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Vol. 66, No.4 Louisville, Kentucky September 9, 1993 16 Pages An Independent Student Newspaper Free
The Louisville Ladies: Future uncertain for
Volunteer organization called 'sexist' families at Sherman
By Scott Koloms
StafTWritcr
sity do not know what they're going
By Charles McCue to do once the building is gone.
Staff Writer
A Oyer distributed during freshman
orientation asking for female volunteers
for the Louisville Ladies program has
many U of L students and faculty ques­tioning
its nature.
"Why did they not ask for men and
women? If this is a service-oriented thing
for the University why not ask young
men?," asked Lucy Frcibert, an English
professor. ''The impression is that the
young women arc to be ploys in a way
and that really disturbs me.
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do it because we like it; we like football
and want to help the program as much as
we can."
The Louisville Ladies program is
comprised of female volunteers who
assist the football program during fall
and winter recruiting efforts.
The women arc asked to give tours,
answer questions and assist the coach­ing
staff with the distribution of name
tags, programs and itineraries.
.. I'm •ppaDed that this letter
would be pen to lncomiiiJ
students, who mllht be mdve.
lncomln& students wouldn't
think about these thlnp. More
mature students would see the
Implications of this."
- Lucy Frelbert
retired English professor
Michelle Rogers and her daugh­ter,
Whitney, don't know where they
will live next year .
Rogers, a sophomore majoring in
secondary education, and the rest of
the parents in Sherman Place, cur­rently
the only family housing avail­able
on Belknap Campus, will be
displaced when the building is razed.
As of Sept. 7 the housing depan­ment
had not reached an agreement
with the families in Sherman Place.
The on I y option the housing office
gave was for residents to move into
University Tower.
"University Tower is quite work­ableasa
quality living environment,"
said DeniseGifford,executivedirec­tor
of student life. ''The facility was
originally built for family residents,
and the move itself is quite feasible."
But Rogers docs not want her
daughter living in the tower.
"I'm appalled that this letter would
be given toincomingstudcnts, who might
be naive. Incoming students wouldn't
think about these things. More mature
students would sec the implications of
this."
Tiffeny Colvin, a sophomore English
major, said the program was sexist be­cause
it objectified women.
''This is a veiled attempt to exploit
women at this University. The men arc
just seeing these girls- young girls­as
objects," Colvin said. "It's not sup­posed
to be about a tight butt and bra size
anymore. Men need to realize women
can't be trophies."
However, several students and fac­ulty
members have expressed concern
with the contents of the Oyer. The most
controversial of which is a sentence that
states "students are asked to dress in
current 'campus fashion' that projects
and portrays a neat and impressive im­age"
and a question on the application
form that asks if the applicant is "seeing/
dating anyone with the football pro­gram."
"It's so very personal a question. It
sets up expectations about a person's
personal life, expectations of women's
behavior, of women as someone to date,
not as anything else," said Judi Jennings,
director of the Women's Center.
"It gives female students on
campus an opportunity to get
Involved in the football
program. It keeps this from
being a male-dominated
sport."
The building, located on South
Third Street, has been used for family
housing since it was purchased in the
1970s. It consists of 35 apartments,
about half of which arc for students
with dependents and the rest for
graduate students.
Accord ing to Frank Mianzo, di­rector
of housing, "Sherman is going
to be closed after this academic year.
It is getting too old- the building is
83-ycars-old.lt would cost $3.5 mil­lion
to renovate and that is too much."
Barbara Bowdcn,a Sherman Place
resident, said she is worried about
how her two daughters will handle a
move.
"University Tower is not an ac­ceptable
option," she said. "That is
not a place to raise a child. There are
undergraduate students living there
who arc often engaged in behavior
that is not compatible with family
living. I don't think Frank Mianzo
would want his children raised at
University Tower."
Bowden agreed.
"That is not an area suited for
children. There is no area to play, it is
a high rise. And the balcony would be
a definite safety hazard for my chil­dren."
- Bob Carskle
football recruiting coordinator
CharisseLeMastcr,aLouisvillel.ady
and junior majoring in criminal justice
and Spanish, disagreed.
"I don't sec it as sexist at all,"
LeMaster said. "It's all volunteer. We
Sarah Nordmann, a junior majoring
in math and French and a Louisville
Lady, responded to some of the ques­tions
raised by students and faculty mem­bers
who have seen the Oyer.
She said current "campus fashion,"
meanscampusapparel,suchasUofL T­shirts
or red and black clothes. LeMaster
said the women must have their outfits
to various activities during recruiting
weekends approved by the program's
sponsors to avoid wearing something
too racy or inappropriate.
As for the question asking whether
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"I am very concerned I am going
to have to uproot my children and try
to find something as convenient,"
Bowden said. "I don't know where I
am going to go or what I am going to
do."
Both the residents and the Univcr-
Mianzo said the University has at
least one other option in the future,
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parking changes due to construction and
redesignation.
Political science professors
await return to Ford Hall
By Dale A. Gillespie
Conlributing Writer
For months now, the professors
in the political science department
have worked out of makeshift of­fices
in Strickler Hall.
Butcurrently underway arecon­stniCtion
plans which will allow the
department to return to Ford Hall
between late September and early
October, political sc ience professor
Phil Laemmle said.
"We're planning to be back
around the start of October, but it
could be as early as late Septem­ber,"
Lacmmle said. "There is an
overall enthusiasm concerning this
move. We have great anticipation
in returning to Ford Hall."
The renovation of Ford Hall, a
top-to-bottom reconstruction effort,
will eliminate uneven heating and
cooling distribution in the building,
among other things, according to
Staff photo by Oasha Leksrisawat
Ford Hall's lobby gets updated with new walls.
tern) will take care of those problems. In addi­tion,
the make over of Ford Hall will make it
U of L, Eastern
report declines
in enrollments
The Associated Press
The University of Louisville along with Eastern Ken­tucky
University have reponed a drop in fall enrollment
and officials said they were unsure if the decrease was a
one-time thing or the start of a trend.
At EKU, student population is down about 200 from
last year's total of about 16,000 and is the ftrst decline in
five years.
Jenny Sawyer, director of admissions for processing
and orientation at U of L , said the decline is due to
students not returning to the university.
"As far as new students, we are slightly up in enroll­ment,"
Sawyer said. "But the number of continuing
students is down.
"Part of the decline is a compounding effect that we
had last year. It really isn't a new decline."
Charles Whitlock, executive assistant to the presi­dent,
said the decrease may be a result of fewer older
students taking classes or a drop in the number of high
school graduates in the counties Eastern serves.
U of L is estimating a decline of 770 students, or 3
percent, with 21,864 students takingc1asses. Enrollment
also fell last year and slightly the previous year, for a
drop of 1,746 students, or 7 percent, since 1990.
President Donald Swain said he doesn't know yet
how much the decline will affect the university's bud­get,
although it will mean there is less revenue than
expected.
Denise Fitzpatrick, director of news and public infor­mation,
said the University won't have any revenue
projections until the end of September.
Gary Cox, executive director of the Kentucky Coun­cil
on Higher Education, said SepL2 enrollment figures
weren't completed for the state's other universities.
Enrollment at Jefferson Community College also is
down, for the ftrst time in nine years.
JCC officials think the drop they'veestimated - 544
students, or 4.6 percent of last fall's full- and part-time
enrollment - is mainly because of a tuition increase
from $350 to $420 a semester for full-time students.
Staff Photo by Dasha LBksrisawat
Matt Satterly, a freshman, marks his choices on the ballot tor the
election of senators to the Arts and Sciences Student Council. Stacie
Lofton, an A&S senator, oversaw the voting, which took place In the
Bill Braasch, senior construction coordinator for Student Activities Center Tuesday and Wednesday.
University Planning, Design and Construction.
"It was hard to balance heat and air with the
former system," Braasch said. "This new [sys-
Information also gatMred by staff writer Renita
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Arts and Leisure
The Multicultural
Center will host an
exhibit of the history of
Louisville Municipal
College, an African­American
school that
was once part of U of L
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Sports
The University of
Louisville football team
ekes out win in season
opener 31-24 over San
Jose State University
and hit road for
Memphis State
New RSO Event Policy called 'workable'
By Christi Poole
Contributing Writer
The Recognized Student Organization Event
Policy was put into action last year shonly after
University of Louisville football player Herbert
Henry was shot while attending a campus func­tion
at the Red Bam.
The policy stated that a three-month period
should pass before the public was admitted to
campus events. During that period a student
committee and administrators devised a new
policy.
The new policy states, among other things,
that events must end by 1 a.m. and that an RSO
advisor must be present for the duration of the
evenl
"The new policy presents no major problems
so far," said Tim Ingram, a member of the Stu·
dent Activities Board. "With some minor adjust­ments
it is workable."
"I haven't been able to look at the whole
package," said Aaron Flowers, president of
Omega Psi Phi fraternity. "I was never for the I
a.m. thing [the curfew for campus events]. I'm
looking for some changes."
This summer, a second Task Force was orga­nized
to discuss making further changes in the
policy that was established in January 1992. The
ftrst Task Force met six months after the policy
was enacted to do some fine-tuning, and admin­istrators
and students said they felt more changes
were necessary.
Recommendations by this Task Force were
evaluated by Dennis Golden, vice president of
Student Affairs, and the ideas accepted were
added to the existing policy.
The Task Force was comprised of rcprcsenta-tives
from Greek organizations, the Student Gov­ernment
Association, the Student Activities
Board, the National Association for the Ad·
vancement of Color People and the Student Or­ganizations
Board.
Denise Gifford, exec utive director of Student
Life, stressed the extensive student involvement
in writing and amending the policy.
"Working on this policy has been one of the
highest priorities of our office in the past year,"
she said.
The policy displays some tightening down at
student events. Gifford said before the shooting,
events were open and virtually unmonitored.
She added that colleges and universities all
over the country are turning to similar policies. In
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