THE LOUISVILLE !STUDENT NEWSPAPER
Volume 55, No. 9 Louisville, Kentucky Tla1Uiday, Oct. 20, 1983 8 pages
KCHE approves
• • • tuition Increase
By PAUL A. LONG
Cardinal Staff Writer
Despite vehement objections
from a number of student organi­zations,
the Finance Committee of
the Kentucky Council on Higher
Education voted last week to ap­prove
a proposal that will signific­antly
increase tuition at state uni­versities.
The full council is scheduled to
vote on the proposal at its Nov. 15
meeting in Frankfort.
If approved. the proposal will
raise the tuition for a full-time un­dergraduate
at the University of
Louisville and the University of
Kentucky to $520 per semester in
the 1984-85 school year and to
$572 in the 1985-86 school year.
That figure is base tuition and does
not include any fees set by the
school.
Tuition for dental and medical
will rise even more. While both un­dergraduate
and graduate tuition
will rise at a rate of 22.5 percent.
tuition for dental schools will rise
to $2,914 per semester by 1985-
86. a rise of 23.5 percent.
The largest increase, however.
and the one that brought the most
protest is that proposed for medi­cal
schools. For resident medical
students, tmtJon will rise to
$3,538, an increase of 33.3 percent
over two years. For out-of-state
medical students, tuition will rise
to $10,614 per semester, a rise of
over 99 percent.
"We feel that the proposed 33
percent increase is not reasona­ble,"
said Britt Brockman in a pre­pared
statement before the Fi­nance
Committee at its meeting in
Lexington last Wednesday.
Brockman, president ofthe med­ical
school student council at U ofL,
was representing medical students
at both U of Land UK. He said that
to serve the state' s needs properly,
future doctors must be willing to
serve in rural areas, where tradi·
tionally there has been a shortage.
The hefty tuition increase, how­ever,
will have the opposite effect,
he said.
"Our students will become more
and more conscious about repay­ment
of student debt," Brockman
told the committee. "We believe
this will shift more and more po­tential
physicians into high spe­cialty
areas, which traditionally
equates with higher pay scale and
necessitates locating around met­ropolitan
areas. This is not the end
result the council is looking for."
Brockman was cheered wildly by
the large contingent of students
who attended the meeting. Those
students, mainly second-year UK
medical students, presented the
committee with a petition protest­ing
the tuition hike.
In addition, U of L's Student
Government Association sent a let­ter
to the council protesting the
overall hikes. "I don't think the
council staff has demonstrated ...
that we need a tuition increase,"
said SGA President Frank Jemley.
Jemley's main argument against
the hikes is that the Finance Com­mittee
has not justified them.
"Their argument doesn't hold
water," he said.
Behind the committee's propo­sal
is the report of the consulting
firm MGT of America, which rec­ommended
a 20 percent across the
board increase. The committee
also surveyed "benchmark institu­tions"
in other states to arrive at its
figures.
But Jemley said that the commit­tee's
final figures are arbitrary,
and that other states are not com­parable
to Kentucky.
"The analogy is not there. so
there is no justification for a tuition
increase," he said.
At the committee's meeting. U ot"
L President Dr. Donald C. Swain
also questioned the committee's
justification of the increases. He
said that it was wrong to "take a
survey of surrounding states and
say what Kentucky should do."
Rather, he said, the committee
"needs to consider what's best for
Kentucky."
"There's always a wistful quest
for rationality in decision-making,"
Swain said. "(But) simply because
it was proposed is not a justifica­tion."
Placement Office
f!iids job seekers
By SUSAN HESSE
Staff Writer.
As much as economic times have
changed over the past few de­cades,
so too, have the means to
getting a good edge into the job
m,arket. Everyone is aware of the
increasing ctifficulty college
graduates are having ·when it
comes time to put away the text
books and bring out the three­piece
suits or high-heel shoes for
interviews.
Especially this last year when
unemployment was at an all-time
high, many graduates opted for a
continued career in school, decid­ing
that going to graduate school
would produce another degree and
a better chance of finding a job.
This year the Placement Center
at U of L, located in Robbins Hall,
has held interview sign-ups, where
seniors have the opporttinity to
place their names on a limited list
of usually 12 interview spots with
major corporations. The Placement
Center has a cooperative program
from which students can acquire
job experience while still in school.
But, as Jerry Horowick, U of L ac­counting
major explained, "By
now, I've had enough of school,
and I'm ready to get out and enjoy
working full time."
As an example of ambitious de­termination,
Horowick, 20, has
waited for the Center's doors to
open at 9 a.m., sometimes as early
as two in the morning, just to be
one of the flrst on the list of inter­viewees.
"This is the best year for ac­counting
majors in a while," said
Horowick. "All of the 'Big Eight'
accounting firms, except for one
not located in Louisville was repre­sented.
If it wasn't for the Place­ment
Center, myself, as well as
most of the business majors, would
be out in the cold. I don't think the
Center gets enough publicity for all
the helpful programs it offers. Be­sides
the cooperative, the Center
also has a Resume Writing Work-shop
to help you learn how to write
the best resume that will em­phasize
your qualifications and po­tentials.
There's also a video-tap­ing
interview session available, in
which someone poses as an inter­viewer
and once you:Ve answered
the questions, you can look back
over the tape. Mostly, they criticize
your mannerisms, habits and
speech, to help you heighten your
appearance for an authentic inter­view.
"What the Placement Center has
done is really advantageous for the
student because it just gives us a
chance. Once you've signed your
name, you're guaranteed at least a
half-hour interview with a particu­lar
firm."
Business firms don't take well to
off-the-street applicants, so the
Placement Center is a foot in the
door for many aspiring students
who don't have any connections
with an important name in the
company.
The past four Friday mornings,
Horowick and many of the students
he has now become acquainted
with have been waiting in line to
sign for interview positions. But,
this is only the beginning of a long
process.
"The Placement Center has
sign-up times for all kinds of
majors," said Horowick, "but ac­counting
is probably the most com­petitive
and limited field. This year
all of the accounting firms have
had early sign-ups. I have had five
interviews this week that were set
about three weeki ago. I received a
letter about 10 days after I signed
up, from the office, which gave me
a date for a visit. It's more like a
pre-screening. Once I've talked to
someone from a firm on campus,
I'll either know nothing or I'll know
the date I'll go to the company for
another interview; this time, prob­ably
with a board of interviewers.
"This week, there are three or
see 'Accounting student, 'p. 2
A clash .in the grass Staff Pboto by Jeff Ford
U of L soccer team members Alois Fisher, left, and Chip Wilkin­son
work out during practice 'Tuesday. U ofL will battle U ofK at
Parkway field Sunday at 3:00 ..
Republican Law Caucus
to hold Bunning rally,
help other candidates
By DAVID ANDERSON
Cardinal StaffWriter
Students attending the Univer­sit-
y of .Louisville Law School who
are interested in the workings of
party politics in general. and th~3
Republican Party in particular.
have Republican Law Caucus in
the newly-formed student organi­zation
to reflect these interests.
The group. though not yet recog­nized
by the Student Government
Association. has already partici­pated
in many Republican-spon­sored
activities and has planned a
rally for gubernatorial candidate
Jim Bunning on Oct. 24 from 6 to B
p.m. at Masterson's restaurant on
Fourth Street.
A motion before the Student
Senate to vote on making the Re­publican
Law Caucus a recognized
student organization was with­drawn
during the Oct. 11 meetin!;J
because of what parties involved
called a "communication prob ~
lam." Doug Kemper. SGA director
of special projects and chairman of
the organizations board, said that
the organization board thought
there was some discrepancy be·­tween
what the group hds said ar1e
its goals and those that are stated
in its constitution.
Kemper said that these prob­lems
had been "discussed with th1e
group and any misunderstandings
By JOYCE SHULTZ
Staff Writer
The mounds of earth piled
around the Red Barn are beginnin1;r
to take shape. The patio area iJ!l
front of the Red Barn will be com­pleted
in a few days, improving th1B
chances that the Homecomin1;r
Street, Fair Nov. 2 and 3, will be
held there, according to Georg111
Howe. director of the Red Bam.
"Phoenix Hill and the Butcher~
town Pub won't look as good be­cause
they don't have the room,"'
'said Howe. The 1900 sq. ft. pati11)
will enable the Red Barn to in.­crease
its handling capacity, which
is currently 450, by 150 or 200.
The patio is a half-moon sha~~
area in front of the Red Barn and
adjacent to the area being land­scaped,
between Threlkeld Hall
and the Red Bam. A ftve-foot iron
fence will enclose the patio, with Iii
gate at the north and south ends.
Park benches, tables and chams
will be installed. "We hope in th~lt
future to make it more like a cafe<,
with awnings and umbrellas on th~e
tables," said Howe.
The patio will provide a place tl~
stand for those people who ofte1~
have to wait in line to get in.
There will also be an outdoor
event area to the south of the Reel
Bun. "The whole project will eq·
hance the beauty of the Red Barn.
Before it was just an island in th•t
parking lot," said Howe. How•t
added that sod is being put down
were cleared up." The motion will
be offered to the senate again at
the Oct. 25 meeting and Kemper
thinks there should be no problems
in gaining ·recognition fur the
caucus. .
Republican Law Caucus presi­dent
Michael Harned reiterated
Kemper's statements, saying that
"there was some confusion as to
whether the organization would
help students in their studies of the
law and political processes, which
is one of our goals, or whether the
focus would be on campaigning
and elections, which, as a Republi­can
group, is, of course, another of
our goals." Harmed said that. after
further discussion with the organi­zations
board, Kemper assured
him that "there shouldn't be any
problem whatsoever."
Meanwhile, the caucus is work­ing
hard on the development of its
organization. The group has 30
members, which Hamed said is
"quite good, considering the time
restrictions on law students." He
said that regional Republicans are
"very excited and helpful" and that
in the coming spring semester, the
focus would be more on fundrais­ing
and membership growth, espe­cially
from Republican lawyers in
see 'Law Caucus, 'p. 2
so the Barn will be surrounded by
grass and trees. Trees have also
been planted in islands in the park­ing
lot, malcing it one of the pret­tiest
outdoor parking lots in Louis­ville,
said Howe.
These improvements are part of
the $443,083 project to recon­struct
the area after the sewer ex­plosion
of Feb., 1981. The ensuing
mess did not affect attendance at
the Red Bam, said Howe. In fact,
he said it was an advantage in that
it proved that Brook St., as it was,
running straight through campus
to downtown, wasn't necessary.
Another dream yet to come true
is the proposed student center to
be built northeast of the Red Bam.
"To us, that's the f\nal step in serv­ing
U of L students," said Howe,
"by providing an on-campus, co­ree:
center."
Movies, which are now shown in
the Red Barn's Floyd Th-tre
would be lhown in the student ac­tivitin
center. With a new fac:ility,
the Red Bam would be able to fea­ture
live entertainment aix days a
week, and local talent would still
be featured. Mike McDonald,
chairman of the Union of Student
Activities, laid that the new stu­dent
center would enable dances to
be ,held on campus instead of at
BeUarmine College.
The entin project is suppoaed to
be ftolshed thia winter, with dedi­cation
c:eremonin ac:heduled for
next spring.
Cronholm asks more
for 'nuts and bolts'
By SUZANNE ELSWICK
Cardinal Staff Writer
Dr. Lois Cronholm. dean of the
College of Arts and Sciences, says
she is optimistic about the future of
the college even though there are
serious problems with various de­partments.
With over 8,000 students, A&S
Is by far the largest school within
the University. "Most of our de­partments
have serious problems
in terms of not having enough fac­ulty
to cover all the specialties or,
more commonly, not having
enough money to cover equipment
and supplies," said Cronholm.
"That's our biggest problem."
Cronholm said that although
sometimes a program may have
sufficient money. it is being spent
on "glamorous" programs and not
often enough on the "nuts and
bolts." This is an important priority
to Cronholm and she said she
knows that she has become a bit
notorious for wanting to get rid of
certain programs.
"My general feeling is that I
don't want anything in the college
that cannot be done with at least
minimum high quality," she said.
This is definitely the case with
the pending renovation of the com­munications
department.
Cronholm said that there is not
enough money internally to create
a new depar.ment now, so external
funds will .1ave to be found . She
said that the number of communi­cations
majors will be cut drasti­cally
so that each remaining one
will be assured of a quality educa­tion.
There are two other critical
problems within A&S according to
the dean. The theater arts depart­ment
desperately needs a new
building. but no allowance was
made for this on the 1984-86 bien­nial
budget request.
Cronholm said the "university
side" of her can understand how
the building priorities were set but
that the "A&S side" regrets that
theater arts has no new building. "I
think the problem of theater arts
somehow got lost in all of the other
accommodations that were made
for us," said Cronholm. "The prob-
DR. LOIS CRONHOLM
lem with theater arts is a very criti­cal
one."
Another department with some
real problems, Cronholm said, is
the natural sciences. The math,
geology, and physics departments
"are being squeezed into the Natu­ral
Sciences building," which is
now undergoing renovation. Amid
some protest by natural science
students, the natural sciences li­brary
is also being moved into the
Speed School library. The books
are scheduled to be moved during
the Christmas holidays . This will
require an addition to the en­gineering
library, but Cronholm
said she does not know when that
construction is scheduled to begin.
Cronholm does have ideas for
making improvements and begin­ning
new programs at A&S, and
she praises President Swain as
being very receptive to her ideas.
"He lets me take an idea and run
with it. He encourages people to
take risks," she said.
Cronholm gives credit to Swain
for "having the guts to put his
money where his mouth is by
building the Ekstrom Library. It
was clearly a watershed in this
University. It really signaled some­thing
about our interest to become
a major university."
Cronholm taught biology at the
University of Louisville before be­coming
dean five years ago. She
graduated from U of L, and has
been to law school here as well as
serving as a research associate.
''I've done just about everything
but janitorial work at U of L," joked
Cronholm.
She has lived in Louisville since
1960 and has always be&n in­volved
in community affairs. 'Tm
kind of an old political warhorse in
Kentucky," said Cronholm. She
was the first woman to head a city­county
agency, the Human Rela­tions
Commission, and is now a
member of the Rates Committee of
the Cable Community Committee.
Although she does not describe
herself as a women's liberation ac­tivist.
she said, "I would like to
think that in my own way in becom­ing
successful I did more for
women's lib than burning my bra."
Cronholm said her vision of the
perfect College of Arts and Sci­ences
would have "the minimum
number of disciplines represented
to make a comprehensive college
of A&S and that each of the depart­ments
would have the minimum
resources to have reasonable qual­ity."
Cronholm said she doesn't like
to do anything unless it's done
right. Her philosophy about learn­ing
reflects this: 'Tm convinced
that the most you can do for stu­dents
is give them some informa­tion
and make them aware of how
to reach conclusions. and how to
think; and if they are good, they
will turn on and keep learning for
the rest of their lives. If they aren't
good you could have them in class
for the next 25 years."
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Staff Photo by Daniel McClure
Reagon Clark and co-workers continue work laying bricks fflr the
Red Barn patio Tuesday morning despite the threat of rain