VOL. 59, NO. 3, LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY,
Shortage of housing
forces students into
alternate quarters
By KENNETH HARDIN
News Editor
f..',tn1JHI' hou,tng 'hunagc ha'
lort~d mer ~() Umven.lly of
I ou1'1 1lk r~"'knr 'ruuenr' to li1c in
qu.u1cr' '"" nuk' from Bell.nap
C.unpu' th1' '~ ntl' 'lcr
Sl:H.'nt\ '''" ''nmcn ..tnd 12 men
\\Cn .. • r~o:lt~Jtt:tl lrum l uf L\ over·
llo" "'!! h"u'"'!! (,,,·dhlle' to dorm
rowrh ..tl ';p.1ldlllg l 'nl\cr,ity two
\\CC~' .1go t.Jur111g J hOU\IOg crun h
m whll·h 01cr 120 'tudcnl\ were
wuhnut rourn ~"''gnmcnl\
Twcnl) ol the rcmporarily home­lc"
-.cr,· hou-.cJ m a local motel.
"hdc 20 more hvcd m 'tudy lounge'
"' Tl11dl.hdd IIJII un111 permanent
hou'"'l' uould h..· arranged The la>t
of the ,,u,knh rc"dmg tn these an ­term>
r,,cilhllc' moved 1nto dorm
ronm' l ~t'l "cc~cm.l
V~r~uall) all 'rudenl\ a"1gned to
Spalu1ng "111 r~ma1n 1n rhe private
'c h<~>l' on I) d1111111tor) for the rest
of the 'l'llle,rer Rclncared female
'rud~n" h."c hccn offered 10 vacan­ue'
110" "t"'n Ill u or I.' dorm sys­h!
lll
Den"c Dlcl.er-~>n -Gitlord . U of
L' re"'lcnce d1rector. 1a1d
trJn,portatum hct"'een Spalding
o~riu nc1~r1.1p writ be ca,il) acce,_....ble
Jnd atlord,1hk In the relocated stu­denl\
Wuh a U of L 'tudent di1cou nt
card, Tran"t Authont) of Rl'er City
IJre for hu'e' runnmg between the
two 'choot, i' $ 25 The trrp takes
about three n11nu te' and bu' arrival
111nc' arc 'chedulcd about e•cry 15
rnrnutc' throughout the day .
Fcc' lor rhe Spaldmg rooms.
whrch of L' Re,idencc Admini>­trallon
will rmrl\fer directly 10
Spaldrng . arc idenllcal In tho1e for
the Unive"i ty' own umlcrgraduate
hnu,ing..
D• ckc r-~m -G 1fford '"'d her offices
arrangement with Spaldrng was the
be'' P''"'blc an>wcr to rhe hou,ing
drelema
Con"dering rhe exrreme demand
for hou"ng we had thb year. I he­lieve
rhc agreement wrth Spaldrng
wa' a great 1hon-term 10lution for
the Unrver-~ty and a good long-term
'olution for the student,, at lea_'' in
term> of relatrvely convenient hou,.
ing for th l\ \eme,ter." she ;aid .
The wmtrng ll\1 for U of L hou,ing
included 500 applrcant,' name' in
mid-July. an incrca1e of 200 from
laM year.
Dicl.er\On·G•fford auriburcd the
hr~e in hou,ing applicarion' to a na­tional
!rend toward> ri>ing college en­rollment\
.
Dr. Dale Adam,, acting vice pre,i­dent
for \ludent affair\. 1aid thai at-
Continued on back page
SEPTEMBER 3, 1987 14 PAGES
Staff photo by Brad Taylor
A V of l. housing shortage ca used some s tude nts to mo,·e to
a S palding Vnive r·~it.' dorm <trr cl ride TARC buses to <'ampus.
Kimbro will sit out
games and focus on
grades this semester
By MARK CLARK
Managing Editor
The niver\lt) of Louisvi lle
athletic depart rncnt \Urprised
pla yer~ and fan' alll.e ye,terday by
acknnwlegding tllJI Tony Kimbro.
a forward on rhe ba,ketball team.
will lit Ulll a pOrtiOn of the
Cardmab upcornrng 'ea;on.
Ki mbro will he withheld from
comperition during the fall 'eme,ter
to concentrate on hi' academic per­formance
het''""e he " in danger
of falling belm\ academic \tandard'
set by the College of Art' and Sci­ences.
accordrng "' a;>i"ant ba>·
ketball coach Jerr) Jones .
Kimbro ~;rrd the decl!>ion \Ur·
prised even hinheiL
' Coa h <Crum) ju't decided on
his own. I didn t really have any
say-so at all. 'ard Kimbro.
A junior rmqonng in political
science. Kimbro i' eligible to play
under both C AA and University
guideline, . However. the ath letic
admini"ratrun felt the measure was
nece"ary to en,ure Kimbro\ con­tinued
academic 1ucce".
"II wa' our feeling. a; well as
the feeling of rhe Athletic Aca­demic
Committee. to not let him
play in game' fiN 'emester to
make him reali7e that he has to do
he Her. June' 'aid
TONY KIMBRO
an a thlere 'ccnnd You c,uo 1 1><: one
withour the nther." he \Jill
Jone' de,cnhcd the deel\11111 '" 1
dl\t'iplinar) at11nn
We rc """e" hat lrl..e J '""""
When you have t'hddren ami your
thildrcn don I meet \tand:ord\ . )Oll
di1trplinc rhem 111 111me way
Trustees approve modified conduct code If K1mbrn 1111pr<l\C' his academic
'tanding . he may rejoin the team at
the condu\loO of the current
'eme1ter.
Krmbro 'aid he fell the \tep wa'
unnecc'>ary and thai he could han­dle
the pre1;ure of improving his
grade' while still playing basket­ball.
You ha\e In detrde "hat th <1l
ll•,c:•plm.: " to get what you \\ant
Thi, • .._ our "a) ol e mph~t,lllll g_ In
111111 . ,ond hopcfull) h> the utheo
pi.I)CI\. th,ol oll'<ldern~t' cnrnc trr't.
,,m.l Jnnt:''
He.1d cn.lt'h DerHl} ( nrrn. ·' ' ""~'
"11h lone' .md rnernhc" o l the
Athletic AcadenHt' ComnHllee. "111
l.eep a clme 11 ,11ch on Krrnh ro
dunng rh c: up~nm1ng tc: rm . Jon~"
By JAMES D. HINES
A~sistant News Editor
Re1 '''"'" 111 the niver,ity of
I "'"'"lie' Code o f Studenr Con­uutr
"ill upd.lle and dairify 'tu­denr
heha1 u>r regulation\. accord­'"!!
to Atlong Vrce Pre~ident for
Student Alfaor' Dr Dale Adam'
fhc mod1fleu tode. which gov­ern'
.o tt rH111 ·atadeomt 1tudent di'­uplme.
"·'' .1ppn11ed h) the Board
Ill I' U\ICC\ on Jul) n and became
dk<'lf\e Ali i! I
l lntd the recent edi long . the code
lro~d not heen re vi,ed 'ince its ere­
·'" " " I 0 ) e,or, ago
"We wanted the >tudenl' of the
future to have a document in which
they could ba'e the ir deciMm>.
>aid Adam>. "Now was the time to
c hange the code ."
Adam~ 'iaid ambiguity concern­ing
>everal offenses. includi ng 'CX·
ual harra,ment and alcohol u e.
prompred the co<le' re' i\ion .
The language of the code wa'
really dated. Adarm <;aid . There
wa' no mentum of alcohol com­\
Umptinn by per'""' under 2 1: now
there i> .
'The wde trie ~ to define the con­duct
for all sruden" ." he said. 'We
want In make every student aware
Physics professor's trip
to Nicaragua creates
doubts about U.S. role
By GREGORY HARRIS
Features Editor
1 h~ lran-wnrra 'candal ha\
,p.orl.cd debute over the United
St.otc' future 'uppon of the
u.:'"nJguJn <.:orllrJ rebe l,.
But Dr John C Morn>On . """.
rant prole"nr ol phy"c' at the Uni­leNI)
ot l.oUI\\IIIe. made up his
nund on the que'''"" two year. ago.
\lorn'"" 1 '"ted 1caragua on a
!!•~llll\111 m'""'" '" August, 1985.
He ,,ud h" ''"' made h1m feel a
need tor more peaceful relalHJO\ be-
11\cecn thJt cnunlr) and the Unrted
St.lle\
I .opprccrale our gmernment bcmg
uuK·erncd ahout "' border~, and I
thml. thr' " J lct:llrmarc que1tion to
dr'n"' "uh the Nrcaraguan govern­men
1. \J 1d M nrrl\on
I thrnl. rt " nor kg111matc for u>
w tr) and tell other' what the struc­ture
nt their go•emmenl \ hould be .
The people 'hould choo1e their own
gu,cmmcm. he 'Jtd
Mnrrr"'" pomted our the civilian
dc.1th mil " al10 \Cr) hrgh when the
contra' .nr.1cl. I th1nk there were
I ~.OIKl co vrl~<on' k1lled at that tnne,
h.olt of them cho ldren ." MorrrMJn
'"'d There are probabl) 20.000 by
OU'A'
One ot the th1ng' that " really
dl\lrC\\IIlg " ho" many women and
chrldrcn get l.llled
Traveling through northern
ICaragua, where much of the COill·
INSIDE:
1987
CARDINAL
FOOTBALL
PREVIEW
bat between the contra rebeb and
government ,otdier~ ha' taken place.
Morri,on arrived in the village of La
Tronrdad '"" day' afrer it had been
auacl.cd h) the contra, ,
Morrl\on reached the town during
a funeral 'ervicc for two of the
town' mili tiamen and a woman. The
'oldier~ . aged 18 and 55, were de­fending
the civ il defem.e buildmg
next ro the rown \ clinic.
The cnn tnl\ "ere doing >uch a
good JOb on the c1vil defen' e facolity
wuh roc~et' that the boy and the old
man found them,elve' in an out­gunned
po"tion ." Morrison 1aid.
They were neemg in a jeep and one
of the contra' blew it up with a
roc~el
Mnrri1on added that it wa> unu,ual
for a 1tranger to the village to attend
' uch a funeral. He compared the
mood rn rhc vi llage to that felt by
American, when the >pace >huttlc
Challenger e~ploded .
It wa' a very ,otemn di1play of
public mourning for the people who
died . Morri1on 'aid .
Morro..un' mi>"on in icaragua
wa' to deliver a !>hlpment or medical
supphe> donared by a religious
humanuiamn group to whoch he be­longed.
He aiM> had with him an
expenmental protem 'ource based on
u 'pecoe' of plant native 10
N1caragua
' I felt very funny going through
cu, tom~ he ause I had these baRs of
Continued on Page 4
Sltlltllf l"tiiNW riVIMI SthiUtklf·
H'f" luu ofWIINcl ofCtvtll wlllt
tlu "'""' ofjllttlorqlltll11ft«k }OJ a,.., IIIUI" CO,Urtettl of bl.u-cltfp
"'""''" .. .. .. .. .. ,,, 8.
n1 ,.,,,.,, offretlutwt (/IIGIWr·
kct Erik WGitl wUI II# cloiiiJ
_.,_d by 1r pow'"'' 1'011/1 of
/WIIItb •• IMIIfHn of tiff World
Wrrlllbtg FtdlrtUIIm . .... .P1rg1 8.
rhar they are rc,pon\lhlc for their
nv. n act ton~ .
The revi,~d code abo redefine'
many a'pech of the Unive"ily>
di\Ciplinary procedure .
Authority of hearing officer' ..
Unive"iry official' who pre1ide at
1tudenr d1,ciplinury hearing' -- ha~
hecn greatly e~qn1nJcd. ac:t'CJn..ll'lf!
hi AJams
Afrer meet1ng "ith all pa111e' •n­"'
lled '" a ,iruation. hearing ofli ­t
·er' wrll suhmit a recomendarion
concerning a di,ciplinary problem
to Office of Studenr Life . which
will mal..e the final di;ciplinary de­cision
.
Adam' said he hoped hearing
offit:er' will con,ider the 'pirit of
the new conduct code hcforP
making their recommenda-
11 0 11 !-1 .
If you have 'omconc who is
drunk and beating rhe """ out of
another pe"on. rhen the cirtum­'
tan ...,, :~rc dif'ferent than 'omcone
who only drank a heer.
he 'aid
Another add itron to the di>cipline
protocol is a "review" process.
through which stude nts c11n chal ­lenge
a hearing officer\ rulings
without filing a formal appeal.
"I think I could do it. most deli ­"
i rely: he 1aid . ' I want to play.
hut there' nothing I can do about
II .
Jone' agreed rhat Kimbro ha'i ohe
potential to 'ucceed academically.
hut >aid he has not real ized that
promise .
· I think he can do the work and
pmctice and play. but he hasn 't
shown he can do that . ' Jo nes said .
'We 're trying to get him to real ­ize
he has to be a stude nt fir-t and
"K'"1' 1nbrn . "1111 'tarted all ~2 gan1c'
lor the Cardinal' ' '"' \e:l\on . could
r~ t urn to l:Oil1fkltllon l•" t:J.rl} a"
the team' third regular ,c<l\\111
)!allle . ar:lln\l Indiana . Dec 19
He "ill del"" r~l) ""'' l ol I '
O\ . ~ I e\hlhltllHl 1!~mlt.: '' 11h th \!
Canauran natum:ol lc,;m. tlk' lkL '\
\C<I\on opener again'' otrc D.111 1~
and a Dec. 16 'hm,down with
arch-rival Ke nr ucky .
In the inrerum. Kunhro "'II he
Continued on back page
Grass roots Staff photo by Tom Thompson
Chris Gilbert, a peed chool freshman, talked to Susan lla­gan,
a freshman in A&S. while the two Jay in the shade next
Fllll-poge pltoto eSUIJ ctlpluns the
.f14vor ofCordi/IIQlfootboll "' cotKh,
telllfl attd/fllllloolc to the upcoMbtg
IIGSOII wltlt ,.,Ill t:XPfCtlllloiiS.
. ..................... . l'tlfl9.
Clll'dillols prepart for T111tuu'1
lliglt-powend affUII llltlrck in
Slllurdlly'l Sloson opeMr, .4 COM•
plete ICOUtillg report Olf U ofL 'Sjlrlt
OppDIItnt ...•..•......• Pag1 Jl.
---,
to the Eks trom Libra ry. The two took advantage of the ('OIIl
weather this past week and e njoyed lund1 between da ~o~oes.
ALSO:
The Party's over. The Cardinal
tdlllorl41 board etldor11s the Morl­torlum
ott drbtlcing Ill Greeclcfunc­tlons
and offer suggestions for 111w
tllcoltol policies . •.•..•... • Page 6.
Foot1oo11. Follfashlonl in foot­wear
art ctlplurtd in photo essay.
. ••. .•.•• ••.•.. .. ...•. Page 12.
News Briefs . ... .. ....... . Page 2.
EdiJorlols . ........ . ..... . Page 6.
Letters to the Editor . .....• . Page 7.
Sports. . . . .. . .. . .. .. .. . . Page 8.
,vtercltm . . . . . . • . . . . . . l'age 12.
Closslj'ledandPtr~onall .... Page 14.