Volume 55, No. 8 Louisville, Kentucky Thunday, October 6, 1983 10 Pages
Hospital agreement having its effect
By JOYCE SCHULTZ
and DAVID A. ANDERSON
Cardinal Staff Writers
Four and a half months have
elapsed since Humans, Inc. as­sumed
management of the
economically shaky University
Hospital. Operations at the new
Humans Hospital University are
settling into stride. According to
Humana employees and University
of Louisville faculty, staff and stu­dents
who work and learn in the
new hospital, the feeling about the
day-to-day coexistence of business
and academics is one of careful op­timism.
The working relationship be­tween
U of L and Hurnana is char­acterized
differently by different
people. Humana's businesslike ap­proach
was cited by ;many as a dif­ference
that was seen both as posi­tive
and negative. Kathleen Wade,
unit business administrator for
obstetrics-gynecology said that
HHU was "run more like a busi­ness."
Edwin Ford, animal care­taker
at the animal care clinic, said
the main problems occured in the
"adjustment of two separate oper­ations."
Peggy Arthur. secretary at
diagnostic radiology, said: "Well,
in our department, it's like this:
this is yours and this is mine." Ar­thur
said that distinguishing be­tween
the two different operations
"keeps you on your toes."
According to University of Louis­ville
president Dr. Don Swain, "In
general the association is working
well, especially at the operations
level in the hospital itself." Swain
said that differences of opinion oc­cured
mostly in dealing with corpo­rate
headquarters, but declined to
comment on what those differ­ences
were.
Dean of the medical school Dr.
Donald R. Kmetz said he thought
the arrangement was "working
well" and that the occupancy rate
had reached a high of 90 per cent.
"The number of private patients is
twice what it was before the new
hospital opened," he said. "and the
number of indigent patients has
risen to an average of 100-110 a
day, increasing the number of
Harold Jackson action:
moving U of L ahead
By SUZANNE ELSWICK
News Editor
The University of Louisville has
found the right man for the job.
The man is Harold Jackson and his
job is director of university com­munications.
That seemingly tame
title does not begin to reveal what
all Harold Jackson has been doing
since arriving at U of L this fall.
He is rarely found sitting quietly
behind his desk in the Public Infor­mation
Office, but instead is out
making contacts with key people at
U of L and the city of Louisville.
NEWS ANALYSIS
Jackson says he was "bitten by
the journalism bug" when he was
13 years old, selling papers in his
hometown of Savannah, Georgia.
· In 1968 at the age of 18 he became
the first black reporter for the
Savannah Morning News and was
assigned to cover high school
sports. He said that was his intro­duction
as a writer. Since then he
has worked in every field o · mass
communications. He was an assis­tant
editor for Ebony magazine,
produced radio programs. and
hosted the longest running half­hour
community television pro-gram,
Focus '73 and '7 4 on WTOC-
1V. These are just a few of
Jackson's accomplishments. Be­fore
coming to U of L this fall he
was director of public relations at
Tennessee State University in
Nashville for seven years.
"I had become somewhat com­placent
at TSU," said Jackson,
"md I began to look for oppor­tunities
outside. U of L was a great­er
opportunity for me as a com­municator
to utilize my knowl­edge."
As director of university
communications he is responsible
for the news bureau, radio and tv
production. and media relations
with U of L, among many other
duties. He also works closely with
John Yarmuth, director of publica­tions
to help coordinate informa­tion
for university publications.
Jackson is a great believer in the
future of the communication field.
"I urge all students to look for op­portunities
on campus. The future
is enormous." He said he feels
communication students should
definitely have some practical ex­perience
in their chosen field be­fore
graduating, noting that the
public relations department and
university and student publica­tions
offer these opportunities to U
of L students.
teaching patients that are avail­able."
(Teaching patients are> used
by students and faculty during in­struction.)
Practical concerns mentioned
most often were parking and
cafeteria discounts. The di.scon­tinuation
two weeks ago o;f dis­counts
in the hospital cafeteria for
University students, faculty, and
staff is said to have affected many.
Medical student Luke Curtsinger's
comments were representative;
"Students on call have to stay in
the building sometimes for 3ti hour
shifts, just like residents, and yet
they have to pay full price,"
Curtsinger said. "Students have to
do a lot of work for the hospital, like
drawing blood and other nursing
and patient care services. Ccmsid­ering
the work we do, we .really
deserve that discount."
Concerning the cafeteria dis­counts.
Kmetz said discussions
with Humana on the matter were
forthcoming and that he had hopes
that some arrangement regarding
discounts for students on call could
be worked out.
Generally, student reaction to
the Humana-U of L relationship
has been good, as characterized by
medical school junior class presi­dent
David Sowa's remark that he
is "very happy with the new situa­tion
from a student point of view."
The reactions of the facuity have
been somewhat positive so far. Dr.
Hiram C. Polk, professor and chair­man
of the department of surgery.
said he thought the hospital opera­tions
were "reasonably smooth."
About other aspects. such as the
academic programs, Polk said that
it was "too early to tell as yet."
Dr. John H. Wallace, professor
and chairman of microbiology, and
Dr. William R. Poston, assistant
professor in the biomedical learn­ing
resource lab, had similar re­sponses,
though both remarked
that they would like to hope that
more enhancement of the research
and academic programs would be
forthcoming.
Dr. Louis S. Heuser, chief ad­ministrative
resident of the depart-
Harold Jackson is the new director of university communications.
He is an experienced educator
and said he is "really looking for­ward"
to teaching at U of L. He has
become a member of the advisory
board for the communicatiorus pro­gram
and hopes to have a lot l[)f say
in making the program expand and
improve. No doubt he will too. He
helped d~velop plans for a pnrpro­fessional
training program in. com­munications
at Fisk University·and
has written and developed plans
for a communications degree at
Savannah State College.
He said he is very happy to be
living in Louisville. "The people
are really friendly. It's a nice place.
I've passed it many times on the
way to Nashville but I never
thought I'dbe living here."
Jackson and his wife Lillian and
three children live in Louisville's
East End. He said he loves the life
of working on a college campus. "If
my first love is communications,
then my second is higher educa­tion,"
he said.
I told you he was the right man
forthejob.
Why should you bother attending college? .
To get a haircut at the campus barbershop
Mohamaa Selamad receives a haircut from barber George Coone
at the on-campus barben&hop recently •. The barbershop located
in MiUer Hall offers a haircut for $3.50.
By KEN KRAHULEC
Staff Writer
He tells me about guys:
"No guy wants to spend a lot of
money to have his hair cut, exc1ept a
lot of these guys who wa][lt to
spend $12 to have their hair
styled."
And about style:
"A fella came in here one d1ly ...
he had curly blond hair and hl1d on
a shirt with flared sleeves and
' flare-bottom pants. We got to talk­ing
and he sa.id he didn't follow any
style ... he invented his own. I told
him that nobody invents their• own
style, hair style or whatev1er . ..
Any style that comes in has been
done before, whether it was back
in the '50s with Elvis or back ~n the
Roman Empire."
Thinking about some of th hair
styles of the punk movement, I ask
George if he cuts anything str~mge.
"Anything they ask for. I'~~ just
waiting now for somebody to ask
for a Mr. T ." He does stipulatn that
the person knows exactly whjat he
wants and what he's asking fc~r.
I asked him about the futull'8 of
hair styles.
"No one can predict that. It'~ like
fashion or anything else. !rome
rock singer will come along &j~d in
a few yeare everybody will w~mt to
look like hime. In the '50s 11. was
Elvis and in the '60s it was th · Bea­tles.
It's competition; a girl sees
this rock singer with a certair.1 hair
style and thinks he's good looking,
and 80 the guy'S gotta COD)pete
with this rock singer by we llring
their hair like his."
George hands me a mirror 1to in­spect
my hair with: it looks g lad.
Before I leave I ask George what
his one anlbition as a barber is.
"To make a living."
A good haircut for $3.50?
Yep.
George Coone has been cutting,
shaping. and trimming campus
locks for almost 19 years. When be
first opened his shop on the ground
floor of Miller Hall, it waa an all­male
dorm. He was in fact the sec:­ond
resident of Miller (the resident
manager was first.) He made an
agreement then with the Univ'r­sity
that in lieu of rent he would al­ways
offer good, cheap haircuts to
the students. The price now stands
at a mere $3.50 and remains one of
the University' s better-kept sec:­rets.
The cheap cut;s are not limited to
students, though part of his con­tract
states that students are his
fl.rst priority. Coone is aeldom busy
and the wait Is never long.
Coone's shop is lltreWil with a
hundred copies of Field and
Stream and Sporu IUu6UfJUJd. In
the comer of the large m.iJTor be­hind
the chair he keeps his diploma
from the Kentucky Barber's Col­lege.
George has been a barber for
23 years.
1 sat through a trim and a chat
with George, and learned a t.w
things about hair, among other
things.
One of George's sidelinft is talk­ing,
and he talka a lot. ''They say I
talk a lot, but one guy I know drinks
a lot. another gambles, another ch­aaes
women. Barbers are a pretty
wild lot."
Doea he cut girls' bair'l
"Yes ... but not as much. Mostly
trimming. It's hard enough to keep
up with guys' hair styles.
ment of sugary, was even more
complimentary in his comments.
"Almost from the day the new hos­pital
opened it has work~ better
than the old one ever did .~' He felt
that the physical lay_out of the hos­pital
was "as good as any in Bos­ton,
New York, or .. Washington,
D.C." and that ilie hospital opera­tion
in general "improves weekly."
Although student reaction to the
management was on the whole
positive, there were a few com­ments
on the cutbacks in person­nel.
Curtsinger asserted that the
lab work was inefficient. with the
return of results taking "a long
time with some mistakes." He said
that he thought that the nurse-to­patient
ratio was lower than in
some hospitals, with the available
staff being "stretched to the limit,"
although patient care had not suf­fered
any.
In response to these comments.
Heuser said there was somewhat
of a lack of personnel enthusiasm
and morale, but tpat the clinical
floors: personnel "have always
been stretched" and, regarding the
Jab unit, Heuser said. "the old
manager has quit and a new one is
not in yet." Former U of L em­ployees
who are now Humana em­ployees
went through a program
called Humana Care, which deals
with the personal relationships be­tween
staff and patients, physi­cians
and the public.
Morale among U of L employees
varies depending on who one talks
to. Maureen O'Bannon, secretary
in surgery. said morale was low be­cause
of the parking disputes, the
termination of a cafeteria discount
and the threat to job security since
Humana laid off long-time employ­ees.
Tom McGee, director of per­sonnel
at HHV, said that positions
were abolished in certain areas a
few weeks ago because Humans
bad more staff in those areas than
they would need. He said the posi­tions
abolished were primarily
non-professional and said that
Humana is hiring more nurses and
professional people.
High school students
offered a good deal
By LAURA KELLEHER
Assistant News Editor
The University of Louisville has
two programs involving high
school students. particularly those
in the Jefferson County Public
School System. The Minority Fel­lowship
program and the College­Schools
Cooperative Programs are
designed by the University to boost
the education of high school stu­dents
while acquainting them with
the University.
The Minority Fellowship Pro­gram
has existed for two years.
Sponsored by the College of Arts
and Sciences and the Lincoln Foun­dation,
the program pairs a minor­ity
student with a faculty member
to work on a topic of mutual inter­est
during a six-week summer ses­sion.
The students are chosen by
their grade point averages, a sam­ple
of their writing and on a lettar
of recommendation. They choose
their own topics. which range from
black history to physics and biol­ogy.
Six students participated in the
program the first year, and ten the
next. This summer dean Lois
Cronholm of arts and sciences
hopes for a minimum of 15 stu­dents.
The enrollment is limited
only by money, which comes from
alumni and affirmative action
funds, Cronholm said. Eventually
she would like to ask minority
businessmen to sponsor students.
The program could accommod­ate
100 students, with a 3-1 stu­dent-
faculty ratio, and still be ef­fective
according to Cronholm.
Costs of the program include pay­ing
faculty members, and a stipend
to students. "We have more than
enough faculty volunteers,"
Cronholm said. "Most of the facul­ty
told us they'd do it free." though
they are all paid.
The students are paid a stipend
as a motivational factor. The
money they are paid compensates
for the summer job they may have
to give up to participate in the pro­gram.
The College-School, Cooperative
Program offers "team-taught
courses with one of our faculty
members" in the Jefferson County
High Schools, Cronholm said. The
courses are "college-level courses,
adapted to the timing of high
schools."
The idea of the program,
Cronholm said, is "to give students
an introduction to what college is
aU about. in an environment more
comfortable and convenient for
them, and to establish a better re­lationship
with the schools."
Cronholm explains there hasn't
been a bad relationship between U
of I. and the Jefferson County
schools, rather the relationship has
been non-existent.
"The concept of articulation wtth
the schools Is a very popular one
right now," Cronholm said. Dr.
John Hale, director of both the
Minority Fellowship program and
the College-School Cooperarive
Program. called U of L's efforts
"the most comprehensive and am­bitious
(in the country)."
Although other colleges may se~:~
this type of program as a recruiting
device for area students, Cronholm
denied this. "We've been very
stubborn about not using this pro­gram
strictly as a recruitment de­vice,"
she said. With the University
and schools operating jointly the
students receive both high school
and University credit for the
courses.
The courses. which are offered
at Butler, Pleasure Ridge Park,
Seneca. Shawnee, and Manual
High Schools. range from English
composition, humanities and
drama, to political and social sci­ences
and U.S. History.
The Jefferson County system
pays for books for the students, but
the rest of the cost is absorbed by U
of L. The money comes from the
general fund.
The Jefferson County School
system responded to the idea "very
reluctantly at first," Cronholrn
said. "Now there is a really good
working relationship between our
college and the schools. They're
just working together beautifully."
The high schools were selected
by the Board of Education. Some
were chosen because the princi­pals
volunteered, and geographic
distribution was considered. "In
spite of the hesitance of some
schools to get involved, other prin­cipals
now want the programs in
their schoos," said Hale .
The courses and instructors
were selected by the University.
Departments and faculty members
were chosen that would work well
with · the Jefferson County
teachers, Cronholm said.
High school students may enroll
in the college-credit courses by the
'same standards required to enter
high school courses. At this time
168 students are enrolled in the
program. Next year Cronholm
hopes to have the same number of
courses in twice as many schools.
anticipating 300 students.
Part of the purpop of the pro­gram
is to Interest high school stu­dents
in U of L. "If the students g:J
to college and don't come here. we
will consider it (the pro~ ·a n) to be
a success," said Cront.mn. "If the
students go to college and do come
here we will consider It a smashing
success.
Cronholm is emphasizing up­grading
tra r~>outation of U of L, to
make it attractive to good students
in Jefferson County. "I think the
way you change is slowly building
reputation,'' she said. The most im­portant
factor is good students.
Cronholm hopes to also emphasize
summer and late afternoon classes
available to high school students.
Dr. Martin Baron, who will teach
Psychology 201 at Shawnee High
School in the spring, is excited
about teaching the course. "I think
there are many things to be ob­tained,"
he said. "Potentially, we
might reach kids that might not
come to college. We're really
reaching out as a University."