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the louisville cardinal volume xli, number 1 university of louisville, louisville, kentucky 40208 september 5, 1969
35.2 million dollars
tied up in building
By RICH JOHNSON
Cardinal Managing Editor
Construction at the University of Louis­ville
is in varied stages of development.
Belknap campus is the site of four of the
six structures being built. The combined
cost of all the projects is 35.2 million dol­lars.
The Life Sciences building is scheduled
for completion and total occupancy in
early November. Robert McCormick, Con­struction
Coordinator for the University,
stated that it was "quite a struggle" get­ting
the building ready for classes this
fall. Some classes have already been held
in the east wing of the 4.2 million-dollar
structure.
A distinctive feature of the Life Sci­ences
Building, McCormick said, is the
presence of exposed sandblasted concrete.
A proposed Humanities building which
will form a new quadrangle with the Life
Sciences Building, will have the same
architectural design.
Construction on the fraternity housing
complex began this summer. Scheduled
completion of the 1.5 million-dollar com­plex
is for late spring, 1970. The three
units which will house two fraternities
each, are of brick construction.
The structures were designed for util­ity,
beauty, and maximum economy. "They
must last for a long time and require
minimum maintenance," McCormick said.
The fraternity complex is also versatile,
added McCormick. "They can be rapidly
changed to offices or other student hous­ing
if the need arises."
Work on Dormitory 4 is about 25 per
cent completed. Scheduled for completion
in the fall of 1970, the eleven story co­educational
housing structure is being
built at the cost of $1.7 million.
Long range plans call for another high
rise dormitory in the same square block
area north of Miller Hall. The two would
be connected by a commons area housing
a cafeteria and student center.
The International Center, located be­tween
Jouett Hall and the Education
Building, will be a two-story brick struc­ture.
Built at a cost of one hundred thou­sand
dollars, it will house offices, con­ference
centers, and a large meeting area.
The building will feature the same design
and economical features as the fraternity
complex.
The east downtown area is the loca­tion
of the two other projects under con­struction.
The medical-dental center is a complex
of four buildings. It includes a med­ical
instruction building, a school of den­tistry,
a new library, and a research­administration
tower.
Total cost of the project is $26 million,
which includes land purchase, develop­ment,
and construction. When the center
is completed in the fall of 1970, it will in­crease
the present space devoted to med­ical-
dental use ten times.
Two features of the center mentioned by
McCormick are the presence of $3 million
of movable equipment and the construc­tion
of two bridges over Preston Street.
One of the bridges will be a two-story
occupied structure. It will house an in­struct
i o n a 1 ten-channel TV station,
equipped for color broadcasting.
The LiOns Eye Research Institute is near
completion, north of the Medical-Dental
Center. The $1.7 million structure will be
donated to the University of Louisville's
Department of Opthalmology for research
and teaching purposes. Due for comple­tion
in mid-winter, the building features
a bronze glass reflective wall.
President Strickler outlines
limitations of dissent
One of the primary purposes of a uni­versity
is to encourage the /?·ee expres­sion
of student ideas and concerns. To tkat
e-nd there must be every opportunity to
inquire, to reflect, and to communicate
ideas and points of view.
This is possible only in an atmosphere
of freedotn. Freedom, from repression by
authority and freedom from interference
by an intolerant minority bent upon making
only one viewpoint prevail.
It is the duty of the University to guar­antee
both of these freedoms. It must it­self
refrain from interfering with peaceful
and orderly expressions of ideas, including
dissent and protest directed at established
-d ews and practices.
It is equally the duty of the University
to make sure that the right of students
to receive an education or to express their
ideas shall be protected. This right must
not be interfered with by an intolerant
group through violence or disruption of the
learning experience or of University func­tions
which make that learning experience
possible.
Concern about these freedoms has been
expressed through University regulations
and by the naticm.'s courts and lawmakers.
These do not endanger student freedom;
they only make explicit the acceptance of
those necessary limits whick make freedom
possible.
The Supreme Court of the United States
has ruled that students kave the right to
demonstrate peaceably, but do not have a
right to deny othersr their freedoms or ac-cess
to university facilities or to engage
in violence or illegal activity of any kind.
In a related matter Kentucky's highest
court has found that the authority which
a university exercises over the facilities
for which it is responsible is much like that
which any property owner has over his
property; that the university has a duty
to provide protection for the property in
its care. Finally, the U.S. Congress has
enacted legislation denying federal financial
assistance to those who would use a uni­versity
to achieve disruptive political
ends.
These legal standards and the Univer­sity
of Louisville Policy on Student Be­havior
announced last March are the guide­lines
under which the University is operat­ing
with regard to student conduct.
We believe they are legitimate, accurate
reflections of the public policy of our state
and nation, and are appropriate for all
schools using public funds. These standards
will be enforced with fairness, through pro­cedures
in which students are participating
along with faculty members and adminis­trators.
We believe that, armed with a clear state­ment
of the University's position, students
will determine for themselves activities
which are at the same time effective and
within the limits of the law and Univer­sity
regulations.
Woodrow M. Strickler
President
University of Louisville
-Photo by John Beckman
Through the
looking glass
Reflected in the mirror-like window of
the Kentucky Lions Eye Research Institute
is the new UL Medical-Dental Complex.
Construction of the site is nearing com­pletion.
Registration slowed
by changes, errors
During the period alloted for early,
regular, and late registration each year
approximately sixty percent of registra­tion
forms are changed by students.
The University is gradually implement­ing
a new system to avoid dissatisfaction
and administrative and student errors by
using the computer. Due to the ever-grow­ing
enrollment, new registration methods
are constantly being examined. Many of
these changes are too minute to make any
visable change.
Last spring pre-registration was held
for students enrolled in the University to
give them a better chance to get courses
needed. Of approximately 1,800 students
eligible to pre-register only 1,200 took
the advantage.
However, many pre-registered students
found it necessary to make schedule ad­justments
in the falL In order to eliminate
confusion with the drop-add system for
students and office personnel, a new sys­tem
was used this fall. Students desiring
to make changes did not have to obtain
the signatures of teachers and deans but
rather canceled their entire registration.
They then had to go through the entire
regular registration procedure.
Pre-registration not only helps the stu­dent
but also reduces unnecessary office
work. Departments were better able to
plan for the number of classes and sec­tions
needed. To the student, pre-registra­tion
meant not having to stand in long
lines in the fall.
Many of the problems caused by in­correct
data on registration forms are
being reviewed by administrative officials.
Short of a radical change the present sys­tem
is the most efficient one devised.
Gary Morrison, Director of Admissions,
plans for an increased use of the com­puter
in the future. "As we make more
effective use of data processing, specifical­ly
the computer, pre-registration should be
particularly advantageous for both stu­dents
and office personnel."
Morrison also said that a study was
being made of different schools in hope
of finding an adaptable system for UL.
The projection was made that possibly in
the future registration would be done by
mail. However, this would take time and
concentrated study because of the intri-cacies
involved in changing the entire
record keeping system.
As for this fall's registration, it ran
smoothly considering the number of stu­dents
enrolled in A&S alone. Last Spring
total enrollment for A&S was 2,280. As
of Saturday with almost another week of
late registration the number of registered
students was 2,396.
Despite the expected gripes and groans
about students and of students, Mrs. Fran­cis
Marshall, the Administrative Assistant
to Registrar John M. Houchens commented
on student courtesy. "Discourteous stu­dents
are in the minority. I believe most
of our students know it pays to be kind."
Dean Lawrence
to leave to study
student power
Dean of Students David Lawrence will
take a sabbatical leave from his univer­sity
duties from January 1 to June 1, 1970.
There will be no replacement unless war­ranted
later.
Lawrence will study student govern­ment,
involvement, and influence in
American colleges and universities for
approximately two months. He stressed
the importance of the student voice in
university life and hopes to see how
other institutions rate in comparison to
UL.
The first of March, Dean and Mrs. Law­renee
will leave on a trip around the
world via San Francisco, Hawaii, Tokyo,
Venice, Rome, Paris, and London.
Wherever possible, Lawrence will visit
the Dean of Students (or a comparable
official) and find out how European uni­versitiftS
use students for self-governing
oper'!tions.
Ending the interview, Lawrence said,
"Industry and government are looking
for leaders, they would much rather hire
a student with "B's" and "C's" and an
effective campus voice, than a three
pointer who nobody knows."