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theLouisville Cardinal
Vol..XLVI No.9 Room 117, Otter Hall, Louisville, Ky. 40208 October 2S, 1974
Counseling &crisis center opens
by Debbie Holmes
Plenty of counseling is available at the
University of Louisville this year,
facilitated by a "two-in-one" center,
located just south of the· Red Barn, on
east Brook Street, between Bl:a eis and
Warnock Streets.
The building houses the ~egulat
university counseling service, and a new
one labeled Crisis Counseling,. under the
direction of Dr. Rosanne Reed, a clinical
psychologist who earned her doctorate at
the University of Louisville. The crisis
counseling is operated as a br~mch of the
Louisville Crisis Center, which is funded
by the River Region Mental
Health-Mental Retardation Board. U of L
provides the facilities, and Rllver Region
funds the personnel.
River Region set up the U of L crisis
service for a college population, in the
hope they can reach more students than
is possible at the mainbranch downtown.
Dr. Reed says, however, that they won't
close the door to anyone who needs h~lp,
student or not.
Dr. Reed stated that collejge students
are a kind of upopulation at risk,"
because they are faced wittt so many
pressures. Social, acad ernie, and
independence problems can cause enough
, pressure to keep a stu~lent from
functioning normally. "Ve.ry normal
healthy people can experience a sudden
crisis - some interference wi'lh their life
style which can prevent nounal activities
from continuing. We serve here as a
short-term crisis ·intervention, responding
to immediate needs," she said.
Pllotopapia by Grady Throneberry
Director of Cou• 'ia& Th0111111 Kolneit.
- Dr. Reed explained that when students
come in very upset, the finrt thing she
does is to help them retain 1the "proper
perspective of things." ''If aU I can do is
just cry with them, at least that's a way
of giving a student some S1L1pport, and
support is what a student Deeds to pull
things back together-" Dr. Rf~ed says that
only after the student is calm and has
talked about his problem does she offer
any advice. "I do not expect anyone to
agree with my advice, I always give the
student the opportunity to tell me it
stinks, if he wUhes."
Dr. Reed's counseling is sJ~ort-tenn; it
only responds to an immediate emu. "If
I find a client has a pattern of someting
such as test anxiety, or I see that it has
happened more than once, then 111 refer
him to someone who can see him on a
long-term basis. I'll always refer students
to a person, not to a building."
Dr. Reed stressed that all contacts
with students are kept confidential, and
"not even the co¢ know about any
drug problems rve dealt with." She does
not try to hand everyone the same
solution - "I use different strategies for
different situations and individuals,
pointing out options, giving alternatives,
and figuring pros and cons."
It is the hope of the crisis service to
expand into a training center for
advanced mental health students in
psychology. Dr. Reed wants to form
discussian groups in co-operation with
some of the academic departments at U of
L. "I could refer a student to participate
in group discussians if I thought it would
help." Her ultimate goal is ·to run the
service 24 hours a day, with both
face-to-face contact and telephone service
available all the time. "Not everybody has
a crisis from 8:30a.m. to 5:00p.m. every
weekday.''
Dr. Reed believes that the main key to
success lies in gaining the trust of
students. "I don't care how many
credentials you've got, it students don't
trust you, the degrees won't do you a bit
of good," she said.
The University of Louisville counseling
service moved into the new building it
shares with the Crisis counseling, service
on October 4th. As in previous years, it is
staffed and funded by U of L, and deals
with educational, vocational, and
personal concerns.
(Continued on page 2)
Photograph by Ride Yetter
Maceo Dixon, a longtime activist in the Black libention movc~ment, spoke
' Wednesday on campus. His topic was HWhy the System Won't Wodc - A Black
Perspective." The talk was sponsored by the Office of llack Affairs and the Young
SocWist Alliance.
Law students protest new research requirement
by Tom Louderback
Law school studentS have in recent
weeks taken opposition to a law school
requirement that was adopted nearly a
year ago, but never officially announced.
The new requirement which replaces an
elective, stipulates that each student must
write "a paper which requires substantial
research effort."
Law School Dean Steve Smith has
defended the research paper requirement
as "critically needed."
The law students, led by members of
the junior class, have fought the new
requirement on two grounds.
First, they say it is an "ex post facto"
requirement. They contend that those
students who enrolled in the Law School
before the new requirement was adopted
should have the option of continuing
under the new requirement or under the
old one. It is general practice tluoughout
the unnersity' though not official policy'
to provide such an option in similar
circumstances.
These students also say the
requirement of a research paper is a
usubstantial change" in the degree
requirements and consequently a
"substantial detriment" to those students
who enrolled when the old requirement
wu in effect.
Second, the students charge that
student participation in the development
of the new requirement was minimal.
Frequently cited is the fact that no
students were present when the
curriculum committee adopted the
research paper requirement.
In response to student complaints,
Dean Smith and other law school faculty
membets contend that the research paper
is neither a usubstantial change" nor a
"substanti~ detriment." They exPlain
that the replacement of an old
requirement with a new one, without
adding extra hours to the degree
requirement, is not substantial .
Furthennore, there was no attempt,
they claim, to hide anytlhing from the
students . In fact, the student
representatives to the facu:lty admit they
missed the meetings.
Me an while, the Student Bar
Association has passed a motion opposing
the application of the research paper
requirement to students who enrolled
before it was adopted. A petition of
opposition is being circulated by the
junior class. The University Student
Senate has also passed '~naniinously a
motion supporting the Student Bar
Association's stand.
The Law School facul~y will consider
the student grievances at ilts meeting this
Tuesday.
In the meantime, the most succinct
appraisal of the situation may be the one
attributed to Vice-President John DiDon:
"You'd think lawyers wouldn't get
themselves into this kind of rness.n