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Vol. 68, No. 28 Louisville, Kentucky April 4, 1996 12 Pages An Independent Student Newspaper Free
SGA election results contested
• Five candidates
claim election
was unfair
By Amy Huffman
Staff Writer
Unsuccessful SGA presidential can­didate
Brian Schenkenfelder and four of
his supporters have filed an appeal con­cerning
this year's SGA election, de­spite
indications by others that the elec­tion
process went smoothly.
However, Berg said they filed the
appeal against "the whole election pro­cess."
Berg specifically cited a griev­ance
over the ballot boxes.
"Our slate was not informed of ballot
boxes that were removed from some
locations and put in other places that
could help the opponents," Berg said.
"We filed about a two and a half page
appea I. There were numerous violations,
it was
just re-a
I I y
bad."
until an independent review committee
looks over the appeal and makes their
recommendation to the elections com­mission,
so specifics can't be discussed
at this time.
"It would be inappropriate at this
time (to talk about who filed the com­plaint
and the reasons for filing),"
Metzger said. "At this point the only
thing to say is that an appeal has been
filed and it will be
taken care of in the
next week or so."
The independent
review committee is
comprised of six
Mary Alice Metzger, student elec­people.
tions coordinator, said, "this has been a
vc1y mce ctecuon" ana tnat ootn presi-dential
candidates Stephen Clark and
Brian Schenkenfelder and their slates
"have behaved in a very appropriate
manner." But the appeal, which was
filed on April 26, indicates otherwise.
Ac­cord­ing
to
Berg,
tn ere
w a s
some­a
n e
r u n -
ning
f o r
"There were just so
many things that
we(~n't: fair about this
election."
Two faculty mem­bers
and staff mem­bers
have already
been appointed to the·
committee and two
student representa­tives
are yet to be
Staff PhotQ Qy Nina Greipel
Students recline outside the Red Barn in the first Spring-like weather of the season during the Spring Fling.
The appeal was filed by
Schenkenfelder; Wendy Berg,
Schenkenfelder's campaign manager
and student senate candidate; Nikki
Edwards, Arts and Sciences student
council vice presidential candidate;
Alene Issac, services vice president can­didate;
and Mona Cohn, academic vice
president candidate.
"I know lots about that (appeal),"
Berg said. "But I really can't comment
on that. We can't cormnent until it goes
through the process (because) we don't
want to ruin anything."
-Wendy Berg.
Schenkenfclder campaign manager
and unsuccessful candidate for senate
sena (
who withdrew from the election and
asked that her name be removed from
the ballot. The name remained on the
ballot, however, and Berg said that can­didate
received more than 200 votes.
"That's two hundred votes that could
have gone to someone else," Berg said.
"They probably really need to rerun the
senate race. There were just so many
things that weren't fair about this elec­tion."
Metzger said all appeals remain sealed
named. Michelle
Clemons, assistant di­rector
for Student Life, said the two
student members will be named by ex­isting
members of the committee:
Katherine Amos, assistant vice presi ­dent
for student development; Linda
Wilson, director of the Multicultural
Center; Riffat Hassan, humanities pro­fessor;
and Carolyn Stephenson, direc­tor
of minority services.
The review committee must make a
See APPEAL, Page 5
M-Thursday,
Friday
Saturday
Sunda
lOAM till
Edwards' flaws not her own,
reflect problems in SGA PrograiD accreditation not in jeopardy, dean says
ANALYSIS
By Michael A.lindenberger
Editor-in-Chief
But one safe bet regarding Edwards' term as
president is that she sure didn't do everything she
promised she would. She didn't even do everything
she wanted to do. But then, nobody ever does.
"I was amazed at the amount time it takes to get
things done around here," she said during a conversa­tion
on the last Saturday in March. "People who run
for office don'tunderstand, and when the,y get elected
they want things to happen immediately."
She also said that after she was elected, she started
to tackle the items on her agenda and found out that
· some of the programs she had loudly spoke for during
the campaign in fact already existed.
Sometime this sununer, a newly-graduated
Renita Edwards will take a break from studying
Shakespeare in London and look back upon her
term as Student Government Association presi­dent,
which ends Apri122.
What will such reflection bring? Pride and
satisfaction? Or will she experience disappoint­ment
amid the recognition of missed opportuni­ties?
Like any one else who leaves a job in which
they had a chance to make a difference -from
Edwards to fanner U of L president Donald
Swain to, say, editors of The Louisville Cardinal
-reflection upon tin1e served is complicated. ·
For example, Edwards said she entered office with
a desire to initiate a program to bolster recruitment and
retention of minority students, but a little poking
around as president taught her that at least two other
See EDWARDS, Page 13
Faith in SGA varies among students
By Joshua Hammann
and Amy Huffman
Staff Writers
Students have long
complained about not hav­inga
voice on campus, say­ing
that the Student Gov­ernment
Association
doesn't do anything for the
students. And, year after
year, SGA officers have
promised to open the chan­nels
of communication be­tween
SGA and students.
But once those channels
are open, what exactly do
students want from SGA?
This past week, various
U of L students revealed
what they really want and SGA president-elect Steve Clark hands out Clark bars after
expect from their newly his ballot-box victory last month. (Staff Photo by Tony Matkey)
elected SGAofticials. Both
students and the new SGA administration may rest
more comfortably knowing that their goals and
interests are very similar.
Wendy Shuns, a junior living off campus, said
that campus safety is a big issue in her eyes.
"I would like the SGAtoconcentrateon making
the campus safer, espedally at night. More lights
along the walkways and more
need to go. However, Clark said after a while, there
wasn't anyone to help carry out the plan and the
carts have gone unused.
"One of n\ y goals is to getthose things manned,"
Clark said. "We purchased them, it's not doing us
any good to just let them sit there. If we can get
those carts out and get groups, not just the fraterni-ties,
to work with the
emergency telephones would senate, it will work."
really make me more comfort­able
to walk around this place
at night," said Shuns.
During his campaign, SGA
president-elect Stephen Clark,
said that one of his main con­cerns
is improving campus
safety and ensuring better use
of the resources SGA has to put
"I don't have any expecta­tions
from SGA because I
know they could never
get it done."
Another hot topic
in this year's campaign
was how to organize
campus-wide events
for stud ents. And,
freshman Eric Eegan
showed concern about
the SGA's ability to
organize just such ac­toward
improving safety. Sev- tivities.
eralmeasures have been taken
by the University over the last
few years to ensure student's
safety on campus. In 1994, $1,288,000 was bud­geted
to improve campus safety. And last fall,
safety lights were installed at several campus loca­tions,
including lighting fortwo gravel parking lots
and additional lighting for Confederate Place.
Clark said that in 1994, SGA purchased three
golf carts so it could work in conjunction with the
escort service to provide students with escorts to
their cars or wherever else on campus they may
-Chad Norton,
Freshman "When that Roll­ing
Stone college tour
came around, that's
was alright. But I haven't really seen anything else
since that. Maybe they could get that MTV Choose
or Lose Bus to stop by. [just want something to do
around here," Eegan sa id. (In an interview with the
Cardinal while in New Hampshire in February,
Choose or Lose director Dave Anderson said the
tour does plan a Louisville stop.)
See STUDENT, Page 5
By Michael Cunningham
Staff Writer
School of Education Dean Ray Nystrand said
a recent Department of Health Promotion, Physi­cal
Education, and Sports Studies decision­approved
by Nystrand-will not hinder efforts to
secure accreditation £or the for. the Sports Ad­ministration
program.
The department-in a majority decision in­cluding
faculty from Sports Administration­two
weeks ago chose to reallocate the Sports
Administration full-time teaching position being
vacated by Lori Miller to the Physical Education
teacher preparation program. Nystrand sent the
faculty 's proposal to the Provost's Office last
week, where a final decision will be made. The
Sports Administration graduate program is ac­credited,
while the undergraduate section is cur­rently
under review, with a decisjon to be made
this summer on final accreditation.
Stanley Brassie, chairman of the Sports Man­agement
Program Review Council, said he could
not comment on specifics of the program until
the review, but that there are minimum standards
that must be met.
In order for both programs to be accredited,
they need three full-time professors in the pro­gram,"
Brassie said. "With two professors, either
the undergraduate or graduate programs would
lose accreditation."
Brassie said "full-time" faculty is considered
a full profess~r that has at least half of their
assignments in Sports Administration.
Fielding- who is currently on leave at Indi ­ana
University-said he is confident the review
board will approve the program when it looks at
See PROGRAM, Page 3
Former Black Panther emphasizes education
By' Becky Staack
Staff Writer
Not many young
people know who
Bobby Seale is. Seale
was one of the core or­ganizers
for the Black
Panther party. During
the black revolution of
the 1960s, Seale was a
strong voice for Afri­can
Americans. Today,
Seale continues the
legacy by lecturing on
education.
"My involvement
began as a young black
man knowing nothing
about my African
American history,"
Seale said. "Here I was,
27 years old and knew
nothing about my his­tory."
Seale discussed how
he became interested in
African American his­tory
through the books
he was reading and
news stories about
Nelson Mandela in
1963. That interest is
what led him to begin
organizing African
Americans to promote
awareness.
Staff Photo by Tony Matkey
Black Panther co-founder, Bobby Seale, lectured on the Importance of education to a crowd of U of
L students last week.
"What people do not understand is that we
were notboodlumsand thugs who justsataround.
We were reading and researching and finding
new infom1ation to bring to the people," Seale
said.
Seale described overcoming obstacles on
every ground, including in the classroom. "Our
people did not have formal access to education
for generations in this country. What we were
trying to argue for were correct social science
terms for our people.
"[ had one teacher who used the term
'negroid'. I argued with her and she told me to
come up with a better word. That night I went
home and with the help of friends, we came up
with a better word. The next day I went back
and proposed 'africanoid'. There had to be a
way to equalize the terms we use to classify
people," Seale said.
Seale also described the inaccuracy in the
press during his beginning involvement with
the Black Panthers.
"There was a news article which said the we
had met in a 'clubhouse'. We met in my house,
not a clubhouse. We had to constantly defend this
and other stereotypes that people were putting on
us," Seale said.
While a majority ofSeale's lecture focused on
his involvement with the Black Panther Party,
Seale also bad another message to send. "The key
to the future is technology. You need to see
things in a broad holistic sense, see new quan­tum.
You can educate yourself because the
informati on is there, this is what it is all about.
"We can rise above all of these spin doctors
and become something greate r," Seale said.
Seale also said bow he hopes to have a
billion people march. While the Million Man
march had its purpose, Seale said, he doesn't
believe in excluding women or people of any
race.
"All human beings possess the highest fonn of
functioning. We need to study and research new
ideas and reach new realizations," Seale said.
Upon closing with "all power to all
people" the audience rose to its feet and
gave Seale a standing ovation. Seale fol ­lowed
this up with one final message for the
audience.
"We must seize the time we have. Higher
education is the key to evolving into a new
dimension," Seale said.
J unior Pan African Studies major Larry
Madden fe lt Seale delivered a good message.
"He has an uplifting message. When you
leave, it is like when you leave church. He
gives you something and you leave feeling
good about everything," Madden said.
"I think he is very motivational," Stu­dent
Government President Renita Edwards
said. "I think he clarified what the Black
Panther party was about because a lot of
people do think they were thugs and hood­lums.
Tt is good to hear the truth about what
they were all about," Edwards said.