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Vol. 60, No. 8 LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY OCTOBER 12, 1989 12 PAGES AN INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER
Gun control debated during
first Plumb line Forum of '89
By Ml IIAEL A Ll DENB R ER
taff Writer
Thcpmnfulmcmoryofthebrutal ept.
14 tandurd Gravure slayi ngs le111 a raw
inten\lty to the Plumbline Sene' publi
forum on gun control.
The nearly full h u;e at the Kentucky
Center for the Arc- broke into applause
regularly a\ speaker; defended their
respect1ve point\ of view at the Oct. 9
debat e.
Among other intere>tedciti7em,.largc
group' of pohcemen and teacher; at­tended
the C\ ent.
Aud1ence reaction favored gun con­trol.
\aid J. Pnce Fo.,ter. dean oft he Uni­ver\
11) of Lou1wllle ' College of rban
and Public ffa1r' and the event's or­gamzcr.
Judgmg from the applause, about 70
percent of the crowd •upported gun
omrol. he l.a id.
llowever. neither ;,ide '; argument;,
were completely per;,ua\ive. " I can't
really say that either side really con­vinced
the audience." FoMer ;aid.
ue Greiger. director of ;,pe ial evenLs
for the Center. said although no one
produced an agreeable \olution. the
debate stimulated positive discw.sion.
"As far as the reaction from the audi ­ence
goc' and that they felt free to emote
about ho" they felt about the is<,ues. I
think it wa\ a great succes;,,'' Greiger
said.
" I thought it was interesting.'' said
panell\t Phillip McGuire. law enforce­ment
adv1ser for Handgun Control Inc.
and former a\sociate director for the
.S. Bureau of Alcohol. Tobacco. and
Firearm>.
"Obviou; ly. the audience is mtere>ted
in finding solution> to problem;,"
STAFF PHOTO BY ERIC CURRIER
First-year law student Laurel S. Banks, right, and her mother,
Sue, attend the Paper Chase a Ia U of L at the Law School.
Parents, spouses learn·
stress at Law School
By EDDIE WOOTEN
Staff Writer
For participants in thi year's
"Paper Chase a Ia U of L" at the Law
chool. the fin break of the day was
the la\t.
t 10 a.m. on Oct. 7, the students
and their g uests assembled in the
building's lobby for coffee and
doughnuts. After that, they were off
and running for a sample of life as a
first -year Universi tyofLouisvi lle law
>tudent.
The program began in 1984 as a
"ay for first-year law students to
g1ve their guest; "a taste of what law
students go through," said event
coordinator Donald Olson.
Mock law clas es are conducted
based upon material previously cov­ered
by the students, who were given
cases pertinent to the subject chosen
for the lecture.
These included cases involving per­;
onal injury, assault and battery and
property damage.
The professors - Ronald W.
Eades, DavidJ. Leibson and Michele
Ubelaker- warned their student' to
be prepared for the lecture because
they, as well as their guests. would be
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M Guire said.
"We weren't going to olve all the
problem\ here tonight. but I think the
public deserve to know from law en­forcement
officials and expert> what
they thin~ i' the bel.t approach to fight ­ing
crime and preventing violence.'' he
>aid.
While audience reaction was mixed.
advocates from both >ides thought the
debate advanced their po'oition.
"I think it i; positi ve to have forum;
like this. I thin~ it shows some of the
vacuousness of the argument> on behalf
of the ational Rifle Association." said
M1~ e Ward. a K e ntu c ~) ~tate repre;en­tative
who b ; ponsori ng a bill for the
1990 Legislature that would ban the !.ale
of 32 types of assaul t weapon. in Ken-
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ABOVE: Dewey Stokes, national president of the Fraternal Order of Pollee argued for the control of
assault rifles during the Oct. 9 Plumbline Forum at the Kentucky Center for the Arts. RIGHT: Michael
Gartner, president of NBC news, questioned a point made by a commentator.
Student Senate ]presents Harold Adams A ward
By JOH HARRELL
Staff Writer
In an attempt to honor the accomplishments of adult
students, the Student Government Association presented
the first Adams Award:-. to three reci pients at the Oct. I 0
meeting of the Student Senate.
GA President Tara Wiggi nton aid she devi,ed the con­cept
for the awards while ;erving as SGA Academic Vice­Pre:-.
ident lal>t year.
"I had served on the Transition Committee last year and
I learned there are very few ;cholarships for adult s'IU­dents,"
Wigginton said of the awards named for the late
Harold Adams, a fom1er studentaffairs official. "My intent
was to recognize adult students and encourage them to ccm­tribute."
The first three recipients of the award- Maria Feman­del.
Mary Warner and Wayne Kolb - were chosen in
Apnl by a selection committee Wigginton said was com­posed
of a variety of student leaders.
"We had people from Adults on Campus over at The Red
Bam on the committee, and Curtis (Warfield. current SGA.
Academic Vice-President) and I served as well." she said.
"We kept it in the SGA because it's an SGA award."
The criteria for selection included a high grade point
average and campus involvement, as well as being able to
maintain off-campus responsibilities, such as having both
a family and full -time job.
The winners received checks for $300 from the Univoer­sity
as well as a plaque. Fernandez and Warner attended the
ceremonies. while Warfield accepted Kolb's plaque on
behalf of the economics major, who was unable to attend.
Fernandez. who holds a master's degree in accounting
from the University of Miami (Fla.), is a fourth-yl!ar
evening law school tudent. Warner is working on her
master's in English and is a program fa ilitator at the
Minority Affairs offi e.
Fernandez said the Adams Award. and especially its fi ­nancial
aspect, should be a positive step in encouraging
adult students to excel.
" I think it provide• a student who come> back a little
more incentive," Fernandez said. " Every penny hellps
when you go back to >chool."
Warner said the award \•as long overdue and hoped! it
would encourage adu lt students to become more active on
campus.
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STAFF PHOTO BY ERIC CURRIER
Curtis Warfield, behind podium, hands Mary Warner the Harold Adams plaque.
SGA awarded three non-traditional students awards of $300 each.
Miss U of L committee stays
By JOHN HARRELL
Staff Writer
A motion to disband a committee con;,idering
the fea•ibility of Student Government Associa­tion
sponsorship of a Miss of L Pageant was
narrowly defeated at the Oct. I 0 Student Senate
meeting.
The three-member committee, which wa;
fanned during the Sept. 26 Senate meeting. re­fused
to discuM, the pageant after three of SGA 's
four executive officers released a letter to the
senator' Oct. 3 stating their opposition to the
event.
The letter. which was signed by Executive Vice
President Tim Hagerty. Academic Vice President
Curtis Warfield and Service Vice President Holly
Everett, stated that pageants of thi; nature "ex­ploitcertain
s tereot ype~ and va lue; that we would
prefer time had forgotten."
Student Senator Robyn Sattich. ch:ur of the
Misl> U of L committee, ;aid the group cho\c not
to meet after the letter·., re lew.e because they felt
the executive officer'>' 'oentimenh could m a ~e the
issue a moot poinl.
"The committee dec1ded to wait becau'e we
didn't want to wm.te time." Sattich ;aid.
She abo expre'>>Cd di'ilppointment in the ex­ecutive
officers for relea>i ng the letter without
waiting for the committee to a\\emble any infor­mation
about the pageant.
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U of L officials hold ceremony
for new $6 million residence hall
By BE J. TALBOTf
Staff Writer
About I 00 people attended the ground­breaking
celebration for a new $6 mil­lion
re~idence hall. the first to be built at
the University of Louisville in 20 years.
The as yet unnamed residen e hall
will be funded by a state bond i>l>ue.
These bond are basically loan • said
Frank Mianw. d1rector of Re!>!dence
Administration. An increase in the CO'>I
of on-campu hou>ing also will help pay
the building debt, Mianzo said.
The Oc1. 5 ceremony, ho~ ted by Presi ­dent
Donald C. Swain and the Board of
Tru~tee\ , wa>heldont.hecomerofFourth
Street and Brandei; Avenue, the con­stru
tion lie for the Mructure.
Mianto >aid that the new hall w1ll be
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completedaroundAugu t 1990- about
the same time the new Student Activi­tie;,
Center will open.
rowd reaction to the forthcoming
dormitory was po itive.
"Of cour c, the price of room• on
campus will rise a bit, but everything
costs money," said Troy Spratt, a fre h­man
majoring in chemical engineenng.
"The niversity needs to build more
housing on campu>. Many of the dorm!>
are old and students who want to live on
campu can't because there isn't any
room."
According to Mianzo the new hall
will add space for 221 student'> to the
niversity\ current hou,ing capacity
for about 1.850 resident! .
Re id nts will be able to choo>e from
si ngle- or double-occupancy a11d al ·o
have the prerogative of having a living
room suite. All rooms will include a
bathroom.
"The new residence hall will be a
hodgepodge of variou room;," Mianzo
smd. "Students will be able to choose
from a variety of different types of rooms,
all depending on how much money they
want to spend ...
Mianzo anticipate> the cost of the
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PHOTO BY BOB KNASTER
U of L President Donald C.
Swain, holding shovel, and
other officials broke ground for
a new residence hall Oct. 5.
U of L's men's
soccer team:The
Foreign Legion
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