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VOL. 60, NO. 26 LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY MARCH 30, 1989, 10 PAGES AN INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER
CUPA dean retained despite
faculty members' concerns
ELECTIONS '89
The slates and their
stance on student issues
Wigginton's
slate wants more
student activity
Ry J MFS D HI 1::
t.tff \! ntcr
In a h1ghl) unu,ual move. the
mver\lty ol l .ou1w1lle pre,1dent
and Board of I ru\lce' authon7ed the
rene""' ol a dcan' contract al­though
70 percent ol fitculty mter­VIewed
hy .1 rl!~leW COI111l1 111ee rec·
ommended h" remo,al
Dunng '" 1-eh 27 meeung. the
Board .tppr.,.ed Jame' Pnce f'o,ter.
d e~n of the College of rh~n and
PubiK 1\tf.ur,. to cnntmue h"
tenure fur t"o )ear' w11h certam
cnndlllOII, ,
The cond111nn' tn he met h) Fn,
ter are
• 1urc d1rctt 1molvement in de­•
elopmg '"'trucllon<~l program'
• I mpm,cd ~ommumrallon w11h
\tall .md l.tcult\
• f-a1r .llhx:aium of college re
'nurl:C' lnr re,car~..:h
Better control n\er the hudg.:tary
pnx:e"
• Strnnl;!cr u111111111ment to an el
lc~II\C <~1111'1natlve acllnn program
If the cond111nn' are met. Fo,ter
"Ill he retalllcd tor .111 addtt10nal
three year'
Prc..,dcnt Donald C s~am \au.J
1-<>,tel ' future employment at ll ol
L "111 dercncJ on the outromc ol a
"I'm sorry
they feel
that way."
J. Price
Foster
'peuaf nlld ·tCrlll [lCrformance re­VIeW
. accordmg to documenh ob­t;
nnNI I rom the Board' \ecretary .
That 'f!Cual nml-tenn eva luation
mu't <x:cur O\ lan . I . 199:!
llowcvcr. tl~corchn g 10 a l)ecanal
Rc"c" Cnnulllttee' C\aluatmn of
h"tcr' 'trenpth' and "eakne"e'.
uhtamcd Marth 24 hy The
lnu1..-11/e Cardu1al. 5!! percent or
CUP 1.1r ult; anJ \tafT recom­mcnJcd
h" tcnnmallon \vhen hi'
tcnn c\plre' in Jul) . and an addi ­tmnal
12 percent called l<lr hi' lm­me<
llate rcnu\\ al
rhe Decanal ComnHIICC rc\itw'
dean' anJ IHgh -lc,el admllli'trator'
and i' cnmp<>,ed ol faculty. \lalf
and 'tudcnl\ "' hndmg' arc: cun­'"
krcd cnnlldenual.
"'lh.: h ,t I L'\ ll'\\ l.\H\ll1llt1C~ I' l::tll~d
Ocl'anal hc"-·au't: it' \\Or" pcrtau1' tn
d~an' Rc' H:v •. , .ue tnndlH.:t~d ..:\cr\
fl\e )~-1r' ·
Facu lty and 'tall expres\ed con
cern in the following area': Fw.ter'
appropnat10n of re•earch fun<h. hi'
leader,h ip \ tyle. hi' control over
budget management and a percep
tton of favoriti'm and lac~ of com­mumcation
De,pttc the recommendauon .
Robert Stenger. chair of the Faculty
enate. wa\ the only one of the 1-l
member hoard "ho voted agam't
Fo,ter' conti nuation .
Stenger 'aid in a March 25 Inter­view
that he voted agam't the mn
t 10n to renew Fo,ter becau'e \0
many CUPA faculty OpJXhed hi'
rctent1on
I w:" al' tlng a' the faculty
tru\tee. Stenger 'a1d . I had talked
to a great number of faculty mem
ber' about it and kne" their con­cern'
tenger \aid he \aw only a two
page 'ummary pre,ented 10 the
Board. not the Decanal Cnmm111ee'
full rt:\ ICW .
The ongmal C\'aluatlon wa' 1:!
page' long. the vcr,ion read hy the
Board wa, two pa)!e'.
Continued on Page 3
Wigginton's
platform
Tim Hagerty
Executive VIce
President
Campaign goals:
Revise the SGA
conSIIIUIIOn and by·laws,
change the Senate
agenda to tnclude more
substant1ve tssues. ad
vocate the establish
ment of a d.rector ot
campus relat1ons
White's
platform
Sean McCarthy
Executive Vice
President
Campaign goats:
Increase SGA's accounta­b<
hty to students; increase
SGA serv1ces to students to
promote more student in·
volvement; Increase secu­nty
for evemng students by
crealtng campus sate walks
H' Kl \I '\ B·\KI R
<,iatl \\ l'llel
l ' mle1 the ''"""n Studenh l lnlled lnr Suc,·e".
Swdent Cl,>,ellllllent ' ""<' I.Jilon J'l<''llknll;d h~>pc­tul
l .11.1 \\ I)!J!IIlllln ,111d fll'l e\el'llll\e ,f,lll' hope Ill
hnn~ llllll\ ami u>he..,on to the 'llldenl hn1h
\ lnong · the ,·,mdld.lll' ' P"IP'"·"' lllr ne\1 ~ea 1
.Ill' 1111p10\~r.'d 'llldt:lll Pl"t!dlll/ i.llhlll H. . .'loltltHl' IU­l'l'l'.
l'l'd lltlll\1111\ Ill\ oh en'ient .md enh.uwed l'tllll­llllllll<'
alullh . 1n~lud1ng .1 l'le,llknt' '1 ght In .md
a dun·tnl of ,,unpu' r<·l.lllon'
I here tend' not 111 he .1 u>hO.:,I\ene" \\II hill the
l.llllf'l"· ,,lid l111l ll .l!!l'll\ . <illlllld.lte ltll 'i(i,\
l.'\.:t.:U II\..: \ ll'..: p11...''1lk llt ... .
\\ l' ro.: .111 Ill thl' lll!!O.:Ihe1 . ,1, i1 l'<llniiHinll\ \~e
h.l\1' to h;l\<' the l'lllll~ ,tudent "'"" h..: h111d .nl el-
1<~11 \\ C l';lll !!el ,1 lot 111111e lhllll' ll.\\l' 1e lllllh:d
ll oll~ I h'r~ ll . 'e" "''' \Jl'e l"e'1dent <.llldld.lle.
,,11d l."l'·'Plllhllllllt! tlH.H.: ..:'..:nh \\ llh l.OIIIlpll'
~>rg;u~ll.llll'lh \\otlld hell' l'llllllll.lte '""lent .q1.1th)
Lack of leadership, emotions hurt
Cardinals in 1988, experts concur Holly Everett
Services Vice
President
James D. Lewis
Services Vice
President
\\e II ''·~~'~ nut "n" I .md tar!!el '" !!:uutatu>n'
that .llre.111\ h,l\e !!<11>,1 ,tudent 1n\11he~nent. 1·.\ ­en
·u "I Ill · ll op,·lt;ll~ . \\e <.Ill '"'I~ \\ 11h then1 to
llll'll',"e the numh,·l ol ,., enh .111d 'llldcnh "ho
partll'lpate
Continued on Page 2
White's slate
wants close ties
with students
By JOliN HARRELl
Staff Wnter
A lac~ nl on-coun leader,hip .
cnrnb1ncd w11h a nucf-,ca,on injury
tu centa Pervl\ Ell,..on. cont ributed
to a d"appmnung 198R-89 sea,on
for the Un1ver..11y of Louiwille
ba,~ethall team. accordmg to local
h<Xljl\ "\fJCrl>
The Card' e nded 1hc 'ea>on
Mard1 24 with a re'ounding 83-69
I<"' 10 the nlvcr,lly ol lllmois.
The nne thmg th:u can be 'aid i'
th" team w'" a d"appointment to a
lut ol rcople . ..:ud Ru's Brown. U
of L beat wnter for The Courier­Journal
The 'ard,, "ho "ere predicted by
'cv.:ral na11onal puhlication\ to be
contender' fnr the national crown.
fin~>hed the year w11h a :!4-9 record .
Th" team ,hould be in the Final
Four. 'a1d 'yndicated columni\1
Bob Watkin' . 'I m ~orry for
U>Ut,VIIIe I thought they'd be in
eattle (where the Final Four i' be­ing
held ).
The expert' .1greed the tcam
lacked leader,hip . but optn1ons were
n11xed on "hether the hi arne could
be placed on the team ' guard\.
'nphomore I aBradford Smuh and
JUnidr Keith Wllliarm
The) d1dn t have the le:~der!>h1p
the) needed from their ~uard~.
Brown 'md They didn t have
guard' that could penetrate.
Fred Cowgll I. 'POrt> ell rector or
WLKY-TV . o,;ud Smith wa' not the
nght player to ta~ e charge .
A lot of people hx>k to LaBrad­ford
for leader,hlp. Cowgill 'aid .
But I don I thmk he' that kind of
guy."
Watkm' 'aid William' played a
btgger pan m the Card~ lackluster
perfonnance th" \ea,on than moM
people th in~ .
If any ~1d wa' ever a di~ap­JX>
intmcnt, it wa~ Keith William,,
Watkm' 'aid.
Cc>Uncr 'f'Klrt\ columnbt Rick
Rotich 'aid leader'ohlp from the
backcourt i> critical in the college
game. and both player' had prob­lem>.
' Leader,hip ha' to come from a
guard becauo,e he'<. the one who has
the ball . Bonch ~aid . If you look
at the puard, , I thin~ LaBradford
had a pretty ~ood year. but he need'
to work on h" ) udgment.
Ke1th didn t \ecm to improve
much over last year Thi\ year, hi
play 'eemed to flallen out a bit. "
STAFF PHOTO BY GREGORY HARRIS
Mary Ann Stenger (left) discusses the literary value of The Satanic
Verses during a March 28 forum in Strickler Hall.
In this issue
Blues- ott Mullins,a
UofL rudentwhoh tsa
local radw how i pr •
filed ............. .... Pag 4
Hoops - A look at the
ard 3-69 I to the
Fightmglllini. ..... Page 6
Wade Hou ton
con ide ring job
in Tennes ee
See story, Page 6
Syndicated column"! Earl Cox
Mtid the ard., played the be't ball
or the \Cason when JUnior Craig
Hawley .,tarted in place of Will~<um .
who .. at out the sea,on's fir\1 "x
games for academic rea,ons .
They n.:ver were a<, consistently
good after they took Craig Hawley
out of the lineup. Cox <,aid
Bolich aid Hawley 'hould have
been given more of a chance to
prove hun.,elf ancJ that hi ~ demotion
to the bench may have had a nega­tive
impact on the quad .
I thmk he couldn t have hun and
it wa' very. very unfortunate the
w:ty he wa' \hut out . beca u ~e it
\end., a bad me...,age to the team ,"
he 'aJd.
Brown dbagreed with hi' col­league,
.. aying Williams perfor­mance
closely resembled Hawle,r s.
' Craig wasn't the answer, he
~a id . "What he was good at was
being a ;ett ling influence. but Kei th
could do that . tuo ."
One player the experts said did try
to take charge wa' >eninr forward
Kenny Payne .
However. both Watk i n~ and
Cowgill ~aid Payne's leadership bid
wa' un,u cce.,~ ful
Continued on Page 3
Campaign goats:
Co· sponsor more events
wtlh campus orgamza·
11ons. extend Umvers<ty
student serv1ce hours;
publish the SGA
consttiUIIon and by-laws
In the Student D11ectory.
Curtis Warfield
Academic Vice
President
Campaign goals:
Develop course tnlorma
lion booklet to speed up
reg1stra1ton. streamline
the Peer Assistance
Center; advocate a
transfer student onenta­tion.
Campaign goats:
Establish student meal plan
which would be applicable
to local restaurants; prov1de
better student phone books;
reorganize the Book Ex­change.
Gerina Whethers
Academic Vice
President
Campaign goata:
Lower the cost of text-books
by working with faculty;
confront student retention;
work tor more office space
for student organizations;
establish Inexpensive child
care.
13, \11CIIALL Tl 1CK I·R
<;ian Wmc1
Student Gu,c1nment "n,·1ation prc,1Jenll:d
··and1da tc Gerald \\hue and h" ,fa te arc runn1ng.
undc1 the ,ln.:an n t Cnn,,..tc nt. qualified ll'.llkr-
,fllp -
You,·an t 'ene the 'tutknh 1f\IIU dnntund..:r­'
'and thc 'tudenh . ,,ml Genna \\lhcthcl, , candi­date
fill A<·ademil' Vi.:c Prc,ident
'A hetl~cr' 1' tho.: cu11ent dtre<'h>r nl p~<>g r; un' lor
•\lpha Kappa Alpha '1110111). VJ<.:I.' pr'''ldent of the
"""'' laiHill of Hlac· ~ Studenh . p,·er ""i't:~nec
k .llkr 1m the Center 1<11 •\ catknlll' i\ 1'1111.'\ c·ment
and .1 rc,ldent a"i'tant 1n i\.ltlkr llall . She "a lll­n
i~'!' politic·;tl 'ciem:c ntajor.
l lw polutcal 'ci..:nce major ,aid ,ifc \\ould con­.:
entratc on the 'late, pm.rcct of curhtng. thc pm:.:
ot le\thoot.., hy \\lll'~111 g wtth protc"nr' 111 h•ep
the "unc te\1 a' long ·" flll"thl..: .
I \\lltlld l1~c w \\or~ do'd) \\llh the la<·ult)
and 'taft 111 hnng dm\n the eo't ol l10o~'· 'he
' aid \V.: delinllel) h.l\0.: h<~d l11gh pnce' m the
Continued on Page 2
U of L forum addresses controversial novel
By KEVI BAKER
Staff Writer
An open li>rum addre'"ng the
co ntro ver~ial novel The atan1c
Ver.<.es . by Salman Ru;hdk. gave
the nivero.1ty of Louiwille commu­nlly
a chance to better undel'\land
the novel and the d1fferent reaction\
11 ha' evo ~ed
More than 200 people crowded
into \Ieamy Middll!ton Audltonum
in Stri c ~ler Hall March 28 . The un­\
eU\OIJ:thly warm "Cather may have
heated the \even-member panel und
"' aud1ence. but the di,cu\\ion\
atrno,phere remained coul :~nd re­.<.
pec tful.
Even though the two-hour forum
addre .... ed ,.,.,ues mcludmg freedom
of mdiv1dual expre,..,on. rehgtoU\
dogma and cro~'-c uhural differ­ence<,,
U\ member' "ere profe.,..ion­ally
mmdful of fundamental differ­ence\
of opimon.
R1ffat H a;,~an. rehgtou' <;tud1e.,
profew1r. w:ts especially her:~ldcd
by audience member' for her ObJec­tivity.
de,p1te her l\lum1c back­ground
he wa' \ ery open and bal ­anced
. \aid K T Thoma\, preSident
of the Arnencan lnternallonal Rela -
11011' Club. Her opinion., .. eemed
ve ry unhia,ed .
Another U of L \lude nt . Diane
Kelly . agreed that Ha...,an \Hxxl out
among her colleague'>
Riffat Ha\~an wa' definitely en­Joyable.
Kelly .,aid. She pre,ented
11 from her viewpoi nt. but 'he
\eemed HI have an unhiased view.
Paneli\1' repre;,ented vanou ~ aca­demic
di'Ciphne'o and prof.:,.,on, , "'
well "' ,e,eral rellgiou' organlla­timh.
Ha...,:Jn . the fmal 'peaker ... aid ' he
'aw her po,illon on the panel us one
of trying to explain the Muslim re­acllnn
to th" book .
A lengthy explanation of the
novel ' plot helpcd H a~.,an illu\lratc
why M<>,lemo, find Ru,hd1e\ lxx>~
'o di,ta\teful and offen" ve. . he
cued J purticular pas .. age where one
of the ~tory ~ mam character.. gorge~
htrn~ell on p<>rk to public ly reJect
God
Th" " the woN p!lS\ible thmg
you can do (111 the l'lam1c reli ­gum).
' <,he 'a1d . Wor e thun not
praymg or not fa\lmg " eaung p1g
tlc.,h . It cuu'e' the mo\1 cuhurul
dl\ta'ole .
I thmk th" pa,..,tge would offend
anyone. hut particularly a Mo,lem .
Peggy Fiehrer
re ign after
nine year
See story, Page 6
The pa.,..age i' indicative of the en­tire
lx>ok. It i' calculated to offend .
It ta~e' ever) thing that i' moM of­fen,
ive to Mmlcm'o and rub, it in
deliberately
Thi' " all 'o cuhural -'>pec1fic:
th.:re arc a lot of thing' you will
Ill I'"
Uni ver\lty of K e ntu c ~ y Profes'ur
John Stempel. a former .S. diplo­mat
111 Iran . abo tried to e ~plam the
noo~' in,ult.
It' diffic ult for American' to un ­der,
tand how bla,phemou' it i>.
Stempel '<:tid . I vc come up with a
w<ty to try to under,tand it u'i ng the
F word . Ju\1 imagine a lxx>k 1n
which the main character i' alway'
referred to a' Je,u., F. hri't.
Another profe,,or of rellgiou'
'oludle,, Mary Ann Stenger. ~aid the
mo\1 ocllou' detail of Ru~hd1e' boo ~
" the 'ugge,llon that the "lam1c
holy book . the Koran. " nnt the di­rect
word of Allah (God) . hut wa.,
wri uen by the prophet Muhammed .
I f:t\\an e~p l :uned that Mohammed
wa' merely the recip1ent and
tran\lllltler. not the wnter. He
(Ru,hdle) " ca,tinr douht and di'­puting
thi' proce.,...
Stenger al'o focu.,ed on the con­trnver'y
over cen'or.,hip of the
book. which wa> puhfi,hed la>l fa ll .
The outcry and prote'ol over The
Ll\t Tempw11on uf Chri\t help' us
undcr..tand why thi' boo~ i' \O of­fen"
ve . but that it wa' not banned
m the Umt ed State' \ay' that to ban
a h<x>k or movie would be unaccept­able
. 'he 'aid. ;
Several panel"'' were qu1ck to
p01n1 OUt the nook\ Jl'Klr literary
"orth.
I find th" boo~ of lillie literary
value and no more than a halluci na­tion.
'aid Jahangier Cyru,, a physi­cmn
at Veteran\ Ho'opi tal. "I've
never 'uffered o;o much a' I did
reading thi' lxx>k . I cant tell the
diffe rence between the pain of pay­ing
a traffic ticket and reading this
lxx>k .
tempe! \aid he wa' annoyed at
\helling out $22 .95 to buy thi~
lxx>k He al\o ex pre\\ed dl\'oatis­factlon
wuh the author. a ' mart-ass
P'eudo-intellectual. whom he had
met in lnd1a.
P;meh\h agreed. however. that
the lxlllk merited hiw>ri cal con,ider­atlon
The book ha' hi,toncal val ue,"
Continued on Page 2
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May graduates will not
receive diplomas under an
experimental plan from U
of L's administration
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