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Vol. 61, No.13 LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY NOVEMBER 15, 1990 14 PAGES AN INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER FREE
Fiesta-Bowl Bound ... Man charged
with rape on
UofLcampus
U ofLfaces heated controversy over first bid since 1977
By PAUL A. FULTZ and
MICHAEL A. LINDENBERGER
Staff W riletS
Amid a torm of controversy over
the decision to play in the $2.5 mil­lion
Fiesta Bowl, U of L President
Donald C. Swain announced plans
Nov. 14 to investigate ways of
spending a substantial sum of the
money on minority interests.
Swain said he will name a com­miuee
to explore various possibilities
concerning where the bowl profits
wiU be used. Possibilities include a
scholarship fund for student athletes
who fail to graduate in six years and
additional funding for U of L 's cul­tural
diversity center.
This decision came after several
black commWlity leaders in Louis­ville
strongly protested the
University's decision to accept the
invitation to the , which is held in
Tempe, Ariz.
Arizona voters recently defeated
a proposal to make Martin Luther
King Jr.'s birthday a statewide holi­day,
and some feel the bowl should
be boycotted. Both the University of
Virginia and Penn State University
turned the Fiesta Bowl bid down be-fore
it was offered to U of L.
However, Swain said the decision
was arrived at only after careful consid­eration
and study.
"It was not a decision we took
lightly," he said at a Nov. 13 press
conference. ''We had legitimate reasons
for doing what we did. We knew it
would be controversial and we recog­nized
the sensitivity of the issue."
Swain said one decisive facta was
that Fiesta Bowl officials and local
leaders in Phoenix, of which Tempe
is a suburb, convinced him that they
were firmly in support of the holiday.
Swain also said U of L Board of
Trustees' chairman Woodford Porter,
who is black, gave his approval be­fore
the decision was made.
The U of L President said the
windfall the University stands to gain
from panicipating in the bowl did not
affect the situation.
"It did not enter into my decision
at all," he said. "This is an opportu­nity
to participate against a higher
level of competition with a greater
national recognition and an opportu­nity
to make a statement about our
beliefs."
Another important factor in the
decision, Swain said, was the Fiesta
Bowl's offertodonate$100,000 to U
of L for minority programs. Sunk:ist
Corporation has offered to match that
offer.
Fiesta officials also said they plan
ahalf-tirneceremony in King's honor.
Swain said U ofL planned to match
the$100,000and added that the team
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AFF PHOTO BY MIKI: GHtf.H
Fonner state senator Georgia Powers speaks at u of L
Ex-Senator urges
students to get angry
BY TODD KLINGLESMlTH
Staff Writer
The flrstandonly black female Kentucky senator, Georgia David
Powers, told students gathered Nov. 13 in the Ekstrom Library
Auditorium to channel their anger over injustice into political
action.
By JIM WAMPLER
Staff Writer
Campus police arrested a man Nov. 11 and
charged him with raping a Kent State University
student who was attending the Progressive Stu­dent
Network convention held at the University
of Louisville.
1lle woman was taken to Hwnana Hospital -
University of Louisville following an COCOWlter
with an 18-year-old man who police said raped
her near the Red Bam on Belknap campus about
lam.
Demetrice James Johnson, of Concordville,
Pa., was arrested by a Department of Public
Safety off acer after a lengthy pursuit He has been
charged with rape, sodomy and sexual abuse and
is currently being held in the Jefferson County
Jail on a $100,000 full-cash bond.
Several convention participants aided DPS
offJCet Eddie Mundo in the apprehension of
Johnson, including former Progressive Student
League member Tom Pearce from Louisville,
Tony Martin from Indiana University at
Bloomington and Samer Musa, from Chicago.
1lle incident was one of several others that
marred the convention.
News and public information chief
leaves U ofL for Michigan State
Powers, a 21-year veteran of the state Senate, appealed to her
audience to use their right to vote and fight discrimination in all its
forms.
"In 1988,only68 percent of Kentucky's blacks voted," she said.
"Ignorance, cynicism, and indifference are destroying politics."
"A little common sense in the ballot box," is vital, she said.
Powers said rage over her own encoWlters with racism has
sustained her political activism over the years. This anger has lead
to victories in the state legislature, including a 1972 effort which
stopped the inclusion of race on Kentucky operator's licenses.
PSL co-chair Mike Kessler said a female
convention attendee from Indiana was harassed
at about midnight as she walk:ed along Cardinal
Boulevard, prompting a public aMOWlCCment
for participants to exercise caution when leaving
the area.
U Tom Fitzgerald of DPS said at approxi­mately
I a.m. Johnson approached the Kent State
woman inside the Red Barn and invited her
outside for a walk:. Once outside, Johnson forced
the woman into some bushes loca1ed near the old
Athletic Office. Fitzgerald said the woman re­sisted
the man and called for help.
By lliOMAS B. PACE
Staff Writer
Denise Fitzpatrick, director of
news and public infonnation at the
University of Louisville, has been
named assistant director of public
relations at Michigan State Univer­sity,
effective Jan. I, 1991.
Fitzpatrick began working for U
of L as news bureau editor in 1984
before becoming news and public
information director in 1986.
Although Fitzpatrick calls mov­ing
to the 42,000-student Big Ten
Wliversity as "a great opportWlity,"
she has reservations about leaving.
"MSU approached me in July
about an appointment, and I said no.
They (MSU) got hold of me again,
and I sent a resume," Fitzpatrick said.
"I love U of L. It was hard to
decide, but it was an opportunity I
could not pass up," Fitzpatrick said.
"I am looking forward to my new
appointment MSU is a more tradi­tional
school than U of L," she said.
"I love Louisville. I love this place.
I will miss working with (University
President) Dr. (Donald C.) Swain.
The media and the President's offiCe
have worked so well," Fitzpatrick
said.
Since coming to U of L, she has
made her own decisions to fill vacant
staff posi lions and those people are
whom Fitzpatrick said she will miss
most of all.
"I wish they were coming with
me," she said.
As part of her duties as news di­rector,
Fitzpatricksaidshehasworked
with all levels of the media, including
both the loca1 and national press.
MSU's Terry Denbow, assistant
Vice president forWliversity relations
IUld director of public relations, said
she is looking forward to working
With Fitzpatrick. "She has a reputa­tion
for rapport with the reporters at
all levels, from weeldies in Kentucky
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"It's 0 K to get angry if it will motivate you 10 do something
positive and constructive that will help you and others."
And service, she said, is her motivating force.
"I believe service is the purpose of life."
Responding to questions following her lecture, Powers addressed
concerns over U of L's decision to accept a bid to the Fiesta Bowl
in Tempe, Ariz., where citizens voted to not honor Martin Luther
King Jr. with a holiday. Powers urged students angry over the
decision, which has sparlted procests from at least four City of
Louisville Aldermen, to fight for more Bowl money to be used for
minority services. The Bowl has offered $100,000 for minority
scholarships and the University has promised to match the amount
Powers added she would be willing to assist students wanting 10
fight for this cause.
Her speech, titled "The Diminished Rage," was part of the U of
L Office of Minority Services • distinguished lecture series and was
held in the Ekstrom Library auditorium at 7:30pm.
"I was standing in front of the Red Bam afla"
my performance and the Palestinian student
(Musa) told me that he thought that a girl was
being raped over there," Pearce said.
"All of the sudden I heard someone yeUing
'help-I'm being raped.' and I took: off fWlOing."
Pearce said he, Martin and Musaarrivedat the
scene about tbe same time as OffiCer Mundo.
Fitzgerald said Mundo identified himself and
Jobnlon fled the scene after one of the conven­tion
panicipants tried 10 block his path.
MWJdo and the three convention aaendcea
pursued Johnson south along Brook Street llld
up through the parking lot next to the Theatec
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NEW MADRID EARTHQUAKE AND THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE PSL conference serves as
forum for Mideast crisis
Campus experts agree: major
quake is not likely on Dec. 3
By CHARLES McCUE
Staff Writer
For those of you who have packed your luggage
and plan tO skip town Dec. 3 in an attempt to avoid the
predicted earthquake, be advised: An earthquake along
the New Madrid Fault likely will not affect Louisville,
at least not on Dec. 3, according to University of
Louisville faculty.
Michael Cassaro, U of L civil engineering professor
and director of Hazards Research and Policy Develop­ment.
said it is impo ible to pinpoint exactly when an
earthquake will take place.
"There will beancarthquake; this area is vulnerable to
seismic activity. But it may not be Dec. 3. It could be 10
years or 100 years away," Cassaro said. '1'here's no
warning. Last month there was a tremor; it (the Fault) is
going through the normal course of seismic activity."
"'This area i shaking all the time because it's active.
There are seismographs recording (activity) every day.
Some of them arc felt, some aren't." said geology professor
Jafar Hadi1.adch. "If anything does occur on Dec. 3 we have
misinterpreted the historical record."
When The Big One does occur, how will it affect Belknap
INDEX
News Briefs 2
Crime Report-- 5
Afterclass 8
Sports 10
Edlt011ala 12
Comics 13
ClaSSified Ada-- 14
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University is well prepared for
damage control, officials say
By JACKIE HOLLENKAMP
StaffWrilcr
Climatologist lben Browning's prediction of a
Dec. 3 earthquake has caused many people to take
extra precautions in anticipation of the tremors.
Although many people discredit Browning's pre­diction,
several University of Louisville departments
have seized this opportunity to heighten the University
community • sa ware ness of disaster safety precautions.
"Ourfustrolein this whole affair is Wtry to educate
people as to what to do," Jim Elder, ofDPS, said.
DPS is planning several awareness information­oriented
activities. Flyers containing earthquake disas­ter
plans, precautions and tips will be posted in two to
three weeks in general areas of the campus, as well as
information uploaded on to PROFS, the computerized
news digest operated by the Telecommunications office.
A raised level of emergency training for DPS officers,
reviews of disaster policies, stockpiling of spare tires, and
an increased testing rate of generators from once a month
to once a week is also on the list of precautions for DPS.
"In a disaster such as an earthquake, you're basically on
your own, and it's more important for the student, faculty or
U ofL Marching
Band raises cash
for charity
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ByGREGSCHULTZ
Staff Writ.ct
The Progressive Student Network's
"Beat Back the Bush Au.ack" national
conference succeeded in one of the con­ferences'
major goals: to find a single
voice among the 45 university chapters
on the Middle East crisis.
Bringing together student views from
all over the COWltry and beyond to the
University of Louisville Belknap cam­pus
Nov. 10-11, theconventionmanaged
to set up several stepS to furthermemben'
protests of the potential war.
"We set up an emergency response
network so that we can respond 10 any­thing
that happens in the Middle East."
said Cara Lynch, PSN Public Relations
representative.
The national conference also sczved
as a forum to plan protests and rallies for
the next month focusing on the Middle
East situation.
"There is going to be a national stu­dent
mobilization across the United
States," said Tom Pearce, a former
member of the U of L Progressive Stu­dents
League. "On December 8th, the
PSN is calling for a protest at federal
buildings and campuses against pos­sible
war in the Middle East."
Inadditiontotbeemergencyresponae
network, a national hotline was set up
for aU members of the PSN to use. ''We
have set up a network based in Chi­cago,"
Lynch said. "If any thing happens
that the members should know about
they will be contacted by this networlt."
However, the weekend produced
more than ammWlition for protesters.
''The conference was really produc­tive,"
Lynch said. "We got a 10( accorn·
plished."
Seven new chapters were added 10
bring the size of the PSN to 45 universi­ties,
Pearce said.
"Three from Ohio, one from PeM­sylvania,
and one from North Carolina,
plus two others (were added)," he said1
More than 200 students attended the
convention's various workshops, con­ferences
and speeches.
"We had Denisa Deloyi, who just
returned from South Africa. as a key
1101t speaker," Pearce said. "We had
Anne Braden speak about civil righiS,
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U ofL seniors
bid farewell to
regualr season
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