J
AN INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER
VOL. 58
NO. 23
LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY
MARCH 5, 1987
14 PACES
Proposed budget to reduce aid
By JAMES HINES
Cardinal Staff Writer
Several thousand University of
Louisville students could be di­rectly
afT cted by a budget propo­sal
that, if passed, would cut 43
pereent of th • av<~ilr.h le federal fi­nancial
atd prog1·ams.
Unde r the terms uf President
Ronald Reagan':, proposal to Con­gress,
an e;.timateJ Lhn.'c million
students would be dropped from
the federal financial aid rolls. Most
of the affected students would
come from low-to-middle class
families, according to a report by
the National Student News Ser­vice.
Blake Tanner, director of finan­cial
aid at U of L, expressed con­cern
ov r the number of U of L
students receiving financial aid
who would be affected if the pro­posed
budget is passed.
"Over 2,000 students would be
affected in the current year of 87-
88, and over 3,000 for the corning
year of'88-'89," Tanner said. "One
student would be significant, and
2,000 is mind-boggling."
Tanner said he thought the ad­ministration
had put together a
budget that wa~; balanced, while
not looking at the various pro­grams'
value.
"It's just a matter of balancing
the budget, irregardless of what's
in the budget," Tanner said.
"They just went in with a chop
axe, they didn't even use pinking
s hears, it's not even a clean cut.
Tanner said he does not under­stand
the motivation or philoso­phy
behind Reagan's proposed
cuts. "I don't have the foggiest
idea, nor do I think he (Reagan)
does," he said. "I don't think he
understands the programs, I don't
think he wants to understand
them."
Under the proposed budget the
following programs would be
eliminated nationwide in the fiscal
year of 1988: Work Study, Na­tional
Direct Student Loan, Sup­plemental
State Incentive Grants,
and Supplemental Educational
Opportunity Grants.
The programs that would re­ceive
reduced funding include:
The Perkins Loan program, the
Special Programs for Disadvan­taged
Students (TRIO), and
Guaranteed Student Loan pro­grams.
The Work Study Program
would lose all of it's $592.5 million
budget, the NDSL would lose all
of it's $118 million budget, the
SSIG would lose $76 million, and
the SEOG would also be termi­nated.
The most heavily reduced pro-gram
is the Pell Grant, which
would have it's budget reduced
from $3.8 billion to $2.71 billion.
The Perkins Loan Program would
go from $210 million to $26 million,
and the GSL, which would have
it's budget cut to $1 .177 billion
from $3.004 billion.
Tanner expressed disbelief and
concern over the possible elimina­tion
of the Work Study Program
and the students that would be af­fected
by its demise. The Work
Study Program enables students
to work on- and off-campus to
offset the costs of their education.
This program uses federal dollars
to pay the student's salaries while
they are enrolled in the program.
"The a dministration's budget is
just a royal mess." said Tanner.
"The most ludicrous part· of tl e
budget is that it eliminates tht- col­lege
Work Study PJ·ugJ'aln, wl,ich
Continued on Page 3
SGA spending clears Student Senate
ByM.NORMANJACOBSON
Cardinal Managing Editor
The Uni\Cr\il\'(lf L nui~;vi llc Slu­dctP
'-lcna1c JXi'>'>t:d 1hc llJ87-8R
hud<'l' prupn-,al Tuc\da) night
al :c1 .111 liou1 nf dic;cus,ion and on-
1~ nnl· amcndmcnl 10 11ic $305,000
in lund-..
Allhough <;cvcral amendment!>
to 1hc budget ''ere propo~cd, only
a $50 add ition 10 the College r•
Urban and Public Affairs stude111
council was passed.
"I'm really pleased," said
Angela McCormick, president of
SGA. "There's more money in the
project fund and in the speaker
fund ." The $9,058 project fund
will be used to grant financial
assistance to any organization on a
case-by-case basis.
No figure for the amount of
money in the sp.eaker fund was
available at press time. But Mc­Cormick
said U of L's speaker
fund is extremely limited com­pared
to those at other schools and
she is pleased with the opportunity
for expansion.
McCormick said the Finance
Committee recommended funds
based on "track record and proven
interest." She ~aid that cc uncils
and organi;ations were not
reidlolled funds which they did
not. utilize in 1 heir 1986-87 budge! .. ·
Any aJJit tonal I unJing can be ob­tained
from the pr0jcct fund
through the Finance Committee as
need arises.
"We're not trying to not sup­port
any student ac1 ivities," said
McCormick, when dissatisfied
members of 1 he Interfraternity
Council reques1ed more funding.
" But we don't wanl 10 provide on­line
budgeting for funds rhat .won't
be used. We wanr you to unders­tand
you can come to rhe projecr
fund (for addi1iona l finan cial
assi'>tan~:c ) . "
li·C -.uhmitlcd a budge! request
of $7,633 " hich \\ as rcdw:ed 10 a
Finance Cnmmitlee recommenda­tion
of $500. Finance Commillee
members aid the rationale behind
this proposal was that IFC did nol
use all their 1986-87 budget and
they did not want to allot funds
that might remain unused.
Amendments for an additional
$600 to IFC and $200 to
Panhellenic Council both failed.
"As a Greek member of the
Finance Committee, I would just
like to say that the budget is done
this way because we think the
students can be more efficiently
served to fund activities on a case­h\
-case basis," said Jeff Call.
Student Government Associa­tion
officers followed procedures
for preparing the budget similar to
last year. The coun ci l presidents
and ,·arinu'> nrganii'alion ~ \\CIT
a\~cd 10 '>uhmil- budge! t-cquc<; J-,
lao,t December in hope' 1 hal que~­'
iom and nroblcm\ could be
resolved rrim 10 Tuesday nigh1 's
meet in g.
When 1hi system was used last
year, 1he budge! wa!. passed in a
record 15 minutes. Previous
budge1 meetings lasted up 10 six
hours as senators bickered and
disputed the proposed budgets
line-by-line
But some criticism followed last
year's meeting that the budget was
railroaded through by SGA of­ficers.
Some ~e na•or~ and in­terested
student\ ~.:nmp lained they
were not given the opportunity to
voice concern' ovc1 r he budget.
This year' ll l'fit:ers said they
hoped 10 di~rcl that feeling by
allowing floor discussion.
Murray State gives degree to active students
By SUSAN FITZGERALD
Cardinal Correspondent
Murray State University in Ken­tucky
is developing a prototypical
extracurricular degree program
which would give college credits to
sr udents who participate in ac­tivilies
outside the classroom.
The Murray State Plan is a pro­posal
of Dr. Frank Julian, vice
presidenr for Murray State's stu­dent
development. Julian's plan
suggests that as students earn
academic credit hours, they also
earn extrac urricular credit hours
by atlcnding after class acrivi ties
on- and off-camous .
The extracurricular degree will
be offered to all Murray State
students as a voluntary degree op­tion.
"About one-third of our
studenrs a re involved in campus
activities. The Murray State Plan
balances out student act ivity as
well as giving the students a well­rounded
education," Julian said.
Julian said he hopes the pro­gram
will become a "stated expec-rat
ion, and part of every student's
college career," even though the
program is not mandatory. "The
involved o ne-third have a gradua­tion
rate ten times higher than the
uninvolved st udents on Murray
State's campus. This is the whole
reason why I felt that a program
Entrepreneur speaks
to local businessmen
By KENNETH HARDIN
Cardinal Assistant News Editor
Eight years after buying the
loss-ridden Remington Products
Inc. for $25 million, Victor Kiam
has turned the e lectric shaver
company into one of the most pro­fitable
and high-profile corpora­tions
i11 the world.
Fifty-five local business people
gathered at the University of
Louis ville's School of Business
feb. 26 to hear Kiam explain his
formula for success in the 19805 '
c ha nging economic climate.
"My formula for success is sim­ple:
75 percent hard work, 25 per­cent
ingenuity, and 10 percent
dumb luck," Kiam said. "Like an
old business adage says, 'I've seen
lucky salesmen, but I've never
seen a lazy, lucky salesman."'
Kiam told his audie nce that he is
optimistic about the future of the
American businessperson who
has the ingenuity and drive to suc­,
ceed. "I honestly believe that if
someone works hard e nough in
our system that there is no limit on
how far he can go," said Kiam.
GI bill. He went on to write adver­tiseme
nts for Playtex and ad­va
nced to the office of vice presi­dent
after 13 years. He has a lso
held top pos itions with Benrus
Watch Corporation.
Major network television pro­grams
which have featu. ,•d stories
about Kiam incluc:i@ "60 Minutes"
and "Face the Naliott ." He has
a lso authored Goinlf Fur It! How
·to S ucceed As an Eutn·prt!neur, a
best-selling book. A recent inde­pendent
poll in Great Britain
named Kiam as the world's most
recognizable business figure.
Kiam a ttributes his success 'to
high goals and a determination to
achieve them. "I am a firm be­liever
in reaching for the stars;
you may only get to the moon, but
if you just reach for across the
street you aren't going to get a ny­place,"
he said. According to
Kiam, the growth of business
schools across the country is a sign
of the growing importance ofbusi­ness
to American society. He a lso
noted the increasing role of corpo­rations
in community affairs as a
sign of the public's changing at­titude
towards business.
like this is invaluable to our col­lege."
"Only one college or university
can assume a position o f na tional
leadership and we want Murray
State to be that institution," Julian
said. "Perhaps U of Land o ther
universities will adopt the Murray
IN.SIDE·
Ladies' week out. UofL's Worn­ens'
History Week commemo­rates
females' achievements and
oontributions to society . . Page3
A free and open marketplace.
The editorial board oonsiders
the relationship between recent
ag~ITession towards minority stu­denl
groups and freedom of ex­pression
at U of L . . . . . Page 4
Synthetic celebrities. Columnist
questions the quallncatlons of
some of today's more popular
personalities. . . . . . . . Page 5
Pony Depressed. Probation of
Southern Methodist's football
p,.,..m relrlndles 11n old debate:
should colle.-e athletes be paid
lor their performance? . Page I
Filler Of'tlc . Exhibit at Louis­rille's
Water Tower showcases
ohl cralls being seen In a new
H.-ht. • ......• , • • . . P~t~e 8
News Updates . . . . . . Pap Z
Editorials , . . . . . . . . . Page 4
Sporls ............ Pagel
State Plan for co-curricular educa­tion
and personal development."
Despite the large amoun1 of
commuter students attending the
University of Louisville, Julian
said the program could be adapted
10 that type of campus. "I know
that many of the U of L student<
have full -time jobs and commull'
to the University," he said , "but I
still feel that if students plan theit
time, a modest invest~ent of one
hour a week could easily meet the
requirements of the program."
Angela McCormick, Student
Government Association presi­dent,
aid "If you can get a student
involved in school activities they
usually graduate. The program
sounds like it would get more peo­ple
involved ."
McCormick said it might be a
good program for U of L to look
at, "so long as it doesn't take em­phasis
off of academic acrivities.
Academics is the numher one ot;­jective
at the University of
Louisville. ''
Continued on Hack Pa1e
METRO
PREVIEW
Photo by Kirsten Martin
Many people of all ages took part in a march to protest racism and
Apartl1eitl that was sponsored by Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity.
Marchers protest
apartheid, racism
By PAUL JOHNSON
Cardinal Correspondent
About 50 University of
Louisville students and professors
gathered in the cold evening mist
Friday to protest the oppression of
blacks in South Africa.
Organized by the brothe~s of
Kappa Alpha Psi , the people mar~
ched with songs and lit candles
from "The Thinker" down Third
Street to the School of Business.
file marchers a long 1 he way were
mel wi1h 1 he ~upporl of passing
molllrisl ~ ·honk and -.bouts .
The Rev. Charle~ Kirby, who
recent ly marched in Forsyth Coun­ty,
Ga. , spoke at great lengths
about today's st ruggle in the
United States as no longer being
principally between black and
white as it is primarily a struggle of
the poor versu the rich.
Kirby addressed the recent an­nouncement
by Kentucky Fried
Chicken of the ir planned
withdrawal from the South
African market. Kirby reiterated a
statement by Jesse Jackson when
Jackson recent ly said , '"To say
they're leaving is not the same as
leaving, for they a re till there.'"
Kirby followed by proclaiming
1 hat big busines is oppressing 1 he
Sur/in' U of L
poor of not only the United Sr
but the poor of the world.
Fini hing hi oration JYrby
claimed "enough is enough" as
strode our 0f the auditorium.
Dr. Marrin Winger, a U uf
prof~~or of soc1ology , crit' ·
the United S atcs' and Great Bri1
ain' -; recenr veto of a United Na1
ions resolution to boycotr alltraJ
with South Africa.
Winger wenr on to exrre~
disgust wi th the local news se rvice
for nol covering a peaceful grou
o f people marching in supptlrl o
freedom throughout the world .
"(The pres~ ) are all over
sociopath ic Ku Klux Kla
members burning a picture of Mar
tin Luther King like flies on Yllll
know what ,'' Winger said.
Winger spoke of the ocialist tie~
wi1h 1hc frican National Con­gre
s becau e their struggle i~ a
srruggle of the oppressed poor
against 1 he rich.
Dr. Faye Harrison, an an­thropology
professor at U of L
as ured 1he gat hering that " apar­theid
predicates ils own event
destructinn."
Harrison rran~lat ed apart he
lit erally a' hcing a system i11 \\hi~:
Continued on Pa~te
A native of New Orleans, Kiam
began his ca~r in business sell­ing
Lever Brothers cosmetics to
department stores in Cleveland.
Kiam was educated at Andover,
Yale, and Harvard Universities
through the federal governme nt's
"The business man used to be
looked at like a Scrooge or some­thing,
but now you see him in­volved
in the arts, education,com­munity
development," he said.
Continued on Page 2
Atrerdass ..• , . : . . . . Pap 8
Classifleds and personals
.................. PagelO
Showing oft their stuff, (L to R) Dennis
Loeser, Pat Wigley, Keith Ringer and Bill
Seymour do a aerialbatic trick with their skate
boards oft the front teps of Ekstrom Library.