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Sports
U of L Cardinal
football has the
week off. The team
plans tough
practices to offset
its current 2-3
record.
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Graphic Courtesy Vice-President for Administration
The proposed U of L football stadium is expected by University
Officials to be completed by the first U of L football game in 1998
Stadium still only a di-eam
•Contractor files
restraining order against
stadium excavation until
bidding dispute is
resolved
By Dug Begley
Staff Writer
Friday to hear the case," Owsley said. "The
purpose of the meeting is to let the judge hear
the case.
The excavation contract that is being
contested was the first of the seven construction
contracts to be renegotiated due to costs
exceeding the budget by $4.3 million. The three
lowest bidders in the first round were asked to
submit a new estimate, according to Owsley,
adjusting !".he previous bids to lower the
construction cost.
Congressman asks for student involvement In a turnabout from the exuberant
groundbreaking for U of L's $50 million Papa
John's Cardinal Stadium, the University is now
left with 23 months to complete a project that
will take an estimated 20 months.
"lt was our intent for them the revise their
numbers," Owsley said.
Owsley noted that there were no guidelines
for how the companies were expected to lower
their bids, and· if restructuring the services was
necessary the bid could totally change. Owsley
said the rebidding was arranged so the bidders
could "discuss ways they could adjust the scope
of the procedures."
•Mike Ward returns to
his alma mater in
recognition of National
Voter Registration Day
By Dug Begley
Staff Writer
Between remebering old times with friends
and greeting students, Cogressman Mike Ward
said he felt as if he was the same age as when he
left U of Lin 1974.
Ward spoke at the Student Activities Center
Oct. 2 to urge students to vote on National
Registration Voter Day, which was observed
yesterday.
"I'm always glad to be here on campus," Ward
said .. "To me, this is Kentucky's university."
Ward encouraged students to get involved in
politics and realize that
now is the time to get
done in such a short amount of time as a
reassurance that what they can make a difference.
Fields entered politics before graduating law
school and was elected to the Louisiana state
Senate at the age of 23, the youngest person to
ever sit in that state's Senate.
"I'm a living example of what young people
can do when they get interested in the politcal
porcess," Fields said.
Fields also encouraged students to vote,
telling them if they were not near their normal
polling site to register locally.
"If you are a student here at this college
campus," Fields said, "this is your home."
Fields continued, calling the proposed cuts to
education "asinine" and praising President Bill
Clinton for what he has done to help education.
"I'm glad this president and this Congress
have taken care of education," Fields said.
But, Fields urged, students cannot rest on their
laurels if they want to save programs important
to them.
"I hope
active.
"This past two years
has seen a change in
direction in the way we
look at education," Ward
said.
"This past two years has
seen a change in
direction in the way we
look at education."
students make a
difference in this
election," he said.
Ward said later
that students and
anyone for that
matter can get
involved In
Ward is in his first
term representing -Rep. Mike Ward
Kentucky's Third
District, which
encompasses the Louisville area, and is running
for re-election against Republi.can challenger
Anne Northup on Nov. 5.
"We need to do more as government," Ward
said. "There is no question that better education
will get us better financially."
Ward said things have gotten better for higher·
education since the new budget passed last
weekend without scarring federally funded loans
like Stafford Loans and Pell Grants.
Ward. a recioient of federal loans when he
earned a degree from U of L's School of Business,
said he owes a lot to the federal loans that
provided him with an education. That faith in
the loan system, according to Ward, makes him
realize their importance for future generations.
"Those people that are in the generation that
follows mine have a right to an education," Ward
said.
In previous public appearances at U of L,
Ward has criticized the cutting of student loans,
particularly by the Republican-controlled 104th
Congress of which
politics with little
complication.
"Getting involved in politics is easier than
people think," Ward said. "All politics needs is
people who are willing to work."
Ward said time is not an issue with political
races since there is a multitude of things people
can help out with.
"Somebody who has got three hours a week
can come in and get involved," Ward said. "We
have a different group every night of the week."
In Ward's campaign headquarters, groups take
shifts where five or six people come in to the
offices and call members of the community on
behalf of Ward.
Ward said everything from placing signs on
busy streets to answering the phones at the offices
can help with a political campaign. He said
students who are willing and desire to get
involved in politics can be of a great service to a
campaign.
"I've seen many campaigns where a person
with no experience, nothing other than a desire
to work, became a real player in a campaign,"
Ward said.
Ward is a member.
Ward states numerous
times that cutting
funding for higher
education is a mistake
s ince it is an
investment in
"I'm a living example of
what young people can do
when they get interested in
the politcal porcess."
He recalled one
person in particular he
had met who took a
campaign by storm
and eventually moved
on to other campaigns.
"This woman was a
true political
operative," Ward said.
America's future.
Republican leaders
~Rep. Cleo Fields (La.)
howev~r said that to control the spiral ling budget,
everyone must dig a little deeper.
"These are the things we want to fight for,"
Ward said.
Trave lling with Ward to U of L was Louisiana
congressman Cleo Fields, who at the age of 29
was the youngest member of Congress when he
arrived in 1992. Fields commended Ward for his
determination to fight for youth issues.
" I want to thank him for his leadership, but
more particularly for the young people," Fields
said.
Fields said students could look at what he has
"She didn ' t know
anybody, but you do not have to know somebody
to do something.
"The key is that you have to show up," Ward
said, "find out what part you enjoy doing and
then follow through."
While Ward admits some people have a
certain level of apathy for current politics, he said
that is because they do not see the good of
politics. Part of that, Ward said, is the fault of
the media.
See WARD, page 3
Staff Photos by T any Mat key
Kentucky Congressman Mike
Ward (top) was on campus,
Wednesday, Oct. 2, to rally
students to vote in the
upcoming Nov. 5 election.
Ward was accompanied by U.S.
Rep. Cleo Fields (La.).
The most recent setback came Sept. 30 when
a court .ordered U of L to stop plans for the
excavation of the property located south of the
Belknap campus where the stadium will be built.
The suit was filed in Franklin Ky. Circuit
Court by MAC Constru"ction & Excavating.
'According to the restraining order, MAC filed
the suit when the contract for excavating the 92-
acre site was awarded to RAM Engineering &
Construction.
MAC, who was the cheapest contractor in the
first round of bidding for the contract, claimed
RAM, .the second lowest bidder, did not follow
the procedures for rebidding and instead changed
their entire structure, yet they were given the
contract.
John McLaughlin, MAC's lawyer, said RAM
did not follow the rebidding rules and submitted
a total revision.
Vice-President for Administration Larry
Owsley said the matter should be cleared up on
Oct. 4 when Judge Roger Crittenden will hold ·a
hearing.
"The judge issued a TRO (Temporary
Restraining Order) and scheduled a hearing on
MAC however had a different view of the
rebidding.
"They were confused," Owsley said. "We're
just following the procedure of. the law as we
understand it."
When the second set of bids were examined,
. RAM was the lowest bidder, unlike MAC whose
bid increased.
"They raised their bid by $60,000," Owsley
said.
However, on Oct. 2, Judge Crittenden issued
a court order and sent both U of L and MAC
back to the drawing board. In the order, which
stipulates that the second round of bids be thrown
out and rebidding start over, Crittenden lifted the
TRO against U of L. The three lowest bidders
will once agairt have to submit a new bid.
With the Oct. 4 hid deadline appraoching, both
U of Land the contractors are set to be back on
schedule.
"We're pleased to have been able to reach an
See COLEMAN, Page 11
Tech Fair crashes with students this year
By Steve Bittenbender
Staff Writer
Sherry Ross, a technology consultant for
Information Technology at the .University of ·
Louisville, said she expected about 1,000
people to visit the sixth annual TechnoJo·gy
Fair in the Student Activities Center Oct. 1
through Oct. 2.
However, Ross said that the one element
lacking was student participation.
"Typically, this has been a faculty and staff
event," she said. .
Last year Ross said student interest was
greatly generated by the arrival of the internet.
Not much has come on to the scene since last
year, she added, saying that it may have
limited student's interest to the fair.
"Our goal is to present to the university
community the latest technology of our
vendors, information technology, and the
university librari es," Ross said.
But many students felt left out, juniors
Jamil McGinnins and Shawn Beltz said they
were surprised by the small size of the fair.
"I came here to see the new co.mputers,"
McGinnis said. "And to get some free stuff."
Beltz added that
there was too much
office supply
information at the
fair.
"There needs to
be less photo copier
information and
more on computer
systems," he added.
Most of the
vendors admit that
their main customers
are the faculty and
staff.
Chris Bacon, a
higher education
Staff Photo by Dan Spaulding
A University Printing emply'ee shows off the
department's handiwork at the Tech Fair.
marketing representative for Pomeroy
Computer Resources in Lexington, Ky., said
he uses these fairs .to estab lish a good
relationship with his clientele.
"(The fairs) allow me to put a lot of faces
with the names that I talk to on a regular
basis," Bacon said. " In the six months that I
have served the area, I've seen only about 10
percent of my clients."
Bacon added that most, if not all, of his
customers were faculty and staff members.
The fair was hosted by Information
Technology and the Uni"versity Libraries. Ross
said that the organization for the fair begins
in May and leads up to the fair itself.
"It's an effort from all of IT and all the
libraries because t·hey provide volunteers to
staff the booths," Ross said. " It's a big job,
you've got to give them credi t."
Research vice-president Flanagan res~gns post
• VP since 1991 quits
amid spouse abuse
controversy
By Scott Mcintosh
Staff Writer
Patrick W. Flanagan resigned his position as
vice president for research and as dean of the
graduate school Monday, Sept. 30. Flanagan
submitted his resignation, effective immediately,
to University Provost Wallace Mann, and the
announcement was made by President John
Shumaker at the Board of Trustees regu-lar
meeting at 4 p.m. in Grawemeyer Hall.
The resignation follows Flanagan's Sept. 2
arrest, when he alleged ly struck his wife
following an argument. Oldham County police
charged Flanagan with fourth-degree assau lt,
after his wife Michele Flanagan, reported that
her husband had hit her on several occasions
prior to the Sept. 2 incident.
Since the Sept. 2 incident, Patrick Flanagan
was arraigned on Sept. 11, was released on a
$350 bond and ordered to have no contact with
his wife. The case was then passed to Sept. 20,
when Flanagan, again, received an extension.
The case is scheduled to be heard in the Oldham
County district courts Oct. 23 at 10 a.m.
Patrick Flanagan in itially commented on the
incident in the Sept. 12 issue of The Louisville
Cardinal, saying that he expected all charges to
be dropped. Since hi s resig nation, he has
declined to comment. University offic ials,
likewise, declined to comment. Flanagan's
attorney, James L. Theiss, stated th at the
resignation was due to "ongoing litigation in the
Oldham County courts."
Flanagan plans to continue teaching in the
biology department, pending the outcome of the
trial.
The search to fill Flanagan's vacated position
will commence soon, according to University
officials.