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;U of L says Council plan diminishes
1 By T. L. STANLEY ~hould fo_ll?w suit in nu~turing two universities,
Cardinal Editor each str1vmg for the h1ghest possible quality."
He then suggested a statement be inserted in
the plan that advises the council to " produce a
nationally recognized urban university in Ken­Kentucky
higher education needs two na­tionally
recognized universities, one urban, lo­cated
in Louisville, and one land grant, located
in Lexington.
So argued Dr. Donald C. Swain, president of
the University of Louisville, in his remarks at
the public forum on higher education held at U
of L on August 16.
. The public forum was one of ten scheduled
across the state and was a result of the Ken­tucky
Council on Higher Education's recently
unveiled strategic plan for Kentucky's state uni­versity
system. The plan is in draft form and the
council is soliciting advice from the eight state
universities and their consituencies on ways to
revise the document.
The CHE plan encompasses several propo­sals.
These range from advocating full formula
funding from the state legislature to the elimina­tion
of duplicated programs at the University of
Kentucky and U of L to closing either UK or U
of L's law and dental schools.
A central concept of the plan, however, is that
Kentucky should develop one nationally re­nowned
university - the University of Ken­tucky.
Swain argued the plan had failed to recognize
the importance of U of L's urban mission. The
mission statement, authored by the CHE in
1977, states that as the major urban university in
Kentucky, U of L must work to serve its sur­rounding
community first and foremost and
must emphasize programs that meet the educa­tional,
research and service needs of the Louis­ville
metropolitan area.
Swain cautioned the Council members to re­consider
this omission.
"Please understand that U ofL has a long and
proud tradition as an urban university, which is
a tradition as old and important as the land
grant tradition," Swain said, referring to UK.
Excerpt from CHE
Strategic Plan
. .. we have tried to pull together the most
important factors that are affecting higher edu­cation
in Kentucky today, and will continue to
affect it for the near future. We have tried to
identify the actions that can be taken to improve
higher education in Kentucky, at each institu­tion
and at the statewide system level. Much is
right with higher education and we have tried to
take a positive approach throughout this pro­cess.
We know that nothing damages higher
education so much as the divisivenes!Y that
seems to show its head so often. On the other
hand, we are convinced that higher education
must be willing to take a hard look at itself, to
candidly state where change is needed, and to
begin making the hard decisions that we all
know need to be made ... before we can ex­pect
the Governor and the legislators to take up
the cause of higher education.
Burns Men:er, chairman,
Kentucky Council on Higher Education
"One tradition is not better or more important
than the other."
Swain pointed to several examples of land
grant and urban universities that hold equally
prominent positions within their states; the U ni­versity
of Cincinnati and Ohio State, Pennsyl­vania
State and the University of Pittsburgh,
the University of Texas and the University of
Houston, among others. He said Kentucky
lucky's largest metropolitan area."
Whjle the Council members did not commit to
rtWising the plan to include Swain's recommen­dations,
Burns Mercer, chairman of the CHE,
said, "A good case has been made that enough
was not said about U ofL's urban mission. If we
had more (state) resources, we could have been
more positive (in detailing program expansion
instead of cutting)."
The CHE plan details proposals for the possi­ble
closure of one dental and one law school and
locating the engineering school at UK. Swain
countered these proposals, saying the data does
not show that Kentucky is producing too many
lawyers. He also noted that U of L's Dental
School has a long, distinguished history and
should not be closed and that the engineering
programs at UK and U of L compliment each
other perfectly.
Swain cited the Lassiter Report, a recent
study of the two engineering schools, which
said the schools are placed where they should
be and have no unnecessary duplication. The
report recommends two quality engineering
schools.
The strategic plan also calls for established
Centers of Excellence, academically superior
programs, to be established at the state univer­sities,
with an unlimited number given to UK.
Swain termed this proposal ''not wise or
workable."
During the public forum, which was attended
by over 450 people, 62 speakers were sched­uled.
Approximately 43 spoke during the four
and a half hour meeting.
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University approves
student center plan
By YVONNE D. COLEMAN
Cardinal Assoc. Managing Editor
Plans for a new Student Ac­tivities
Center on the University of
Louisville's Belknap campus have
been accepted by the U of L ad­ministration
with construction to
begin by 1987.
The site selected for the facility
is in the northeast zone of campus
and the developers are Johnson,
Romanowitz, Jasper Ward Ar­chitects.
A north-south railroad
line (Seaboard) divides the site
into a western and an eastern sec­tion.
The facility will extend from
the Red Barn on the west to Floyd
Street on the east.
Larry L. Owsley, vice president
in the Office of Planning and
Budget, said, "We've got the basic
plan for the building and the next
step is to request funding from the
Council on Higher Education and
then approval from the gover­nor."
Owsley said the approval to
begin construction on the Center
should be decided between Janu­ary
and April in the 1986 state leg­islature.
Owsley said, if constructed,
"the new Center would provide a
focal place for students and addi­tional
recreational facilities that
are desperately needed."
According to Robert Douglas,
project manager for Jasper Ward,
the project is in the schematic de­sign
stage which started June
1984. He said if funding is ap-
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proved, the fmalized designs
would be drawn along with the
construction drawings. He said
construction should begin in 1987
if all approvals are received.
The plan for the Student Ac­tivities
Center, according to Doug­las,
covers 230,000 square feet and
includes two b uildings, one across
the railroad tracks.
"Our purpose is to establish a
means of crossing the railroad
tracks and to create a facility that
is student-oriented," said Doug­las.
He said the buildings would be
linked together to form one build­ing.
The three-story west wing,
nearest the Red Barn, would
house a bookstore, a game room,
food services, a kitchen and a
lounge/cafeteria as well as student
organization offices and meeting
rooms.
Douglas said the two-story east
wing, at Floyd and Cardinal
Boulevard, would house athletics,
recreation including six basket­baiVall-
purpose courts, 12 rac­quetball
courts, a weight room,
locker rooms and equipment
issue.
He said two special court areas
would feature 2,000 spectator sea­ting
for women's volleyball and
men and women's basketball
practices. He said the east wing
would serve as the on-campus
base for the basketball team with
the coaches' offices located above
the practice courts with glass walls
for monitoring the practices.
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where does political state strate­gic
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Drawing Courtesy of Johnson/Romanowitz/Jasper Ward - Architects
The drawings of the proposed "new Student Activities Center" show
the exterior (top) and the interior views of the project. Construction
should begin in 1987 if funded.
Other features of the Student
Center include a courtyard, desig­ned
for the center of the building
and a 300 feet entrance bridge
which starts at the Theater Arts
building and leads into the middle
level of the building.
According to Douglas, the
largely glass-transparent struc­tural
frame was designed to reveal
the activities going on inside.
Under the master plan, a com-
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puter aided engineering center
and a new Kersey Library will be
constructed on Parkway Field.
Douglas said the ball field would
be relocated to another part of
campus.
Renovations are planned for the
Fine Arts building, the old Stu­dent
Center, Belknap gym, Phys­ical
Plant, the Theater Arts Annex
and the Reynolds building. ·
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Staff Photo by Tom Thompson
Dr. Donald Swain argued U ofL must serve the surrounding communi­ty
and develop programs tailored to the Louisville metropolitan area.
Commuters offered
parking alternatives
ByT. A. PACK
Cardinal Assistant News Editor
Brown parking permits, meters
· on city streets close to campus and
1,000 n ew parking spaces are
changes in the University of
Louisville parking system that stu­d
ents can expect this year.
The new brown permits "are for
those people who don't mind
walking a little bit more for a
cheaper rate," said Paula Hash, a
program assistant in U of L's De­p
artment of Public Safety. "The
permits also give the students an
opportunity to find a parking
place more easily than in the
past."
The brown permits will cost $20,
and the green permits will cost
$~0. The red and blue permits, de­s
ignated for U of L faculty and
staff, will not be affected by
changes in the system, said Hash.
"In my opinion," she said, "the
brown spaces aren't any farther
than the green. If you don't mind
walking from the green, you
shouldn't mind walking from the
brown."
Hash said the brown parking
areas will include the parking lots
on F ourth Street, the spaces be­side
the Reynolds Building and
the area around the Kentucky
Manufacturing building.
John Nolte, assistant director of
public safety, said, "The number
of permits will be limited, based
on the number of spaces, to a ratio
of 1.8 permits per space. We re­duced
price (with the brown per­mits)
as an incentive to use the
perimeter lots." He said these lots
previously have been under used.
The City of Louisville Public
Works Department is installing
parking meters on city streets
close to campus "at the Univer­sity's
invitation," said Noel
Thompson, assistant d irector of
the department. "We've been in
consultation with U of L for a
number of months."
"We approached the city a bout
installing meters in some key
areas that directly impact U of L,"
said Nolte. "(They) will serve to
benefit ... visitors, guests and
students. The purpose of a meter
is to provide turn-over parking -­to
keep somebody from parking
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Panel narrows list
of A&S candidates
By T. L. STANLEY
Cardinal Editor
They are searching for someone
who has a scholarly stature, is
politically adept and is sensitive to
the needs of students and faculty.
They want someone who will pro­tect
the interests of their colle~e.
They are members of a search
committee looking for a dean of
the College of Arts and Sciences at
the University of Louisville.
With the field of candidates nar­rowed
from over 160 to two, the
committee has extended the
search, and will accept applica­tions
until September 16. Dr. Phil
Laemmle, chairman of the com­mittee,
said he wants to submit
names of two or three finalists to
the University Provost, Dr. Wil­liam
Dorrill, by mid-October.
"So far , the search is going
well," said Tony Evans, graduate
student on the committee. "But
'well' isn't good enough. We're
going to keep looking until we find
exceptional."
The two candidates being con­sidered
are Dr. Lowell Davis from
Syracuse University and Dr. Jill
Rubenstein from the University of
Cincinnati. About 60 more appli­cations
have been submitted in
this second round of recruiting
and a similar interviewing process
will be followed to narrow the
field.
The reason for extending the
deadline for applicants, according
to Evans, is to get the best possible
pool of candidates from which
Dorrill may choose a dea n.
"We had two candidates in the
last pool. We'll open the search
until we lind two or three more,"
said Evans. "We want the best
possible pool, we don't just want
"So far, the search is going
well. But 'well' isn't good
enough. We're going to
k eep looking until we find
exceptional. "
the best that's availabie now."
Laemmle said the two candi­dates,
Davis and Rubenstein,
have d ifferent strengths and
weaknesses and that support was
very diffused among the faculty
for both.
With an e nrollment of9,292 stu­dents,
a budget of $l5.6 million
and over 250 faculty, the job of the
A&S dean is a complex one in­volving
student, faculty and ad­ministrative
concerns. And ac­cording
to the members of the
search committee, choosing this
person is no easy task, either .
"It's like asking the children to
pick the parent," said Evans. "I'm
reviewing credentials of a Ph.D
and the faculty members (on the
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