The
Louisville
Vol. 54, No. 16 Louisville, Ky., Thursday, January 13, 1983
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An independ~nt
student weekly
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Telephone directories are misprinted
By JOHN DAY
Cardinal Managing Editor
"It's really a catastrophe," said
Harold Adams, assistant vice
president for student life.
The 1983 student directories are
available for distribution, but the
books have one major problem:
the numbers listed for approxi­mately
one third of the students
are incorrect. Due to an editing
error and a computer tape mal­function,
persons who did not re­gister
a phone number were given
one by the computer anyway.
"Apparently the computer had
a rollover capability with regard to
student information that caused it
to fill in a~y numbers that weren't
there," said Adams.
The error Adams is refering to is
a computer phenomenon known .
as a "default clause," which pro­vides
the system with information
when that data is lacking. When
the computer reached a point in
the program where no phone
number was available, it merely
used whatever data it had stored
Funds cascade
to fledgling
conservatives
By PAUL A. LONG
Cardinal Editor
The Institute for Educational
Affairs, which recently awarded a
granttoJ. Atchison "Joey" Frazer
to publish a conservative newspa­per
at the University of Louisville,
has been funding other campus
publications with the hope of "sol­idify(
ing) the growing network of
conservative support," according
to the sponsors of a conference on
conservative newspapers held !n
January 1982.
The lEA also has been active in
funding seminars and publica­tions
that uphold and espouse the
conservative doctrine:
It has been doing this with
money donated by firms and indi­viduals
that some claim have a
vested interest in se~ng that such
views become widespread, and in
some cases, are written into law.
Ken Jensen, director of many of
the grants programs at the New
York-based lEA,· vehemently re­jected
the cnarge that the lEA acts
as an "agent" for any single com­pany.
He also said that the lEA
does not support every act of
every company that makes con­tributions.
The companies, he said, ''make
grants to us with no strings at­tached.
Neither our donors nor
anyone else r !gards us as being
their agents. V1e would not accept
a grant on a condition that we help
the grantor."
In addition to the IE.A, the ne*-'s­paper
confe•·ence was also spon­sored
by a conservative
magazine, The American Specta­tor.
Speakers at the conference
included lEA executive director
Philip Marcus and conservative
columnists R. Emmett Tyrell Jr.
and Tom Bethell.
The conference was attended
by editors of fledgling conserva­tive
papers at the University of
Chicago, Harvard University, U of
L and other institutions. Accord­ing
to The N'ation, however, the
conference stressed the battle of
ideas more than the basics of put­ting
out a newspaper.
Despite the seeming innocence
of the conference, critics such as
Fran R. Schumer, a freelance
writer who contributes to The
New York Times, The Nation and
other publications, charge that
"the new student right is less a
spontaneous. outgrowth of campus
sentiment than the carefully nur­tured
product of the New Ri~ht's
increasing awareness of the im­portance
of university students."
An editorial in The Nation said
that it was "another step in the
creeping commercialization of our
colleges and universities, where
the battle ot ideas is becoming
more and more a matter of dollars
and cents."
The lEA's Board of Directors
contains names known through­out
conservative circles, and
many former board members riow
hold high-ranking positions in the
Reagan administration. Many of
its contributions have come from
those affiliated with corporations
that have come under attack for
questionable business practices.
In turn, many of the grants
made by the lEA have been to or­ganiza.._
ons that publish material
suppOrting CQRservative causes
and attacking those who question
various business ethics.
, The compani~s that donate
money to the lEA are probably
eligible for a tax de<hlc;tion, Jen­sen
said. "I would assume (that)
since we are a not-for-profit public
charity" any and all donations al'e
tax-deductible.
The money received from the
lEA may also be tax-exempt.
"That would depend on the tax
status of the organization," Jen­sen
said, meaning that if the firm·
receiving the grant was not-for­profit,
it would similarly pay no
taxes on the funds.
The lEA was begun in 1978 by
William E. Simon, a treasury sec­retary
under Richard Nixon, ~d
lrvinJt K,ristol, the so-called foun­der
of "neo-conservatism." Its
original grants were from the
Smith Richardson, J.M., Scaife
Family Charitable Trusts, and
John M. Olin foundations. Simon
is the chairman of the John M.
Olin Foundation.
The parent company of the Olin
Foundation is Olin Chemical,
which has had numerous run-ins
with the U.S. government, includ­ing
a conviction for filing false pol­lution
reports regarding the
dumping of mercury in the Niag­ara
River.
Olin is the owner of Winchester
Rifles, which has been convicted
of shipping guns to South Africa, a
country that continues to be run
by a minority, white, racist gov­ernment.
Corporations that have contrib­uted
to the lEA include Nestle, the
Coca-Cola Company, Dow Chemi-
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in its memory. The result was that
some students have as many as 15
listings of their number for differ­ent
names.
To use a hypothetical example,
if Alan Jone's number was 123-
4567 and there appeared nine
more names immediately follow­ing
him who had not provided a
telephone number, all of those
students would have 123-4567
listed as their number.
So the student directory is use­ful
as a listing of students' names
and addresses, and as a medium
for the advertising coupons lo­cated
in the back of the book, but
its value as a directory is limited to
the first number of a sequence.
To rectify the situation, the Stu­dent
Government Association has
stamped a disclaimer on each di­rectory
and also placed a correct
student number listing in its office
for reference to use when people
call to clarify any information.
The disclaimer states:
"Due to error on computer pro­gram
some phone numbers are
duplicated. Therefore, always
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check the number listed prior to
see if it is a duplicate. Only the first
number listed in a series is the cor­rect
number. All other duplicates
are a result of the students' phone
number not being in the Student
Information System.
Valarie Schultz, SGA services
vice president, sketched out the
problem.
"We chose a firm called Univer­sity
Directories to produce the di­rectories
this year for a number of
reasons," said Schultz. "First, last
year the SGA administration tried
Louisville's Rodney McCray (22) goes up
against Cincinnati's Marty Campbell for two
of his nearly 1,000 career points. U of L was
victorious (65-58) in the home court battle.
Inside ...... Looking ahead
In a little-known amendment ·
to the Defense Authorization
Bill passed last year, the IOV­ernment
is able to send the
names of young men who re­gister
for the draft to military
recruitment centers . . PI· 2
While students were on vaea­tlon,
the U of L basketball
teams were traveling around
the eountey improvin1 their
c:hanc:es for a berth in the
NCAA playoffs. • • • • • PI· 8
John Mc:Enroe proved to the
erowd at Broadbent Arena
that he has talent to 10 with
his temper . . . . . . . . pg. 7
Aften:lass • . . . . . . . . pg.8
Aften:lass Calendar . . P1·8
Classifieds • . . . . . . . pg.lO
Editorials . . . . . . . . . pg.4
Sports . . . • . . . . . • • . pg.6
Swain and SGA disclose 1983 goals
By LARRY CROOM
Cardinal Stall' Writer
As th'e 1983 school year begins at
the University of Louisville, one
can only wonder what new inter­ests
the University will become in­volved
with and what changes stu­dents
may have to adapt to. 1982
was a year that saw the University
become involved in a new hospi­tal,
change the communication
program and close University Col­lege.
This year, U of.L President Dr.
Donald C. Swain is optimistic that
U of L will be able to step even
higher in the world ..
"It is going to be a good year,
and a busy one," he said. One of
Swain's major goals in 1983 is to
open up the new University Hos­pttal
and to get it into full swing.
"I am very excited about the
possibilities in our hospital in the
coming year," he said. "We are
the only university m the country
that has been daring enough to
pursue this kind of arrangement. I
am confident it is going to work,
and I am proud of this."
"Of course, if the hospital works
out as planned, it will help to build
quite a reputation for U of L.
Another area in which Swain
wants to concentrate in 1983 is
morale. In a time when budget
cuts can force staff and faculty
layoffs, Swain thinks that morale
could easily slip into oblivion.
"My impression with the stu­dents
is that morale as good," said
Swain. "I will be working with
both faculty and staff on morale."
The Student Government As­sociation
feels that it, too, can aid
in avoiding a morale problem. Ac­cording
to Lori Chester, SGA ex­ecutive
vice-president, as U of L
continues to go through financially
strained times, low morale can
only be expected. She feels, how­ever,
that the SGA officers will be
able "to help students in any way
they can" throughout 1983, and
she credits Swain with building up
student support.
Chester also thinks that the
SGA will be able to accomplish re­sults
in 1983 concerning the cam­pus
security problem. The SGA
became heavily involved in this
issue in 1982 under Chester and
SGA President Ron Ziegel. Ac­cording
to Chester, the SGA's goal
is to "implement a security ser "ice
to make students feel safe" on
campus.
Finally Chester explained that
the SGA is trying to ge-t out into the
community to promote U ofL. She
said that a possible Derby party
for all U of L students is in the
planning stages.
The idea of getting U of L out
into the cqmmunity follows very
closely with another of Swain's
1983 goals. The upcoming pos­sibilities
ofthe old St. Joseph Infir­mary
property are, according to
Swain, very promising.
"There is a real exciting pack­age
there which will help build a
sense of community," he said.
The ideas Swain has for the
Humana gift of the St. Joseph's
property are basically student re­lated.
Currently, there is an intra­mural
gym and a day-care center
there. As he explained, many con-
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to get out the directory by them­selves
and ran into some prob­lems.
They sold the advertising,
set up the production and did the
whole speil. They ran into a
$10,000 deficit, though, when they
were forced to sell the directories
at 25 cents apiece and ended up
having to dispose of over 8,000
copies.
"Second, by using University
Directories we eliminated any
costs to students or SGA. This is a
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NAACP
chapter
honors
Dr. King
By PAUL GRAY
Cardinal Contributor
On Jan. 15, perhaps this year, or
many, many years in the future,
history will be made.
On this day, Congress will have
passed the law and made Dr. Mar­tin
Luther King, Jr.'s birthday a
national holiday. But, until that
day arrives, black people all over
America will have to join hands
and hearts to show commitment,
respect and tr ibute to one of the
greates men in history. And one
day this will be a day of achieve­ment,
love and unity in the name
and spirit of Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr.
The University of Louisville
chapter of the National Associa­tion
for the Advancement of Col~.
oted'People is very much-a plirt of
the movement to. commemorate
the man who taught the world
how to love. They will hold their
annual Dr. Martin Luther King,
Jr.'s birthday program on Jan. 14,
in the Ecumenical Center. The
program is titled "The Role of
Black Students in the 1980s," with
special guest speaker Dr. Joseph
McMillan, assistant vice-president
for Affirmative Action/Minority
Affairs, and one speaker from
each of the black student organi­zations.
Randall McKissack, vice presi­dent,
U ofLNAACPchapter, said
that this is just one of numerous
programs they hold each
academic year, but that King's
birthday program is one of the
most significant. "This is a great
opportunity for blacks to come to­gether
and discuss the things King
believed in. We must not forget
what he and many many others
did for black people. We, as black
students, are responsible for con­tinuing
what King conceived as
true freedom. We must not forget
where we are, who got us .there,
how far we have to go, and how
hard we have to work to reach
that mountain top King so often
talked about," he said.
The program will begin with an
invocation, and then McMillan
will discuss the life of King and
start the discussion on the "Role of
the Black Students in the 1980s."
The rest of the program will be
open for discussion with this par­ticular
topic.
McKissack said that, "In cele­bration
of Dr. King's birthday, we
want to try to continue what Dr.
King began by explaining to the
students the importance of mak­ing
the commitment to excel in
their endeavors. They must strive
to make the dean's list, campaign
for, and get elected or appointed
to campus leadership positions
and seek out memberships in
honor societies. We are now stu­dents,
but we must think of the fu­ture,
we must prepare for the job
market, and make sure that our
college credentials are outstand­ing
if we don't wish to become
members of the unemployment
club."
McKissack stated that not
enough black students are aware
of the advantages and/or disad­vantages
of going to a predomin­antly
white university, and that
this program is a beginning in let­ting
them know what is going on.
Maury D. Granger, president of
the U of L NAACP, said that
another thing they wanted to
accomplish from this activity is to
build a stronger contact between
the students and the black student
organizations. "We need to come
together to build a stronger foun­dation
to work from to increase
the awareness of the black stu­dent
so that he may become in­volved
in more campus activities,"
Granller said.
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