Executive Vice President
Dut ies: Chairs Student Senate, organizes
meetings and administers the policies and
procedures of the Senate.
The andidates
Todd Schmed ler: A junior majoring in
paralegal studies and poliucal science. Served
one year as student senator. President of SAVE
program. Served on Board of Directors of
Athleuc Association. President of Beta Theta
Pi fraternity . Founder and president of the
Recognitcd Student Organization Council.
Chair of Greek Week. Has a daughter and is a
commuler student.
icole Kai.~er: Sophomore majoring in
biology. Served one year as student senator,
member of the SGA finance commiuec. Vice
president Alpha Omicron Pi sorority. Is a
traditional student who commutes to school.
Academic Vice President
Duties: Coordinates the Lawrcnce-Grever
Award, the Student of the Month award, and
researches various academic and curricular
mal!Crs. Voting membec on Faculty Senate.
The Candidates
John Kolb: A junior majoring in political
science. Served one year as student senator.
Worked as director of the Cart program.
Membec of the SGA safety committee. He is
vice president of Sigma Chi fraternity and a
traditional student who has both commuted to
school and resided in University housing.
Ruchi Gupta: Junior majoring in biology.
Served one year as a member of lhe Arts and
Sciences student council, one year as a student
senator. Worked at registration, admissions
and as a Peer Admissions Counselor recruiting
for U of L. Academic vice president for Pi
Beta Phi. Worked with Honors Program's
volunteer program. Is a traditional student who
resides in the University housing.
Services Vice President
Duties: Oversees services provided by SGA
such as the book exchange, student telephone
directory, student discount card and the Belle
of Louisville Homecoming Cruise. Voting
member of Slaff Senate.
The Candidates
Kimberly Fields: Junior majoring in
education. Worked with Orienlation and
Honors and regular sessions of Campus
Culture. Worked with Honors Program 's
volunteer program. Member of the Black
Diamond Choir. Is a traditional student who
has commuled and resided in housing.
Terry Young: A junior majoring in
communications. He is president of the
Resident Student Association. Served one year
as student senator and on Arts and Science
student council. Member of recycling commit­tee
and Student Orientation S1aff. Is a tradi ­tional
student who resides on campus.
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"R" IS FOR REBELLION
Photo by Harry Sanders
In her speech "The Care and Feeding of a Writer" Tuesday night, U of L Alumna
Sue Grafton advocated rebellion and taking advantage of your time at the
University to learn how to thwart bureaucracy. She also advised beginning
writers and parents to set aside money now tor their children's therapy.
Commencement is year-long process
NCAA time
See story
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Editorials 10
Comics 11
Classified Ads 12
By hris topher W. Gravatte
Slllff Writer
Four long, tedious years and the end is ncar.
But in a university the size of U of L, is com­mencement
really a celebration of finishing col­lege.
or just another watung line?
Phil Laemmle, grand marshall of graduation
smce 1987, 1d tudcnts hould not miss com­men
emenl.
"Graduation can be fun and it hould be fun,"
Ph1l Lacmmle said. " It's the culmination of the
students' academic careers."
Laemmle is also commencement coordina­tor,
a job he described as making everyone march
m the same direction . He said commencement
has changed over lhe years from a stiff, formal
occasion to something a liule more on the light
side. And he said lhat change is good for tu­dents,
as long a lhey don' t get too wild.
"We literally start working
on the next commencement
the day after the last one is
over."
- Ray Steines
Director of Student Services
"Gmduation is a lot more loose than it used to
be," hcsa1d. "Still, you can'tbeso individualistic
that you forget you are a part of a ceremony with
other people. You have to reach a happy medium.
That means no beach balls this year!"
Graduation ceremonies arc divided into two
parts. The University holds a full commence­ment,
and then the various school hold separ.uc
convocations and receptions. Ray Steines, direc­tor
of Student Services at U of L, said the ceremo­nies
arc filling up the fairgrounds.
"There arc at least six, sometimes seven,
convocation laking place in the Kentucky Fair
and Exposition Center," Steines said. "We have
expanded 1nto the south wing to accommodate
more convocations which arc going to be held
there."
Stemcs 1s also the chief organizer of the com­mencement
ceremony, a position he held last
year as well. Steines called planning a com­mencement
a year-long job.
"There arc 552 separate activiti that we
have to take care of just to pull this thing off," he
sa1d. "We literal ly start working on the next
conuncnccmentthe day after the last one is over.
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Sec AMES
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New restaurants
add flavor to the
SAC food court
By Robert Edwards
Conll'ibuling Writer
Within the past month Uncle Chen 's quietly
opened its doors and served U of L s tudcnL~ for
the first time. Management didn ' t publicize the
opening because it wanted to give its employees
a chance to gain a little experience.
On the flip side of the coin, Subway, which
pulled into port Monday. March 22, put signs up
around SAC letting people know about the grand
opening. A few days have passed sin cSubway's
arrival, and already its impact can be noticed.
David Cecil, manager of Uncle Chen's, said
that his business is going well so far.
"We're doing a little less bu~incss than we
expected, but not by far," Cecil said. "We slay
busy from llto2, but aftcr2 itprcuy much slows
down."
The two restaurants chose to come to the SAC
for different reasons.
"We noticed the vacancies and gave a pro­posal,"
Cecil said. "It seems like a fairly easy
place to control, with no surprises."
Keith Thome, owner of the SAC Subway,
said he chose U ofL because of its many potential
customers.
"The campus holds lots of activities and came
with built- in customers," Thome said. "We be­lieve
that the store will do well , but 1t will lake
time."
When Subway arrived the war for customers
began. Uncle Chen's seems to have the early lead
but Subway has "a secret weapon": more hours.
While Uncle Chen's is open from 10:00 a.m.-
7:00p.m. Mon.- Fri ., 5:00p.m. Sat., Subway is
open from 7:00a.m.- 10:30 p.m. Mon.-Fri.,
II a.m. - 10:30 p.m. Sat., and noon - 10:30
p.m. Sunday.
Subway also offers a breakfast menu consist­ing
of danishcs, cinnamon buns, ham & egg
biscuits, among others, and, of course, sub sand­wiches.
But Uncle Chen's is not without its advan­lages.
In order to surpass other local Chinese
reslaurants, Uncle Chen's claims to use beucr
quality food than other local reslauranL~. due in
part to the fact that the University requires a more
thorough examination of the food than Food and
Drug Administration standards.
Gcncrally,thc two new reslaurants have been
well received by the students.
Jon Lasley ,a fre shman biology majOr, said he
liked the new additions.
'"I'm glad they have a Chinese restaurant,"
Lasley said. "They still need more places to sit
though."
David Davenpon, a freshman pre-engineer­ing
major, said he would like to see some im­provements.
"They need a lillie more variety ,other types of
reslaurants," Davenport said. "They should have
kept Tumbleweed."
Apparently the tworcslaurantsarcdoing well,
but will it continue? Tumbleweed and Baskin
Robbins, which were located in the SAC when it
first opened, both closed last year. Calls to the
corporate headquarters of both rcsuturants by
The Louisville Cardinal produced no informa-
Scc SAC
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