The Louisville Cardinal
June 5 2001
News
Students might need to find
another way to finance their
future at U of L, page 12
Focus
Got some spare summer time?
Check out the Louisville Zoo
and other hangouts, page 4.
Sports
Reserve U of L quarterback
Mike Watkins moves to the
NFL, page 8.
Opinion
Debate: GLOBAL WARMING,
is it man made or just
nature's way of heating
things up, page 11.
Inside
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CAMPUS BRIEFS ... ..... ........ 7
FOCUS .................................... .4
SPORTS ..................................... 8
OPINION ................................ lO
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Independent Student Newspaper
New SGA officers caught in controversy
By April Kirchner
· News Editor
T he new executive
branch of the Student
Government Associa-tion
is currently facing its first
major challenge since its members
were elected into office. Many stu­dents
are concerned and outraged
by the recent appointment of
Shantil Hill as L.E.A.D. Director.
along with the rest of the newly­appointed
executive support staff.
The executive branch, consisting
of President Carlton Brown, Vice­President
Stacy Brooks, Services
Vice-President Lea Thurman and
Academic Vice-President Jihaad
Abdul-Majid, are currently await­ing
Senate confirmation of the in­dividuals
they've chosen for these
positions.
According to the Freshman
L.E.A.D. website, the Freshman
Leadership Enrichment and Devel­opment
Program is a program de­signed
to select 30 outstanding
freshman who, through an appli­cation
and interview process, have
demonstrated extraordinary lead­ership
qualities. It also should pro­vide
them with opportunity and
education in working for the Stu­dent
Government Association and
as a -campus and community
leader.
The Freshman L.E.A.D. Pro­gram
is· currently in a state of up­heaval
as members express opin­ions
about the appointment of Hill
as director. Hill's ability to perform
Photo by Jeff Hay
New members of the Student Government Association Executive Branch recently picked their support staff,
causing a lot of controversy. Your SGA officers are, left to right, Jihaad Abdul-Majid (Academic VP), Carlton
Brown (President, sitting), Lea Thurman (Service VP) and Stacy Brooks (Executive VP).
the tasks set before her are being
questioned. Some members said
they felt that she expressed an in­ability
to relate to others from a
different cultural background and
that her involvement in the Fresh­man
L.E.A.D. program was mini-mal.
"She could not handle the di­versity
problem in L.E.A.D.,"
2000-2001 L.E.A.D. member John
Davis said. "How can we put her
in the L.E.A.D. director position
when the same thing will happen
next year? There's always going to
be cultural differences no matter
where you go. The whole idea of
putting her in this position that she
couldn't handle in the first place
See CONTROVERSY, page 3
Sound of silence The first
group of
graduates
for the
Interpreter
Training
Program
recently
were
awarded
their
diplomas.
The
program is a
joint venture
between U
of Land
Eastern
Kentucky
University.
Left, a
speaker
waves her
hands, a way
of showing
appreciation
in sign
language.
• Program helps fill void in Kentucky for
interpreters for hearing-impaired people
By Matt Evans
Web Master
For Timothy Owens,
the bridge was all
too real. Standing in
front of about 50
people, he· could see it and de- ·
scribe it with his hands. The
bridge stood across a large river,
bridging two different cultures,
allowing people to transport them­selves
between two rnindsets, two
worlds.
And there are different levels
to the bridge allowing cars to go
in different directions without
even seeing each other.
For many people, every morn­ing,
the bridge Owens described
with his hands is the Sherman
Minton Bridge that spans across
the Ohio River, connecting Lou­isville
and the southern Indiana
town of New Albany.
For Owens, the bridge stands
as a symbol not only of human in­genuity,
but a symbol for sign lan­guage
and problems hearing and
deaf people might encounter
when they interact. Ultimately, the
bridge stood as a tool for under­standing
and communicating.
The bridge also makes for a
good analogy for the first group
of students graduating from the
Interpreting Training Program at
U ofL.
See U OF L, page 3