THE LOUISVILLE
Vol. 55, No. 26 Louisville, Kentucky Thursday, March 29, 1984 8 pages
Withdrawal of tax package means an 'austere year' for U of L
BY JACK BARRY
Edjtor
Frustration for the University of
Louisville has been the result of
the withdrawal of Gov. Martha
Layne Collins' tax proposals.
Instead of getting what it wants
and says it needs, U of L is once
again fighting a budget battle
with the General Assembly over
merely maintaining the status
quo.
Withdrawal of Collins' $324
million tax package "will lead to
an austere year at U of L and for all
of higher education in Kentucky,"
said U of L President Dr. Don
Swain on March 21st, when the
news about Collins' proposals
was announced. "I think it's a set­back
for the whole state."
For the University, withdrawal
of the tax package means that al­most
all of its $31 million hopes
for new state money for new
buildings, equipment and pro­grams
have been dashed. The
"1984-86 Biennial Budget Re­quest"
that U of L submitted to the
Three candidates seek
top position of SGA
Bradley pledges
a more efficient
SGA structure
By PAUL A. LONG
Staff Writer
While two-thirds of the race for
Student Government Association
president will be a repeat of last
year, Curtis Bradley says the out­come
will be different.
Bradley will seek to oust from
office Frank Jemley, who beat him
by a 67-vote margin last year. A
senior in the College of Arts & Sci­ences,
Bradley said Jemley has
had his chances and has "been a
failure ."
A third candidate, John V.
Heath, also is running, but Brad­ley
said he does not know much
about him.
About Jemley, though, Bradley
has some strong opinions.
"He doesn't have a proven track
record; he's been a failure," Brad­ley
said. "Frank is not a good
leader. he has problems in terms
of his administration. He does not
delegate; he tries to do everything
himself.
see 'Bradley, ' back page
Jemley vows to
investigate fee
distribution
By SUZANNE ELSWICK
Assistant News Editor
Frank Jemley III has held the
top office of the Student Govern­ment
Association for the past 12
months. During that time, he has
made friends and enemies. done
some things very well and others
not so well. He says now that
"there are many more things that
we want to do. We're going to per­.>
evere."
Jemley feels strongly about in­vestigating
how funds generated
by the student acitivity fee are
distributed. "It's a real problem,"
he said. That fee now generates
over $1 million dollars each year,
much of which, according to J ern­ley,
is spent on programs "over
which we have no control."
One important service financed
by the fee is the grievance officers
of the University. Jemley hopes to
"revise and streamline" the grie-see
'Jemley, ' back page
Heath promises
to 'reach out' to
evening students
By PAUL A. LONG
St.aff Writer
John V. Heath is not a typical
candidate for Student QrJvem­ment
Association presiden.
''1' ve been a foriner union presi­dent,"
he said. "I came up
through the rank and file. I've had
a lot of experience."
Heath has a colorful past. He
dropped out of high school and
married at 17. He went to work for
the Metropolitan Sewer District,
rising to the position of senior
operator at the Morris Forman
Wastewater Treatment plant.
While working for MSD, he be­came
president of the National
Association of Government Em­ployees
local union.
But he injured his back, lost his
job, and was forced out of the
union. Then armed with a GED,
he entered the University of
Louisville.
see 'Heath,' back page
'~The basic struc­ture
of student gov­ernment
is terrible.
Students are not
being represented at
the University of
Louisville. "
~~one of our
strengths is we 've
made a name for our­selves
for the way we
argue; sometimes it's
been in a bad way and
sometimes good. "
''If students knew
and understood the
position of each can­didate
and voted on
that alone, I would
have a good chance."
state has become only a book of
dreams. Out the window for the
time being are several new de­grees,
equipment purchases and
bulidings.
Although the General Assem­bly
had already denied U ofL's pe­titions
for money for construction
of a new student center, Swain
told U of L's Board of Trustees at
its monthly meeting Monday that
the outlook for getting money for
the Freedom Hall renovation is
good.
"It's too early to say," Swain
said, "but I'm beginning to be op­timistic
about Freedom Hall."
Swain told the Board that "the
real (state) budget" would be
hammered out by a committee
during this week. "I hope," said
Swain, "that Board members will
keep their fingers crossed until
the end of the week."
What that actual budget proba­bly
will contain for U ofL is $1.6 to
$1.8 million in new money, i.e.,
that much more than the $92.8
million U of L got from the state
this year. The budg~. though,
Swain indicated, will mandate a
three percent increase in faculty
salaries.
Even If U of L spends no ~nore
money than it did this year on ev­erything
else, Swain said, the new
money would not be enough to
cover a three percent across-the­board
increase in faculty salaries.
In fact, Swain told the Trustees, it
would lead to an $889,000 deficit
in t.he University's annual budget.
At the February Board of Trus­tees
meeting, Swain outlined a
long list of negative actions he
Dr. George Lindauer, chairman of the Faculty
Senate, discusses proposed policy on faculty
Staff Photo by Edd Johannemann
salary increases at the monthly Board of Trus­tees
meeting Monday afternoon.
F acuity salaries debated by Trustees
By JACK BARRY
Editor
At U of L President Dr. Don
Swain's behest during Monday's
meeting, the Board ofTrustees­including
the faculty representa­tive
- dove headlong into public
discussion of faculty salary in­creases.
"Give me your advice about
salaries," said Swain, adding that
he had received that day a "strong
recommendation" from the Facul­ty
Senate for a five percent pay
raise in the next fiscal year for all
U of L faculty members.
He had reported earlier in the
meeting that the state budget
being created this week in
Frankfort would probably ask
state universities to raise faculty
salaries by three percent.
Swain said that he would like to
see the faculty go to a system of
pay raises for merit rather than
across-the-board increases.
Dr. George Lindauer, chairman
of the Faculty Senate, said he
wished to examine the nature and
effects of merit versus across-the­board
increases.
Lindauer said that salaries for U
of L faculty have fallen behind 15
to 20 percent those at some other,
comparable schools. "The aver­age
faculty member, who has
done a good job, has found him­self
penalized for being loyal to
the University."
Lindauer said that U of L has
never formally established what
"merit" is.
The effectiveness and success
of the merit pay system have been
found wanting by many critics,
said Lindauer.
"There's no guarantee under
the merit system that faculty
members who are doing a good
job .. . will get an average raise."
see 'Trustees, ' page 2
Testing is the focus of Symposium
By KEN KRAHULEC
Managing Editor
That test.
You know the one. You took it
knowing all the right answers.
You got asked, however, the
wrong questions. And that
huggy-kissy pair in the back who
cheated through the whole test!
How come you got the C - and
they walk away with a couple of
B's? It ain't right.
Next week, April 2-6, you'll
find that you're not the only con­cerned
with these and similar
problems. Believe it or not, your
teachers care, too. The University
of Louisville is sponsoring its first
(and hopefully) annual Faculty
Development Symposium and the
theme will be "Testing and Evalu­ation."
Over 140 persons, ranging
from faculty and students to spe­cial
guest speakers, will partici­pate
"actively" in 44/hour-long
sessions, probing the problems
and possibilities of grading stu­dents.
Some of the more provocative
titles offered in the program in­clude
a panel discussion on "The
Problem of Cheating and
Plagiarism: What Can or Should
Be Done?" chaired by Dr. Edward
Hammond, U of L's vice president
for Student Affairs, and another
panel talk called "Issues in Law
School Testing: Is the Process
Just?"
Dr. Howard Altman of the clas­sical
and modem languages de­partment
was the chief organizer
of the symposium. According to
Atlman, the subject oftesting and
evaluation was chosen "because
of its timeliness and significance
to faculty at U of L and else­where."
Because of the subject of this
first symposium, Altman hopes to
see a great deal of participation
from students. "I would really like
to see intelligent, hard questions
from students. This is their
see 'First,' page 3
Finances dominate fiery Senate debate
ByT.L. STANLEY
Campus Editor
In a meeting Tuesday night that
was interspersed with animated
discussion and weary disinterest,
the Student Senate alloted almost
$1,100 to various student organi­zations.
The money that it did not
allot, however, may well prove to
be the thorn in its side.
"I plan to file suit," said Paul
Gray, president of the Interfrater­nity
Council. "This is a case of
blatant discrimination."
Before the debate arose over
the funding issue, the senators
heard and voiced disapproval of a
proposal by the athletic depart­ment
to increase b_y two-thirds the
cost of student season-ticket
prices.
Gray's dispute with the Senate
arose when the organization re­fused
to grant a campus fraternity
the money it has requested for a
trip to a national fraternity con­vention.
This fraternity, Phi Beta
Sigma, has requested $220 for ex­penHS.
The Finance Committee recom­mended
that the senate refuse the
fraternity's request for the
money. Catherine Rehm, chair­man
of the committee, explained
that it had not been the ftnance
committee's practice to fund "so­cial
organizations" this year. She
also stated that because the
fraternity has only 11 members,
the finance committee felt that it
served the interests of only a very
few students and did not warrant
funding.
Rosemary Ortman, Graduate
School senator, accepted the fi­nance
committee's recommenda­tion
and the motion passed unani­mously.
Without discussion the
fraternity was denied their re­quest.
It was not until 15 minutes later
that any formal discussion was in­itiated
on the subject.
At that time, Gray addressed
Rehm, asking if fraternity and
sorority memben paid a student
activity fee Uka all other students
and if these qroupa ant racog-
,_ 'Senat., 'page3
might be forced to take if Collins'
tax package was not passed by the
Legislature.
At Monday's meeting, he was
able to assure the Board that some
of the monies most vital to the
University would be included in
the "real" state budget.
There will be money, Swain
said, for desegregation proHrams.
Some funda - but DOt all tbat
are needed-will llkely be forth­coming
for indigent care at
Humana Hospital/University.
see 'No, ' page 3
Large number
of candidates
prepares to
run for office
By PAUL A. LONG
Staff Writer
Last year, it was 52.
This year, the new record is 60.
That is the number of candi-dates
who have filed for office in
next week's Student Government
Association elections, scheduled
for Wednesday and Thursday,
April 3 & 4. The winners will take
office officially on April 10.
Three candidates are running
for the offices of executive vice
president and academic vice pres­ident.
Thirty-seven candidates
are also seeking office in the col­lege
of Arts 6- Sciences elections.
See stories on page 2.
"There's got to be something
out there for everybody," said
Harold Adams, assistant vice
president for student life.
Three candidates are seeking
the presidency, three want to be
the executive vice president, and
three are running for academic
vice president. Only one person,
Doug Kemper, a senior in the Col­lege
of Arts & Sciences, filed for
services vice president.
"I think everybody looked at
Doug and didn't think they could
beat him," said Adams.
"I think it's just that no one else
wanted to do it," Kemper said.
''I'm excited at the prospect of
serving students as services vice
president for a year. I really want
to make this a banner year for stu­dents
in the area of student life."
Two-thirds of the presidential
race will be a repeat of last year.
Frank Jernley, who eked out a
slim, 67-vote victory over Curtis
Bradley last year, will be seeking
to become the first president ever
to be elected to two terms. Brad­ley
will be attempting to unseat
him with a campaign based on "a
new direction."
The third candidate, 34-year­old
John V. Heath, is an admitted
underdog.
All three presidential candi­dates
are seniors in A&S.
For executive vice president,
David M. Baird, a senior in the
business school, Jefferies Todd
Smith, a junior in A&S, and Kenny
Kurzendoerfer, a senior in the
business school. have filed. Al­though
there are no official slates,
both Smith and Kurzendoerfer
have aligned themselves with
other candidates.
Smith is running with Bradley,
while Kurzendoerfer is on Jam­ley's
ticket. Baird is running as an
independent.
Three candidates, including the
only women running for higher
office, are seeking the academic
vice president spot. Catherine
Rehm, a sophomore in Speed
School, is running as an indepen­dent
William F. Campbell, a
senior in A&S. is running on the
Jemley slate, and George T.
French Jr., a junior in A&S, is
aligned with Bradley.
Adams, who last year predicted
a !'ecord turnout when the then­record
number of candidates
filed, refused to commit himself
this year. Only 1,888 people voted
last year, though Adams still in­sists
that all signals pointed to­ward
a record turnout, which is
around 3,330.
This year, Adams is hoping for
a clean election, despite the
charges and countercharges
launched after Jemley's election
last year. Four campaign viola-
. tions were filed against Jemley,
while one was filed against Brad­ley.
However, the election com­mission
refused to assess any
penalties against either candi­date.
"I think there was a lot of bitter­"..
e 'Walkovers, ' page 3