An independent student weekly
Health Sciences Center affected
U of L security cut
By MICHAEL DUCKETT
Student Writer lows: There were 10 robberies by vio- buildings. The system was designed by
lence, one robbery wittt a deadly wea- ·the Tech~lcal Special~st John Elder.
pon, four serious assaults. 18 burglaries, Dep':'tY DireCtor W~ IS confi~ent that
The students and student govern- 30 larcenies from autos 18 otner Jar- thts IS the finest equ1pment avculable for
ments on the University of Louisville cenies one sex offense ~nd fourcrimi- the job. The two officers are being kept
Health Sciences Campus in downtown nal m'ischievous acts: The officers on duty until the system is installed.
Louisville are forming a petition and a worked the two most eastern buildings The money for thi access system is
resolution protesting the latest budget on campus. The blocks these figures coming out of the presenr budget so no
cut victims, their two security officers. deal with. other funds were allocated for it. Wood
The Department of Public Safety is Robin Hoffman president of the stated that the goal and mission of the
having to fire the two officers as a result Nursing School siudent Government Dep~ment of Public Safety as a ~tate
of the third in a series of budget cuts. said that the security officers at the publ~c law enforcement a~ency ~s to
DPS has seen the loss of five security buildings are very necessary. Just the prov1~e the safest commum.ty poss1b~e.
officers and five law enforcement offic- probability of a serious crime happening He_sa1d th~t they can. and will deal w1th
ers in the past 14 months, according to to someone in this close-knit campus is senous en me ~ffect1vely ev~n though
Robert Wood the deputy director of enough to hamper normal routine. Re- the manpower ts ~tretched thin. ~n fact,
Public Safety. These losses call for are- ports of harassment of students, of re- some servtces hke response ume and
distribution of manpower for the maxi- scheduling late' classes to other build- trammg w11J surt:er. .
mum effectiveness of law enforcement ings for safety, of students having to Other alternatJves mclude plans for a
on U of L properties. work experiments late at night alone, possible escort service for faculty and
Reactions to the cuts from the Health and the general feeling of walking se- students by students, and patrols by stu­Sciences
Campus have been in several vera! blocks through this high crime dents on the Health Sciences Campus.
forms. A petition, said to have been area to a parking lot in the early winter These plans have the support of the
started by the M.D.R. first floor pedia- nights have prompted the concerns. ~GA as well as the Department ofPub-trics,
is being circulated to request Hoffman believes that the Health he Safety. .
keeping the officers. And the Health Sciences Student Government has the All of these pl~s leave questions':'"­Sciences
Graduate Student Association full support of the Student Government answered accordmg to one's perce_Ptton
submitted a resolution on Sept. 3 asking Association at U of L in their efforts for of safety. Some have eve~ questiOned
the university and the Department of public safety. the safety of the Health Sc1ences_ Cam­Public
Safety to retain the officers be- SGA president Rob Chiles agrees pus before the budget cu!s and wtth_ the
cause the officers watch the entrances with the concerns of• the petition and of officers on duty, so no smgle so Iutton
of the M.D.R . and the Carmichael the resolution but he believes that the covers all of the questions.
buildings. wording in the Health Sciences-Grad. Statistics show that duri~g the
Students and faculty at the campus Student Association resolution is per- months of June and July of th1s year,
view the loss of the two officers with haps needlessly strong. Chiles has met B~lknap C~mpu~ had 17? reportable
great alarm because of their location in with President Swain and Director of cnmes, Umverstty Hospttal had 82,
a high crime area. The campus boun- Public Safety Dan Keller to discuss and Health Science h~d 54, according
dries are East Liberty, East Muhammad safety and the possible alternatives for to Departme_nt of Publtc Safety rec'?rds.
Ali Bid. and Hancock Street, next to a the Health Sciences problem. The offictal response of the Umver­project.
And, according to John Stiltner One of the alternatives is being im- sity to t~e written con~ems of the
the editor of the School of Nursing pa- plemented; others are still being dis- Heal_th Sctences students _IS ~ot ~nown
per,the area in question experienced 86 cussed. The Department of Public at thts time. There~ no mdtcahons of
serious crimes in 1980. Safety is installing an electronic access th~ ~ mpa_ct t_hey _w1ll have!'" the ad-
The specifics of this report are as fol- system in the Carmichael and M.D.R. mmtstratJon m thts area.
No midnight cramming .. ..
Ekstrom Library hours being questioned
By JOE E. HERNDON
____ Student Writer
Because of recent budget cuts, the
Library's Users Lounge in the new
Eckstrom Library will not be open 24·
hours a day. $8,600 was cut from the
lounge's budget, part of the $50,000
reductions in the library's budget.
The lounges lost money would have
provided security personnel during
hours after the library's closing.
Steve Reed, director of the Div­ision
of Central Libraries, said, "We
are concerned with the security of the
students and vandalism of the furni­ture
and vending machines. We
wanted a dollar changer in there;
however, without proper security the
vending people will not put one in."
Reed met on Sept. lOwith security
and the vendors to decide possibili­ties
for longer hours. The results have
not yet been released.
J .P. Fugate, a student. said he
doubts if he would use the lounge
past normal library hours. Student
Tim O'Conner said he enjoys the
lounge and vending facilities and
would like to see it open 24 hours.
"After midnight my girlfriend, who
lives close by, and myself would be up
here a lot." Reed said, "I hope a solu­tion
can be found soon."
The lounge has desks to study at
and has several vendin~ machines.
Photo by Rick Musacchio
Wet Rutltd1e and other ltudents make ust of the student loun1e In the Ekstrom Library.
Friday, September 11, 1981 Vol. 53 No.4
Photo by Paul David Sprowls
View from above
Construction of the new Chemistry Building began
in June of 1979 and was completed in August of this
year. The new building stands three stories high and
occupies 100,000 square feet.
Sunday through Thursday nights
Esc or~ service planned
By TERESA LEEZER
Student Writer
A student escort service, by and for
U of L students.
Proposed by the Student Govern­ment
Association (SGA), plans for a
student escort service are now in the
works,
Such a program will require the tri­angle
partnership of the SGA, fraterni­ties
on campus and U of L's Public
Safety Department.
The proposal calls for a center with
telephone accessability . quick response
time and central campus location.
One possible location for the center
is the University College Faculty
Lounge. Located near the Ekstrom Li­brary,
the dorms and most evening
classes, the escort service would help
those on campus after dark.
The escort service plans to o~rate
Sunday through Thursday nights. from
7 until around II :30 p.m.
Jerome Hutchinson, junior execu-tive
vice president of SGA, is working
with Puhtic Safety, the Fraternities and
Kiki (a group ofU ofL football players)
to organize the escort service.
Hutchinson says each Fraternity or
group that is willing to participate will
be assigned a night to answer calls re­questing
the service. Hutchinson says
he's aiming for a professional, struc­tured
service with help in training from
the Public Safety Department.
Public Safety's Bob Wood is repre­senting
the department. Wood says a
student service is a good idea, "a bene­fit
to everybody."
Due to budget cuts, Public Safety has
lost about eight officer positions. Mak­ing
up for the loss with team work is
tough. Wood says the department ''wel­comes
community support."
In training students for the escort ser­vice,
Wood suggests simple identifica­tion
of vehicles and individuals, clear
communication with Public Safety Pa­trol
Commanders and a I ittle knowledge
of criminal law violation.
Wood says escorts need "to know
and expect to know what police will
do," in case a report of trouble is filed .
One of the first things to know is to
"carry a small notebook and pen to jot
down information," Wood ~aid .
He welcomes this type of student in­volvement.
The process, he considers,
is to "help them help us."
Rob Chiles, president of SGA, pro­posed
the e~cort service last year.
Chiles says a big reason the escort ser­vice
is needed is perimeter parking on
campus. Chiles says an element of
safety is lost in the cross-campus walk
to parked cars.
Chiles says that regretably student
escort services and other safety mea­sures
are unsuccessful until after a
crime occurs, providing proof that there
is a need for the service.
Anyone needing a Security Escort
should call the University College
Faculty Lounge, giving their name, lo­cation
and the number from which they
are calling.
If all goes as planned, Security Es­corts
for the service will begin training
in October, making us all feel a little
safer on campus after dark.
Health Center has answers to birth control
By MARIA ROTH
Student Writer
It is commonly known and widely
accepted today that young people are
sexually active. Because of this there is
a growing need for young men and
women to consider the responsibilities
they may be bringing upon themselves.
Many times a child is not what is
needed at this point in their lives. At the
University of Louisville all that one
needs to do to prevent such an occur­rence
is muster a bit of maturity and
make a visit to the Student Health
Center.
The U of L Student Health Center is
located on Brook Street near the Hou­chen's
Building. Dr. Madeline Jacobs
is the director of the team of two nurse
practitioners and a secretary. As Dr.
Jacobs explained, the Health Center of­fers
aEreat opportunity to get objective
advice geared to college age people.
Her team is well prepared and quite
willing to help any student learn what
that student needs to know about birth
control.
Each consultation is strictly individ-ualized.
When one chooses a means of
birth control several factors must be
considered. The fmt is: How sexually
active are you? Next, your medical his­tory
is eKplored. Finally, it is asked:
"Which form fits your personal needs
and preferences? Just to make you
aware of the options we will explore
each method of birth control."
The birth control pill is the most fre­quently
chosen form of birth control.
One must have a prescription to obtain
1t and if the instructions are followed, it
is the most effective form. Its main ad­vantage
is the ease of its use. There are
no inconvenient devices to bother with
at the time of intercourse. This may be
an important factor to consider if inter­course
is frequent or if your partner is
not cooperative about using birth. con­trol.
Since the pill is a drug it must
only be given to those whose bodies can
handle it. There are many side effects if
your body rejects it or if you have cer­tain
physical conditions which do not
interact well with the pill's ingre<tients.
When you choose the pill you are given
a complete physical checkup and anal­ysis
to determine your status for com-patibility
with the pill. ·
Dr. Jacobs says that "most women do
not have trouble while taking the pill."
There is no evidence to suggest that
using the pill will prevent a woman
from becommg pregnant after she stops
taking it.
The next most often used forms of
birth control are the Intrauterine Device
(IUD) and the diaphragm. Both require
a prescription. The IUD is a small metal
or plastic device which in orne, not
fully understood way, interferes with
the implantation of the fertilized egg
into the wall of the uterus. Some IUD's
contain the hormone progesterone and
some contain a copper coil. The copper
ions are thought t.) kill the sperm and
the progesterone changes the envtron-ment
ot the uterus to inhibit implanta­tion.
A certain percentage of women
are allergic to copper and others simply
reject the pre ence of a device in their
uterus. There can be an increase in
cramping and bleeding during men­struation
during the first few months
that one has an IUD. Occasionally
some serious side effects strike IUD
wearers. The e effects range from pel­vic
infection to septic abortion. Pelvic
infection may result in the inability to
have children. Dr hcobs sends stu­dents
who choose the IUD to Planned
Parenthood.
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