' VOL. 56, NO. 18, LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, THURSDAY, JAN. 31, 1985 12 PACiES AN INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER
:Cronholm resigns to take similar post at Temple
By T. L. STANLEY
Cardinal Managing Editor
Dr. Lois Cronholm, dean of the
College of Arts and Sciences at the
University of Louisville, an­nounced
Tuesday that she has ac­cepted
a similar position at Tem­ple
University and will be leaving
U of L at the end of the semester.
Cronholm, who has been dean
of A&S for the last six years, was
chosen over two other finalists for
the position in Philadelphia.
"I have accepted the offer to
serve as dean of the College of
Arts and Sciences at Temple Uni­versity
because Temple is one of
the major urban universities in the
country with a strong tradition in
arts and sciences," said Cronholm
in a written statement.
When Cronholm was named as
one of the three finalists in late
November, many faculty mem­bers
expressed concern about the
future of A&S if she did leave.
Some said that Cronholm may
have been considering the posi­tion
because the University-wide
Derek King speaks
on behalf of keeping
uncle's dream alive
ByYVONNECOLEMAN
Cardinal StaffWriter
The Rev. Derek King, nephew
of the late Dr. Martin Luther King
Jr., spoke to an interracial audi­ence
in Middleton Auditorium
Sunday, Jan. 27 at a birthday tri­bute
to his uncle titled, "Keeping
the Dream Alive."
King opene d his speech on a
negative note , saying tha t he was
not satisfied with the Martin
Lu(her King Jr. holiday . "I am not
altogether convinced that we
ought to accept it like it is," said
King.
He said the 4th of July and Geo­rge
Washington's birthday were
celebrated when they happen.
"I don'tmind going on record as
saying it was a political move, and
to block out every third Monday in
the month of January following
1986, that's a real subtle ap­proach"
said King. "They haven't
done anything they shouldn't
have done.
"Those of us who have taken
the r~nsibility of trying to k~p
the dream alive, do not have an
easy job.
"The reason I say we don't ha ve
an easy job is because I think
America, at a point, operates in a
perpetual state of amnesia."
King's theme was "Things We
Should Know." He said that in
order to keep the dream alive,
there are indeed things blacks
should know and one of them is
that they must challenge the sys­tem.
First, he said, blacks should
know that the keepers of the
dream are going to be blacks and
other minorities.
Second, King said , blacks
should know they are somebody.
"If we are going to be the ke epers
of the dream, we should not be in­timidated
nor frustrated, nor des­pondent
about how God made
u s ," he said.
King said the third thing blacks
must know is that they must take
advantage of educational oppor­tunities.
"A mind is a terrible thing
to waste."
He said that young people talk
about "getting over." He said he
sees more high-school-age young
people and potential college stu­dents
just hanging out on corners.
"Everybody wants to get it, but
nobody wants to get caught," King
said. "If you plan to go through U
of L getting over, getting by, get­ting
down and,getting high, you
will get caught once you get out."
Another thing blacks need to
know, said King, was that they are
not taking advantage of political
opportunities. "Why did we have
to wait for Jessie Jackson to wake
some of us out of our deep sleep?"
King said that an interest in the
political s¥stem should have
Board of Trustees
discuss study about
U ofL staff morale
By T. L. STANLEY
Cardinal Managing Editor
The majority of University of
Louisville employees are worried
about the way things are going at
the University, think morale is low
and do not believe that they will be
rewarded for doing good work.
These findings, from a com­prehensive
study of employee
opinions, were released Monday
at the Jan. Board of Trustees
meeting. The study was con­ducted
by U of L's Urban Studies
Center under senior researcher
Dr. Gordon Bonham.
The survey covered several
areas, including employee per­ceptions
of the administration, job
satisfaction, working conditions
and the University's image. And
although many employees re­sponded
that they wanted to stay
at U of L and that their jobs were
worthwhile, there was a high per­centage
of negative feelings ex­pressed
about U of L .
Most of the negative comments
came from the questions dealing
· with the administration and with
salaries. Black employees re­sponded
overwhelmingly in the
negative to a question asking
whether U of L is making ade­quate
efforts in equal educational
opportunities. This area has been
the topic of considerable debate
recently, and many U of L officials
have said that the University may
be faltering in its affirmative ac­tion
commitments (Cardinal, Jan.
24).
One specific question dealing
with the administration s tated ,
"The University operates effi­ciently.
Thirty-six percent agreed
with this statement and 64 percent
disagreed.
An other statement said , "I am
worried about the way things are
going at U of L." Fifty-nine per­cent
agreed and 41 percent disag­reed.
During presentation of the
study's findings, several trustees
raised questions about the lop­sided
figures.
Bonham and Dr. Steve Merker,
a research specialist at t he Sys­tems
Science Institute, who as­sisted
in the presentation, said
that even though the ligures are
weighted negatively, the sections
on the administration and sala ries
were only two of the many sec­tions
of the questionaire and that
the results from the two sections,
taken alone, had little effect on the
outcome of the entire survey.
The outcome of the survey indi­cated
that in general most U of L
employees like their work and are
content here.
"Those figures just don't look
very good to me," said Thomas C.
Simons, Board of Trustees mem­ber,
of the negative responses to
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Strategic Planning Document that
U of L president Dr. Donald
Swain unveiled in October,
seemi nlgly de-emphasized the lib­eral
arts curriculum. Temple is
well known for its emphasis on the
liberal arts.
"The faculty is concerned that
we will have good advocacy if she
leaves," said Dr. Joe Slavin, chair­man
of the Humanities Depart­ment,
in a Nov. article in The Car­dinal.
"The Strategic Planning
document has upset the faculty
more than anything I've seen in
my 11 years here because it ig­noresA&
S."
Swain said that when the re­vised
Strategic Planning docu­ment
is released in a few days the
faculty should be assured that
there are no plans to shift away
from the traditional liberal arts
curriculum.
"We would urge the faculty to
wait and see what changes have
been made in the Strategic Plan­ning
document. The things that
we left implicit in the draft (about
A&S being where libe.ral arts edu-cation
originates) will be explicit in
the revision," said Swain.
Some faculty members fear
Cronholm will be tough to replace
because of the leadership she has
shown at U of L.
"The College would have to find
vigorous leadership in order to
preserve the integrity of Arts and
Sciences," said Dr. David Her­shberg,
chairman of the Lan­guages
Department in the same
November article.
Slavin agreed, saying that he
thought it would be next to impos-sible
to replace Cronholm with as
effective a leader .
"I think Lois is the best
academic dean I have ever
known," said Slavin, who has
taught at five universities and
been a consultant for 20 others
and himself been a past dean of
A&S at U of L. "If you think you
have the best, when you go back
out on the ma rket, you're going to
get second- or third-best."
Dr. Paul Weber, associate pro­fessor
of political science, echoed
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Rev. Derek King gives a "Keeping T he Dream Alive" speech at U of L's Martin Luther King Jr. celebration Sunday in Middleton Auditorium.
started in HJ68.
·Finally, King · said biacks ·•·
needed to know that they are not
free yet.
He closed his speech on a more
positive note. "Though we are not
yet free, the future is still ours," he
said.
According to King, blacks have
got to go back to the streets, and
lift their voices up and continue to
eht~nge ·an nnjust, irnbaiMlced
system.
He said blacks must also go
back into church. "Where did
Martin King get his power from?"
he asked.
King said he was not worried
about the dream dying. "Every
time I look at the dreamer, it gives
Staff Plloto by J el'lre)l L. Fonl
L arry L . Owsley, vice president or adminis tration, introduced a
report releasing the findings or a U or L employee opinion su r­vey
at t he January Board or Trustees meetlnc Monday.
me inspiration a_nd courage to
keep·on keepingon,'' .. -
He closed, to a standing ovation,
with Martin Luther King Jr.'s
quote, "Free at last, Free at last,
Thank God Almighty, we are free
at last."
Other speakers at the tribute
were University of Louisville
President, Dr. Donald C. Swain;
Dr. Edward Hammond, vice pres-ident
for student affairs; · Dr.
Jos~ph- H . McMillan, assistant
University provost for minority af­fairs;
and Paul Gray and Curtis
Bradley, coordinators of the pro­gram.
Swa in, who carne to lis ten to
King speak and was not sched­uled
to speak , was asked to do so.
"I think it is clea r that Martin
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Survey-seeks diverse
\\lays to better this
calllpus for everyone
By KRISSIE KRUER
Cardinal StaffWriter
Fifty-six percent of the 208 stu­dents
participating in a recent
Arts and Scie nces Student Coun­cil
Survey said that the University
of Louisville was not their first
choice for a college·.
Angela McCormick and a group
of Se nators and A&S Student
Council members conducted the
"Stude nt Interests and Issues"
survey last fall, measuring student
response to such diverse topics as
college preference, an athletic fee
and familiarity with Student Gov­ernment
Association-sponsored
services and activities.
Students were also asked to list
problems that they felt SGA
should pursue. These problems
will become priorities for the A&S
Student Council in the coming
semester.
Seventy-nine percent of the stu­dents
surveyed said that course
evaluations would be useful to
them in deciding to register for a
course and should be published.
Only 51 percent supported in­creased
student course fees, even
if they were the only method to
continue offering a certain course.
Eighty-six percent of those sur­veyed
opposed an athletic fee; the
fee was among the three problems
most cited on the survey.
Respondents named student in­volvement
and activities as high­priority
items needing SGA atten­tion.
(Parking was cited most
often.) Also among the top con­cerns
was a more visible SGA with
services better known <>llWllg the
student population.
While 72 percent of t: • ., :.tudt>nts
were familiar with the: SGA Book
Bxchange Rlld 59 percen · with the
student discount cards, only 37
percent knew anything about the
Student Grievance Officer, and a
mere 18 percent were aware of
the Typewriter Service instituted
by SGA this past fall. (For the 82
percent who were not familiar
with the Typewriter Service, stu­dents
may use a typewriter free in
the SGA office upon presentation
of a valid U of LID.)
Virginia Schneider, who han­dles
public relations for SGA, said
that P .R. is a relatively new con­cept
for SGA, but during the past
years, a variety of a dvertising
methorls have been ust-d to pub­licize
the organization's events
and services.
Schneider said she employs
persona l visits to the larger or­ganizations
on campus, an exten­sive
mailing list which includes all
recognized student organizations,
advertisements in The Cardinal
and posters on bulletin boards
around campus.
Rathmann speaks on Middle East
Half the survey respondents
said they participated in a campus
organization. Of those that did
not, 55 percent said they would
like information on how to become
involved.
According to the survey, 91 per­cent
of U of L students read The
Cardinal, while 90 percent read
the bulletin boards around cam-pus.
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By MARIANN KURTZ
Cardinal Assistant News Editor
'Information for this article was
also gathered by Copy Editor Alan
Zukof.
Political and foreign policy con­sultant
John F . Rothmann high­lighted
seve ral events during his
visit to Louisville last Friday.
At the invitation of the Unive r ­s
ity of Louisville's B'nai B 'rith
Hillel Foundation, Rothmann
spoke at the group's monthly
Shabbat dinner to kick off the
Hillel division of the United
Jewish Campaign. Rothmann, a
specialist in Middle East and
Soviet affairs, also addressed Dr.
Charles Ziegler's Soviet Govern­ment
and Policy class, and later
spoke to a group of Jewish faculty
members at Masterson's Restau­rant.
Rothmann's visit climaxed Is­rael
Aware ness Week, which had
been sponsored by U of L H1llel.
"In the briertime I've been here,"
Rothmann said, "I've been very
impressed. It seems to be a very
active, very vital, very nice group
of people. It seems to me the Hillel
operation here on the campus is
performing a vital function and an
important function."
Rothmann discussed the posi­tion
of the J ewish population in
the U.S .S .R. with Ziegler's class
and outlined American -Israeli re­lations
for the faculty group.
Rothmann postulated three
separate and distinct levels of con­flict
in the Middle East. The rtrst
he defined as the conflict between
the "superpowers," the United
States and the Soviet Union. The
second, he said, is the conflict be­tween
Israel and the Arab nation­states
that surround her. The
third he defined as the conflict be­tween
Israel and the Palestinians
and the Palestine Liberation Or­ganization
(PLO).
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