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Valentine's Day:
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THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE
Vol. LXXII, No.22
© 2000 The Louisville Cardinal
Tuesday, February 15, 2000
Concert planned to attract minorities
• SAB is waiting to hear if Goodie Mqb accepts bid
By Amy Grimes
News Editor
Last January, hundreds of Uni­versity
of Louisville students
demonstrated their support for a
Student Activities BQard spon­sored
event, by waiting all night
in the rain to purchase tickets for
a Dave Matthews concert. Over
1000 students attended the con­cert
the next month, featuring
Matthews and Tim Reynolds, at
the Palace Theater.
SAB is again coordinating a
concert for U of L students. How­ever,
this year the talent is aimed
to attract more minority students.
SAB is awaiting official word
from the group "Goodie Mob,"
and if their bid is accepted the
concert will be Friday, March 31,
at The Louisville Palace Theater.
"The reason we selected Goodie
Moq was mainly due to the origi­nal
target audience for this con­cert,"
said Dave Needham, SAB
member. "Since early last semes­ter,
the SAB has been searching for
a R&B/Hip-Hop style concert
mainly targeted for the minority
population."
Last year the Dave Matthews
concert was co-promoted by the
SAB and the Palace Theater, but
this year the tables have turned.
Needham says SAB has experi­enced
numerous problems in plan-ning
this concert because of the
audience it is intended to attract.
"The reason for the large de­lay
was that the Palace, for two
months, did not return our calls,"
said Needham. "Finally, in the
middle of January, Julie
Onnembo (SAB faculty advisor)
and I went down to talk with the
director. While he did not feel
that ' this type of concert fit the
image that the Palace was trying
to build,' we were allowed to
have the show there, but he de­clined
co-promotion."
Last week the Student Senate
approved $41,000 to the SAB to
sponsor the event. The expected
production cost for Goodie Mob
Fans celebrate victory
over Syracuse at Red Barn
By Mike Slaton
Staff Writer
Thursday night, University
of Louisville fans were treated
to a victory over No. 4 ranked
Syracuse. About 50 students
watched the game at the Red
Barn, complete with free ribs
from Mark's Feed Store, cour­tesy
of the Speed School Student
CounciL Before the game, comic
Scott Henry entertained stu­dents
while they dined on Sub­way
sandwiches, courtesy of the
Student· Activities Board.
Thursday was not the first time
that the Red Bam has showed a
game, or that the SAB had
brought in a comedian. How­ever,
the two events do not of­ten
coincide. Thursday night,
no one seemed to mind.
Dave Needham, the director
of Variety Programming for
SAB, had been impressed by
Henry's performance at the
National Association of Cam­pus
Activities conference.
When the power went out un­expectedly,
Henry improvised
to keep the approximately 250
participants entertained. (Henry
thought it was for an hour, but
Needham suggested it had been
20 minutes.) When Needham
learned that Henry, who is a
professional comic from Los
Angeles and has performed on
Comedy Central and VH1, was
going to be in Louisville,
Needham contacted him to per­form.
Needham said the coin­cidence
of the two events "just
kind of happened ." He viewed
this development positively,
pleased with the crossover at­tendance
and that both pro­grams
would get a "little more
exposure."
The gatne was broadcast on
ESPN, so students without cable
could not have seen it other-·
Photo Dan Spauling
Last Thursday, the Cardinals defeated fourth ranked Syracuse.
Many students watched the game ,at the R~d Barn, courtesy
of the Student Activities Board.
wise. Jeff Davis, a freshman me­chanical
engineering major who
heard about the Red Barn's broad­cast
from friends, said the main
draw was the free food. His com­panion,
a freshman chemical engi­neering
major who had given his
ticket to a friend, also said that "if
it (the game) gets ugly early, I can
just get u p and leave early."
Davis's friend asked to remain
anonymous after giving this quote.
Many students came for the
comedy, the game, and the food.
Byron Davis, a junior sports ad­ministration
major, learned about
the·event from fliers in his dorm.
He spoke highly of the event and
its organizat;ion, saying that he
intended to return for future
events.
The only problem of the
evening occurred when the
amount of barbecued ribs deliv­ered
was too small. Sheryl Meier,
program assistant for the Student
Government Association, feared
that this might "incite a riot."
George Howe, who is responsible
for the regular presentation of U
of L's games at the Red Bam, con­tacted
Mark's Feed Store to secure
enough, food. Meier said the tum­out
was good, especially consid­ering
that the Syracuse game was
played at Freedom Hall.
is approximately $38,000, how­ever,
Needham also addressed
the optfon of bringing "Wyclef
Jean and the Refugee Camp" in­stead,
which would be $41,000.
The Dave Matthews concert cost
$81,000.
"In going before Senate, a mo­tion
was passed to front the
money for this show in the
amount of $41,000 which would
cover expenses for either show,"
said Needham.
The final decision of which
group to sponsor was left up to
the SAB.
"'f!ley (Senate) figured that the
SAB has a better feel for what the
students would want and there­fore
left the choice of the artist up
to us," said Needham. "In poll­ing
the SAB members the choice
was made to continue with the
Goodie Mob. Although Wycle(
may draw a bigger audience, we
felt that changing gears at this
]uncture was unrealistic with as
little lead time as we have."
Dave Matthews was not a sell­out
with the student-body last
year, and with a more narrow au­dience,
Goodie Mob is not ex­pected
to either, Needham said.
"We don't anticipate selling out to
U of L students," said Needham.
"They will have the first oppor­tunity
to buy tickets. After that,
the tickets will be opened to the .
students in the Metro-area, in­cluding
UK and KSU, and then to
the general public."
SGA President Jason French said
See GOODIE MOB, page 3
Hall of Champions
Photo Dan Spauling
On Sunday, Feb. 13, the new Louisville basketball Hall of
Champions opened at Freedom Hall. The museum show-
. cases memorabilia from the history of U of L basketball.
Campaigns for SGA
elections have begun
By Amy Grimes
News Editor
Elections have arrived, but the
candidates don't include Bush and
McCarn. Student Government As­sociation
candidates at the Univer­sity
of Louisville are prepared to
take a stand, propose a change, and
campaign to be elected as the new
leaders for the student body.
As of yesterday, the 2000-2001
candidates began their official
campaigns, and in .two weeks stu­dent
voters will redeem who they
believe to be the best.
At a meeting last Thursday,
SGA Election Commissioner Jes­sica
Fryrear told the candidates
that this year's commission is very
focused on being a united and di­verse
·group. "We have a represen­tative
from almost every school,"
she said.
The commission regulates the
election process and monitors
equality and fairness during the
campaigns.
Through,out the next two
weeks, candidates running for ev­erything
from SGA President to
Student Senate will be campaign­ing
their slates, as well as their
ideas, to students. This year the
commisston also promoted "infor­mal"
campaigning.
"You can have personal conver­sations
before the campaign starts
onMonday(Feb.l4) to help get the
word out to a more diverse group
of people besides the people you
already know," Fryrear told can­didates
at last week's meeting. "We
want to get a more diverse group
of voters."
Fryrear also stated that the can­didates
will not be allowed to par­ticipate
in any off-campus cam­paigning.
"We want to keep it con­centrated
to the campus," she said.
Students can learn more about
who the candidates are, and their
views, by attending the debates on
Wednesday, Feb. 23 at noon in
Floyd Theater, and on Thursday,
Feb. 24 at noon on the Health Sci­ences
campus (location to be de­termined).
At 11:30 a.m., before
both debates, students can take
advantage of free pizza. Elections
are Monday, Feb. 28 and Tuesday,
Feb. 29.
U of L doctor campaigning for better air bag warnings
By Lee Speck
, Assistant News Editor
William Smock, a University
of Louisville physician, is cam­paigning
to have tougher warn­ing
labels placed on cars for both
the driver and passenger in re­spect
to air bags. The warnings
are need to help protect both
drivers and passengers who risk
severe injuries if their arms or
hands are in the way of the air
bag when opened.
Monday, Feb. 7, Smock pre­sented
a proposal to the federal
highway safety officials in Wash­ington,
D.C. of the Na tional
Highway Traffic Safety Adminis­tration
(NHTSA). In his pro­posal,
Smock campaigned for
new warning labels to be placed .
on the vehicle's dash for both
driver and passenger.
Included in the label are warn­ings
to the driver from resting
hands on the middle of the steer­ing
wheel and to the passenger
against bracing themselves with
the dash during an accident.
Smock has examined many
cases in which patients have been
seriously injured due to air bags
at the ep1ergency room at Univer­sity
Hospital. From studying air
bag safety for almost a decade,
Smock feels that the warning la­bel
would help prevent some of
these injuries.
"I think that's a good idea, be­cause
I've gotten hit by an airbag
and it knocked me unconscious,"
said Cameron Carberry, fresh­man
art history major.
While working with Parents
for Safer Air Bags, an organiza­tion
also campaigning for the
new warning labels, Smock feels
that his meeting with NHTSA
went "wonderful" and hopes
that soon the new labels will ap­pear
on cars.
"I know that they're (air bags)
dangerous, but it doesn't seem
that a piece of paper is going to
help," said Josh Justice, junior
psychology major.
Smock said that air bags
have saved more lives than
they have harmed, yet there is
still a need for the label in
helping people realize the
danger of air bags. · He thinks
that the warning labels will
help prevent more serious in­juries,
thus making the air bag
even more useful.
Questions s till linger as to
what is the best message to
send to drivers. Some feel that
the labels will not be enough,
and_. that more should be done
to·better the air bag and not just
warn the driver and passenger
of the danger of air bags.
"What wiU a· warning do?
Okay, you, put a warning in a
car, but you s till have people
driving the car," said Ben
Lovely, senior biology major.
"If air bags are killing people
are they safe enough to have in
a car."
No decision has yet to be
made concerning the proposal
for stronger air bag warning la­bels.
NHTSA's federal rules
prevent any commenting on the
proposal until a decision has
been reached.