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VOL. 56, NO. 19, LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, THURSDAY, FEB. 7, 1985 12 PAGES AN INDEPENDENT STUDI;NT NEWSPAPER NeW library policy forces sleeping habits to change • "The monitoring program is to P 1• b · g ~ t donomorethantomakepeople J 1 d SGA 0 ICY rin s sate y ~~:~~h;fd~:y;h~~~,'~fs:!~o~d:~t em ey an could disturb apyone. "They claim that sleepers a re distracting, a nd I just can not understand that," Jemley said. "Unless they snore loudly or twitch wildly while they are asleep, they and improve d 10 0k E}~kts:trno~mf: ~Lai;bar~a~ryd,r us~arid~ :trh:en dmtohn:i~- oppose new po1 i cy are n ot distracting." of the policy." ByT. A. PACK Cardinal StaffWriter Increased safety for library users, an imp'roved study environ· ment, a better overall appearance - those we re the goals and are the results of the new monitoring program at the University ot Louisville's Ekstrom Library, ac· cording to the Public Service Ad· visory Committee, the originators of the program. Not being allowed to sleep in the library "is not a new policy," said David Reed, director of the Division of Central Libraries. He said the monitoring program has been established and is being inforced because of "increasing numbers of complaints . . . about noise and the general appearance of the third and fourth floors of the library. People wouldn't come in the library to study because of the environment." He said students, faculty, parents and users of the library would complain to him about the library environment two or three times a week last semester. Gray also said the monitoring program does not compromise the professional appearance of the library faculty or staff. "It doesn't take very long (to patrol the library), and it has already improved the situation because when people were lying around sleeping it gave the impression that nobody cared what happened on the third and fourth floors." "The professors are expected to maintain proper decorum in their classrooms," said Andy Anderson, head of the Photographic Archives, "and this (the library) i1> Continued on Pa1e 5 A University of Louisville snow plow truck scraped snow from the fraternity complex park-ing lot last weekend. The snowfall, which tallied over six inches, dosed classes last Friday. Sno'W forces everyone to work By JOYCE SHULTZ Cardinal Features Editor While most of the University of Louisville community is home on snowy eve nings listening to the weather r eports and shoveling snow off the sidewalk, for University Provost Dr. 'William Dorrill and for Physica l Plant crews, the snow means extra decisions and extra work. Dorrill has the responsibility for deciding if U of L should go on a delayed schedule or close on bad weather days. Dorrill said he usually checks the weather report in the evening and sometimes during the night. "I had a lot of help from (the Department oO Public Safety," he said. DPS officer calls Dorrill around 5 a .m. so any announcement about classes can be made over WUOL by 6 a.m. Last Friday, it was announced early in the moring that U of L would be on a de layed schedule. Afte r 8 a.m., it was announced that U of L would be closed for the day. "I'm not God," said Dorrill. He said the consistency the University tries to maintain when making bad weather decisions is limited by the inconsistency of the weather. Dorrill said the early morning weather re ports that Friday were not clear about the seve rity of the weather. "I decided to come in," he said. "While en route, my as-sociate got in contact with the President (Dr. Donald Swain)." He said the decision was then made to cancel school after the weather worsened. Dorrill said he takes into consideration the weather reports from the airport, state police reports on road conditions, what city and county schools are doing, and other Louisville colleges and universities are doing. "We generally don't close as often as (county schools) do," said Oorrill, adding that they (the county schools) have more problems with school buses. "I'm told that in years past the University was embarrassed when it closed and nothing happened," he said. He said he tries to strike a balance between the safety of individuals and the important business everyone in the University community is involved in. "It's the least popular job one coulq,ask for," he said. "You can't please everyone." If you've bothered to shovel snow off your sidewalk lately, imagine the work involved in clearing the University of Louisville's sidewalks and stree ts. The crews from Physical Plant don't have to imagine; they know. We had crews in and out all weekend," said Lucian Young, grounds superintendent for Physical Plant. So far this winte r, Physical Plant has used 20 plus tons of rock salt and over 40 tons of sand. This past Tuesday, Crews were removing slush from the sidewalks in anticipation of yet another snow and ice storm. Young said the University implemented a snow plan after the winter of 1978, when there was a heavy snowfall. Young said the parking lots which get top priority are the Department of Public Safety lot, the lots near the Student Health and Counseling Center, dorm lots, and the Student Center parking lot. Young said there had been a problem with clearing dorm lots because of cars parked in the lots. · He said Physical Pla'nt received complaints from dorm residents about snow piled around their cars from the furrows made by the snow plows. X oung said the main problems lay in getting to the narrower sidewalks on campus. Stanley Wolf, grounds foreman, agreed, saying that when the crew plows a furrow to clear the sidewalk next to the Natural Sciences Building parking lot, the piled up snow sometimes blocks a handicapped space or a red parking space. "There are a lot of odds and ends (to ta ke care oO,'' said Wolf. A new salt and sand spreader has improved snow removal, said Young. Wolf said the spreader saves two men's work by eliminating the need for two men standing on the back of a truck to manually lay down salt and sand. Young credited Vice President for Ad- Continued on Pa1e 2 Metroversity offers classes to students over the air waves By MIKE GREISSEL Cardinal StafTWrlter Students in this age of high technology have a tendency to want their educational cake and eat it too - often in bed while watching television. A program now being coordinllted by Ke ntuckians Metroversity allows stude nts to earn credit without attending class on campus. Insteen, students can tune in "College on TV" and attend class iJ1 the ir living room. Nine diffe r ent courses are offered tl).rough sh' local colle ges. Each course carries three hours of academic credit and is supplemented with a textbook, assignments and in-class exams. Instructors from Metrover sity in-s titutions schedule optional class meetings and are available for individual consultation. Each course in the four-year-old program requires students to watch two half-hour broadcasts every week. Each show is televised four times at different hours for s tudents' convenience. If a student misses all four broadcasts of a show, the tapes can be viewed at the Metroversity office by appointment. The shows are "visually very interesting to watch," said Karen Stephan, public re lations director for Kentuckiana Metrove rsity. Instead of seeing a professor lecture, stude nts are treated to extravagant productiot~s complete with story lines, professional ac-tors and on·location settings from around the world. "College on TV" airs shows produced by educational organizations and private industry that are sent via sate!Ute to colleges throughout the nation. The courses offered are lowerlevel and introductory courses such as Introductory Composition and Principles of Economics. Uppe r-level courses are not offered now, but "as they become available I'm sure we will fit them - in," said Stephan. She said that students and instructors generally agree that the TV courses are neither more nor less difficult than their campus taught counterparts. Continued on P• ge 4 By LARRY D. CROOM Cardinal Editor When it was announced that a new policy prevenEng students from sleeping in the University of Louisville libraries, SGA President Frank Jemley said he was amazed. And, after talking with Martha Bowman, head University librarian, last week, Jemley said he sees no immediate policy change in sight. "My first reaction was why," Jemley said. "My second reaction was disbelief, and my third reaction was disgust." Jemley said that Bowman told him one of the reasons sleeping was not being permitted in the libraries wa s because it doesn't look good to the various scholars and visitors that may come to U of L. "I just didn't realize that when we pay our tuition we also pay to have our behavior dictated," J ernley said. "I would think the University ought to b e above that." Another reason J emley said he was told sleeping was not allowed in the library was because it was disturbing to others. J emley, on the other hand, said h e didn't under~ tand how a sleeping person Bill Campbell, SGA academic vice president, expressed the same sentiment in a letter to the editor of The Cardinal last week. Campbell suggested that if sleepers are distracting, then all people who are distracting should be banned. "For instance, cute girls: they're distracting; let's keep 'em out," wrote Campbell. "Professor s are really distracting. What can be more distracting than an unannounced visit by your professor? Keep 'em out." J emley agreed. "Ban all attractive pt>oplr- m; ,Jl· Con tinued on Pal(e 3 Course evaluations. highlight past Student Senate meeting By DON WOODRUM Cardinal News Editor Once the pleasantries of introducing himse lf to the Student Senate were over, Dr. William Dorrill, the University of Louisville's new provost, got d own to the business at hand - fielding questions concerning faculty a nd course eva,luations. These evalua tions a re administered by tea ch ers a t the end of each semester. Students are asked to evaluate their teachers and course material on an objective and subjective basis. Dorrill, who described himself as the chief academic officer of the University, answered questions that had been submitted in advance gy Vie Senate at its reguJar ' meeting· Tuesday night." These questions focused on the accuracy, influence and future plans for the eva luations. Claiming a disadva ntage from being new at the University, Dorrill addressed the problem of ac-cur ·acy in the evaluations first. He said the first problem with the evaluations were the different policies from school to school. "We need to attempt to have a minimum standard set for all the schools to follow," Dorrill said. "Evaluations are not very pleasant, but they are important sources of feedback for teachers." Frank J emley, SGA president, said a lack of quality is one of the major problems with the evaluations. He said the Senate is workin g closely with the provost's office to improve the quality of the mechanism for evaluating instructors and courses. The e valuations a re needeed to provide motivation and feedback for teachers, Dorrill said. He compared this feedback to' the motivAtion a student ·may receive from an exam. Dorrill said the students play an important role in providing this type of feedback. "Sometimes this is the only qua ntifiable role, but it must be balanced by other factors, such as peer evaluations." This statement brought a question from a Speed School Senator on why the course evaluations were not made public. This has been something that SGA and Jemley have been trying to accomplish for more than two years. Jemley said he thought students were entitled to have the course evaluations made public. However, he said there is no support in the Senate for such a measure. "Even if we got the ball rolling on this, I feel like my successors would drop the matter." Dorr ill said he thought publishing the course evaluations would alienate the faculty. Jemley said he would have to sadly agree with this sentiment. Not pleased with this argument, Kenny King, a Speed School Senator, pressed Dorrill for a date when the evaluations might be Continued on Page 3 Mock trial will let law students participate in real court scenes By MARIANN KURTZ Cardinal Assistant News Editor This Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, law students from three states will converge on the Jefferson County Hall of Justice to battle in a nationally recognized criminal trial. The University of Louisville's Law School is hosting the 6th Region's mock trial competition. Nine law schools from Kerytucky, Ohio, and Michigan are sending two teams each to compete in this weekend event. The champion and runner-up teams will earn a trip to the national competition in Houston, Texas, in March. This national competition involves the two winners from each region across the country. This annual competition originated in Texas. "It's sponsored Inside Page2 A 17th century townhouse now serves as U of L Art Center . Pagel Workshops are offered for older students. Page7 Columnist claims 'Late Night With Da vid Letterman' could cramp Carson's style. Pal{e 8 From The Top - Some refe rees can ruin a perfectly good ballgame. U of L set to face Virginia and Virginia Tech on the road . Pa1e 18 Bloomington's hottest new band will play the Red Barn this weekend. Pa1e8 Letters to The Editor Pa1e8 Sports PqelO Afterclass Page 12 Classifieds and Personals jointly by the Texas Young Lawye rs Association a long with the Ame rican College of Trial Lawyers," said Russell L. Weaver, faculty ad visor for the U ofLteam. We aver explained that regional competition is also held annually, but shifts location. U of L plays host to the competition about once every ten years. Accor ding to Weaver, this weekend will involv~ close to 200 people - about 40 witnesses, and around 110 volunteer judges. Weaver defined the role of the team membe rs. "They're going to try a case," he' said . "They do the opening stateme nts, the direct and cross examina tion of witnesses, closing arguments, obje ctions, e tc." The witnesses are students from the School of Medicine, School of Justice Administration, Department of Political Science, and School of Law, Weaver added. J ames Ragan, the other faculty advisor for the U of L team, undertook the job of securing witnesses and explaining their roles in the competition . "The judges," Weaver said, "are practitioners and judges from around Lou isville." He added, "We received a lot of help getting judges." J udge James Higgins provided help in getting Cir~uit Court judges and Judge John Knopf helped in securing District Court judges. Having set the stage, Weaver, Ragan and the teams have only to wait for the competition to begin. Preliminary rounds are scheduled to begin at 6 p .m. F riday and carry over to Saturday morning and afternoon. All 18 teams will part icipate in the preliminariPs. with Continut>d on Pal(e 4 Stalf Photo by Timothy Easley Manuel Forres t brings the ball down ogainst Cincinnati's Troy Thompson in las t nights 89-63 loss. (See rela ted story, page 7).
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Title | The Louisville Cardinal, February 7, 1985. |
Volume | 56 |
Issue | 19 |
Description | The University of Louisville’s undergraduate newspaper. The title of this publication has varied over the years, but with the exception of the period 1928-1930, when it was known as the U. of L. News, the title has always been a variation of The Cardinal. |
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Date Original | 1985-02-07 |
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Full Text | VOL. 56, NO. 19, LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, THURSDAY, FEB. 7, 1985 12 PAGES AN INDEPENDENT STUDI;NT NEWSPAPER NeW library policy forces sleeping habits to change • "The monitoring program is to P 1• b · g ~ t donomorethantomakepeople J 1 d SGA 0 ICY rin s sate y ~~:~~h;fd~:y;h~~~,'~fs:!~o~d:~t em ey an could disturb apyone. "They claim that sleepers a re distracting, a nd I just can not understand that," Jemley said. "Unless they snore loudly or twitch wildly while they are asleep, they and improve d 10 0k E}~kts:trno~mf: ~Lai;bar~a~ryd,r us~arid~ :trh:en dmtohn:i~- oppose new po1 i cy are n ot distracting." of the policy." ByT. A. PACK Cardinal StaffWriter Increased safety for library users, an imp'roved study environ· ment, a better overall appearance - those we re the goals and are the results of the new monitoring program at the University ot Louisville's Ekstrom Library, ac· cording to the Public Service Ad· visory Committee, the originators of the program. Not being allowed to sleep in the library "is not a new policy," said David Reed, director of the Division of Central Libraries. He said the monitoring program has been established and is being inforced because of "increasing numbers of complaints . . . about noise and the general appearance of the third and fourth floors of the library. People wouldn't come in the library to study because of the environment." He said students, faculty, parents and users of the library would complain to him about the library environment two or three times a week last semester. Gray also said the monitoring program does not compromise the professional appearance of the library faculty or staff. "It doesn't take very long (to patrol the library), and it has already improved the situation because when people were lying around sleeping it gave the impression that nobody cared what happened on the third and fourth floors." "The professors are expected to maintain proper decorum in their classrooms," said Andy Anderson, head of the Photographic Archives, "and this (the library) i1> Continued on Pa1e 5 A University of Louisville snow plow truck scraped snow from the fraternity complex park-ing lot last weekend. The snowfall, which tallied over six inches, dosed classes last Friday. Sno'W forces everyone to work By JOYCE SHULTZ Cardinal Features Editor While most of the University of Louisville community is home on snowy eve nings listening to the weather r eports and shoveling snow off the sidewalk, for University Provost Dr. 'William Dorrill and for Physica l Plant crews, the snow means extra decisions and extra work. Dorrill has the responsibility for deciding if U of L should go on a delayed schedule or close on bad weather days. Dorrill said he usually checks the weather report in the evening and sometimes during the night. "I had a lot of help from (the Department oO Public Safety," he said. DPS officer calls Dorrill around 5 a .m. so any announcement about classes can be made over WUOL by 6 a.m. Last Friday, it was announced early in the moring that U of L would be on a de layed schedule. Afte r 8 a.m., it was announced that U of L would be closed for the day. "I'm not God," said Dorrill. He said the consistency the University tries to maintain when making bad weather decisions is limited by the inconsistency of the weather. Dorrill said the early morning weather re ports that Friday were not clear about the seve rity of the weather. "I decided to come in," he said. "While en route, my as-sociate got in contact with the President (Dr. Donald Swain)." He said the decision was then made to cancel school after the weather worsened. Dorrill said he takes into consideration the weather reports from the airport, state police reports on road conditions, what city and county schools are doing, and other Louisville colleges and universities are doing. "We generally don't close as often as (county schools) do," said Oorrill, adding that they (the county schools) have more problems with school buses. "I'm told that in years past the University was embarrassed when it closed and nothing happened," he said. He said he tries to strike a balance between the safety of individuals and the important business everyone in the University community is involved in. "It's the least popular job one coulq,ask for," he said. "You can't please everyone." If you've bothered to shovel snow off your sidewalk lately, imagine the work involved in clearing the University of Louisville's sidewalks and stree ts. The crews from Physical Plant don't have to imagine; they know. We had crews in and out all weekend," said Lucian Young, grounds superintendent for Physical Plant. So far this winte r, Physical Plant has used 20 plus tons of rock salt and over 40 tons of sand. This past Tuesday, Crews were removing slush from the sidewalks in anticipation of yet another snow and ice storm. Young said the University implemented a snow plan after the winter of 1978, when there was a heavy snowfall. Young said the parking lots which get top priority are the Department of Public Safety lot, the lots near the Student Health and Counseling Center, dorm lots, and the Student Center parking lot. Young said there had been a problem with clearing dorm lots because of cars parked in the lots. · He said Physical Pla'nt received complaints from dorm residents about snow piled around their cars from the furrows made by the snow plows. X oung said the main problems lay in getting to the narrower sidewalks on campus. Stanley Wolf, grounds foreman, agreed, saying that when the crew plows a furrow to clear the sidewalk next to the Natural Sciences Building parking lot, the piled up snow sometimes blocks a handicapped space or a red parking space. "There are a lot of odds and ends (to ta ke care oO,'' said Wolf. A new salt and sand spreader has improved snow removal, said Young. Wolf said the spreader saves two men's work by eliminating the need for two men standing on the back of a truck to manually lay down salt and sand. Young credited Vice President for Ad- Continued on Pa1e 2 Metroversity offers classes to students over the air waves By MIKE GREISSEL Cardinal StafTWrlter Students in this age of high technology have a tendency to want their educational cake and eat it too - often in bed while watching television. A program now being coordinllted by Ke ntuckians Metroversity allows stude nts to earn credit without attending class on campus. Insteen, students can tune in "College on TV" and attend class iJ1 the ir living room. Nine diffe r ent courses are offered tl).rough sh' local colle ges. Each course carries three hours of academic credit and is supplemented with a textbook, assignments and in-class exams. Instructors from Metrover sity in-s titutions schedule optional class meetings and are available for individual consultation. Each course in the four-year-old program requires students to watch two half-hour broadcasts every week. Each show is televised four times at different hours for s tudents' convenience. If a student misses all four broadcasts of a show, the tapes can be viewed at the Metroversity office by appointment. The shows are "visually very interesting to watch," said Karen Stephan, public re lations director for Kentuckiana Metrove rsity. Instead of seeing a professor lecture, stude nts are treated to extravagant productiot~s complete with story lines, professional ac-tors and on·location settings from around the world. "College on TV" airs shows produced by educational organizations and private industry that are sent via sate!Ute to colleges throughout the nation. The courses offered are lowerlevel and introductory courses such as Introductory Composition and Principles of Economics. Uppe r-level courses are not offered now, but "as they become available I'm sure we will fit them - in," said Stephan. She said that students and instructors generally agree that the TV courses are neither more nor less difficult than their campus taught counterparts. Continued on P• ge 4 By LARRY D. CROOM Cardinal Editor When it was announced that a new policy prevenEng students from sleeping in the University of Louisville libraries, SGA President Frank Jemley said he was amazed. And, after talking with Martha Bowman, head University librarian, last week, Jemley said he sees no immediate policy change in sight. "My first reaction was why," Jemley said. "My second reaction was disbelief, and my third reaction was disgust." Jemley said that Bowman told him one of the reasons sleeping was not being permitted in the libraries wa s because it doesn't look good to the various scholars and visitors that may come to U of L. "I just didn't realize that when we pay our tuition we also pay to have our behavior dictated," J ernley said. "I would think the University ought to b e above that." Another reason J emley said he was told sleeping was not allowed in the library was because it was disturbing to others. J emley, on the other hand, said h e didn't under~ tand how a sleeping person Bill Campbell, SGA academic vice president, expressed the same sentiment in a letter to the editor of The Cardinal last week. Campbell suggested that if sleepers are distracting, then all people who are distracting should be banned. "For instance, cute girls: they're distracting; let's keep 'em out," wrote Campbell. "Professor s are really distracting. What can be more distracting than an unannounced visit by your professor? Keep 'em out." J emley agreed. "Ban all attractive pt>oplr- m; ,Jl· Con tinued on Pal(e 3 Course evaluations. highlight past Student Senate meeting By DON WOODRUM Cardinal News Editor Once the pleasantries of introducing himse lf to the Student Senate were over, Dr. William Dorrill, the University of Louisville's new provost, got d own to the business at hand - fielding questions concerning faculty a nd course eva,luations. These evalua tions a re administered by tea ch ers a t the end of each semester. Students are asked to evaluate their teachers and course material on an objective and subjective basis. Dorrill, who described himself as the chief academic officer of the University, answered questions that had been submitted in advance gy Vie Senate at its reguJar ' meeting· Tuesday night." These questions focused on the accuracy, influence and future plans for the eva luations. Claiming a disadva ntage from being new at the University, Dorrill addressed the problem of ac-cur ·acy in the evaluations first. He said the first problem with the evaluations were the different policies from school to school. "We need to attempt to have a minimum standard set for all the schools to follow," Dorrill said. "Evaluations are not very pleasant, but they are important sources of feedback for teachers." Frank J emley, SGA president, said a lack of quality is one of the major problems with the evaluations. He said the Senate is workin g closely with the provost's office to improve the quality of the mechanism for evaluating instructors and courses. The e valuations a re needeed to provide motivation and feedback for teachers, Dorrill said. He compared this feedback to' the motivAtion a student ·may receive from an exam. Dorrill said the students play an important role in providing this type of feedback. "Sometimes this is the only qua ntifiable role, but it must be balanced by other factors, such as peer evaluations." This statement brought a question from a Speed School Senator on why the course evaluations were not made public. This has been something that SGA and Jemley have been trying to accomplish for more than two years. Jemley said he thought students were entitled to have the course evaluations made public. However, he said there is no support in the Senate for such a measure. "Even if we got the ball rolling on this, I feel like my successors would drop the matter." Dorr ill said he thought publishing the course evaluations would alienate the faculty. Jemley said he would have to sadly agree with this sentiment. Not pleased with this argument, Kenny King, a Speed School Senator, pressed Dorrill for a date when the evaluations might be Continued on Page 3 Mock trial will let law students participate in real court scenes By MARIANN KURTZ Cardinal Assistant News Editor This Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, law students from three states will converge on the Jefferson County Hall of Justice to battle in a nationally recognized criminal trial. The University of Louisville's Law School is hosting the 6th Region's mock trial competition. Nine law schools from Kerytucky, Ohio, and Michigan are sending two teams each to compete in this weekend event. The champion and runner-up teams will earn a trip to the national competition in Houston, Texas, in March. This national competition involves the two winners from each region across the country. This annual competition originated in Texas. "It's sponsored Inside Page2 A 17th century townhouse now serves as U of L Art Center . Pagel Workshops are offered for older students. Page7 Columnist claims 'Late Night With Da vid Letterman' could cramp Carson's style. Pal{e 8 From The Top - Some refe rees can ruin a perfectly good ballgame. U of L set to face Virginia and Virginia Tech on the road . Pa1e 18 Bloomington's hottest new band will play the Red Barn this weekend. Pa1e8 Letters to The Editor Pa1e8 Sports PqelO Afterclass Page 12 Classifieds and Personals jointly by the Texas Young Lawye rs Association a long with the Ame rican College of Trial Lawyers," said Russell L. Weaver, faculty ad visor for the U ofLteam. We aver explained that regional competition is also held annually, but shifts location. U of L plays host to the competition about once every ten years. Accor ding to Weaver, this weekend will involv~ close to 200 people - about 40 witnesses, and around 110 volunteer judges. Weaver defined the role of the team membe rs. "They're going to try a case," he' said . "They do the opening stateme nts, the direct and cross examina tion of witnesses, closing arguments, obje ctions, e tc." The witnesses are students from the School of Medicine, School of Justice Administration, Department of Political Science, and School of Law, Weaver added. J ames Ragan, the other faculty advisor for the U of L team, undertook the job of securing witnesses and explaining their roles in the competition . "The judges," Weaver said, "are practitioners and judges from around Lou isville." He added, "We received a lot of help getting judges." J udge James Higgins provided help in getting Cir~uit Court judges and Judge John Knopf helped in securing District Court judges. Having set the stage, Weaver, Ragan and the teams have only to wait for the competition to begin. Preliminary rounds are scheduled to begin at 6 p .m. F riday and carry over to Saturday morning and afternoon. All 18 teams will part icipate in the preliminariPs. with Continut>d on Pal(e 4 Stalf Photo by Timothy Easley Manuel Forres t brings the ball down ogainst Cincinnati's Troy Thompson in las t nights 89-63 loss. (See rela ted story, page 7). |
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