VOL. 60 NO. 17 LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY JANUARY 19, 1989 12 PAGES
SGA's book exchange may be closing
By JAMf' D HI E
and Ml Hf:AI T CKER
Stall Wruer'
lnlomwtwn lor lim ,ror} "·" "'"'
C<Jihen:d h~ ,,,,(1 "nl<'r
"hmropher Kochel
The Stud~nr Gowrnmcnt "oc1.1
111111' Rnu~ l' xchange " current I)
1.1cmg ,ulf wmpetltum from out\lde
'uurre,. mmpeuuon "h1ch olllctal'
'''Y 111.1) ,pelf the end of the
pn,gratn
1 crc'a Stepp. SGA' \Cr\ tee' '1cc
prc\ldent . \au.l '' dec i\lon on the
future of the "·ven-)eilr-nld protect
"Ill he made alrcr the C\change'
opcritlton 1111, 'emc,tcr.
Stepp 'atd pmllt' lmm the e\
Lhangc ha\e hccn lo\\Cr than normal
mc1 the pa't t\\o )Car'. 111 pan !'<!
(.tU\C of WmiX!IIIIOn from both the
lmv~r\11) .1nd Gra)' ollcge b<Kl~ ­'
tnrc,.
Beth Ba~cr . manager of the e\
ch.utgc. , ,ud hu,tne" h;" decrea,ed
hcc.IU\C Gra) ' repurcha'e'
tc\lhou~' )C.tr round. \\hlle the
C\change doc' not nper.1te until final
e"un "~e~ Thc mver\lt} '
hook,tnr~ . ltx:.ned m the tudenr
Center .• ,l,u hu" u'ed b<lll~' ar the
end ol c.1eh 'enie,tcr.
B.1~cr ""d .mother P'"''ble cau'c
lot hm prot''' '' that many 'ludenr'
do not rc;tltte the exchange e'\i\1\ .
Pcopk dun 1 ~ mm to come to 1 he
11oo~ exchange. 'he ''ud . They
\\ant to get rherr money mm. But at
rhe Pther lll'''~'tore' . they only get
h.td .10 1>ercenr ol "h.tt the b<lOk ''
"on h llht\ he
Othcr h<llik,tPre' purcha\e text
b<lll~' at pncc' detcnmncd h)
whnlc,.tle compamc, , "h1ch arc
olt~n far lc" than "hat the h<hlk,
Cll\1
Ar the cx<:hange. \tudenr' e'>t.th
ll\h thetr own ,1\k>ng pnce' lor
hook,. and rece1ve 90 percent ol the
'ale . "1th SGA u\lng the rema1n1ng
10 pcrc~nr for adminl\trallvc C<l\1\
The program ha' al'o hcen
hampered h) tnt ern.tl
dl\orgJnllallon. Stepp ""d She
declined comment on the I) pe' of
internal 'tnle and when the)
occured
The e\l·hange " operated for SG 1\
on a yearl) '""'' h) 'anou' organ1
tallon, . u'u a ll) Greek. hut Stepp
'a1d any rccogn11ed 'tudent orgam
tatton ol at fca,t 40 member' can
appl)
tepp 'alll manp;mer \honagc'
and other proJect\ keep SGA frum
rumung the exchange 11\elf
In the pa,t. Tau Kappa Ep,ilon
lr:ncrnity and Delta Zeta 'ororit
have operated the 'erv,cc . Kappa
Delta 'oronty ran the exchange uur­'"!!
the 19HK ,pnng 'eme-.rer :md ''
handling ih operation agam tim
'cme,tt:r
Stepp 'aid the organitatiunal
problem' have been alleviated due
in pan tn the th:qu"iuon of a com­puter
to help organ11e the fife, .
heuer advcn"ing :mu the diligent
work hy the memiJ<!r, of Kappa
Delta
Although the exchange ha' hecn
hamper~d hy problem' 111 the pa't.
Kappa Delta 1ncmhcr' '>ay they arc
expcn~nt'ing a hoon 111 hu,irh!"' ·
Continued on Page 5
U of L's spokesman says his duties are varied
Campus
Personalities
By BARBARA BAUMA 1\
Stall Wntcr
Iter lour )e~r' nt n\·e:r"'ce:mg
puhlll;tl) lor the Unl\er-.>t) of
Loul\\llle pre\ldcnt' oft tee. Dan>el
H.tll recently hec:une the ftK:U\ of
mcdta artcntum humelt
Hall . the a"l\tant ru the pre\ldent
lor lln>Vef'> ll) relation-.. wa' thrmt
1nto the ltmcllght during a recent
puhllc furor 'urrounthng the ntver­"'
Y' nc" 'mokmg lll>licy .
We had a ne"' item that turned
tlllll a controver,y. 'o con>equently. '
I wa' the IXH nl per,on. Hall \atd .
It 1u't hap1xned that thi' came to
me a' any uther a;,,ignment would .
\ h>le the 'mokmg comrovef'>y
nt.l) ha\e heen the btgge't ne'"
1t~m handled hy h" office late I).
H.>ll '"'" >1 '' only one o l man} 1\-
'uc' "h>eh an'e dati) ar of L.
ll.lll ' oflictal dutie' a' ni•er,ity
'fJ\>kc,pcr'>on demand "ork on other
proJect\ he con,idef'> :11 ka'>l equall)
1mp;>nant
fit, nngomg re,p;m,ihtlitte' tn ­dude
e'tahft,htng the Nauonal
Acad.:my of orrection\ on Shelb)
Campu'. re,earching a new niver­'
11)' rnarkctmg 'tr:uegy . over:.eeing
medt.t relat1on' and "nrkong "ith
both legl\latur'> :md the nunctl on
Hogher Education in Frankfort to
g.un approval for nivef\ity pro­g.
r,un,.
STAFF PHOTO BY GREGORY HARRIS
Assistant to the President Dan Hall tackles many tasks as part of his job.
fter graduating front the Harvard
School of Law in 11.)76. Hall :.pent
''"' year' a' Chief Council to the
Dl\tnct uf olurnbia Judiciary Sub­cornrnlltee
b<!fore betng named Con­gre"
ional Chtel of Staff to Ken-tucky
Democratic Congre"man Ron
Ma7tolt m 1980.
But even with 'everal year'> of
legi>lative experience behind h11n ,
Hall \aid hi-. "ork with officials m
Long-time administrator
accepts position at SMU
By J MES D HI E
tall Wnrer
l lnrveNt} <II Luut>ville \tudenh
.tnd 'tudent organttation' w1ll h"e a
long t1111e lnend when Pat Terrell
re,ign' l.nc ne't month to t<tke a Joh
at Southern Methodi't Unl\er\lty.
I crrel. lJ ol L' a'"'tant 'ICC
pre\ldcnt for 'tudent afl<ttr, . "111
lea\e the nover\11\ after mnre than
14 eaf\ tu b<!come- an a"tK:Iate 'tee
pre,tdenr ol \IUdent a1fa>r' at the
M.()()()-,tuuent pnvate \Choul m D:ll­la,
.
. he w>ll u"unte her po'l reb. 27.
alter unvtng tnnn Louiwille 1t1 her
ne" home
T.;rrell. who hegan hcr \lint at U
ol L 111 1\174 a' an admllll\tr.III\C
"""tant ttl the 'ice pre\ldent. '"'d
the change tn JOb' wa' 'tnctl} a ca­reer
mnve and that lea,tng ol I
"til be utlltcult
It "1ll he hard lor me to lea'e
I only want to cry once . 'he '"'d
I reall) wa'n 1 ltlllktng to le.rve . hut
the) offered me ,, n1ce mcentl\e
pack.Jge
SM ' v1ce preo;ident for s tude nt
atla>r' came up to me at a confer­enre
and 'aid I want you to work
for me . and I thought he wa\ jok­ing.
'he 'a>d . But I '>ent a re~ume
and ""' 1nvtted for an interview
Terrdl wa' one of four linali'>l'
from u natlonv. tde \earch "hich
"u' advenl\ed m The Chron1de nl
Ht~ltcr Educ<JIJon who were m­'
n~d to the M lJ campu<,. where fo­rum'
"ere hdd to adore~;, faculty
.md \ludent concern, ,
The) grilled U\. 'he \ald . They
.~'>ked about my philowphy on
\\orking w11h \tudenh, on di~ci ­pltnc
. on JU\1 about everything . '
·1 hey u'ked b<!cJu\e. a' pan of
her dut>C\. Terrell "111 he re'>j)(lll\1-
hle for '>tudent di,ctpline . Greek at ­latf\
. the women' center. campu'
'olunteer org:mtlatton' and other
UllllC\
Terrell ,,ltd 'he " ltlllkmg forward
Ill v.orking .11 SM and that >he
hope' 10 11np;ln idea., t rom
LoUI\\IIIc to her new tt\\lgnment.
I hope ltl '>leal quttc a few tdea\
lrom ol L. \he \.ttd But I thtn~
that v.>ll he a complnnent
I errcll ' depanure from U of L
.tlmo'>l d1d not happen She rejected
'M ' otter at ltl\t
l'ranklo n ha' proved dtfti c ult at
till h.!\
My nttl\1 diffic ult challenge "nee
cnm1ng to the nivef\ity ha' been
gert1ng ttl know the maJor player' 111
Frankton who have an impact on
the Univef\ity , he >aid . ' I've 'pe nt
'>even year> \\orkmg in the U.S
Hou-.e of Rcpre\cntallve'>. and
then:\ a va>l difference between
how the Hou'>e work\ and how the
Kentucky General A\\embly work'
I m plea>cd that I ve ganlctl a
great deJI of knowledge and expcri ­encc,
but it '"<tn ongoing c hallenge
You have to keep workmg. keep
hu>ldtng toe\ between the lJrll~cr,ity
and the legi\lator>, he ;aid .
Ha ll " the liN to ;ay that he en­joy'>
the challenge and variety hi'
work demand:.
Each day b different. "' 11'
qune exci ting. he !.a id . I am
hi g hly motivated . I gucs\ I ;et high
>landard' for my'>elf. and I guc,; I
like to be perceived a:. a per>on who
cun n'e to any <K:casion. who can
meet challenge'>.
mce coming to the nive r,tty tn
191l5 . Hall ha' worked on many
proJect\ which have heen 'ucce"­fully
completed. includmg gaining
approval for con\lructton of b<lth the
new rudent Activnie:. Center and
an animal re,earch facility ... , well
a'> promoting a 1986 faculty and
'tall 'alary increa \e .
Untver»ty Pre>ident Donald C
Swain \aid he i' plea;ed with Hall '
repre>entation of the Univef\i l}·
'Dan Hall i-. a great a»et to the
Uni,er\lty of Louisville. Swain
'a1d He ha> a good overall ap­proach
to people and under:.tand'
the 1mp;mance of touching ba'e'
Continued on Page 4
11186 FILE ~HOTO
Terrell \Utd that the \ll.tdent alf'""
vtce pre.,ident at MlJ fiN ap
proacheu her about a Job la'>l '>Um
mer InterVIew' .mu negotiation-.
'oon follnv. cd Continued from Page 4 Pat Terrell will be advancing to a post at Southern Methodist University.
In this issue
Specialists - A look at
the pectal tud nt rv­ice
Organtzanon, Page 6
Card Game - rt
columnist questions the
ard~;' intensity, Pag 8
• ar 1
ANINDEPENDENTSTUDENTNEWSPAPER
STAFF PHOTO BY MARVIN YOUNG
Continuing the dream
The Rev. Kevin Cosby, of St. Stephen's Baptist Church con­cludes
his eulogy by lighting a candle during a Jan. 16 Red Barn
memorial service for Martin Luther King Jr. See story, Page 6.
College students are losing
out in the international race
By KE I~ BAKER
Sta11 Wrner
roday ' compcllltW \IUdenl\ arc
con,tantly on the run . After all.
there' the rat race . the race agatll'l
11111~ . and IHl\\ an mtcrnatwnal ran! .
wh1ch they are lo\lng. according to
Davttl Hcf\hbcrg. I nrcm:lltonal
Center dtrector
'I he n1ted State' '' lmmg >n the
mtl'rnatu>no.~ l r~1cc hC'~au'c \\C cant
uo what other mult> -ltngut'til· na­tiOn'
can do. ller,hherg -:uu
Amerit:an 'tudenh lllll\1 plan to
ma,tcr ,, 'econd language . tdeally
'uppon~:d h) \tUd) abroad . to com­pete
tor Jt'h' on the 1ntc rnarumal
arc''" · he ':llll. H c l\hh~:rg added.
howeve r. that they arc ha\lcally un­prepared
We make our \\a) through col ­lege
"llh pan -tune jnh,. with no
time tnr pcNmal enrichment. he
\attl . It "<' rc not careful planner'
of our educational career,. we won 1
have many option' for getttng away
!rom the pan-tune JOh'> that have
hecn \uppon111g u'
The 19llK Rcp;m ol the Advi,ory
Counc1l lor lnternat>onal l·.ducauonal
Exchange . 11tlcd Educating For
G/ob:r/ Compercmcc. 'uppon' Her­'>
hhcrg \ a'>'C\\lllCnl
lle-.pite our po.,itton ol interna ­tion.
tl leader\htp lor almo-.1 50
eur, . "-'<' are ill -prepared lor the
ch:mgc' 111 bu\lne". manufactunng.
thpltHnilcy. '>Ctence and technology
that have come wnh an mten,ely
tntcrdepcntlent "nrld. the rcp;m
'>aid ol mcnran'
Accordong to the \tud;. only 5
percent of Amcncan wllcge gr.tdu
ate' reach a competent pruft c i~ncy
111 a '>Ccnnd language The country i-.
nne nl the rare nat>on' "here a '>lu ­dent
run graduate "llhout ever rak ­ing
a foreign language . unu 40 per
cent of Amcnean \Chol:tf\ abroad
cannot conduct re,carch in thctr 'ec­ond
lanj!uage .
Surpn"ngl;. thl'> " not a new
Book Store Blues
Editorial Board contem­plate
the idea of GA
taking charge of the
annual book exchange.
In Edltorle .. , Page 10
STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN
STUDY ABROAD PROGRAMS
Percentages as reported in
The Institute of International
Education's profile of the U.S.
Student Abroad.
liE CIEE
GENDER
Male . . 36 31
Female . . . . . . . . . . 64 69
FIELD OF STUDY
All Liberal Arts 63 56
Sciences . . . . . . . . . . 9 9
Business . . . . . . . . . 11 17
Education · 4 4
GEOGRAPHIC AREAS
Europe . . . . 80 85
Asia 6 2
Latin America . . . . . 7 2
Other ......... . ... 7 11
• Neither study separated
the developed Pacific Rim
countries from the rest of
As1a. It is appropriate to state
that the International S tudent
Identity Card is more likely to
be purchased by students
studying in Europe than 1n
other parts of the world, and
the CIEE results for As1a and
Latin America should be
considered in this context.
SOURCE Educating For Global
Competence The Report ol tho
Advisory Council ror lnternallonal
Educational E•change - August 1988
STAFF CHART BY JAMES D. HINES
trend A ret:ent .1n1ck h) A'""-·ratcd
Pre" \Hiler ,emge Geud.t c ued a
11179 \I Uti) . A allon AI R"k.
"htch de,cribed Ament:.>' tore1gn
languJgc "hnrtconung' a'
'candalou'>
The rep;1n conducted h\ ,, pre\1 -
uenttal comn11"1on under ihe Caner
aunllnl\tration . artnhutc'> an mcrca\e
111 the nauonal deficit .mu a decrca'e
Continued on Page 3
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