U of L kicks off annual campaign for Unlted Way
Staff Phot<> by Robert Mattingly
Children from the Wesley House Community Center, a United Way agency, drew a banner during a !kick-off celebration
for U of L's United Way fund-raising campaign. The event was held at the University Club on Sept. 18.
University, United Way strive t<J• build
upon successful 1996 _campaign drive
By Loren Reni Beard
Managing Editor
A "miracle" to most people on one of
U of L's campuses is an "A" on an
especially hard chemistry tes.t, an English
paper finished a day before it is due,
acceptance into a first-choice law school,
a promotion at work or even a close
parking space.
But there are many people who go to
school or work at U of L who know what
true miracles are, thanks in part to the
Metro United Way.
Patrick Hughes was born without eyes
or the capacity to ever walk. He is now a
nine year-old pianist that is ahead of many
of his fourth-grade classmates in Spanish,
writing and spelling.
Teniel Nathaniel is a seven year-old girl
who is now able to walk for the first time
in her life without crutches.
These are just two examples of the
thousands of people and families in the U
of L community that have been helped by
programs and charities that are supported
by United Way. Last year alone, over 2,000
U of Lemployees or their family members
benefited from services from United Way
organizations such as the Family and
Children's Agency, the Jewish Community
Center, the Salvation Army Boys and Girls
Clubs and the Y.M.C.A.
United Way uses th e ir network of
volunteers and local charities to help meet the
health and human-care needs of millions of
people each day. Each of the over 2,000
community-based organizations are
independent, separate! y incorporated and
governed by local volunteers.
In 1995, United Way volunteers raised over
$3 billion, which was used for services such
as disaster relief, emergency food and shelter,
crisis intervention, day care services, physical
rehabilitation and youth development.
When asked to contribute or volunteer, it
is easy for many people to dismiss the idea
because they do not think they personally
know anyone who has been helped by the
United Way. Actually, the chances are greater
that you or someone you know has been
helped by an organization that receives money
from United Way.
Patrick Hughes' father Pat is a U of L
alumnus and Information Technology
employee. He and his wife Patric ia said two
United Way organizations - Visu a lly
Impaired Preschool Services (VIPS) and
Wesley Community Ho use - g reatly
contributed to Patrick's successes.
"Without them we would have been l os~,
and without United Way, (the program) would
sink,': Patricia Hughes said.
VIPS provided special schoo ling for
Patrick and counseling for a ll of the Hughes
from the time he was six weeks old until he
turned five. When he graduated from VIPS,
the Hug hes were having trouble getting him
into a daycare. Most said they did not have
the proper facilities or personne l for
Patrick, but Wesley Community Center
was able to accommodate him.
"They embraced Patrick so
marvelously ... they literally adopted him,"
Pat Hughes said. "We knew, all the time,
that he was in good hands."
Kathy Carden, an executive assistant in
the Provost's Office, has gotten help from
many United Way organizations, such as
the Family and Children's Agency, Hospice
of Central Kentucky and the Y.M.C.A. of
Greater Louisville. T he Y.M.C.A. provides
Carden with an after-school child care
program that is open until 6 p.m., which is
convenient for the single working mother.
" I don 't know what I would do without
it," she said. "The program is located at
my sons' school, a nd it is even open on
days the school is not, like inservice days
and snow days. T hey also have before
school and summer programs."
United Way may give a lot of help to
people at U of L, but they also receive help,
both in the form of volunteerism and
money.
Hundreds of p eople at U of L do
volunteer work for United Way agencies
each year. Michelle Dayvault of the Metro
United Way's Volunteer Connection said
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U of L will play key role in AIDS Walk events
By Holli Johnson
Staff Writer
The fifth annual Louisville AIDS Walk
will begin a t downtown Louisville's
Belvedere on Sunday, Sept. 28, at 2 p.m.
T he University of Lo uisville will be
playing a vital role in th e event this year.
Men's basketba ll coach benny Crum, is a
honorary chairperson of the event and has
already done two public service
announcements for the fight against A IDS.
Cru m also will participate in the walk
along with an expected total of 3,000
individual and team walkers.
Rick Tewksbury, a professor of justice
administration at U of L, has devoted many
hours to people infected with the HJV
virus. He is a member of the Community
Health Trust Publication (CHT), a group
Etcetera:
which raises awareness on AIDS and other
health issues. Tewksbury said that he feels the
walk is important, but that more participation
is needed.
"The AIDS Walk is a great event for the
community," he sa id. "The walk creates
opportunities for the public to fee l involved
and do something co ncrete to make a
difference."
Walkers will be able to view the AIDS
Memorial Quilt. The quilt was started in
February of 1987, b y Cleve Jones and
Joseph Durant. The orig in al dimensio ns of
the material were three feet by six feet,
which was to be c lose to the si'ze of a human
g rave . The quilt is now comprise of 43,000
individual pane ls and covers 25 football
fields.
"The AIDS Quilt is a lso an amazingly
powerful event," Tewksbury said. " I have seen
the quilt three times. The emotional
reaction is overpowering. One of the great
things is that it makes the disease real. The
best thing a person can do is to attend the
quilt display next week. T he viewing
makes one want to walk and do
something."
Several students said they feel that the
walk, along with the quilt, raises awareness
and educates the public.
"The AIDS Walk is very important to
me because it raises money to help fight
this horrible disease," U of Ljunior Kellie
Friend said. " I know personally the pain
felt when this disease takes a loved one and
I hope that by walking and gett ing pledges
we ... can stop this disease from taking
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Young Libertarians' rally
focuses on legalizing hemp
By Michael A. Tynan
Staff Writer
No, actor Woody Harrleson was not in
town, but it seems he has some people who
agree with him about the legalization of
industrial hemp. Last week, the University
of Louisville's Young Libertarians held its
first activity of the year, a seminar on the
outlawed product.
A booth was set up outside the SAC on
Sept. 18 and 19 to promote the legalization
of the product and to inform people about
the many uses of industrial hemp. Members
of the Kentucky Hemp Outfitters sold
official hemp items such as jewelry,
clothing, and wallets. The Young
Libertarians also added some humor to the
event by selling brownies as a fund-raiser.
"It was absolutely successful," Mike
Waddell, a Young Libertarian member and
junior Engineering Math and Computer
Science major, said. "There have been a lot
of sales, a lot of information has gone out,
and a lot of people have learned the
differences between marijuana and hemp."
According to the group, industrial hemp
has a variety of uses: paneling, in~ulation,
paper, denim, textiles, diapers, non-dairy
cheese, non-dairy milk, cosmetics, rope,
paints, and even diesel fuel.
Despite its many uses, hemp has been a
target of the government since the 1930s.
Althq_ugh it wasn't made illegal in 1937,
when marijuana was made illegal, a tax was
levied that made it economically difficult
for farmers to grow hemp. Then, after a
brief use of hemp for the war effort in the
mid-1940s, hemp was made illegal due to
its close re lat ion to marijuana, and was .
replaced with other goods such as lumber
and plastics.
Marijuana and hemp, although closely
knit, are actually quite different, according
to YL Chair Caleb 0. Brown, a junior
Economics major.
"There is absolutely no reason a farmer
shouldn't be allowed to grow a perfectly
useful crop, just because a relative of it has
an illicit recreational value," he said.
"Our primary goal is to raise awareness
on the uses of hemp, and to show that it
and marijuana arc not the same," Brown
said. " It's a shame the government thinks
we can smoke hemp. It's a good example
of its own idiocy - if you smoke hemp,
you will get sick."
Although it may not be a ma in
legislative issue in Washington at the
moment, many pro-hemp activists believe
that the American people will see a change
in the government 's stand on hemp
cultivation by the end of the decade.
Other pro-hemp activists see a political
and an economic opportunity now. Clint ·
Co llins, a junior Biology major who was
at the event said, "This is someihing I
support because right now the government
is hitt ing tobacco so hard. If hemp was
legali zed, it would give the Kentucky
farmers a new crop."
Brown attacked Preside nt Clinton's
administration's policies concerning
tobacco, adding that hemp may provide an
economic benefit to Kentucky.
"The Clinton Administration is anti­tobacco,"
Brown said. "This is something
that Kentucky really needs to address.
(Hemp) can do not hing but help our
economy."
YL Co-Chair Aaron Johnson, a junior
Electrical Engineering and Philosophy major,
said he hopes events like this stir up awareness.
"Perhaps events like this will bring to light
the fact that the government made industrial
hemp illegal by mistake," he said.
For more information about the Young
Libertarians or the legalization of hemp, v isit
the Young Libertarian website at: http//
www.louisville.edu/rso/yl.
Staff Photo by Dan Spaulding
Students stopped by the Young Libertarians' hemp exhibit outside the West
Wing of the Student Activities Center.
Constitutional ainendments
pass iri the Student Senate
By Matt Evans
Staff Writer
After three . s tr a ig ht Student
Government Association elections were
tainted by questions about rules and rules
enforcement, the Student Senate voted to
approve SGA constitutional amendments
to s imply the e lect ion process a t its
monthly meeting on Sept. 29.
Also, to help c lar ify the elect io ns
process, amendments to the SGA b y­laws
were introduced to the sena to rs.
Those amendme nts will be voted on at
the next meeting on Oct. 21 .
John Cary, SGA president, c ited a lack
of und ers tanding for th e c hanges 1n both
the by-laws and constitution.
"One of the major reasons was the
e lectio n last year," Cary said. "People
didn ' t understand thd rules. We decided
to go thro ugh and fi ni sh the process that
was begun las t yea r to simpl ify the
rul es."
The amendments include prov isions
abo ut the Indepe ndent Rev iew
Committee, and a c larifica tio n of the
crit eria necessary to win the e lection.
Each w in ni ng ca ndidate st ill must claim
40 percent of the vote, or a run -off
e lection wi ll be held between the top two
vote getters.
The Independent Review Committee
woul d be removed f rom t he election
process. T he IRC is a g roup made up of
facu lt y, students, and staff, that reviewed
SGA e lecti ons.
" It's a new const it ut io n, but the re's
just some minor language revision. It 's
nothing major," Cary said .
Jeff Trapp , SGA exec u t ive vice­pres
id ent, said th at t hi s wi ll improve
e lection process .
" It won't drastically improve t hin gs,"
Trapp said. " It 's j ust going to cover up
loopho les."
Clarification:
Candle in the Wind '97, Elton John 's revision
of his classic to honor the late Princess Diana, was
released on Tuesday, a day after tickets to his Oct.
18 show at Freedom Hall went on sale. For
reaction to all the hype, see page 10.
After a disastrous 1-6 start, the U of L women's
volleyball team reeled off two impressive victories
against rivals Kentucky and Cincinnati. For more
on the wins and coach Leonid Yelin's crew, see
page 12.
Last week, The Cardinal published a story
reporting that the Pagan Student Union is a
Recognized Student Organization. While the group
is an RSO, the official name is the Ancient
Religions Society. We regret the confusion.
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