Nursing student who has worked on
degree since 1972 receives scholarship
By Melissa Marquette
onlnbutong Wntcr
" l! 'sgreat tobcaliveand
to help orhe"."
That is the mouo of The
Mended Hearts, an organi ­zarion
that is helping Mary
Bryan help othe rs. Bryan, a
U of L .,emnr nursing stu ­d
nt. rccc1ved a -.cholar~ hip
from the organitallun 's lo­cal
chaplcr Apnl I H
Brj;ln wa-.onc ut rwo stu­dents
cho-.en among appli­canrs
from fi,c area schools.
The 500 a" ard will help
Bryan pay tor her !ot udies,
which she ha.'> been working
on since I '172 he i' the sec­ond
of I. '>!udent to ever
receive rhc ..cholar..h1p.
" It eam at. goodt1mcfor Bryan,
me,'' she ..a1d, bccau<,c 11 will
help cover J'(l'>l-graduarion
coMs '>ueh a.., llcen\lng fees.
Bryan re cived laM year
a ~cholar.,h1p from Baptist
East H o~p1tal. where she
"It came at a good time for me."
works as a nurs111ga'>sistan1.
Sh will work 1n rhc Pro-gressive
Care Un1t for heart
paticnt'o afrer graduarmg in May. In the fall , she
will begin graduate studie. to become a clinical
nurse specia li-.r tn cardiology. he also plans to
pply to igma rhetd Tau, a nursing honor soci­ety.
Although Bryan d1d not always plan to be a
nurse, she was int creo,red in the medical field at
an early a •c Becau.,e there is very limited con­tact
with ardiac pattento, in nursing hool, she
. a1d, her 1nteres1 111 !hat area wa spa rked by her
JOb at th ho'>pltal .
"Being a noat [an as'>!Mant who mov s from
unit to unit] for six month., I experienced many
different units in the hospital ," she said. "I really
liked the pat 1cnr-. in the Progre:...,ive arc Unit."
She said th parient\ arc very fearful before heart
Mary Bryan
award winner
surgery because "they don't know how routine it
is."
That is where Mended Heart comes in. Mem­bers
of the organization, most of whom have had
hean surgery, talk to patients b fore and after
urgery to provide support. Lou Vogel, of the
Kentuckiana chapter, said the group's mission is
to "spread confidence and do away with !he fear
people have before surgery."
The group is affiliated with the Am rican
Heart Association; it 1995 national convention
will be held in Louisville.
The scholarships arc funded hy the chapter
Sec BRYAN
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By Paul . Fultz
Stafl Wrncr
A pair of robberic~ at the niver~ity of
Loui~v illc April 12 and 16 have raised
concern' among the University commu­nity
about campus safety. But Department
of Public Safety officiab ~ay th at although
U of Lis not free from crime. it is safcrthan
the surrounding metropolitan area .
"I hate to usc the word ·safe'. because
of Lis right in the middle of a metropolitan
area and 1S not immune to crime." said DPS
Lt. Tom Fitzgerald. "Statistically, there is
less crime at U of L involving crimes
against (people) than in the ~ urro undin g
area . But I think pcoplc(oncampu'>)shou ld
always be vigi lant."
The April 12 robbery occurred at ap­proximately
10:10 p.m. on the side of the
niven.ity Center facing the Chemistry
Bu ilding. A stude nt was approached from
behind and knocked to the ground, and his
camera bag was stolen. The suspect wa
described as a black male, 5 feet I 0 inches
to 5 feet 11 inches, wearing a black nylon
hooded jacket that was pulled tightly around
his face .
The April 16 robbery occurred at ap­proximately
7 p.m. on the ground noor of
Schneider Hall when a student was ap­proached
from behind and restrained . ller
hands were secured with tape and she was
physically detained. Cash was removed
from her purse. The . uspcct was described
as a black male of medium bui ld wearing a
brown jacket.
DPS issued a "Crime Alert" on campus;
some of the alerts were also posted on the
doors of campus buildings. Fitzgerald said
DPS believes both crimes were committed
by the same man and has a suspect in the
case.
"There is a suspect for this alert, and the
case is being worked on," he said. "We
have initiated some surveillance (in the
area).''
DPS recently issued its annual crime
stati sti cs, which show a slight drop in over­all
campus crime for 19<»3. There were 100
tolal crimes against people in 1993, com­par
d to I I 2 in 1992 and I 43 in 199 1.
There were 554 crimes against property in
1993, down from 620 in 1992 and 670 in
1991. Assa ults rose slightly, from 20 111
1991 and I 992 to 23 in 1993, as did rob­bery,
from 6 in 1991 and 5 in 1992 to II in
1993. [Sec accompanying graphic forcom ­plctc
crime staristics.]
"You have to put our staristics in com­parison
with the national crime trend(which
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Editorials 14
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Classified Ads 16
Independent Studc:nt , ·ewspaper
What next?
Opportunities at home and abroad
abound for service-minded graduates
By Michael A. Lindenbcl'l:cr
rafl Wrotcr
h ·s about rime. You ha'c finally ac­cumularcd
enough crcdll hours in the
righl dcpanmcnrro !read down !hal ais le
th1s 1ay.
Bur if you arc wonderi ng ju!.t what
come., next, you arc not alo ne.
As related in the rcccnr movie Rea/it •
Bile~. many people in !heir rwcntics
aren't as eager to climb the corporate
ladder as were th eir countcrpans in !he
19 Os. Fortunately, for them, there arc
plenry of other options.
It 'cems a nllcgc degree can open
more doors than just the ones 10 the
human resources departments of major
corporations. And if you'll wi lling to
live un Ramen noodles and the like fo r a
while, you could have some fun .
The newcl>t program availab le for
graduates looking for ahcrnativcs to
graduate school and regular employ­men!
mcludcs undergraduates and even
non-,tudcnts.
President Bill linton's campaign
promi!>CS have not all lurned ou t to be
merely rhetoric. One, his pledge to cre­ate
a national service program, ha!> al­ready
come to fruition .
"On this toll-free line, which we have
not yet begun to really publicize. we
have had more than 30,000 calls." said
Mike Berning, !>pokcsman for the or­poration
for ational Service.
AmcriCorps, the new national scr-vice
orga ni zation, offers three choices
to Americans whose desire to serve
matches !heir need for money for educa­tion.
Already in place arc the an ti -poverty
program, VISTA and the arional Ci­vi
lian Community Corps. VISTA pri ­marily
focuses on "resource mobiliza­tion"
to help Americans who live in
poverty.
VI TA volunteers, like rhose in the
other two AmeriCorps programs, re­cei
ve $4,725 at the end of their year of
service,' which can he used for education
expenses or student loan repayment.
VISTA also offers a "very minimal"
living stipend, Berning said.
Another program already in exist­ence
is rhe NC , which of Lstudents
can apply for within the next two weeks
by calling I-800-94CORPS. NCCCwill
enl ist 250 volunteers between the ages
of I 8 and 24 at each of four U.S. univer­sities
and will work to improve the envi ­ronment.
NCCC volunleers will be paid
room and board, about $700 a monlh,
and will receive the money for educa­tion
at the end of their tenure.
U of L students would probably be
placed in Charlotte, N.C., b~ginningthis
June, Berning said. To apply, call the
above number right away, he said, si nce
the response has been heavy in other
regions.
ee PEA E ORPS
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U of L student claims she was
assaulted in Louisville Hall
By ~ott Kolom's
Staff Writer
Michael Brian Gupton, a U of L
junior history maj9r, was accused of
fo urth-degree assau lt according to an
arrest warrant signed April 9 by fel­low
student Michelle L. Adcock.
According to the warrant, Gupton
hit Adcock on her head with his fist
two to five limes while she was in his
dormitory room in Louisville Hall,
leaving her with a knot on the head
and a black eye. Adcock, his former
girlfriend, said she lived on the same
floor as Gupton and was afraid of
what else he might do. A court date is
set for May 12.
The alleged assault came almost
two months after another U of L
student accused Gupton of raping
her in the same dorm itory room.
Adcock did not return a reporter's
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That's (almost)
all, folks!
Faculty Senate
Negotiations continue over proposals
regarding governance, accountability
By Jennifer Recktenwald
Sraff Writer
don't agree, I hope they can work together."
University President Donald Swain recently
made addi tional proposals based on !he Board of
Trustees' policy deci sions passed in January.
Among the policies approved were: More per­sonalized
career paths for facuhy designed by
individual dcpanments and focused on the spe­cial
talen ts of individual faculty members; a
system of periodic career review for tenured
faculty that would recognize outstanding perfor­mances
as wel l as deficiencies; a departmental
reward system based on departments' achieve­mcnrs
ratherthan individuals; and the addition of
administrati ve rcsponsibililics for department
chairs.
This is the
second to last
issue of The
Cardinal.
So if you have a major
gripe, heaps of praise, a
pressing event or anything
else you want to get into the
paper, send it now. We
need to have all letters to
the editor, press releases,
advertisements, mail
bombs, etc. by April 22 for
publication in the last issue.
For more than two years now, the Facul!y
Senate and 1 he Boa rd of Trustees have been at
arms over matters of governance and account­ability.
While the rwo panics agree on some
points. dis .. ension remain ~ on facuhy members·
roles at the University of Louisville. Wirh many
derails lefr to be worJ..cd ou r. it wi ll be more than
a year before updarcd policies can be imple­mcnrcd.
Dale Billing>lcy, chair of the Faculty enatc
and an English profc,sor, sa id rhe negotiations
arc long-running because of rhe complex nalure
of a faculty member's role.
"With complicated systems. you crcarc all
kinds of havoc with one little change,'' he >aid.
"Many changes wou ld be made wi rh rhese pro­J)(
lSal-., so it will take t1me ro work rhcm ou t."
Billing,ley said the Board of Trustees and rhe
Faculty Scnarc >eem willing to compromise.
"I hope people will continue to be rea .. onab lc
and sy mpatheric," Billingsley \aid. "Even if !hey
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Arts and Leisure
It is Uve or is it virtual?
Students got the chance to
wander through cyber pace
and ee the late t in
techn logy when two
virtual reality games were
set up in the Student
Activitie Center Ia t week.
Recommendations were made by the Board
of Trustees special commiltcc on faculty gover­nance.
Once the Board approved the recommen­dations,
it instructed Swain 10 work out the
dctails ofimplcmenting the plan. Minx Auerbach,
chair of the special commiltce, said these details
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I sports
They're off: With May
ju t around the corner, the
Run for the Roses is not
far behind. The pre-Derby
favori te has been
e tabli hed after major
prep race took place
around the country.