VOL. 60 NO. 13 LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY NOVEMBER 17, 1988
Education programs boost
minorities' status, salaries
Second of three parts
fly Kf·.N ETH HARDIN
Si.oll Wmc1
A' l .tlU"' die' m1nor11y pnpula
llllll [!rtl\\·'· llJ'Cr" IY of l..<lUIWIIle
oll ouJJ, arc work1ng 10 en,urc lhe
ln\IIIU ihln \ \l.tlf re0ecl\ II\ urh.tn
c:n' tronment
We wunl .1 work force thai "
rcprc,cnlallve ol lhe racml .tnd \CX ­llill
1111\ av.ulahle 1n lhe overall work
Ioree . ,,ml Voce Pre"dent for All­llllll"
lralnm Larry Ow,ley The
llnl\cr, uy wdl benelil frnm huvmg
a dl\er'c ,,,,n and It " al\o a ha\lc
\alue 111 lcml\ of f.11rne" and cq-
1111}
In '" honng pracllce,. of L
''n'c:' 111 m:o1ch ''' \faiT demo­t:
raphK hrc:a~dn\\ n wuh \lmdar ''·""'IC' 111 the J."h m.1r~et. accord­'"!!
In Har,cy nhn'<m. dircclor of
l 1 nl I 'Allormall\e Actoon Oflice.
HARVEY JOHNSON
of L of L' 101al non-facu lty work
Ioree , whdc women have occupied
alxml 64 percent of \laff ~pots. ac­cording
hi \la l l\1"~ pre\ented to 1he
Roard of Tnl'tee\ during its Oct. 24
meeting
"We are continuing to work al
getting a baluncc in certain areas ,
particularly ~kolled craf1 . " he sa1d.
U of L empiO)~ ~ix ~killed 011
nont laborer<i who compnse live
percent of their joh cl:~~ "li ca 1i o n
However, aflirmauve action avail ·
ab1li1y ~tali sti c\ \how mmonties rep­resenl
7. 9 percent of that JOb pool
Women also make up live percenl
of the ~k1lled wor~ force and \ haro!
the 7.9 avaoktbi iiiY f1gure .
However. femule employment in
the lield increased by one worker
thi ~ year. while 1he minority number
fell by IWO.
Owsley said one .:mployee wa~
promoted to a managerial po~uion.
whole the other left thl' Umversity .
To help minomy and female slaff
member' climb the mversuy s pay
>tructure, lhe Oflice of Admin"tra­tion
and lhe Aflirmauve Ac11on Of
li e are sponsoring a variety of \elf­help
program., de~1gned to expand
employees hori wns m Lhe work
place.
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14 PAGES AN INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER
The wild one STAFF PHOTO BY GREGORY HARRIS
II !here"· \.t). 15 percent of lhc
rclalove ""r~ Ioree 1n a certam licld
1ha1 " nunumy. I hen we wan1 to
have 15 pcrccnl on I hal lie I d. · John­"'"
\Jid We arc loo~mg for panty
\\llh whal "av:ulahle 10 U\ .
<h cr I he pa'l 1hrce yea". mmon
11c' h.ovc m,ade up ahnul 22 percent
However. lhe\e 'lali,liC\ do nol
rcllcu the d1,panty 111 certam JOb
da\\1 flca1101"· Ow, ley \aid.
"These programs are open 10 all
employees. but we are 1ntereo,1ed in
enhancing the employability of mi­nori
ties ." Johnson \aid . ' Promotion
The U of L Cardinal bird tests his motorcycle riding skills on a video game in the Sub Nov. 11 .
Continued on Page 4
STAFF PHOTO BY GREGORY HARRIS
East German Press Attache Frank Mader discusses his country's economic and social conditions during a Nov. 11 forum . ·
Lecturer explains East German policies
R> MICHAFL TUCKER
SIJff Writer
Abtou1 40 Amcncan dt11en\
'hcd 1he1r nli'>Ctmceptlon' abt>ul
[.,..,, Cicnnany dunng a ov II
public forum m 1he Bingham Hu­onanlllc'
Oulldmg .
Fran~ Mada. pre;,, attach..: for
the German Dcmocrati Republic
l:mhawy 111 Wa,hmglon . D.C ..
d"cu.,.,ed 1he poliue' and goals of
I' "'' Gennany.
Dav1d Her,hberl,l. llllemaliunal
Cemcr d~re..:lnr. \aid Mader 'po~e
\\Cit and cand1dly deal! wilh all
<JUC\11011'
n one gave h1m ea~y que'­IIOih
and he wa., open wnh h"
commcnh. he !>aid. We bnng
1111cmauonal' ICl lhe commun11y 10
help people undeNand contempo­ri.
ll) 1\,UC\
Mader ha' been wilh the em­ha,
o,y fur over two years. He
wor~o, Wllh the Amencan press
and \Can\ new~papers for articles
alx>ul pol1c1e., and facts of his na­IIVe
coumry .
Mader sa1d during an interview
1h,11 he came 10 leciUre a1 U of L
lor one rcii'>On .
I c:une to lalk about my coun­try
bet·au\e there is a lack of
mfonnauon aboul 1he Genmm
Democra11c Republic and about
other counlne'> and >oc ieties.'
Many Jo.a,t German issues were
wuched upon during Mader's lee­lure
from fore1gn policy 10 lhe
Rerhn Wall
Mader 'oa1d one of East Ger-many's
main interest is 10 hasten
the disarmamenl process.
'We think i1 's necessary for lhe
future . The INF Treaty was a very
good lirst slep, he said. "But n
!.hould l,lO funher until it gets inlo
convenllonal weapons. •
East Germany . along wilh
zechoslovakia and West Ger­many.
have called for a nuclear­free
zone in central Europe.
Mader said the three countries
would also like to aboli sh hemi­cal
weapons.
' All these weapons are direcled
against people ." he aid . • A new
world war would start and end all
of mankind.·
Mader said relalions between
East and West Germany have im­proved
m recent years . The two
coumries conducted their fir..~ ofli­cial
visn last year and they plan to
conl inue working on further Im­provements.
Germany's separation wa~ due
to many factors. but Mader
poinled ou1 one strong i;sue .
"II'<, a historical re,ult from
World War II ." he said. I 1hink
no one is interesled in having ~uc h
a slrnng Germany again . II would
be dangerous for world peace .·
Recenlly , confrontations at I he
Berlin Wall have decreased
Mader !.aid all ci tizen; have 10 do
is apply for a passpon and !,live
!heir reason for vjsiting the neigh­boring
zone .
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Charity drive feeds the needy during holidays
Ry J. CHRISTOPHER KO BEL
1aff Writer
The holiday >ea~o n i~ almost here
and college ,tudent\ thought'> tum
Ill I he end of the \emester. the ap­proaehmg
Winter break and family
ga thenng~ .
Hut to \ome people who do llCll
have enough 10 eal. holidays are no
reason 10 gel exc1ted .
To help cnmbal hunger, the Um­ver'>
ily of I..<.>UIWiile 1 once agam
pan1c1pa1mg 1n a campus-wide Dare
lo arc loud drive.
Th" year. the Dare to Care drive
" be1nl!o coordmaled by the Univer­\
IIY., hbrane> Ill conjunction with
A1r Force ROT and the Amold Air
Stx:1e1y
I lhm~ a<, an educational institu­tion
wuh an urban mission , we have
an obhgauon to meel lhe needs of
people who are le~s fortunate than
we are. •a•d Carman Embry, Ek-
Slrom Library ' ~ reference department
instructor.
Dare to Care is a local organiza­tion
founded in 1971 whose goal i~
to help feed the area's needy , Embry
said U of L has ~taged drives with It
for al least Lhe past eight yea~ .
The University' ~ past food drives
have always been huge successes
and 1hi year• event should yield
even better resuhs, Embry said .
' When I talk to the Dare to Care
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people, every year lhey 1ell me that
we contmually do better and !hat we
have ouldone our<ielves from the
year before, ' she said.
About 15 collection boxe' have
been placed at various campu'> loca­tion
s such as the Ekstrom Library.
1he tudent Center and lhe Bingham
Humanities Building. Dare 10 Care
workers empty lhe boxes every
week to 10 days.
Continued on Page 3
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Senates OK smoking
proposal, but question
its clarity, practicality
By MICHAEL TU KI:R
Sluff Writer
A propmed lJniVCI\i ly-w1dc
o,moking policy lu" moved cJo,er 10
a linal dr.tfl aflcr rece1vmg approval
lr.lnl the I acuhy. Staff .uod i>luuun
Senale-. .
The policy "ent be fore all
1hree 'enates and wa' llo>cu\\ed ex
leno,ively before rece1ving each
group'., approval.
Each cabinel reviewed lhe drafl.
added sugge>tion; and que\lloned
•ome of the policy' Mipula11on' .
Under the proJX>,al . ligh11ng up
will be banned in all .:ampu' build­ing'
except 1n de,ignaled area'>
Common area' 1hat are regularly
vi>iled hallway~. \laJr\\ell' .md
lobble'> will be o,pccllicd "' nnn
'>1110 ~ in g. Cafelena' will be 'ewe
ga1ed mto \mokmg and non 'mo~ mg
!.eCtiOil\.
Enclo,ed, md1vodual oflice' will
be de\ignaled ~moking or non
smoking by lhe area., depanmerll
head .
The poliq 'pec11ically \late' 11
con01cl\ 'hould ari'>e between
group,. the wi'>he' of 1hc non 'mok
cr~ will prevail.
The Facuhy Scnale appnncd 1hc
policy during !heir ov 1 meelmg
wi1hou1 any change' 10 I he drat L
Chair Ruben Stenger \:tid he fell
1he lac ~ of '>pelled-oul cnfurccmenl
wa~ a problem , but no change\ were
made .
Sieve Skaggo, . repre,en1a11vc from
1he Fine An\ depanmenl. \:ud he
voted again\! 1he policy lor 1ec hr11cal
rea,On'> .
Several fx.!Ople hrough1 up que'>
11011\ thai illummated gap~ 1n 1hc
policy. he ~aid I didn 1 have a
clear enough an\wer.
~kagg.' ~atd then:~ \\Crt.• lVdl way'
In deal "uh the un.m"'crcd que'
lion-..
Ynu could \'ole 11 m ,ond :1\,urc
lhe !!•IP'· he ':ud Or VtiiC no and
lalo.e ,·arc of til\' gap' hdort· !hey l'k:
\.l)lllt:: ..t(•dl'}
rhe Jrafl agllalt:d '<'H'r,of 111~111
he" nf 1hc Sialf 'ienalc dunnu !heir
0\ . I <I llll'CIIng .
hhnugh rhc poll<· "·" ap-proved.
,even 'ugge'l h "" "ere
dr:l\\n h> clan!)' the propt"·"
In .m OcL 20 repon l"ucd hy the
' '""' policy rev1e" comm111ce. 1hc
folio" mg live arc." \\· '' que\
!Inned.
• Common ~1rca' \\'h,lf ton
\lttutc' a umHnnn arc..J v. 11h r~t. tnh
In lrequen lly '1\ltetl •' '''·" or
'lllflclenll) large 1
• Pn'"tc \\llr~ ar.:a Doni all
niiK'~' open to Jll tnh:nor area
(Oifii.:C. h.ill . Cll )'1 Ji<m \\ill
lrcquenlly '"'led nll1cc' Ill' mc,l­'
urctf'
• Lnlnrcemenl \\ h.ll " I he
,ll:IUal enlorc-cmcnl JlllhL; """ '' 111
cnlorcemcnl he handled tloiiL'ICill l\
hci\VCCil f<ILUh\. \l.lff . 'l lltklll\ anti
\.I''IIIOr'\ ·1 •
• Con..:e111 over J tlcmou .I t h.: dl!
C..:l',ton that , .. I\'\ nnn - rno~ ·r \\hilt!'
w1ll pr~v:ul -
• Cone~' n over the lo ' ,,J '" 'r~
Inn~ ol \II1U~~r' who hah' In l ~ave
1hc1r wor~ pia ·c lo gtl chew he re 10
'lllO~C
Sally l·cene). 'taft pol1 .:~ rcv1cw
t:CIIlllllll le~ Lh,ur, \itld lhC ' CIJ.IIC ,,IW
IWO .tddllll>nal )XI\\ihJc pro>hlt:m\
dunng "' met' tlng .
fhcrc Wa\ a conc~rn 11\Cr lhC
fact lhat \\C were nol otf1 .,,lily
g1ven an opp<lrtunny 10 ,1pprovc or
Continued on Page 2
TO OUR READERS:
THE CARDINAL WILL
NOT PUBLISH NEXT
THURSDAY BECAUSE
OF THE THANKSGIV­ING
HOLIDAY. THE
NEXT ISSUE WILL BE
DEC. 1, 1988.
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THANKSGIVING!
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