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Vol. 68, No. 27 Louisville, Kentucky March 28, 1996 16 Pages An Independent Student Newspaper Free
Sports Administration
students uneasy with loss
of a faculty position
By Michael Cunningham
Staff Writer
Faculty in the Department of Health Promo­tion,
Physical Education and Sports Studies voted
last week to reallocate a full-time position in the
Sports Administration program to the Physical
Education teacher preparation program, causing
alarm among some stud~nts in the program.
The departure ofSportsAdministration profes­sor
Lori Miller - whom colleagues called an
internationally-acclaimed scholar and teacher -
leaves three professors in the program. Instead of
filling Miller's position, department faculty voted
to move the full-time slot to the PE program.
Richard Fee, department chairman, said the
faculty decided to use Miller's departure as an
opportunity to fill a need in the Physical Education
program. .
"Both programs have needs ... (But) teacher
prep has been getting along on a greater number of
part-timers than sports administration has," Fee
said. "We decided that it was in the best interests of
the department to reallocate the open position into
teacher prep."
Senior sports administration major Anastasia
Austen, who is part of a group that is protesting the
faculty 's decision, said students have not been
informed about what effect the decision will have
on them.
Paper o·utli~es
faculty concerns
By Michael Cunningham
Staff Writer
Last semester, professors in the Sports
Administration program d~fted a position
paper outlining thej1' objections to losing l(f
teaching position fr~m the ptogram. Written
by professors Bre~da Pitts and Daniel
Mahony, and includi~g the n~n.t~ ofLawrence ••
Fielding, the document highlighted what con:.
sequences the professors felt having only
three professors in the program would have.
Department faculty just recently voted to
scale back the program to three faculty mem­bers.
Here are some excerpts from the internal
document, obtained by the Cardinal :
• "With three facu.Jty, we c'a1,1.onl y cover 18
classes during the school year. This means
·that some dfthe required classes would not he
offered every year (which is obviously not
acceptable) and the electives would never be
offered.
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"We're not trying to start trouble," Austen said.
'We just want answers. Nobody in Sports Admin­istration
seems to have any answers. People are in
a state of panic. No student input was asked for in
the decision."
• "We would, even with some additional
cuts and. loss of accreditation, be forced to
have some of the faculty teaching well out­side
their area of expertise.
• "We could use some additional part-time
faculty to cover some of the classes ... How­ever,
finding additional part-tiiners would be
difficult to find (there are few terminal degree
people available in our area). The suggestion
bas been made that people from the athletic
department be used to teach some of the
Staff Photo by Tony Matkey
Members; of U of L's newest RSO, the Pagan Student Union, include (top left to right) Jaymz T. Broaddus and Sprite. And,
(bottom left to right) Sterling Harris, Annellese Knoff, Genevieve Petty, Erin Ballard and Michele Glasnavic.
Sports Administration faculty say Miller's ab­sence
will be missed, and that until Fee meets with
them they remained highly concerned about the
future of t_he program, which they said has a
national reputation for excellence.
New RSO answers to a higher authority
Fee took exception to many of the claims made
in flyers distributed on campus by Austen's group,
including assertions that classes will be offered
Jess frequently, that students may not graduate on
time, and that unqualified part-time faculty would
teach the classes.
Seep APER, Page 8 . By Elizabeth Blanford
Contributing Writer
tion program ... I think it is the right decision at the
time," Nystrand said.
"Aschairofthis department, I've got a commit­ment
toward excellence in education," Fee said.
"We're doing everything possible to ensure that no
one's graduation will be delayed. As far as (part­time
instructors) go: If we hire any part-timers,
they are going to be highly qualified people. And
we are not going to offer any classes less frequently
that are required classes."
Austen's group met with N ystrand on March 26
to relay theirooncems. Aftermeetingwith Nystrand,
Austen said some of the infonnation in the flyers
may be somewhat overstated, adding that the bills
were posted to get a reaction from the department.
She said that her group still remains concerned and
is currently compiling a signed petition.
'We still have concerns about frequency of
class offerings and quality of instruction," Austen
said. "We haven't seen anything in writing."
An internal position paper supported by sports
ad1ninistration faculty shared Austen's concerns. The
faculty said in the paper, which was obtained by the
Cardinal, that losing the full-time position would hurt
quality of instruction, the frequency that required
classesareoffered,andtheabilityoffacultytoproperly
School of Education dean Ray Nystrand, who
makes the decision on whether to submit the
faculty's proposal to the Provost's Office or to
reject it, said he is confident that HPES faculty
members are making the best decision.
"The decision . . . reflects departmental recog­nition
that (PE) has relied more heavily on part­time
faculty members than the sports adm'inistra- See SPORTS, Page 8
Trustees chair resigns
By Dug Begley
Staff Writer
Board of Trustees chairman George
Fischer has resigned, citing "personal
and family reasons," according to Denise
Fitzpatrick, director of the Office of
News and Public Information.
U of L President John Shu maker said
he talked to Fischer Monday, and that
Fischer resigned because his daughter­in-
law, Alice, is a faculty member in the
pathology department.
According to Shumaker, Fischer's
position as a trustee is a conflict of
interest with his daughter-in-laws posi­tion.
"George felt his resignation was the
only thing to do," Shumaker said.
include daughters-in-law, Fischer de­cided
to resign, rather than have his
daughter-in-Jaw lose her job, Shumaker
said.
"George is a man of honor, " the presi­dent
said. "He did not want to have his
daughter lose her career, so he stepped
down."
Fischer sent a letter to Gov. Paul
Patton on Monday announcing his res­ignation,
U of L spokesman John Drees
said. Fischer? who is Chairman of the
Board at SerVend International, based
in Sellersburg, began his third stint as
chairman in September of 1995 when he
replaced D. Harry Jones, who still sits on
the board.
To many people, paganism means anti­religion.
But in fact, paganism is far from that
misconctjption, . .says .its adherents at U of L.
To spread[ that message, and to bring together
campus pagans, those students have formed
the Pagan Student Union.
According to Sterling Harris, information
manager, scribe and secretary for the group,
the Recognized Student Organization was cre­ated
to "bring pagan students together, pro­vide
ritual space, teach and share the craft, as
well as work to educate the public and dispel
negative connotations concerning paganism,
witchcraft, and the Old Religion."
Harris, along with co-chairs Michele
Glasnovic and Jaymz T. Broaddus, fol!nded
the group last February.
"I can't tell you how many people came to
the first meeting and said they thought they
In 1992, Kentucky statutes forbid­ding
Trustees to have family members
within the university system were ap­proved
by tben-Gov. Brereton Jone.
Shumaker said Fischer thought the con­nection
with his daughter-in-law was far
enough removed to be exempt from the
intent of the anti-nepotism law.
The news came unexpectedly before
the Trustees March 25 meeting in the
Glass Room of the Ambulatory Care
Building on the Health Sciences cam­pus.
U of L officials did not confirm the
resignation until March 27. Vice-chair­person
Minx Auerbach presided at the
meeting in Fischer's absence and was
installed as acting chairperson.
Still love the Cards ...
Once he realized that the statute did See POSSIBLE, Page 8
U of L fan, Eric Ustin, 16, who now lives In Chicago
gets an autograph from Cardinal Alvin Simms. Eric,
16, said he returns to Louisville every summer and
still likes the Cardinals better than the Chicago
Bulls.
were the only ones," said Broaddus.
The founders encountered many obstacles
in getting the word out that a Pagan Student
Union bad formed on campus. "Our flyers
were torn down repeatedly," Broaddus said.
Harris agreed. "It took a lot of PR work."
Eventually the group resorted to stopping
individual students on campus and writing the
meeting times and places in chalk on the
sidewalks.
Harris said the PSU welcomes pagans as
well as wiccans, druids, shamen, neo-pagans,
Goddess-worshippers, aboriginal tribal prac­tices
and other beliefs as well.
"There are some basic ideas that link pa­gans
together. You can't create your own
religion and call it paganism," Harris said.
"Any earth-based natura listspirituality is in­cluded
under the title of 'pagan'. We honor the
Earth and all things in nature through mascu­line
and feminine symbols. We practice sea­sonal
rites to attune ourselves to the natural
cycles of the earth, sun, moon, and stars."
The group has no set dogma or law except
for the Wiccan 'Rede: "An' it harm none, do
what thou wilt," and the Threefold Law: "What
you do shall return to you three times over,"
Harris explained. - ·
Harris said that with the spirituality that is
in tune with the environment, as well as being
feminist and modern while keeping with the
ancient tenents of paganism, the PSU has a Jot
to offer students dissatisfied with the more
conventional faiths.
"It seeks personal responsibility to our­selves,
our species, and our planet," he said.
All students are welcome at the regular
meetings which are held the fi rst and third
Mondays of each month. The next meeting
will be held April 1 in room W314 of the
Student Activities Center from 3 to 5 PM.
Interested students should contact Sterling
Harris , via e-mail, at SjharrZ1@ulkyvm.
Jouisville.edu.for more info rmation.
Group to
counter
Klan visit
By Becky Staack
Staff Writer
Last week, U ofLalumnusJohnBaker
heard some unsettling news as he was
preparing for work: the Ku Klux Klan is
corning to Louisville fo r a courthouse
rally on Aprill3.
"I was appalled they were coming
here," Baker said. "I decided to act on my
beliefs and I thought the best way was to
get U of L students involved in this by
organizing a counter-demonstration."
Bakersetto work contacting friends be
knew from when he was a student. "I
graduated in December, so I am still close
with some people here. I started calling
the people I know and they have helped
get this started," Baker said.
Immediately after the loss to Wake Forest,
disappointment settled In atthe Metrodome.
Since the idea started, Baker and oth­ers
have formed Race and Gender Equal-
See KKK, Page 8
How will the Gun bill 'had this mystique ... and life of its own' CORRECTIONS
new concealed
gun law affect
you?
For details, look
to the Focus
section.
By Michael A. Lindenberger
Staff Writer
FRANKFORT -With the gover­nor
about to sign the concealed weap­ons
bill into Jaw, one question on the
minds of many who opposed it is how
the bill ever passed in the first place.
"That's a legitimate question," said
Sen. David Karem, the majority floor
leader from Louisville. "I've been here
a long time -I have been in the legis­lature
for 25 years - and this is the
single most unique piece of legisla­tion
I have experienced. It makes no
sense, there's no rhyme nor reason to
it."
Karem said senators were afraid to
oppose the bill, even tlnough polls
showed most Kentuckians did not fa­vor
it and said there was little overt
pressure exerted by the gun lobbies.
(The bill passed the Senate 32-5, and
the House approved it 69'-26).
own," Karem said. "I have even asked
people in your profession, members
of the media who normally cover the
legislature, and they said this is the
most bizarre thing in the history (of
the Senate). They don't understand it.
I don ' t know if you have ever seen the
movie The Blob, but it was like that,
with a life all its own."
passed for a couple of reasons: it was
sort of a vehicle for people to express
a real fear about today's society.
There's a growing uneasiness about
being safe. And, from a political stand­point,
some of the legislators felt they
had to support this bill as a way of
sanctioning this growing fear."
But Shaughnessy said he, like
Karem, thought the politics behind
the concealed
•Due to a writer's error, in last
week's story about David Elliot's
March 13-14 lecture in the
School of Music, Loren W aa
was incorrectly identified as a
'she'. He is chair of School of
Music Education.
•Also, in a photo credit on Page
2, U of L libraries Professor
David Horvath's name was mis­spelled.
See stories,
Page 6. "It had this mystique, like it had
unwritten support and a life of its
Sen. Tim Shaughnessy, a U of L
graduate, said it passed because of
citizens' fears about crime.
"From my perspective, I think it See GUN, Page 4