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www.louisvillecardinal. com November 1, 2005 I Vol. 79, Issue 11
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Local mini­marts
robbed
by gunman
BY SASHA WiLLIAMS
Assistant News Editor
swirliams@louisvillecardinal.com
Another robbery occurred last
week - only this time the targets
were local convenience stores and
not students.
Sav-a-Step Food Mart, located
at 1927 S. Fourth St., was robbed
last Thursday.
The clerk on. duty at the time of ·_
the robbery told Louisville Metro
Police that at approximately 7: 15
a.m. the suspect flashed a large
black and chrome handgun and de­manded
the money in the drawer.
The suspect was described as a
black male between 5-foot-11 and
6-foot-1, around 225 pounds with
. dark spots and bumps on his face.
The individual was report­edly
wearing a black tobogan, grey
hooded sweatshirt, either jeans or
sweat pants and white tennis shoes.
He was reported as driving off in a
1980s sjlver Oldsmobile Cutlass
Supreme with 18- or 20-inch
chrome wheels.
The Department of Publ.ic
Safety Crime Log stated that an
individual of the same description
is also a suspect in a robbery that
occured 10 minutes earlier at the
Dairy Mart located at 3400 Taylor
Blvd.
Anyone with information per­taining
to the case can contact DPS
at 852-6911.
Disregard detrimental to disabled
Tiffany Witt struggles to open the front entrance to Gottschalk Hall. Opening doors
manually is only one obstacle facing the University of Louisville's handicapped population.
Other concerns for mobility-impaired students. include bicycles that are chained to the
inside rails of wheelchair ramps and trash cans blocking automatic door buttons.
• Bikes, backpacks and lack of awareness cause
a hindrance to mobilitycimpaired students. This is
part one of a two-part series focusing on how
U of L:s disabled students deal with struggles on
campus. Next week will look at how service
animals assist their owners with evenyday life.
BY MELISSA MOODY
· StaffWriter
mmoody@louisvillecardinal.com
Amy Foster's day doesn't quite begin like most
other students' .. While sharing in the collective
I .
struggle to find parking, she has to find one of
the few handicapped parking spaces thich can
at times be blockecj.. Getting to class i~ another
story. When the sidewalk is blocked by tonstruc­tion,
the average student can walk thr~ugh the
grass or ~ake a different route. For Am}'? it's not
so easy as that. • \
"It can be a real eye-opener to come to campus
with a sprained ankle or broken leg," explained
· Cathy Patus, director of the University of'\Louis­ville
Disability Resource Center. "You have to rely
on access features that not only make day-to-day
life easier, bur possible." \
People without disabilities, in their rush from
class to class, often do not even notice the obs~acles
students ·with disabilities face. Is construction
>! bl~kin:g the route from the SAC to Ekstrom
Library? Well, walk a different route. Is a bicycle
locked up on the stairs outsid'e the Bingham Hu­manities
Building? Most students just go up the
other side, but a blind person cannot easily walk
a different route, and a person in a wheelchair
typically only has one entry option.
"For the most part, building accessibility, such
as ramps and automatic doors, is good," Patus
stated, "Every student, however, is going to find
places on campus that are problematic. It is 'hu­man
error,' which can be as problematic and more
easily corrected, that we are trying to address."
Human error, according to Patus, is identified
as obstacles like bicycles locked onto wheelchair
See ACCESS, page 4.
Vice president of research to step down
"I have been in """"""'"'""'""'?'"~=
this position
for 10 years
and I've
enjoyed it
so much:'
-Nancy MaTtin
BY MELISSA ·MooDY
StaffWriter
mmoody@louisvillecardinal.com
Dr. N ancy Martin has an­nounced
she will ~ rep down from
her position as senior vice president
of Research once a replacement
is found. Martin is credited with
expanding research programs at the
University of Louisville
"Dr. Martin has taken U of L
quite a ways concerning research.
She has been the number one person
in charge of making research grow,
and she has done an incredible job,"
said Denise Fitzpatrick, director of
. Media Relations.
Bring Us Your Credits
Bring Us Your Dreams
Use the credits you've
earned towards a degree
in as few as 18 months.
Martin informed President James
Ramsey in October she would be
stepping down from her position
in order to "regroup."
"I have been in this position
for 1 0 years and I've enjoyed it so
much,'' Martin reassured.
Martin received a Ph.D. from
Harvard College in 1978 and was
working at the University ofTexas
Southwestern Medical Center in
1987 when she was recruited to be­wme
the Preston Pope Joyes Chair ,
of Biochemical Research at U of L.
Throughout her tenure as ·vice
president, Martin maintained full­rime
faculty status, condm:red
See MARTIN page 5.
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'I Kentucky's Career University
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