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the louisville cardinal
t;ol. xli, no 19 university of louisville, louisville, kentucky 40208 february 13, 1970
-Photo by Bitt Renda
The Inn's on the way out
Senate passes budget
proposed by Democrats
By a vote of 37-0, the state Senate
passed the Democratic version of the
1970-1972 budget Wednesday.
In doing so, the Senate boosted UL's
state aid by $5 million over the proposed
figure presented by Governor Nunn in his
budget.
UL will now receive $13.2 million for
the n e x t two years. Administration
spokesmen had earlier cited $13 million
in new money as necessary for a "stand­still"
operation of the university.
However, President Strickler 1 ate r
"scaled down" his budgetary requests.
Last Friday, the state House of Repre­sentatives
approved House Bill 18-the
revised Bemocratic budget.
The passage of this budget granted UL
the $5 million extra which Strickler de­scribed
as the "difference between life
and death." The Jefferson County delega­tion
to Frankfort was largely responsible
for the increase in funds for UL.
Despite the new money allocated by the
state, UL still faces a financial dilemma.
More money from sources outside the uni­versity
is needed in order to maintain the
present standards of UL.
An additional resolution has been sug­gested
by Senator Romano Mazzoli, Demo­cratic
chairman of the Senate Education
Committee, to increase tuition rates at
state-supported schools.
This proposal does not include UL. The
Senate bill would raise tuition at Ken­tucky
regional universities to $360 for in­state
students, and $96:3 for out-of-state
students. It would also increase rates
at University of Kentucky to $440 for res­idents
and . $1182 for non-residents.
Mazzoli cited the "riding costs of public
education" and Kentucky's relatively low
tuition rates as the reasons for this pro­posal.
However, revenue billls must originate
in the House. Mazzoli originally proposed
the increase as a suggestion to the House
Appropriations and Revenue Committee
as a means of funding the budget.
A similar resolution was introduced
into the House during 1the last session of
the General Assembly. This legislation­House
Bill 110-was vetoed by the Gover­nor
on the grounds that the right to raise
tuition rates belonged to the Council on
Higher Education.
Mazzoli feels that even if this proposal
meets the same fate, ilt may cause the
Council to act on the issue. In 1968, as a
result of the House bill, the Council called
a last-minute meeting ~md raised tuition
rates at state schools.
Cardinal Inn plans
to close down this May
By CAROLYN YETTER
(;ardinal Staff Writer
This year, along with the close of the
spring semester, will come the close of an
institution which has been a part of the
university community since 1930. This
May will be the last month of operation
for the Cardinal Inn.
Rumors are flying fast, including one
which hints that the George brothers, who
own the Cardinal Inn, are closing the
restaurant to take over the UL food con­cessions.
Johnny George, who co-manages the
family-owned business with his brother
Don, confirmed that part of the rumor is
true. "We're closing around the seventh
or eighth of May mainly because of the
lack of business," he said.
George described the old Cardinal Inn
which was on the corner of First and
Shipp Streets as "one of the best busi­nesses
in Louisville. Then it was a meet­ing
place and gossip center for students
who were never pushed into buying any­thing,
but who usually did anyway.
"They were free to prop their feet on
the booth seats and order onion sand­wiches,
or exchange a hundred pennies for
a dollar bill. It was crowded and noisy
and the hamburgers were greasy, but busi­ness
thrived."
All this came to an end when Urban Re­newal
bought the ground for UL's new
Life Science building, and the "new"
Cardinal Inn has been in its location on
Brook St. since September 1967.
The lack of business since 1967 has been
blamed on this new location. "This build­ing
faces away from the campus; it's too
far away from the center of things on cam­pus.
And the atmosphere isn't what the
students want," explained George.
George denies the second part of the
rumor which gives the brothers the food
concession contract which Morrison's Caf­eteria
now holds. But he also admits he
would like to receive the catering con­tract,
saying that in November his broth­ers
were approached by the university
and subsequently their bid was among
the four or five submitted for the con­tract.
With the extension of Morrison's con­tract
the issue was settled-at least for
the remaining semester. "But now the uni­versity
says they may change facilities
next September, and if given a chance,
we'd like to submit another bid," said
George.
William Davidson, who h and les con­tracts
for the u niversity, explained that
in March his office will invite bids and
budget proposals from food concession­aires.
"I talked with the George brothers
earlier and their bid will receive t he same
consideration as the others."
Whether or not the brothers' bid is ac­cepted
for the cafeteria facilities, J ohnny
George would like to start something else
like the Cardinal Inn on or near t he cam­pus
in the future which would be just for
the students.
"Right now we're thinking about a pizza
franchise like the Village Inn, and even­tually
we'd like to have one here on cam­pus.
I think there'd be enough support
around here for something like that. But
it might take a year or two because we
want to start one somewhere else first to
try it out."
Another rumor has it that next year the
Office of Black Affairs may move into the
vacated Cardinal Inn building which will
be purchased by UL. But when ques­tioned
on this, Hanford Stafford, the co­ordinator
of Black Affairs at the univer­sity,
replied, "I never heard a thing
about it."
Frankfort has its own 'Beat the Clock'
By RICK NORTHERN
Cardinal Editor-in-chief
A session in the Kentucky House of
Representatives reminds one of the old
"Beat the Clock" game. Except that
Speaker of the House Julian Carroll
doesn't wear a bow tie with his blue shirt
like Bud Collier did.
If you've forgotten how "Beat the
'Clock" is played, or aren't familiar with
the Frankfort version, maybe an out­line
of the game's rules will help you out.
Up to 100 can play. First grab a black
leather chair with the seal of Kentucky
embossed on it, and put your nameplate
in f ront of it. One person gets to be speak­er.
He gets to stand in front of the as­sembly,
sit in the biggest chair, and speak
into the most microphones.
To begin play, the speaker calls the
session to order. Generally, experienced
players will interpret this as a cue to
open their morning or evening papers, as
the case may be. Less experienced players
may fall into the trap of paying too much
attention to this phase of the game, and
thereby be less alert when the time comes
for the real action.
Two monstrous score·boards on either
side of the speaker, dormant until the
rap of the speaker's gavel, light up in red
and green letters and numbers. Whatever
the lights spell out determines what is
at stake during that round.
Now the speaker asks if there is any
discussion on the bill
Most good players have two speeches
prepared for every oceasion, for every
bill--one pro and one con.
every bill--one pro and one con.
The speeches are identical, except that­one
says yes, and the other no. Both cite
passages from the "Good Book" in sup­port
of their position; both include men­tion
of the great state of Kentucky, its
grand history and bright future; both call
on the Almighty to guide them whether
they have decided to be guided yea or
nay.
When the speaker has decided th.at
there has been enough "speeching," he
performs a definite ritual. He informs the
assembly, speaking as quickly as is hu­manly
possible, that if there is no more
discussion, the matter will now be brought
to a vote.
Now the fun begins. The speaker rings
a bell, opening t~e scoreboard, allowing
players to vote. Experienced players can
turn away from newspapers for the brief­est
moment, cast their votes, and get back
to the news without losing their places.
As the players hit their buttons, lights
flash on the board, red for nay, and green
for yea. During the voting, the board goes
wild, flashing all colors of the rainbow,
touching all bases on the finite number
line. When it finally settles down, the
decision is made. There's no reprieve.
Fortunately for Kentuckians, "Beat the
Clock," Frankfort style, is merely a stage
performance of w h a t h 'iS happened
throughout the morning in hearings, com­mittee
meetings, and caucuses. Fortu­nat
ely.
-Photo by Bilt Renda
Scoring
House Speaker Julian CarroU stands be­/
OTe the Kentucky House of Representative
scoreboard.