Teams may
be cut to add
new sports
By Matt Evans
Assistant Sports Editor
There is the possibility of having the track
team, along with the swim and dive team
dropped from the University athletics for a
women's softball team and golf team.
While this may be an upleasant thought for
U of L students who participa te in these
programs, it is one of the realistic changes the
athletic department is looking into.
The changes come as the University works
to comply with Title IX, a gender equity 'taw
crreated in 1972 to promote gender equity in
college athletics. Until a recent Supreme Court
decision, college athletic programs were unable
to do much to equalize the playing field. Under
the Brown decision, however, athletic programs
can be cut to add women's sports.
"We just can't add new women's sports to
the current sports. The current legal climate
following the Brown Decision makes us have
to be proportinent to the student body. Right
now there is a little bit more then 50 percent for
women enrollment, and there is only 36 percent
women in sports right now. Under the old
, language we were okay, but with the new
· language we are not, it is difficult to meet these
. current proportions," said Phil Laemmmle,
· Athletic Board member.
Kevin Miller, assistant athletic director said
he 'would not comment directly, but, he said it
is all a plan to better athletics.
"We've got different scenarios, right now the
porportion of atheltes is 64 percent men and 136
percent women," he said. "The board wants to get
it to 50!50, but there really is no set plan yet."
Miller would not confirm the Atlanta based
Stakk Photo by Dan Spaulding
Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and U ofl President John Shumaker talk
after Albright's Oct. 27 McConnel Scholars lecture in the Music School.
Reaction on Albright divided
By Matt Evans the conte nt, but not with the speech itself.
consultants role in these decis ions, he did say . Assistant Sports Ed itor " I think the fact that she came is wonderful,
but I am disappointed by the response. For
huma nitar ian reasons, there s ho uld be a
different respo nse then what we have to Cuba
now," he sa id. "We need to ma ke mo re
progressive re latio nships towards Cuba, even
the Pope will de no unce the U.S. embargo later
this year."
"I feel sympathy for
the athletes because I
know a lot of the
swimmers and other
athletes. But if I look
another way I think
that there should be
more women's sports."
- Phil Laemmle
the consultant has not formulated a complete
draft of a report.
Art Ri e hl , a member o f the Athl etic
Association Board of Directors, said everything
was pushed back a month and that a committe
will be appoin ted to look at the issues soon.
But Laemmle points o ut he would have
difficulty in the decis ion.
On Oct. 27, Secretary of State Made leine
Al bright visited the University of Louisville.
She gave a 45 minute speech on the United
States' fore ign pol icy.
T he speech itself rece ived mi ~ed reviews
from different members of th e audie nce.
Several students said they fe lt di sappo inted
in Albright's speec h.
Many people also said they felt negatively
about the content of the speech.
Freshman Brian Garcia said he fe lt that
Albrig ht's speech lacked substance.
" I fe lt that her speec h was a mo re
in spira tio nal piece of f luff , ra th e r th en
substan ti al informatio n."
Junior Andrew Porter, a political science
major, said he a lso had problems wi th her
speech.
"It seemed like a b ipartisan campa ign
speech, where the member of each pa rty did
salesmans hip for the other, but what else can
we expect on (Mitc h) McConnell 's home
turf," he said.
Director of Urban St udies Institu te John
Gilderbloom said he was disappoi nted with
Manisha Desai, a po litical scie nce major,
said it was great to bring in big po litical
figures, but th at it was a typical speech.
" It's a good thing that the univers ity is
ope ning up and getting outside speakers," she
said. "I tho ug ht it was a staff speech-there ·
were really no s urprises-but her knowledge
in a nswering the questions was impress ive."
La ura We ins te in , a junior at Dupo nt
Manual High School, said the speech was
good.
"I thought it was really good, but it didn 't
address as many issues, and it didn't give me
very much ins ig ht," she said. " It was just a
representation of the Clinton Administration,
though she did show how fore ign issues affect
us locally, a nd her speaking ability was pretty
See ALBRIGHT, page 4.
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Albright details plan
for global diplomacy
By Steve Bittenbender
Editor-in-Chief
- Secretary of State Madeleine Albri g ht
defended the foreign policies of President Bi ll
Clinton's administration i'n a speech deli vered
Monday morning at the Uni versi ty of
Louisville's School of North Music Recital
HaJJ.
But Albright was also quick to enlighten
the 700 U of L students, staff, and faauity
present on the impact that Kentucky has on
the global trade scene.
" In recent years, Kentucky has become a
world leader in · man~facturing cars,
computers and electronic equipment," she
said. "And ballplayers from more than three
dozen countries demand and import the best­Louisville
Slugger (baseball bats). All told,
Kentucky exported almost six billion dollars
in goods last. The Louisville area alone
exported more thim two billion dollars, an
increase of almost 40 percent during the past
four years."
, Though they hail from rival pol itica l
parties, both Albright, a Democrat , and
McConnell, a Republican, said they have the
utmost respect for each other.
"We do not always se'e eye to eye, but when
we disagree, we usually manage to do so
agreeably," Albright said . " Se nator
McConne ll is a vigorous fighter for Kentucky.
But he also understands that, as \ve look to
the future , we cannot defend the interests ot
the Bluegrass State wi tho ut being act ively'
engaged in the affa irs of the world.''
McConnell, who has worked closely with
other Secretaries of State, in cluding those
from his own party, said that he would rank
Albright at the top of the I ist.
"Secretary Albright is o ne of the most, if
not the most, skillful secretaries we ;ve ever
had," he said.
Albright, the highest-ranking female
government official in U.S. history, spoke at
the university at the invitation of U.S. Senator
Mitch McConne ll (R-Kentucky), a U of L
alumnus. In her 45-minute speech, Albright
outlin ed four goa ls of the Clinton
administration's foreign policy.
The firs t goal is to enlarge NATO to
include the emerging democracies of Central
. and Eastern Europe, a move that faces some
opposition from Cong ress and Euro pean
nations of the alliance.
"Some critics argue that NATO does not
need to invite new members because no nation
in Europe faces an immediate threat of
attack," Albright said. "l )at is true. And the
purpose of NATO e nlargement is to keep it
See U.S., page 4
Take.back the night
Hundreds gathered Oct. 28 to remember past violence and work to stop
future attacks at the T~ke Back the Night rally at Sixth and Jefferson str~ets.
"I would have a hard time making a decision
either way," he said. '• Jf I looked one way, I
feel sympathy for the at hletes because I know
a lot of the swimmers and other athletes. But if
I look another way I think that there should be
more women's sports. I probably feel strongly
on both sides (of the issues)."
Partnership results in opening of cardiovascular reserach center·
However, Riehl said there is no need to
panic.
"Nothing is deti nitely set yet, and nothing
has been decided upon," he said. "Everyone is
going to get a say in the matter when the time
comes."
This is advice track and cross country coach
Gene Weis and swimming coach Rick Hill are
following through this uncertain time.
Weis listed the soccer facility as a reason
for the likelyhood of his program not be ing
cut.
"There's going to be a soccer facility, with a
track around it, the facl ity is happening, it wasn't
a question of the fac ility, but of wome n 's
scholarships," he said.
"We have heard rumors, but the Athletic
Departme nt hasn ' t told us anything," Hill said.
"And until they come to me I can't rea lly
comment.''
Inside News:
By Christopher Mabelitini
Staff Writer
A partnership between U of Land Jewish
Hospital's Heart and Lung Institute resulted
in the opening of the Card iovascular Research
Center. T he center is the o nly free standing
research facility in the United States funded
by a private hospital for un iversity doctors and
researchers.
U of L a nd J ew ish Hospita l say t he
Cardiovascular Research Center, located at
the corner of S. Floyd St. a,nd Muhammad Ali
Blvd. will provide 180 new jobs and $4.9
million in new payro ll. The Center houses
labs, offices and teaching space for U of L
surgeon Laman Gray Jr. and cardio logist
Roberto Boll i.
The center, acco rd ing to Gray, will be
. extremely he lpful with research because of
all the available space and equipment reserved
solely for specific areas of study.
Gray's research has several major areas of
study at the center.
"The f irst area of research my team is
doing is Cardio Minoplasty," he said. "Cardio
Minoplasty involves removing a mus cle from
the patient 's back, wrapping it around the
heart and stimulating it with a pace maker.
T his stimulation trains the muscle to beat
synchrono us ly with the heart and he lps
strengthen hearts with weak mus cles.
"My next area .of researc h is in organ
tra nsplanta tio n. We are experime nting on
using differe nt drugs to preserve organs for a
prolo nged period of time. We have already
preserved a heart for up to five days; usua lly
after harvesting the heart a doctor has four
ho urs to transpla nt. Once this is perfected,
doctors will have more time to find the best
transplant matches, which will greatly impact
cli nical use by reducing the body's chance of
Etcetera:
rejecting the transplanted organ."
His last area of research at the new c enter
is in Bio-Feedback.
"This consists of basic science research
done in coope ration with the engineering
school at U of L," he sa id. "We simply st udy
certatn perimeters, such as pulse rate, blood
pressure and cardiac input, in o·rder to
determine ways to measure and feed this data
throug h a pace maker. Ultimately, (we hope
to ma ke) the pacemaker mo re efficient for the
patient.. Future results of this could be used to
regulate an artif icial heart," Gray said.
Boll i said his research will also benefit
form the new center.
"The center provides localized fac ili t ies for
speci fie, concentrated fie lds of _researc h,"
Bolli said.
Bolli 's fi eld of s tudy at the center deals
with the heart 's natural defenses.
"My research involves the preconditioning
of the heart; the hear?~ natural defenses which
protect it from damage caused by a heart
attack. We study this phenomenon with the
hope of fu ture development of drugs that
reproduce these natural defenses so patients
will be protected all of the time," Bolli said.
On conducting this research Bolli said,
"We ·condu ct molecular and biochemica l
studies of tissues from the heart in order to
examine the proteins and enzymes found !n
these t issues. After this examinat io n, we
attempt to express these proteins in isolated
cells to determine which protein is responsible
for the heart's natu ral defenses. Upon findi ng
th e appropria te pro t e in , we may t hen
manipulate the protein content of cells in order
to stimulate the heart's defenses purposely,
before a heart attack occurs."
Both Boll i and Gray said benefic ial results
have a lready been produced in each area of
research and the new cardiovascular research
Sports:
Inviting murder into the classroom at U of L.
· Find out what it is like to sit across the table
from a seri al killer. See page 2 for more
information.
Despite a lack of attendance, everything
seemed to go well for the band Mighty Joe Plum.
Find out about the concert on page 8.
U of L's men's and women's soccer teams
prepare for the Conference USA tournaments.
See page 11 .