~- 1 VOL. 56, NO. 15, LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, TUESDAY, JAN. 8, 1985 10 PACES
Semester ntay be 'rocky road'
for the divided SGA members
By LARRY D. CROOM
Cardinal Editor
It appears that there may be up­coming
trouble in paradise.
That is, there may be trouble
brewing between officers of the
Student Government Association
at the University of Louisville ne~t
semester.
"Internally, I think the coming
semester is going to be a rocky
road," SGA President Frank J ern­ley
said in a telephone interview
last week. "I dpn't know what I am
going to do with my two vice presi­dents
who just do not like me
speaking my mind when I think I
see something wrong with the
University. I am not sure that
there is much I can do.
"But it is a royal pain in the be­hind
to have them be so intolerant
of my stands on issues that come
up. Frankly, I will be glad to not
have to deal with that come
April."
According to Jemley, the two
vice presidents he is having prob-
!ems with are Kenny Kurzen­doefer,
executive vice president,
and Doug Kemper, services vice
president. The other SGA vice
president is Bill Campbell,
academic vice president.
"I am just amazed at the lack of
enthusiasm for addressing prob­lems
at our University by student
government officers," Jemley
said.
He added that he thought it was
going to be hard to manage his of­fice
and manage SGA effectively
while constantly having .to work
through disagreements between
him and his staff. ·
"It is difficult to fullfill my re­sponsibilities
as spokesperson
when some of the people with
whom I am supposed to be work­ing
with are trying to pull the rug
out from under me," Jemley said.
"In practical terms, I hope it won't
make much of a difference."
One of the issues that has
caused turmoil between Jemley
and his officers is the subject of
grade inflation. Jemley said he is
the only one of the SGA officers
that has been concerned about re-cently
released grade data. _
"I think it is my responsibiliti<es
to follow my instincts and say that
these numbers don't look very
good," Jemley said. "The Univer­sity
claimed that we were an out­standing
teaching community,
and here are the numbers that say
we might not be that."
J emley said someone pr·e-senting
his office needs to speak
out about issues such as grade in­flation,
and he sees it as his plac:e
to be that someone for SGA.
"I hope that I will be able to con­tinue
to speak out when neces­sary,
and 1 hope that the oppositcm
from my officers and staff won't
make it necessary to stop that,"
Jemley said. "But who knows, it
could become a really difficult few
months. I don't think it will, but
that is always possible."
Jemley does, however, think he
may understand why some of his
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J emley voices his new goals-,
worries for SGA and his staff
By LARRY U. l:KUUM
Cardinal Editor
Despite the possibility of inter­nal
trouble facing the Student
Government Association this
semester, SGA President Frank
Jemley said he clearly under­stands
the goals his office needs to
accomplish before April when
new officers will be elected.
"One of the most important
things we will be doing is trying to
affect the Strategic Planning pro­cess,"
Jemley said. "I think there
are some flaws in its structure."
Jemiey sara fiereceiveo afetter
from University of Louisville Dr.
Donald C. Swain just before the
Fall semester ended asking SGA
to look at the Strategic Planning
document one more time and offer
changes and suggestions they
have in mind.
"It sounds like he just realized
that the plan was overly ambiti­ous,"
Jemley said. "I don't hold
out a lot of hope that we will pull
much weight in these discussions,
but we are going to do our best."
Another area Jemley said SGA
will concentrate its efforts during
the Spring semester is new up­coming
cheating policy that is still
being revised.
"The policy and the procedures
as they stand now are just atro­cious,"
J emley said. '.'It is time that
we improve them."
The Student Book Exchange,
which opened a day early last
Wednesday and tallied $1,400 that
day is another SGA project getting
underway. The student direc­k>
ries will also.be eoming out later ,
this semester, and these books
will be compliments of SGA.
But Jemley also has some per­sonal
goals he would like to
accomplish during his final semes­ter
in office, with the f'rrst and
foremost being "getting a fair and
equitable budget through the
(Student) Senate for next semes­ter's
officers.
"The budget used to be atro­cious
and it is not much better
now," Jemley said. "It could lbe
much better, but I don't hold out
much hope that it will be given the
tendencies of this Senate."
In fact, Jemley said he hop1:!d
the Student Senate as a group
could improve the ways they han­dle
SGA business.
"I have never been impress1:!d
with the Senate's ability to debate
in a protracted way difficult and
complicated questions," J eml1ey
said. "We are going to have a diffi­cult
time trying to get any concise
methods from the Senate to he·lp
us with the Strategic Planning
process.
"I have been extremely disap­pointed
by their lack of concem
with academic quality and grad­ipg
patterns. And, I have been ex­tremely
disappointed by the
things that have concerned them
last semester." ·
J emley said the Senate only
raised its "hackles" last semest•er
when the subject of money came
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In a Tough Scrape
Melanie Tackett scrapes the ice and snow off of
her Dodge Colt's windshield during the sur-prise
snowfall that hit and covered the Louis­ville
area last Friday afternoon.
Consolidation con1rnittee forn1ed
to discuss the merger alternatives
By DON WOODRUM
Cardinal News Editor
Information for this story was also
gfjth~red by the College Press
ServJce.
Colleges are closing or merging
with one another at an acceler­ated
rate as signs accumulate that
the long-forecast nationwide en­rollment
decline has begun.
Many state colleges are also
merging to avoid a duplicity of ef­fort
and programs. In the last year
Michigan, Minnesota,
Washington, Missouri and Col­orado
have adopted plans to
merge previoulsly seperate state
universities.
As many as 200 campuses may
disappear before the enrollment
drought ends, some observers
predicted.
"In the next decade the number
of closures and mergers will in­crease,"
said James Miller of the
University of Michigan's Center
for the Study of Higher Education.
"It's the cummulative effect of en­rollment
and finance."
During the '60's and '70's,
schools rapidly expanded facilities
to serve a postwar "baby boom"
enrollment surge. However, that
boom is ending, and experts warn
that enrollments will keep falling
into the 1990's.
"Merger is a diplomatic way of
closing without openly saying
you're closing," Miller said. "But
sometimes there are positive· ben­efits
from both schools."
The University of Louisville is
examining such possible benefits.
A group of community and cam­pus
leaders has been formed to
help a special committee review
the feasibility of a single governing
body for U ofL and the University
of Kentucky.
The group, called the Blue Rib-
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New policy gets complaints
Steve Bing, outgoing vice president for university relations,
soon will take an industrial insurance job with ICH Corp.
Bing takes a position
with private industry
By DON WOODRUM
Cardinal News Editor
The Vice President for Univer­sity
Relations at the Unversity of
Louisville since 1977 is leaving
Feb. 1 for a similiar position in pri­vate
industry, U of L President
Dr. Donald Swain has announced.
Steven Bing, 37, will become
senior vice president for corpo­rate
relations of ICH Corp., a
Louisville-baaed holding com­pany
that owns and operates life,
health and accident insurance
companies.
Bing's employment with the
University began as an assistant to
U ofL President Woodrow Strick­ler
in l972. Since taking over Uni­versity
Relations, Bing has been
in charge of alumni relations, ath­letics,
community relations, fund
raising, government relations,
media relations, planned cum-munications
and WUOL radio sta­tion.
The Frankfort native submitted
his resignation last September ef­fective
no later than Sept. 1, 1985.
The new job is appealing
"primarily for financial opportu­nity,"
Bing said. He said he pref­ers
to have a salary that is not lim­ited
by the state budget. Bing's
University job paid $65,000 annu­ally.
After 12 years at the University,
Bing said, he will miss the college
environment. "I will surely miss
the excitement of working in an at­mosphere
as dynamic as U of L,
and particularly the bright and de­dicated
people who make it that
way," he said. "I appreciate all the
opportunities that my years at U of
L have afforded me, and I am de­lighted
to be joining a progressive,
growinJ( company like ICH."
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ByT. L. STANLEY
Cardinal Managing Editor
A new, consistent policy to dE!al
with students who cheat has be•en
written recently at the Universltiy
of Louisville.
The Policy on Academic Dis­honesty
was to be implemented
this past fall. However, a number
of problems have arisen with tlhe
policy and it is still in draft form.
A number of U of L staff mem­bers,
students and administrators
have voiced their opinions of tlhe
policy, and most are unfavorabl.e.
"I think it leaves a lot to be des­ired,"
said Frank Jemley, presi­dent
of the Student Governme,nt
Association. "I think we need to
decide what the University's role
ought to be in these matters. Do
we want to be punitive for its own
sake or do we want to det.er
people from cheating?"
· J em ley said that his biggest
complaint with the policy is thalt if
a student is found guilty of cheat­ing,
a notation will be placed •On
his or her transcript stating tlhe
charge. The transcript would be
available to any prospective em­ployers.
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"Everybody messes up at one
time of another," said Jemley. "I
think we need to stay away from
labeling people for life."
Denise Clayton, director of Stu­dent
Legal Services, also is a _critic
of the policy. Among her com­ments,
she stated that many of the
punishments are too severe and
that the dean of the academic unit
has too much discretion in meting
out those punishments.
Under the policy, a student con­victed
of academic dishonesty
may have employment denied at
the University or any affiliated
corporation, lose all right to par­ticipate
in U of L activities, and
lose credit for the entire semester
in which the cheating occurred.
"If the policy purports to give
students academic protections,
that's fine," said Clayton. "But if it
purports to reach to non-academic
areas, then that's where I have a
problem with it."
Dr. Harold Adams, assistant
vice president fol' student life,
agreed with Clayton. "If a student
cheated in one class, that
shouldn't carry over into other
classes. If you're going to deny
credii for a whole semester, why_
n3t just dismiss the student from
school?"
The Policy on Academic Dis­honesty
is modeled after the Uni­versity
of Maryland's policy and U
of L's existing policy on cheating
for the College of Arts and Sci­ences.
It defines types of
academic dishonesty, outlines in­structors'
responsibilities and lists
procedures for handling cheating.
It also describes how to deter­mine,
implement and appeal a
penalty.
. "It's not a Cadillac policy," said
Dr. Dale Adams, assistant vice
president for student develop­ment.
"I think it is going to need
some refinement, but essentially
the elements are there for a good
policy."
Adams said that he sees some
problems with the policy, but that
they are mainly procedural and
jurisdictional. Adams did say,
however, that the policy is a defi­nite
improvement over the exist­ing
A & S policy.
"Under the A & S policy, the
student is guilty until proven inno­cent,"
he said. "So if a student is
wrongly accused, he must go
through the grievance procedure
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DALE ADAMS
to appeal his case. With the new
policy, there is a hearing to estab­lish
guilt or innocence so the stu­dent's
rights are protected."
Contrary to Clayton's view,
Adams said that the punishments
outlined in the policy are not too
severe.
"The number one currency a
University deals in is truth; that's
our business," said Adams. "For
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Women earning more degrees,
still outnumbered in work force
By MARIANN KURTZ
Cardinal Assistant News Editor
Information for this story was
also gathered by the College Press
Service.
The number of women earning
doctoral degrees is on the rise. In
1971, women earned only 14.3 per­cent
of all d )Ctoral degreE:s, re­ported
the National Center of
Education Statistics (NCES). By
1977, that number had increased
to 24.3 percent.
Despite this upturn, men stiiJ
outnumber women in most areas,
said a study by the University of
Delaware, co-authored by psy­chologi:~
t Florence Geis. She attri­butes
"self selection" as one
reason for the male dominance.
"Until a few years ago, many more
men than women chose to go to
grad school," she said.
The University of Louisville is a
prime example. The U of L's Ot­fice
of Graduate Programs and
.Research reported that in 1982-83,
30 doctoral degrees were granted,
only nine of which went to
women. In 1983-84, however, 36
Ph.D.s were earned, 19 of them by
women.
This year the NCES predicts
women will earn 37 percent, or
12,400, of the 33,600 Ph.D.s
granted nationwide. Yet even
now, women still tend to opt for
certain desciplines of study.
Women have a slight m~ority of
the doctorates awarded in En­glish,
Women are also earning a
higher proportion of degrees in
French and German than in other
social sciences.
At U of L, figures show women
tend to earn more doctoral de­grees
in English, interdisciplinary
studies, psychology, biology and
microbioiogy.
This tendency to stay within
certain fields places a greater st­rain
on the equal acceptance of
women Ph.D.s. Geis said, "It's a
subtle discrimination. Women are
not seen as intelligent."
Geis and other researchers
studying academic hiring patterns
conducted an experiment by
sending two versions of a resume
- one with a man's name, the
other with a woman's - for a col­lege
teaching position. "The male
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