VOL. 57, NO. 24, LOUISVILLE,KENTUC:KY MARCH 13, 1986
Governing b~oards
threatened by bill
By TIM SANFORD
Cardinal Assistant News Editor
A bill to reorganize the
framework of the state univer­sities'
boards of trustees and re­gents
appears to be stalled in the
Senate State Government Com­mittee.
As amended, House Bill 462
proposes to remove the student,
faculty and staff representatives.
from the governing boards at Ken­tucky's
state universities and de­crease
the terms of appointees.
According to the Feb. 25
Courier-Journal, HB 462 origi­nally
would have allowed an
alumni member to serve on the six
regional university boards. After
the bill passed the House 92-3 and
went to the Senate, the State Gov­ernment
Committee began to
amend it.
Officials from the University of
Louisville have expressed con­cern
about the possible effects the
bill would' have on U of L.
"We did touch bases with every
Jefferson County member of the
Senate on our concerns," said
Dan Hall, special assistant to the
president for University relations.
"We have indicated how the
(amended) bill would negatively
affect the composition of our
board."
have been there (on the boards) in
the rrrst pi act~," Travis said.
Student Government Associa­tion
President Doug Kemper, the
University of Louisville's student
trustee, said he has been monitor­ing
the progr,ess ofHB 462 through
University officials and local Sen­a'te
membe~:.
Kemper said he opposes the bill
and is confident that it will not pass
the Senate.
"I think it would be a mistake,"
he said. "I'm against any step to­ward
limiting power."
The staff !representative to the
Board, Patritcia Terrell, also voi­ced
opposition to decreasing or
ending anyone's input into the
University.
"I think it would be detrimental
to the Unvie1rsity," she said.
Terrell noted that studies have
found that dEmying representation
to major parties in an organization
can cause problems.
U of L President Dr. Donald C.
Swain and Board of Trustees'
Chairman Gene Gardner declined
comment on the bill.
While the lbill was in committee,
Sen. Ed Ford D-Cynthiana added
an amendment to repeal a 1980
law that extended trustees' terms
from four years to six, according to
the Feb. 27 Courier.
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Two men
sought on
rape charge
By DAN BLAKE
Cardinal Managing Editor
An 18-year-old University of
Louisville student has charged
that, while leaving Ekstrom Li­brary
last December, she was ap­proached
by two men, one hold­ing
a knife, and escorted to a van
in the Speed Museum parking lot.
Once there, one of the men al­legedly
raped her while the other
held her.
The woman reported to police
that she was walking down the
ramp leading north from the main
library's entrance late one eve­ning
when she was approached.
She said the men then took her to
a dark-colored van in the museum
parking lot.
The Department of Public
Safety has no suspects or witnes­ses
in the case, but is seeking two
white men. The one who allegedly
restrained the woman is between
the ages of 20 and 25, has light
brown hair, is about 6 feet tall, and
weighs about 175 pounds.
The victim was unable to give a
detailed description of the man
who allegedly raped her.
Dan Keller, director of DPS,
said there was a similar case in St.
Matthews, a I.puisville suburb, in
which two white men took the vic­tim
to a waiting van where one of
them raped her.
Senate Minority Leader Joe
Lane Travis, R-Glasgow, filed the
amendment to the bill on the Sen­ate
floor calling for the removal of
the faculty, student and staff·
board members.
"I never thought they should
In amending the bill, Ford cited
a November 1985 attorney gen­eral's
opinion that stated tht- 1980
law is uncoll!Stitutional. He added
that he thinks the law makes it dif­ficult
for a governor to implement
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Milt Wagner cut the net down after U of L won
the Metro Tournament. U ofL will play the first
round game in the NCAA tourJnament 4,300 feet
above sea level against Drexel! in Ogden, Utah.
The U of L victim did not report
the rape to DPS until January 27.
She was unable to remember the
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Inside
Take Five. The Cardinal crew
will be lolling on the beach,
sleeping and generally goofing
off next we.e.t. Hence, there wiH
be no Cardinal. Check us out
when we recover on March Z'l.
The groin pains of Phi Tau. Haz­ing
charges hurt theimageofthe
Greek community and highlight
the need fo.r a strict policy pro­hibiting
abu!sing pledges.
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Van Amerongen gets bad advice.
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The Mormlm the merrier. The
Cards head' to Odgen, Utah for
first-round battles in the NCAA
tournamenlt. . . . • . . . . Page 8
News Updates . . . . . . Page 2
Editorials . . . . . . . . . . Page 6
Letters to the Editor . . Page 7
Sports ............ PageS
Afterclass . . . . . . . . . . Page 10
Dr. Jacque Reid ( left), Dr. Justine Speer (mid­.
die) and Dr. Paulette Adams displayed some of
by John Hesse
the Rowers that were sent to the Nursing
School after its rec:ent accreditation review.
Nursing school accredited
By DAVID CLATER
Cardinal Correspondent
The National League for Nurs­ing,
an independent review
board, granted accreditaiton on
March 5 to the University of Louis­ville
School of Nursing for the next
eight yt>ars.
Acl!reditation can benefit a
school and its students in a variety
of ways according to Paulette
Adams, assistant dean for under­graduate
students of nursing.
Adams said that it means that a
school has been reviewed by a
board of its peers and gains recog­nition
for professionalism.
"Accreditation opens up stu­.
dent eligibility for financial aid,
grants and scholarships and
makes them more employable
when they graduate," said
Adams.
Justine Speer, dean of the
School of Nursing, Said, "Accredi­tation
is an elective that
schools apply for." Speer said that
accreditation is not a mandatory
requirementl for nursing schools in
Kentucky iii they meet minimal
standards ellablished by the state
licensing b<J•ard, but gaining ac­creditation
shows that a school has
adopted motre rigorous criteria.
"There ~rre 36 criteria that
schools are evaluated on, which
specify whatt goes into a .:auality
nursing program," Speer said.
Some of the evaluation criteria
Speer menti.oned are: the number
and variety of course offerings,
whether students compared intel­lectually
wi1th other schools' stu­dents
and were active in extracur­ricular
actiVIities, and how weU the
faculty met academic standards
and participated in community
service oritainizations and re­search
activities.
"The University can be proud
that all oftht~ Nursing Shcool's fac­ulty
members have at least a rnas­t~
r's degree in the area of nursing
in which they teach," Speer said.
"The most important 'function of
an accrediting board is to look at a
school's curriculum and see if it is
· organized in a logical and cohe­rent
way and determine whether
it is focused on nursing at an ad­vanced
level."
The School of Nursing's faculty
began planning for accreditation
in March 1984, but because of ad­ministrative
changes (Speer be­coming
dean of the School) they
decided to postpone applying for
accreditaiton until August 1984.
"This is the frrst time we've gone
through the entire process, said
Speer. "We had a full year to pre­pare
and sent in a self-evaluation
report describing the nursing
school."
Adams said three members of
the National League for Nursing's
southern region visited U ofL dur­ing
the week of October 8, 1985,
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Phi Tau expected to punish
local chapter in hazing case
By DAN BLAKE
Cardinal Managing Editor
A national representative of Phi
Kappa Tau has found "activities
deemed inappropriate that could
be considered hazing, but no
physically endangering activities"
in its pre-initiation program at the
University of Louisville chapter.
Eric Kelly, director of chapter
services, said, "Individuals
weren't hit or struck. in any way."
Kelly said his fmdings showed
no evidence of forced calisthenics
or alcohol consumption. "Water
and food were used inapprop­riately
and degradingly, but Jess
than being physically endanger­ing,"
Kelly said.
Two weeks ago, Hank Bullitt
and Mike Stogner, former frater­nity
pledges, charged Phi Kappa
Tau with hazing. The two said the
fraternity participated in several
demeaning and physically
dangerous activities.
Dale Adams, acting assistant
vice president for student life, re­ferred
the charges to the frater­nity's
national headquarters.
Adams was present during Kelly's
interviews of Bullitt, Stogner and
John Brockman, chapter presi­dent
of Phi Kappa Tau.
In an interview with The Louis­ville
Cardinal, Bullitt said a mem­ber
of the fraternity struck him
and other plt~dges in the groin
with a pair of boots. Kelly said this
charge was not made in his inter­view
with Bullitt.
This week, Bullitt said he
wasn't sure whether he had men­tioned
that pall'ticular incident to
Kelly. "He s~~emed unfazed by
what I was tlelling him," Bullitt
said.
Stogner said one of the pledges
was forced to lie on a basement
floor while ice water was dumped
on him. Kelly said he found that
water was used in some of the ac­tivities,
but not ice water.
Kelly said a number of sanctions
may be impose·d on the local chap­ter,
but he said he would work
with Adams to confirm specific ac­tivities.
Kelly said the sanctions may in­volve
excluding the chapter from
Greek activitiles such as Greek
Week and awalrds ceremonies for
a period of six months to a year.
Also, the fraternity would be re­quired
to perform several campus
service activities. The national of­fice
will send a representative to
be present during future pre-initi­ation
activities and the local chap­ter
will submit a written report of
the ways it is restructuring the
pre-initiation program.
"Our goal in providing sanctions
and monitoring is to develop a
constructive segment of the stu-dent
population. The Greek com­munity
is usually the segment that
contributes most to campus
through philanthropic activities,
leadership and involvement in
campus activities," Kelly said.
Brockman said the local chap­ter
would change the program
whether the national representa­tives
forced the members to or
not. He said the fraternity already
is involved extensively in commu­nity
service projects. Last year,
Phi Kappa Tau won a community
service award.
Brockman said he was shocked
from both a personal and frater­nity
perspective upon learning of
the charges brought by Bullitt and
Stogner. He said he thought of
Stogner as a friend until Stogner
came forward with the charges.
"Some of it's true, some of it's
not," Brockman said. He denied
charges of physical abuse, such as
dumping cold water on a pledge
and striking pledges.
Brockman said he thinks BuiHtt
persuaded Stogner to make the
charges, some of which he claims
were false.
Gary Ross, treasurer of the
fraternity, said that Bullitt, who
left the fraternity after a month,
was disillusioned and may have
had an axe to grind.
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Dental School dean search
is narrowed tc) six candidates
ByM.NORMANJACOBSON
Cardinal News Editor
While the University of Louis­ville's
College of Arts and Sci·
ences re-opens its dean search,
the School of Dentistry has nar­rowed
its pool to six candidates.
The Dental School search
began for a replacement last fall
for Dr. Edward B. Gernert, dean,
after Gernert announced plans for
retirement.
Dr. Richard MiUer, professor of
diagnostic sciences and chairman
of the search committee, said the
committee hopes to find a new
dean by July 1 and "so far we are
meeting all our internal deadlines
pretty weU."
Gernert said he hopes to leave
by June 30 but said he would not
leave the School of Dentistry with­out
a dean.
"If they select someone who
can't start right away, I'm not
going to leave the school in the
lurch," said Gernert.
MiUer said four of the six candi­dates
have made their first visit to
the campus. He said the remain­ing
two candidates were sched­uled
to visit during the last week of
March.
Miller said that the candidates'
fli'St visit to campus includes both
formal and informal meetings with
students, faculty and staff and a
DR. EDWillRD GERNERT
meeting with !Dr. William Dorrill,
University provost.
"We bring the candidates in (in­dividually)
for approximately two
days and in that time every mem­ber
of the sch<:1ol has the opportu­nity
to meet the candidate two
tin1es."
Miller said each candidate
meets with members of the school
at a casual recE~ption and again for
a question and answer period.
Miller said members of the
School of I>Emtistry are given
evaluation fm"'Tls to solicit re­sponses
about the candidates.
These forms, which may be con­tributed
anonymously, are re­viewed
by the selection committee
and the list is narrowed to three
candidates.
"The candidate meets the presi­dent
(Dr. Donald C. Swain) on the
second visit. I assume they discuss
salary at the second visit," said
Miller.
Miller said neither the search
committee or the Den.tal School
has any control over determining
salary.
Recently, A&S was forced tore­open
its dean search after year­long
efforts protiuced no replace­ment
for Dr. Lois Cronholm,
former dean of A&S. When U ofL
made a deanship offer to Dr. Al­bert
Karnig of Arizona State Uni­versity,
the top fmalist after weed­ing
out hundreds of applicants,
Karnig declined, citing personal
reasons.
The University made no offer to
Dr. David Jorns of West Texas
State University, and said Jorns
was not experienced enough to
take over as dean.
Miller said there is no guarantee
that such a situation would not
arise in the dental dean search,
but "so far, the candidates that
have come for their f1rst visit say
they're still interested."
The six candidates are Dr.
Richard Elzay, chairman of oral
pathology at Medical CoUege of
Virginia, Dr. William Meyers,
chairman of endodontics at Ohio
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