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Vol. XLVIII, No.8 The U of L Student New paper October 8, 197 6
Day Care gets closer look
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by Rick Yetter
The Univer ity of Louisville could
have orne type of new day care facility
on Belknap campu by the beginning of
the fall seme ter, 1977.
Two separate umt within the univer-ity
would like to initiate a child care
service. Both units, the Student Govern­ment
As ociation and the School of
Education, feel a need exists. The facility
would provide care for pre-school age
children whose parent are attending
classes.
SCJA representative are hoping to
initiate a drop-in itter se1rvice where
parents could leave their children while
attending clas e .
In an administration report on the
~ubject of day care feasibility , submitted
to E. ccutivc Vice President William
Ek trom by William Davidson, assistant
to the executive vice president for opera­tions,
it was uggested that, " ... a
'drop-in' ervice be establishe:d under the
direction of the Office of Student Affairs
on a fee basis requiring either a break
even operation, or a subsidy from student
fees ... "
In June 1976, Ekstrom requested that
Dave Lawrence, dean of students, chair a
committee comprised of both adminis­trators
and SGA representatives to "dis­cuss
the formation of a day care center as
a student service." The committee met
only once, and issued a stattement of its
findings to Ekstrom. The committee
agreed unanimously that it was too late in
the summer to establish a day care center
which could be in operation by August.
Facilitie , finances, and a clear defini­tion,
it was decided, of what was required
by students in terms of a child care
facility was not fully known. "A vague
concept of a drop-in sitter service was
mentioned but little information on the
subject's feasibility was available," said
D nna Gilbo, pre ident of the Kent
chool student council.
Asked who he would like to see fund
the proposed drop-in sitter service, Law­rence
said, "It ought to be a combination
of the admini tration and the student
fees. If it'· going to be trictly a student
ervice, at discount pnce perhaps, and if
the univer ity is going to partially subsi­dize
it I thmk student fees should pay
for rhe remainder."
Obtaining the information required to
rtake a deci i n n the practicality of the
tter service, ducation Student Council
resident Brent Willett and Donna Gilbo
1tend to see that a needs assessment is
mducted. he need assessment would
lude que tions about the adaptability
such a facility. Thi asse ~;ment could
indicate the number of students who
would utilize such a facility if it were
established.
The School of ducation has sub­nli
tted a propo al for the establishment
of a full time day care center. The center
would be located in the Elementary
Education Division. A proposal was sub­mit
ted calling for the alloca iion of
$30,000 to incorporate the old day care
center into the School of Education. This
initial proposal was denied.
Davidson made a recommendation in
which he stated, "We should assign the
day care c~nter to the School of Educa­tion
and attempt to structure a fee sched­ule
that would reduce the requested
university subsidy. This way we provide
the service and also benefit from a teach­ing
facility not presently available to us."
The School of Education contends
that the day care center could be utilized
as a teaching program for students in­volved
in early childhood education. This
would provide a constant source of adult
upervision needed for the accreditation
of such a facility. Photograph by Poorang Mottlen
Kenny Hodge suspends Karen Koch aloft while Lisa Haller and Wanda Akair look on.
For story and photo, see page 4.
Gibson challeneges Pittsburgh
by Jim Morris threw five touchdown passes last week what U of L coach Vince Gibson and his
To say that the University of Louis­ville
football team plays second-ranked
Pittsburgh tomorrow is not enough.
to get the full impact of what this
me~ns, you must take into account these
facts-that the Panthers have a running
back who is the odds-on favorite to win
the Heisman Trophy, college football's
highest individual honor. And that they
have a second-string quarterback who
against Duke. And that th1ey are unde­feated
in four games.
If that isn't enough, how about this:
Pitt defeated Notre Dame 31-10 in the
opening game of the season at South
Bend. Very few teams beat the Irish that
bad. Almost no one does it to them at
home.
If you take all the above into consider
ation, only then can you have an idea of
Photograph b1f Mike Heitz
~tu ~tram nun my JUmpea out ot tne way ot would-be tacklers last Saturday evening as
the Cardinals defeated Wichita State 28-14.
team will be up against tomorrow at 1:30
at Pitt Stadium in Pittsburgh.
Surprisingly, though, Gibson has lost
no sleep this week worrying about the
Panthers.
"I'm not gonna worry about Pitt," he
said on Tuesday. "They are a great, great
footbaU team. Johnny Majors does a great
coaching job and Tony Dorsett is a great
runner. They got a quarterback who
throws for five toughdowns against Duke
Saturday. So how can you worrry about
them? What good does that d ?"
Dorsett is the man most people think
will win the Heisman Trophy. The 5-11,
192 pound senior tailback has already
rushed for 535 yards this seasn and will
soon become only the third man in
collegiate history to rush for over 5,000
yards in a career. Louisville's Howard
Stevens was the first, in 1972.
Dorsett had 129 yards last week
against Duke, but his performance wasn't
reaUy needed. That's because Matt
Cavanaugh, who started the year as
backup to Robert Haygood, tossed five
touchdown passes as Pitt defeated the
Blue Devils 44-31. Cavanaugh stepped in
when Haygoo<.l was injured against
nple two weeks ago.
Those two shouldn't be the only