Vol 53 No. 25 An independent student weekly. Friday, March 26, 1982
Budget cuts 30 year lease
Public confronts
Steering Committee NKC- University pact
final~y approved By TERRY BOYD
Student Writer
The subject was money. The first op­en
forum on the Task Force reports was
well attended (approximately 350 in at­tendance)
and the debat~ rs ranged from
' mpa)tsioned to esoteric
The debate, held at 3 p.m. on Thur -
day in Middleton Auditorium, opened
with U of L President Dr. Donald
Swain and the Steering Committee ex­plaining
the procedure and the se-
4uence of events that led to the Steering
Committee's recommendations. Swain
'aid the Steering Committee report had
three goals. those being to I) improve
quality "even by cutting the budget.'' 2)
Focus the programs [jecause the Uni­versity
is "doing too much with too lit­tle
money." 3) Recruit minorities and
make efforts to persue ·•a fuller urban
mission .
..Swain reminded the audience that all
this must be kept in the context of a $4.4
million budget cut· made necessary by
an unexpected decline in enrollment
and a sour economy.
The first speaker. Prof. Emerson
Falk. asked if the Steering Committee's
plan of increasing tuitions and raising
admission standards wouldn't cause
further decreases In enrollments. Swain
admitted that these measures and other
factors could cause decreased enroll­ments.
He cited demographic trends
that estimated the number of 18 to 22
year olds to be decreasing adding to the
probability of decreasing enrollments
nationwide. The most heated ex­changes
occured when Mike Murray
took the floor. Murray, the director of
the communications program in Uni­versity
College, questioned the Steer­ing
Committee about what he consi­dered
contradictions between actions
uggested by the Task Forces and the
announced intentions of the Steering
Committee report concerning the fate
of the communications department .
ne began hi objections to the Steer­ing
Committee's proposal with the quip
"I think I'm still in University College"
and proceeded to take issue with the
committee's intentions of, in Murray's
opinion, "ignoring" the Task Forces
recommendations. Those recommen­dations
were to place the communica­tions
department in a new college, the
School of Community Affairs and Ur­ban
Services.
The Steering Committee decided in-·
stead to place the department in the
School of Arts and Sciences, a school in
which Murray believes the department
will not receive "proper attention."
"If we're all about students, some­body
has to stand up here and say 600
students are getting a bad deal," said
Murray.
Swain countered that the new college
will focus on applied social science, a
focus not broad enough to include com­munications
.
Murray pointed out that communica­tions
is the fourth most popular major
considered by incoming freshman,
third if one does not count "undecided",
the most popular. "How in the hell
could four professors give quality in­struction
in an area with this much pop­ularity,"
Murray demanded.
"I'm sure it's not a diminuation of
your stature to be put in A&S," Swain
replied, "Mike you ought to be happy
about it."
Swain had the final word, reminding
Murray "that we're not talking about
how these programs are going to be en­hanced.
We're talking about equitable
distributions of budget cuts."
Other speakers objected to proposals
that the University Printing Service be
discontinued even though the service is
operating in the black; proposed "inter­nal
reallocation" of library funds; shor­tage
of library funds earmarked for the
acquisition of serials; the university's
compliance with affirmative action;
and the elimination of course in Latin.
cerdlnallltiOtO/Neal Lauron
By JOHN DAY
News Editor
order to operate the hospital. And I've
received assurances tJJat there w 111 be
27 patients per day fro~1the ~urgical su-'
The University of Louisville and ites. ~o we're really not talking about
Norton-Kosair Children's hospital that many patient!>.
(NKC. Inc .) agreed in principle this "Our full-time faculty (at University)
week to lease the new university Hospi- should be made to rut their ratients
tal for 30 years beginning in July with there. so that would almost ensure
the opening of the new facility . enough paying patie nt~ ...
President Donald Swain announced Mahaffey's urging stirred little sup-at
the March ,22 Foundation meeting port among the board. but Woodford
that NKC. Inc . . had agreed unanimous- Porter did ex pre s the need for optionl>
ly to approve a draft which lays the in ca. e the negotiation!. with NKC don't
ground work for a legally binding lease go as anticipated .
to operate the hospita l. The Foundation " I think this hoard ,hould do what all
then voted 10-1 to approve the draft as it good generals do. and that is have
stood; four board members abstained something to fall back on. That way we
because of potential conflicts of inter- could negotiate from a position of
est. strength. rather than NKC having the
·The draft calls for NKC to form a upper hand. Regardless of the outcome
new corporation with a 20-person board of any negotiations. this wi II be a road
to operate all three hospitals (Universi- fraught with pitfalls."
ty. Norton's and Kosair) under the con- Mahaffey vehemently opposed the
trol of NKC. Inc. in addition to the Am- move. "I wish to go on record as being
bulatory Care Facility and the recently- opposed to any further fragmenting of
opened Brown Cancer Center across the hospital programs. We've already
the street from the new building. Fif- lost the open-heart and hand units to
teen members of the board will bechos- other hospitab, and are having prob­en
by NKC. Inc .. and U of L will lems with the kidney dialysis program.
choose five. I simply can't believe that Norton's is
"The leasing between NKC and the doing this for altrui tic reasons. I feel
University of Louisville protect our that we might even be able to operate to
academic programs and at the same the detriment of Norton ' ~ .··
.time assures the management efficien- Despite the doctor's objections. the
cy of our hospital,'' said Swain in a pre- Foundation voted favorably on the
pared statement. "We are pleased with proposal. mainly becau1>e of the urging
the spirit ofthis agreement and look for- of Swain .
ward to further negotiations with "First. if all goes well. we will im-
NKC." prove the efficiency and management
However, when all the debate had problems at the facility.'' said Swain.
subsided and the vote had been cast, "As part of a 1.000-bed constellation,
Swain acknowledged that the draft was we could reduce duplication and min­really
nothing more than an agreement imize the co ts for each bed . That way
to agree on some type of lease before we could make each indigent dollar go
the the new hospital opens this summer. further.
Wiley Brown "I like it--1 mirht even wear it to the dome. "This is not the beginning of the end "Second. we would achieve a higher l J to these problems. but rather the end of quality in teaching. There is just no way
~...,.- -----------------------------· the beginning. We still face long, hard that we can do everything in 380-bed si­negotiations
down the road. This is def- tuation as we could as pan of NKC. A Ssa Ults Con tl•n u e near campus initely not the end of the process. It is a "Third . we would save money 10 the
milestone, though, and gives us some short run, and heaven knows that we
direction for the immediate future." could surely use that. We intend to
Dr. J . Herman Mahaffey, a Louis- lease it as a building without inventory.
By JOHN DAY
News Editor
The Louisville Police Department is
conducting an investigation into the al­leged
rapes or sexual assaults of at least
30 women over the last decade in the
southern portion of the city, which in­cludes
the University of Louisville.
The most recent assault occured
March 8 near Eastern Parkway and
Crittenden Drive when a man forced his
way into a 21-year-old's house and
raped her after threatening her with a
knife. That method of operation is con­sistent
with a number of other sex-relat­ed
crimes that have recently occurred in
that area.
"We've had reports of similar inci­dents
south of the U of L campus by a
man who fits a description which we
had gotten from a number of victims,''
said Sergeant Myra Mason of the
Louisville Police Department's sex of-
Reckoning near
fense squad. "We've had several rapes
in that .area since 1974 that seem to be
related.
"Some of the victims have remarked
that the assailant is so young and clean­cut
that he could possibly be a student .
But The Courier-Journal blew that as­pect
of the story out of proportion. They
asked me if that was a possibility, and I
merely replied, 'Yes it is, we can't rule
it out,' but they implied that I thought it '
was· more like a probability.
"I wasn' t happy with the Courier's
treatment of the story, because I don· t
think the assualts are necessarily related
to U ofL."
There are two incidents which are
confirmed as being attacks on Universi­ty-
related persons. One involved a stu­dent
and the other involved an employ­ee,
but neither were rapes. One victim
reponed an exposure in 1977 and the •
second a sexual abuse in 1976.
"We have 13 cases which are almost
definitely related to the same man,"
said Ms. Ma on, "but we also think th~l
there are at least I 0 (of the 30) or so in­cidents
that occured at U of L or near
the perimeter that we can trace to him."
Authorities are searching for a white
male about six feet tall. with a large
build, brown hair and eyes, and weigh­ing
between 180 and 200 pounds . The
suspect has operated almo t exclusively
south of Belknap campus, but apparent­ly
he sometime ventures closer toward
campus.
Thus far he has been active between
the hours of II am and 3 pm, approach­ing
dwellings and asking to use the
phone because of his broken-down car,
where his pregnant wife is supposedly
waiting. In the case of the March 8 at­tack,
the woman consented to make the
call for him, but the man forced hi way
into her house as she was closing tlv::
door and assaulted her.
"We've put together a composite
sketch of the man from all the descrip­tions
we've gotten from victims. The
latest case does fit the .fl~scription, and
we've begun to get call from women
who saw his composit'! in the paper,"
said Mason.
· "Some of these crimes go back as far
as 1974, but the evidence is mounting
that we're dealing with the same indi­vidual.
or people who use the same
M.O. (method of operation) .
"The thing that they (victims) remark
about most consistently is the clean-cut
appearance and youth of the assailant."
Detective Howard Cooperofthe U of
L Department of Pubfic Safety aug­mented
the severity of the problem by
referring all questions to the Louisville
police.
"This is a Louisville police depart­ment
matter,'' said Cooper, "and all
questions should be referred to them. I
will say that several people did come
forth after seeing the composite, but I
cannot comment on the case at this ·
time.''
ville surgeon, cast the lone vote against owe wouldn 't have to have resources
the adoption of the proposal. Mahaffey coming from el ewhere. That way we
expressed reservations to both the mo- wouldn' t have to go to the tate for op-tives
of NKC and the severity of the ening costs of the new facility . '
problems now at University . "Lastly. this solution offers the best
"I feel we have a situation here not long-term probability for financial sta­unlike
a railroad train; once started. it's bility, and. at the same time. allows for
very hard to slop," said Mahaffey. a minimum or crisi~ management. As
"We're talking about the time span of a you all well know. I haven't ducked a
generation here. so we must consider tough issue since I came to town, and I
all options. . would struggle on if I felt it would be
"Hyatt fmanagement corporation. a beneficial. ..
for-profit operation) ·came in during In other busines before the Founda­August
and found the situation to be tion. Swain announced that the Army is
much worse than anticipated. I under- con idering starting an ROTC unit on
stand that they think they can make the campus. Vice President William F. Ek­new
hospital go with 30 percent paying strom lauded the addition of such an or­customers.
(The hospital currently ganization at Belknap.
I imps along with 17 percent paying.) "I regard this development as panic-
"The figures that I've seen so far ularly important." Ekstrom said. "Not
quote numbers of 140 indigent beds that only will such a unit enable us to recruit
must be guaranteed for state approval. some very good students. but it also
so Hyatt is talking about 90 beds that it will enable us to help students who need
needs to fill with paying patients in financial assistance .··
Swain sheds light on Steering Committee report
By BILL CAMPBELL
Managing Editor
In the beginning. there was darknes
On the first day Swain said let there be
goals. There were goals, and it was
good. On the second day, he raised his
hands and said let there be study, and
there was study. On the tllird day, he
envisioned 12 reports from task forces.
And lo, they did appear. And they were
good for he did smile. And so 11 went
until the seventh day. But on the sev­enth
day there was no rest; instead, a
great debate ensued.
For President Donald C . Swain. the
day of reckoning is here; for the univer­sity,
it is the lith hour.
Students, faculty, staff and adminis­trators
now try to hammer out policies
that may drastically change the face of
the university for the pre ent and the fu­ture.
Hundreds of people now try to
wrestle ornery programs, hack away
deadwood and untangle the twisted
vine of bureacracy.
Swain intends to save the university
$6 million over the ne~tt four year .
He must cut $4.4 million from the
budget to break even; $1.6 million will
provide a contingency fund. In the pro­cess,
he plans to establish a basic col­lege,
redirect university goals towards
research and U of L's urban mission,
enhance affirmative action programs
and streamline the University's operat­ing
procedures. Swain also plans to im­plement
stricter admission standards in
the hopes of making U of L one of the
top institutions in the country.
Swain's proposal creates a "New ad­ministrative
unit. the School of Com­munity
Affairs and Urban Services,
dedicated to applied instruction, re­search
and service." It will consolidate
a number of social service progranns
and will house fhe new Center for La­bor-
Management Relations, a research
institute for labor policy.
The Steering Committee report calls
for a new Prepatory Division for "stu­dents
who do not meet admissions re­quirements
.... " To move from this div­ision
to a main university sch~l. stu­dents
will have to pass a competency
test.
Finally, the report calls for the estab­lishment
of a Basic College. which will
basically be a 4,000 student community
college operared by U of L. It will pro­vide
two-year undergraduate degree
programs in a limited number of areas
yet to be decided.
Tuition and dorm fees will probably
increase; food service and the health
services department have been told to
balance ~heir books; student activity
fees may increase from $20 to $30 and
it may cost students a dollar per visit to
get into the Rauch Planetarium ne~tt
year.
Swain's cuts may meanthat45 facul ­ty
and 45 staff positions are terminated.
A special committee headed by
Swain and composed of some of the
university's most important people re­leased
a 133-page draft report describ­ing
the university's budget and priori­ties
anJ suggesting the above changes.
This committee, the Steering Ce>m­mittee,
relied on the services of over
l 00 people working in and with 12 task
forces from November to February.
The draft report was released to the
public on March 12. Since then, there
have been hearings and more hearings
to discuss the report. This, as Swain
says, is a time of "great debate," a time
when students, faculty and staff have a
chance to defend or attack university
policies and programs.
Tuition may be going up again, but
those going to the new Basic College
may get a break. The Council on Higher
Education sets the standards for tuition
and it is now toying with proposals to
increase tuition.
Tuition for most U of L students will
probably be $500 but those in Basic
College will only pay $250 to $300.
This lower r~te for Basic College is
Swain's way of allowing access to the
disadvantaged.
"In essence what we're trying to pro­pose
in Basic College is a commitment
to access," Swain said.
Student activity fees may be in­creased
from $20 to $30 next year. This
move has yet to be approved by the
Council on Higher Education but with
other schools asking to increase their
activity fees, U of L ac;lministrators
don't cern wo1Tied.
The. Steering Committee repon says
that the $245,050 from the increase in
activity fees would be used to fund stu­dent
activities and student services such
as the Counseling Center, the Place­ment
Center. the student radio station
and the debate team.
Not all agree with the proposal,.how­ever.
Dr. Harold Adams, vice president
of student life, objects to student activi­ties
and student services having to rely
on activity fee . Adams says that stu­dent
activities are labor intencive and so
as salaries increase, so must student
fees. Also, if enrollment declines, the
per person fee must increase also. to
cover the gap.
"Where does that stop? When does it
stop and how does it stop?" Adams
asked.
Dorm rooms may cost more next
year, although this is to be c~tpectcd
since the cost of dorm maintenance in·
creases 10 percent ·a year.
The Steenng Committee report states
that dorms will become more self-suffi-cient.
There are several ways this can
happen.
Dorm fees may be increased to raise
additional revenue. According to Ed­ward
Hammond. vice president for stu­dent
affairs, even if this approach were
taken, the extra cost to students would
. not be great. "We're almost self-sup-porting
now." he said, pointing out that
the dorn1s have four years to come up
with the additional money.
Adams and Hammond recently put
an alternative proposal on Swain's
desk. "I think I can balance the budget
without slaughtering it,'' Adams said .
The proposal suggests that the Housing
Department hire its own maintenance
men, rather than relyinJ;! olely on
the Physical Plant for repairs. Adams
and Hammond agree that thi proposal
could save the dorms lots of money.
Larry Melbauer, director of the Of­fice
of Budget and Plauning , says the
proposal wouldr. 't Si!Ve anything and
mav even cost more.
Pre~ently . the Physical Plant charges
the Housing Department a 10 percent
surcharge for repair work. The people
in Housing don't think this is fair and it
is rumored that a propo al before Swain
suggest that this charge be eliminated.
Otherwise, the Housing people say,
they may as well contract with a local
company.
Mehlbauer maintains that the charge
is necessary to cover transportation and
'>torage costs and for employee fringe
benefits.
" If you were to eliminate that you
wouldn't save any money," Mehlbauer
said. "It's a cost that they're just pass­ing
a part of on to the user."
In a time of budget cuts and fiscal re­straint,
cost of health care for U of L
tudents may go down. According to
Hammond, plans are in the works to get
a third party insurance company. Stu­dents
would pay $I 20 per year for
coverage.
Here's what may happen to the vari­ous
schools:
University College will be closed. Its
four-year interior design program will
be transferred to the Fine Arts Depart­ment
of the College of Arts and Scien­ces
. The liberal studies program will be
reviewed: it will either be phased out or
transferred to A&S. The four-year
communications program will be trans­ferred
to A&S.
Most functions of UC will be taken
over by Basic College. And ccording
to Swain, accomadations will be made
for those students now getting degrees
inUC.
The College of Arts and Sciences
will eliminate low enrollment language
degree programs, limiting degree pro­grams
to French, German and Span­ish.
Introductory level courses 'will be
available in Latin, Greek, Italian and
Russian. The textile program will be
eliminated a1> will Freshman Symposi-·
urn. Also. physical educat ion will be
waived will no longer be required for
graduation .
The profes~•unal schools will also
feel the ouagct cuts. The School of
Dentistry will cut its entry class size 25
percent by 1982. The School of Medi­cine
will suffer a 12 percent reduction
over the next four years and in the "!:lme
time frame. enrollment in the law
School will decline by 15 perreut
According to the Steering Commit ·
tee report . there is a g lut of these type~
of professionals in Kentucky anu ~-T0S~
the nation: therefore , U of L wouiJ m•t
be serving the best intere t'- ot tht: pu~·
lie by continuing to graduate large
numbers of the~e professionab.
Both the Business School and the
School of Music will have to make mi­nor
changes, cutting their budgets by I
percent. The Speed School will al~o
have to make minor adju'>tment . cut­ting
two minor degree programs and
cutting administrative waste.
The majority of reaction~ to the
Steering Committee. Botti city paper~
support the change and even some peo­ple
in programs to be eliminated ~up­port
the propo al .
Several weeks ago, right before the
Jupiter Effect omeone ~ai<t that he had
heard that all 12 task force reports were
going to line up, destroying the world.
If nothing else, Swain will show that
he who giveth also taketh away.
~ Special basketball insert ...
predictions of the NCAA Finals