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Jazz Week '99 kicks off on
Feb. 22. This popular annual
event brings national and local
talents together for a week­
·long musical celebration . See
Recess, page 6, for a preview. THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE Sports ___ 12
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Student cited
by airport police
Federal trial for student accused ·
of sinking the Belle underway
• Art student charged with disorderly
conduct after entering airport with a
toy gun, handcuffs and videocamera
By Michael A. Tynan
News Editor
For the second time in two
weeks, a member of the Univer­sity
of Louisville community has
been arrested because of an inci­dent
at Louisville International
Airport.
trict court on Feb. 22 at 9
a.m.
Willer, who was
dressed in a fur coat,
leather pants and had
"Duane the bathtub ... I'm
Photo provided by Jason Wilier
Jason Willer (right) met with photog­rapher
Duane Michals the day after
his incident with airport police.
B.y Loren Reni Beard
[ditor-tn-chJe f
Almo::;t 10 months after his ar­rest,
the federal trial for Brennan
Cnllan- the Universi ty of Lou­isville
student charged with sink­ing
the Bt'lle o( Louis<'illt· in August
1997- began last week at the
federal courthouse on Broadway
in downtown Louisville. Callan's
attorneys tried unsuccessfully to
get the trial moved from Louis­ville
because of the publicity the
sinking and Callan's arrest had
received here.
In their case, the prosecution
is depicting CalL111 as a di s­gruntled
former employee who
wns obsessed with the Bt'ilt' -
citing numerous photog raphs,
articles and other items investi­gators
found in his home.
Prosecutors also say Callan re­peatedly
changed his alibi for the
night of Aug. D and the early
morning of Aug. 2·!, 1997, when
prosecutors say Callan slipped
by a night watchman and got
p.1st the security system of the
Belli' to turn a valve which
flooded water - at a rate of 60
gallons per minute - into the
hull of the bont, causing it to sink.
Although they concede there
is no physical or direct evidence
linking Cnllan to the sinking,
prosecutors say statements
Callan made show he knew more
about why the boat sank than in-
See PROSECUTION, pilge 16
Freshman Jason R. Willer and
Zachary A. Culbertson, a nonstu­dent,
were both arrested via cita­tion
on disor-drowning"
painted on his chest
while at the airpo rt, said he
planned to handcuff himself to
famed-photographer Duane
Michals, who was arriving to
speak at the J.B. Speed Musuem
"I was just going to handcuff
myself to him," Willer said. " I just
wanted to do sometbing extrava­gant,
to blo~ him away becaust: I
think he's nn impressive guy.
What better wny to show my ad­miration
to him than to handcuff
myself to him. Wouldn't you be
impressed if ::;omeom' handru ffed
themseh-e::; to you'?"
Cards ·are on a roll. • •
derly conduct · -----------­charges.
after
they attempted
to pass through
the airport secu­rity
checkpoint
with two toy
guns, a pair of
handcuffs, and a
mask.
"The subjects
were disturbing
the passengers
"Wouldn't you be
impressed if someone
handcuffed
themselves to you?"
-jason Willer,
Freshman
who were trying to fly out of Lou- speak in Louisville.
the follow­ing
day.
Wil ier
said he is ,1
stud ent in
an nrt cla s~,
tau g ht by
M a r y
Cuothers,
who wrote
le tters to
Michal!- to
pre s uad e
him to
' isville by having the items of the
mask (and) toy gun on their per­son,"
the arrest report said.
Culbertson and Willer both have
He said only wanted to im­press
Michals-not break the bw.
When Michals was later told
about the incident he " liked the
to appear in Jefferson County dis- idea," Willer said.
Culbertson and Wi ller both
sJid they WL're not trying to con­Cl',
11 their bright orange guns, and
once they wert' st op~wd at tlw se­curity
clwckpoint and told tlwy
couldn't continue, they returned
to the terminal to \'\',1it for Mich,1b
to arrive.
They ~a id they were then ap­pro,
1Ched by Airport police, told
they were ilkg,11ly YiLkot,1ping ,
the ,1irport checkpoint, ,1nd t,1kl'n
to nn interrogation room.
Although tlwy s,1y the ,1irport
See STUDE:\IT, p,1gL' lo
Students' opinions vary over
possible raise in activities fee
By Michael A. Tynan
News Editor
and Christopher Talley
Staff Writer
Cardinal Park is coming, and
along with it, a natatorium that
could be partially funded by stu­dents.
Assodate athletic director Mike
Pollio is proposing an estimated
$20 per semester
increase in the stu-
The natatorium will be built in
the blue parking lot across h·om the
McDonald's on the comer of Flovd
and Warnock soon after an agree­ment
is made with s tud e nts
through the Student Covemment
Association.
Freshman Adam Rogers, is one
of those students who thinks an in­crease
in fees is worth the benefits.
"I would use it. I'm sure that
ma ny other
people would
d ent activities fee
to fund half of the
$18 million state­of-
the-art, Olym­pic-
size swimming
facility.
"It is not fair for
the ones who
too," he said.
Sophomore
Kate Gaines said
this addition is
needed and
would b enefi t
Pollio previ­the
sports at U of
ously stated that
students would re­ceive
free use of the
natatorium, the
would never use
the facility."
L.
-Sophomore Mike
McDermott
"This will
help our sports
arenas and bring
Bass-Rudd Tennis
Center, and a field house that will
be located adjacent to Papa John's
Cardinal Stadium, if they take part
in what he calls "a finandal part­nership."
more money
eventually into the sports (pro­gram),"
she said. "If anyone has
ever been to the swimming pool,
they will know we need another
one."
The other pool that is on cam­pus
is located in Crawford Cym.
Due to clas~es and swim practice~,
students aren't able to use the gym
pool throughout the lilly. Athletic
Director Tom Jurich told ,1 h 'b. 2
~tud c nt focus group th,1t if stu­dents
did take part in the "finnn­cial
partnership," they would re - .
ceive-primc use of the facility.
"We would only need it about
four hours a day," Jurich said.
Other students voiced concerns
about the loss of parking.
"There is not enough parking
for commuters as it is, so they
should not take away parking,"
sophomore Stacena Brummett
said.
Andrea Rhodes, a junior, said
tuition was high enough, without
the increase in fees.
"Most people are stmggling try­ing
to pay regular tuition. Eilch se­mester,
money is being added for
necessary and unnecessary rea­sons.
This is unnecessary," she
said.
See FACILITIES, page 16
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Photo by Dan Spaulding
Nate Johnson celebrates as Dion Edward can't believe what he sees, after the Cards
win ow~r Georgia Tech 78-58 on Sunday. This placed the Cards No. 1 in the Confer­ence
USA American Division standings. Since their 89-76 win over Memphis on Feb ..
4, Louisville has won four games in a row - once again making the possibility of the
NCAA Tournament a reality. The Cards host Houston tonight at 8 p.m. See Sports,
page 12 for details about Sunday's win and information on tonight's game:
U of L. community ·reacts to Senate's acquittal of President Clinton
By Michael A. Tynan
News Editor
A major part of American history
was made on Feb. 12, 1999: the presi­dent
was acquitted of both impeach ­ment
charges.
William Jefferson Clinton, the sec­ond
president to ever be impeached by
the House of Representatives, was
cleared on charges of perjury and ob­struction
of justice by the Senate on Fri­day.
Both articles required and fell short
of the two-thirds "supermajority" -
67 votes - as required by the Con sti­tution
to convict and remove the Presi­dent
from office.
Although in 1868 Andrew Johnson,
the only other President to face a trial
in the Senate, only escaped removal
from office by
one vote,
C linto n h ad a
much wider
berth than his
predecessor.
T he vote talley
fell 55-45 on
p erjury charges,
and 50-50 on the
obstruction
charges. There
Clinton are 55 republi ­can
and 45
democratic senators currently in office.
University of Louisville faculty and
s tudents reflect the opinions of those
throughout the country - divided on
the matter.
"He's absolutely guilty. The funny
thing is that they should go against the
status quo, but they always vote s ta­tus
quo," said Damian Probus, junior
Chemical engineering major.
he does."
Jonathan Obs t, senior fine arts ma­jor
said: "I thought it was lacklus ter ­it
went on too lo ng. I
lost interest and it be­Brad
Bell, a sopho­more
fine arts major
said, "I thought i.t
was too long as the
trial goes. The matter
of trust is still there.
You don' t need to get
rid of him."
Jeff Robbins, jun­ior
computer infor­mation
systems ma­jor,
said the ma tter is
personal and not of
public concern.
" I think it's his
bus in ess," h e sa id.
"It's going to be real
interesting when
people start to break
down the polls and
try to understand
what is happening
(in 2000)."
- Paul Weber
Political Science Professor
came ill faded."
Faculty members in
the political science
department said that
even though the pro­cess
is over, it can con­tinue
to affect politics
if the politicians allow
it to.
"I think people will
look a t the republi ­cans
and d emocrats to
see how they react (in
the future)," said po­"
He did lie about the affair. But it
doesn't make a difference on the job
litical scie nce professor Laurie
Rhodobeck.
"The democrats have to be carefu·
not to gloat and republicans have to b~
careful not to whine," she said. "Ev
eryone has to move on."
" It' s going to be real int erestin ~
when people start to break down tht
polls and try to understand what i:
happening (in 2000)," political scienc1
professor Paul Weber said.
Landis ]'ones, political science pro
fessor who worked in both the Nixo1
and Carter adminis tra tions, said tha
the presidency itself has bee damaget
by the impeachment process.
"I think anytime you have a scan
dal of any sort, it is damaging to th
presidency as an ins titution," he saic
Jones said he thinks Watergate di
more damage to the presidency, hov.
See ACQUITTAL, page
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