VOL. 57, NO.9, LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, OCTOBER 17,1985 BPAOES AN INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER
Logo's bids
arrivederci
to cantpus
faithfuls
By DAVID ANDERSON
Cardinal Correspondent
Nearly every table and booth in
the dining area is occupied, the
jabber of small talk filling the air.
Most customers are University of
Louisville students, but beyond
this common denominator, the di­ners
reflect the same diversity vis­ible
on Belknap Campus.
Dry rush springs
wealth of pledges
By MARIANN KURTZ
Cardinal Managing Editor
In keeping with the latest al­cohol
policy set forth by the Uni­versity
of Louisville, fraternity fall
rush week 1985 proved more
sober in nature than past events.
For the first time, fraternities held
a "dry" rush, following the deci­sion
by the Interfraternity Council
to stay in stride with the Univer­sity's
alcohol policy.
According to Harold Adams, as­sistant
vice president for student
life, nothing but positive results
can come out of dry •·ush. "In the
past, 200 to 300 people would go to
While 3 reduction in the number
of pledges was expected, "it didn't
go down as far as we thought it
would," said Mercker. The IFC
had conducted a study of univer­sities
similar to U of L where 95
percent of the student body com­mutes
to school. They found the
decrease in fraternity pledges fol­lowing
implementation of dry rush
was higher than the drop at U ofL.
"The study also showed we
have a better retention rate than
other colleges," said Mercker.
"There is no doubt that the trend
will continue."
At one group of tables, shoved
together to accomodate several
people, sits a cluster of Speed
School students. They chat
animatedly, taking a welcome
beer and pizza break from the re­gimen
of calculus and differential
equations.
Another group of tables con­tains
members of the Progressive
Student's League, where the dis­cussion
circles around political is­sues
and plans for a rally. Adja­cent
to the League members, a
number of ROTC cadets, con­spicuous
in their camouflage uni­forms,
ruminate over their perfor­mance
on the parade grounds.
~fter five years on the south side of Belknap campus, Luco's Restaurant closed its doors for the last
tam-; on Tuesc!ay. t:he Univea:sity of Louisville owns the building and plans to put the new Computer
AssiSted Enpneenng Graph1cs Lab at the former "home of the five pound pizza."
a rush party all because of the
booze," he said. "Maybe 15 per­cent
were interested in joining the
fraternity; the rest were inter­ested
in the party."
Mercker agreed, however, that
dry rush functions require more
planning. "It takes a lot of innova­tive
ideas to capture people's at­tention,"
he said. Adams noted
that while there had been some
negative feedback concerning dry
rush, everyone tended to agree on
one thing - "you have to create
some excitement and really plan a
party."
Does this description portray a
scene from the cafeteria in the
Student Center? No, guess again.
This sight would have greeted
customers when entering Lugo's
Pizza until the close of business in
Oct. 14.
Lugo's, informally known as the
home of the five pound pizza,
closed its doors for the fmal time
last Monday. The restaurant, lo­cated
at 2351 S. Third Street, has
been a fixture on the south side of
Belknap campus for five years
and had become, in the words of
some students, "a tradition."
The University owns the build­ing
and land Lugo's has been leas­ing
in a manner similar to many
businesses located on the perime­ter
of Belknap. As the five year
lease expired at midnight on the
14th, Lugo's was packing its ovens
and scales for the last time on
Tuesday.
U of L will use the site to locate
the new Computer Assisted En­gineering
Graphics Lab, accord­ing
to Dr. Leo B. Jenkins, as­sociate
dean of the Speed Scien­tific
School. "We have been teach­ing
graphics at the Systems Sci­ence
building," said Jer.kins.
"You can imagine what an incon­venience
this has been to our stu­dents,
having the graphics depart-
. ment located so far from the
Speed School."
The Systems Science building is
at the extreme northwest corner
of Belknap campus on Bloom
Street.
"Some of the students said they
were going to organize a picket to
protest our being closed down,"
said George Cleland, assistant
manager and a Lugo's employee
for the past three years. "They
feel like this place is a tradition."
At the restaurant last night, sev­eral
Speed School students
gathered for a group picture to
commemorate the event.
Adams said that too often al­cohol
became the main theme and
the fraternities didn't have to use
any initiative in planning a party.
Dry rush is but one of the as­pects
supporting the latest alcohol
"In the past, 200 to 300 people would go to a
rush party all because of the booze. Maybe 15
percent were interested in joining the frater­nity;
the .rest were interested in the party."
Likewise, he added, fraternities
spent big bucks to supply their
events with alcohol and received
little in return.
African representative speaks to rally
It seems in past years, frater­nities
saw large numbers of
people come through rush and
pledge a house. Very few of these
pledges, however, became in­itiates,
said Adams. "Once the
rush parties were over and the al­cohol
was gone, they lost inter­est."
policy, said Adams. A speaker ad­dressing
the liability of drinking
will be at the Red Barn on Oct. 22,
and an alcohol awareness seminar
is planned in conjunction with Al­cohol
Awareness Week, Oct. 21-
27.
Adams said that the alcohol pol­icy
embodies U of L's education
responsibility. "It behooves us as
an educational institution to make
students very aware of the conse­quences
of drinking," he said.
"The policy is not an indictment of
drinking, rather a proponent of
responsible choice."
ByT. L. STANLEY
Cardinal Editor .
Nearly 100 people gathered in
front of the Bingham Humanities
Building on Friday to hear
Themba Ntinga of the African Na­tional
Congress attack the govern­ment
of South Mrica and the sys­tem
of apartheid in that country.
"The racist, fascist regime is the
central problem facing South M­rica,"
said Ntinga in his .speech.
"Who gave them the right to speak
for the masses? They despise us,
they treat us like dogs in the land
of our birth. They only see a mas­ter-
slave relationship."
Ntinga said the government
must be overthrown to allow
blacks in the violence-laden
country the freedom they des­erve.
Ntinga's appearance at the Uni-versity
of Louisville on Oct. 11 was
scheduled to coincide with the day
of protest for South African politi­cal
prisoners. Ntinga, the United
Nation Mission representative of
the ANC, ~as sponsored by the _
Progressive Students Lealf\.le and
the Minority Project Fund Com­mittee.
The PSL has been instrumental
in the movement on U of L's cam­pus
to call for total· divestment of
the over $9.2 million the Univer­sity
has invested in corporations
that do business in South Africa.
"Ntinga is corning two weeks
before the Board of Trustees
meeting and we think it will help
show the student support for total
divestment," said Kurt
Metzmeier, leader of the PSL.
Ntinga said the student move­ment
in the U.S. has encouraged
South African students and has
helped to increase awareness
about apartheid.
"The student movement in
South Africa is at an impasse,"
Ntinga said. "The government has
banned the Congress of ~uth Af­rican
students, arrested its lead­ers,
detained some, killed
others ... but for the students to see
what is happening in the United
States and that the struggle is
being led by students boosts their
•morale."
Ntinga said most of the world
takes its cue from the U.S. and for
the public to hold rallies and
marches against apartheid vindi­cates
them from the U.S. govern­ment's
inaction.
The Mrican National Congress
is an outlawed group that remains
active in order to fight apartheid,
Ntinga said. The South Mrican
government has refused to confer
with the ANC, claiming it does not
speak for the masses of blacks in
the country.
"If the ANC does not speak for
the majority of blacks then why
did people themselves unban the
organization and defy the re­gime?"
asked Ntinga. "The
people of South Africa openly dis­play
the ANC flag and chant the
names of the ANC leaders; they
drape cofrms with the ANC
flag ... Oh yes, the ANC definitely
speaks for the majority of blacks."
Ntinga has been in the U.S. for
the past eight years. He was
schooled at Columbia University
in New York City and works
through the ANC office in New
York. He travels the country
speaking at universities and other
locations.
"I have been on the road for
continued on back page
Dry rush has as one of its main
advantages the aBility to draw stu­dents
with a genuine interest in
the fraternity system, Adams said.
"Dry rush enhances the frater­nities'
ability to attract and initiate
those who are truly interested."
Todd Crow, president of Tau
Kappa Epsilon, noted that while
his fraternity saw a substantial de­crease
in the number of pledges,
the quality of the individuals rose.
Likewise, Scott Mercker, IFC
rush chairman, said overall there
were slight reductions in the
number of pledges but the quality
of individuals had increased from
past years.
Given the current nature of at­titudes
toward drinking, the al­cohol
policy has become even
more germane in light of Louis­ville's
new TAP patrols and stiffer
penalties for drunken driving,
Adams added.
The policy and dry rush repre­sent
appropriate steps from a
timely standpoint, said Crow. "It is
a necessary thing, an adjustment
we had to make. Frankly, it's our
responsibility to take our place
and support it."
Spend money for innovative programs before visibility
ByDANBLAKE
Cardinal News Editor
The College's draft strategic plan proposes
separating the tl.ree concentrations of the Institute
(environmental systems, information systems and
health care systems)and placing them into parts of
the Univeresity that are already dealing with these
subjects.
This story contains the observations
and conclusions of the reporter.
The College of Urban and Public Affairs is consid­ering
changing the activities of the Systems Science
Institute and some members of the University com­munity
are opposed to it.
Systems science, as a discipline, deals with study­ing
complex problems from a variety of viewpoints.
Splitting the fields of study away from the Institute is
an archaic view of looking at things, said Dr. John
Dillon, director of the institute.
The College is intended to be the lead division of As a result of the proposed break ;Up of Systems
Science, Dillon said last month he is considering
moving the Institute to another unit of the Univer­sity.
In keeping with that motive, Dillon has pro­posed
to Dr. Donald C. Swain, president of U of L,
placing the Institute under the aegis of the Graduate
School.
News Analysis
the University of Louisville in its ambitions to be­come
a nationally recognized urban university. The
Council on Higher Education has charged U of L
with the duty of primarily serving the urban commu­nity.
Systems Science would be freer to pursue re­search
beyond the urban scope of CUP A. A sys-
Baumgarten ren1ains nonpolitical .
in midst of heated education issues·
ByT. L. STANLEY
Cardinal Editor
For someone who describes
himself as "non-political," Tom
Baumgarten has found himself in
the middle of one of the most
heatedly debated issues in Ken­tucky
higher education's history.
Baumgarten, a 22-year-old
freshman medical student at the
University of Louisville, is the only
student representative on the
Kentucky Council on Higher Edu­cation.
And since his appointment
to the Council this summer he has
attended dozens of public foruma,
roundtables and Council meetings
to discUIIS the Council's Strategic
Planning document.
The document details objec­tives
for the state's eight public
universities and has recently been
accepted by the Council in its re­vised
form.
"When I came home from
Europe in August, I had about 30
letters waiting for me," Baumgar­ten
said. "Most of them were from
UK alums telling me not to ruin
their school."
A native of Owensboro, Ky. and
a graduate of Murray State Uni­versity,
Baumgarten favored clos­ing
one of the state's two dental
schools and one law school, possi­bly
the most debated and
politicized aspects of the Strategic
Plan.
"I thought the closings would be
in the best interests of the tax­payers,"
Baumgarten said. "And
in the revised plan, I voted against
the provision to keep both the
dental~ehools open." He voted to
accept the law BChool revision be·
cause he said capping enrollments
and increasing out-of-state tuition
were adequate compromises.
"Tom is probably the least polit­ical
member we have on the Coun­cil,"
said Harry Snyder, executive
director of the CHE. "He is a very
smart young man who is not afraid
to speak his mind. He's not afraid
to vote no."
Baumgarten said he had a prob­lem
with wording on a provision
within the dental school section of
the Plan. The Plan stated nonresi­dent
tuition would be set by the
Council and substantiaUy meet the
cost of instruction. Baumgarten
moved to amend this statement to
delete the word "substantially."
"To me, substantially means a
lot, but it doesn't mean complete,"
he said. "I didn't mean to hassle
about this, but I thought the word­ing
had deviated from past agree­ments."
He said he wanted to in­sure
that Kentucky taxpayers
would not be burdened with sub­sidizing
out-of-state students' edu­cational
costs. The amendment
passed.
Of the revised document over­all,
Baumgarten said he is pleased
at the results. "I feel good about
the plan, but I realize there is
more to do to improve education
in this state."
Baumgarten said he sees his
role on the Council as an impor­tant
one and that he lends a
needed perspective to the board.
continued on back pace
terns approach could then be taken to study nearly
any aspect of the world, not just those with an exclu­sively
urban application.
When asked to comment, Dillon said the proposal
was a confidential exchange between himself and
Swain and was not intended to be made public.
Dr. Paul Jones, associate dean of the Graduate
School, said he has heard the proposal was made,
but he had not received any official notification or in­structions
to act.
Jones said Systems Science was among several
graduate institutes in the Graduate School which
were placed in separate units when Swain arrived in
1981. While it may be unlikely that Swain would re­verse
himself in this instance, Dillon, an ex-vice pres­ident
for academic affairs, may have the political
clout to preserve the Systems Science Institute's
freedom to conduct research in various areas that
are outside the purvue of any specific college or
IICbool.
Dillon has been at the University for more than 20
years and has likely garnered the influence neces­sary
to have his concerns heard and acted upon.
Last week, The Louisville Cardinal reported that
there is discord in the School of Urban Planning and
Development. At a time when the School is taking
measures to save money, people are divided over
expenditures made by Dr. Hamid Shirvani, director
of the School.
Such measures include focusing systems research
on specifically urban issues.
Dillon did not contact The Cardinal statmg his des­ire
to move Systems Science and said he is too busy
with his students and research to concern himself
with Shirvani's spending habits. Because the de­bates
over spending and the intent to move Systems
Science have taken place in public view, there has
been some critisism of Dillon and his collegues. In re­ference
to spending in the urban planning school,
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lives insight into the history flf
medicine and eradicate:!> the
poor reputation of quacks.
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The Strategic Plan recants origi­•
al bold objectives and leaves a
p~~th of substituting panaceas
with placebos. . . . . . . Page 4
Kick up your high heel . U of L
women's soccer team wins !otate
title and men place second in
weekend tourney. . . . . Page 6
Visual Arts Festival will shower
tbe city with exhibits, tours and
~lebrations. .. . . . . . . Page 7
Van Amerongen' near miss in
tbe political forum. . . . Page 5
News Updates . . . . . . Page Z
Tom Baumcarten (right), a freshman at U ofL's Medical School, is
Editorials . . . . . . . . . . Page 4
Aften:lass . . . . . . . . . . Page 7
Get personal . . . . . . . . Page B
· the sole student member on the Kentucky Council on Hieber Edu­cation.
Harry Snyder (left) is the executive director of the Council.