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Vol. LXXII, No. VIII
© 1999 The Louisville Cardinal
Black students voice concerns at forum
Shumaker calls Oct. 6 University Congress to answer minority students concerns in detail
By Betsy Kelley
Contributing Writer
In response to black students'
concerns over their treatment at
the University of Louisville,
President John Shumaker held
an open forum, in which both
students and teachers had the
chance to share ideas, concerns
and questions about minority
issues with University adminis­trators.
Relations between students
and administrators have been in
a state of upheaval ever since an
Aug. 25 incident in which Secret
Service agents along with Lou­isville
Police entered a
Woodford Porter Scholars meet­ing
with their guns drawn and
arrested stu­dent
and
member
Y i n k a
Oyekunkle for
counterfeit­ing.
The Se­cret
Service
later realized
Shumaker t h a t
Oyekunkle
was not the suspect they
sought.
Eric Hall, Executive Board
Chair for the Porter Scholars
said, "I thought it was a shame.
They had guns and if there
would have been a crossfire,
isn't my life important enough
to wait until the meeting was
over?"
Since this incident, a major­ity
of the African-American stu­dents
at the University have
been in an outrage. On Sept. 15,
students marched to
Shumaker's office ·and held a
sit-in in which they openly
shared their anger and concern
about the incident. The students
brought Shumaker a list of
changes which they said might
help ease tensions within the
University.
In response to both incidents,
Vice President Denise Gifford
offered to schedule two student
forum~ in which the students
·would have the opportunity to
voice their continued concerns.
Last Thursday, nearly 300
students, mostly African-
Americans, met at the Red Bam
to hear what Shumaker had to
say about the Aug. 25 incident,
to hear why it
happened,
and what the
administra­tion
has been
doing to cor­rect
the situa­t
i o n
Shumaker
again apolo­gized
for the
incident and
told the stu­dents
that he
was working
on getting answers from theSe­cret
Service and well as an apol­ogy.
Cardinal·C·lub: new home for fans
New members-only U of L club to be'open by Spring 2001
By Morgan Blackburn
Staff Writer
A ground-breaking cer­emony
was held Sept. 22 .for
the introduction of Cardinal
Club, a members-only club be­ing
built for Cardinal fans,
alumni, students and faculty.
The Club is scheduled to open
spring 2001.
It will have an 18-hole golf
course, a state of the art prac-
· Hce facility, tennis courts, swim­ming
pool and a University­themed
clubhouse, as well as
lodging and meeting facilities.
The new golf course will be­come
the home of the men's and
women's golf teams.
J'It's terrific to put our coaches
on the road and tell them their
going to have one of the best fa­cilities
in existence," said Tom
Jurich, athletic director.
The teams are also looking for-ward
to having their own home. abou,t 22 academic scholar-
"The teams themselves are ex- ships."
citedaboutthepracticefacilities," University Clubs · of
said Brian Heckel, coordinator of America, a company based in.
membership sales for Cardinal .South Carolina entered into a
Club. license agreement with U of L
The construction of Cqr.djr:'al . ~ to build this new facility. The
Club is to offer the University's company has similar agree­alumni,
faculty and staff, as well ments with The University of
· as supporters an unique club en- Kentucky, University of Ala­vi.
ronment centered on the tradi- bama and University of Ten­tion
and heritage of the Univer- nessee. It has already built a
sity. club similar to Cardinal Club
The future loca­tion
of the Club is
in Simpsonville,
· on U.S. 60
(Shelbyville
Road) . It will
dominate more
than 300 acres of
land. The Club is
a private facility
that is licensed by
at Auburn and South Carolina
Universities.
Membership consists of 12
levels including a large price
range, and a variety of privi­leges.
Membership in each
level is limited. The require­ment
to become a member of
the Cardinal Club is at least a
$250 annual contribution to the
U of L Foundation or the Car­dinal
Athletic Fund.
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· U of L, however
the University is
under no financial
obligation to the
Club. Cardinal
Club will give the
University a per­centage
of all the
membership ini­tiation
fees.
Students enrolled at the U
of L will also have the oppor­tunity
for membership at the
price of a $1,500 initiation fee
and monthly fees of $125. Stu­dents
will however be unable
to utilize the golf course dur­ing
peak tee times. Other lev­els
of membership include ini­tiation
prices . as high as
$20,000.
Louisville resident and na­tionally
known golf course de­signer,
Spencer Holt, is design­ing
the course, and has already
designed ten new courses
across the country.
Graphic compliments of Cardinal Club.
"A portion of
the initiation fees
and monthly dues
will be given back
to the University,"
said Heckel. "It
will go to the
Alumni Associa­tion
for funding
See CARDINAL, Page 5
University officials have
stated that it is not their place
to apologize for the Secret Ser­vice.
TheSe­cret
Service
said it has
reviewed
the incident
and saw ·no
wrong . do­ing.
"I have
today been
m touch
with Senator
McConnell's
office and he
has agreed
to raise the issue directly with
the Department of Treasury in
Washington to see if we can get
a better explanation and better
response from the Department
of Treasury and the Louisville
Secret Service," Shumaker said.
During the forum Shumaker
distributed a packet to those in
attendance, which included a
letter which each Porter Scholar
will receiv'e. The · packet in­cluded
the letter of apology, a
list of departments in which
students may solicit help or ob­tain
information on academic
and nonacademic matters, and
a chronology of events pertain­ing
to the University reactions
following the Porter Scholars
incident. ,
"We assure all of our stu-
See MINORITIES, Page 3
1999 Homecoming
week includes both
new, annual events
By Jesse Lebus
Contributing Writer
The University of Louis­ville
homecoming, tJwugh it
still revolves· arounq the
"who-is-the-most-popular­boy
I girl­contest"
and
a football
game, is
probably
better than
the high
school ver­sion.
Home­coming
week means
students are
granted an
entire week of activities de­voted
to the event. This
year's homecoming commit­tee
has resolved to title it 'The
Best of the Millennium.'
Student Activites Board­homecoming
chair, Kelly
Campbell is very excited
about this year's events and
plans to have all students
participate.
"We have been trying hard
to amplify homecoming
week, to make it more excit­ing
for the students," she
said. "We want people to
know that U of Lhasa home­coming,
and we want them to
attend the events."
The events sta-rted with the
polls opening at 9 a.m. in the
Student Activities Center for the
elections of homecoming king
and queen. Elections were also
. in the Humanities Building and
at Speed School. The election
polls are open again for their
final day on Tuesday. Locations
and times are:
the SAC: 9
a.m.-4 p.m.;
Speed School,
11 a.m.-3
p.m.; and
Humanities
Building, 10
a.m.- 2 p.m.
The SAB
hosted the
"Think Fast
Trivia Game
Show" in the
SAC as part of the festive week.
Students established teams of
up to ten players, acquired one
Sony Play station per team, and
played head to head against
other teams in a battle of wits
for prizes of up to $200 in cash.
Complimentary gifts were also
awarded to students.
About the Ball on the Belle
Campbell, Campbell said, "This
is the event we all look forward
to. This is where we announce
the finalists (king and queen)."
Get the $5 tickets from the
ticket booth in the SAC. Board­ing
for the Belle will be from 8-
8:30 p.m., and the Belle will de-
See HOMECOMING, Page 18
Speed museum offers rare exhibitions to community
By Lindsay Wehr
Staff Writer
The Speed Art Museum, 2035
Third Street by the U~versity of
Louisville's Belknap campus, has
an array of new programs to in­troduce
throughout the Fall1999
semester.
Speed's main attrac~ion con­tinuing
through Nov. 28 is
"Harlem: The Vision of Morgan
and Marvin Smith." This exhibi­tion
explores the Harlem Renais­sance
through the eyes of twin
photographers who were born in
Kentucky and traces their careers
, from Morgan's award-winning
photo in 1937 through the 1950s.
The display includes more
than 150 photographs including
images of Joe Louis and. Lena
Horne. There are two family ori­ented
programs offered on Satur­day,
Oct. 2 and Saturday, Nov. 6,
from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. A tour
and a create your own collage
based on community will be in­cluded
in the events for the days.
These family tours are offered free
of charge. There is also a special
Harlem Renaissance event on
Thursday, Oct. 21 from 6 to 9 p.m.
that includes complimentary
pretzels and features the sounds
of Bobby J and the Flying Marti­nis.
Admission is $3 per person
and a cash bar will be available
featuring Martini tastings for $1
each.
The next event running from
Jan. 25 until April 9, 2000 is
"Rembrandt to Gainsborough:
Masterpieces from England's
Dulwich Picture Gallery."
Through this exhibition viewers
will enjoy artists including
Rembrandt, Rubens, Tiepolo and
Gainsborough while also having
the opportunity to see art that has
never been seen outside of En­gland.
The Art Sparks Interactive
Gallery is another visiting op­tion.
Participants, ainong other ac­tivities,
can dance inside a video
art work and turn their picture
into a Pop Art portrait fa; $3.50
per person. The Speed Art Mu­seum
hours are Tuesday, Wednes-day,
and Friday from 10:30 a.m.-
4 p.m., Saturday from 10:30 a.m.
-5 p.m, and Sunday from noon-
5p.m.
Guided thematic tours of the
museum including a visit to the
Art Learning Center are 2 hours
long and cost $4 per student. These
tours without a visit to the Art
Learning Center are $2 per stUdent.
The Tour Coordinator can be con­tacted
at (502) 634-2725. Currently,
tours are organized based on four
themes: Highlights, Looking at
Art, How Art Rep.ches Us, and
People: Real and Imagined tours.
There are many options for many
different types of people, and there
are sure to be new and exciting
ones .in the future months.
Photo by Jeff Hay
The Speed Art Museum at 2035 Third Street invites
students to experience its new exhibitions.
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