VOL. 57, NO. 28, LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, APRIL17, 1986 12 PAGES
Officials say animal facility
will improve care, research
By TIM SANFORD
Cardinal Assistant News Editor
The Kentucky General Assem­bly
recently approved $3.3 million
for a new animal care facility at
the University of Louisville's
Health Sciences Center.
The new facility will replace the
Carolyn Verhoef£ Animal Care
Center, which now monitors ani­mal
research at U of L.
According to Guinn Unger, as­sistant
dean of the School of
Medicine, work began approxi­mately
one year ago to obtain
funds needed to replace the 26-
year-old Verhoef£ Center.
Unger said the new center will
help students and faculty at U ofL
undertake more and different
types of research.
Unger also said the new center
will attract new students and fac­ulty
to the University and open the
door for federal grants for animal
research.
A planning committee will soon
be appointed by U of L Pres1dent
Donald Swain to work out the de­tails
of the new center, according
to Larry Mehlbauer, director of
the Office of Planning and
Budget. Mehlbauer said tentative
plans locate the new center near
the Medical-Dental Research
Building.
Dr. James B. Sharp Jr. , direc­tor
of the Verhoef£ Center, des­cribed
the present facilities as ad­equate,
but said the new center
will provide more room and im­prove
the sophistication of re­search
for faculty and students at
the Medical School.
"It's like going from a 1960
model car to a 1986 model - the
1986 model runs a lot smoother,"
he said. "This (the Verhoef£ Cen­ter)
is useable,but it's not state of
the art."
from animal rights groups such as
the "Animal Liberation Front"
which in 1984 broke into a re­search
lab at the University of
Pennsylvania and stole vid­eotapes
displaying six years of re­search
on baboons.
The tapes showed researchers
taunting and mistreating the ani­mals.
Other strikes by the group
freed dogs from a heart research
center in Los Angeles and rabbits
and rats in Maryland.
Sharp said the University does
not conduct research like t.hat
done at Penn.
"We don't have anything llike
that going on here," he said. "We
do protect the animals and their
environment. They are treated
carefully."
The largest number of animals
used for research at U of L are
dogs and cats obtained from the
Jefferson County Animal Shelter.
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Red Sonjas Staff Photo by Brad Taylor
"The federal government is get­ting
more concerned with animal
research and the care animals re­ceive,"
he said.
Sharp said the new facility will
help monitor and control the envi­ronment
of research animals, al­though
he added researchers pre­sently
do an adequate job of car­ing
for the animals.
Sharp said the University has
not experienced any problems
In July of 1984, Eric Blow, direc­tor
of animal protection and c:on­trol,
stopped the supply of animals
to the University. According to the
Sept. 20 issue of The Louis­ville
Times of that same year,
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The U of L Weightlifting Club held its annual
Mr. and Miss U ofL Physique Contest last Sun·
day in Strickler Hall. Pictured are, left to right,
Carol Beamus, Christy Ulner and Kim Schulte.
Students will feel effects of Strategic Planning in classroom
ByT. L. STANLEY
Cardinal Editor
Most students at the University
of Louisville are unaware of the
importance of the Strategic Plan­ning
document.
But by feeling its effects, this
may soon change.
The document details U of L's
directions for the next five years
and states priorities and goals of
the institution. And over the past
year and a half of writing, revising
and completing, it has caused ani­mated
and, at times, angry de­bate.
But what are some of the tangi­ble
changes to be brought about
by the minutely detailed and far­reaching
plan? For students, the
changes may take place soon and
greatly impact life on U ofL's cam­puses.
"There are two effects - the
real and the potential," said Dr.
Ed Hammond, vice president for
student affairs. "The difference
between these two is the money
we can free up to fund the goals of
Strategic Planning."
A major, long-standing criticism
of the Strategic Planning docu-
Senates recon1rnend
new n1erit pay systen1
By DAN BLAKE
Cardinal Managing Editor
With nearly $3 million worth of
pay increases coming to Univer­sity
of Louisville employees over
the next two years, the Faculty
and Staff Sena tes have made rec­ommendations
on how that money
should be allocated.
The Faculty Senate proposal
recommends revamping the sys­tem
which determines merit pay
increases. Current descriptions of
performances deserving reward
range in the various departments
from "of a superior nature" to "ac­ceptable,"
according to a report
made by a Faculty Senate sub­committee.
The Staff Senate, in a memo to
Dr. Donald C. Swain, U of L presi­dent,
recommends the staffs
share of the $3 million stale incen­tive
fund be distributed on a merit
system which rewards employees
for work that is "above standard."
The Faculty Senate began exa­mining
the merit pay system last
fall, according to Robert Stenger,
chairman of the Senate's me rit
subcommittee. Stenger said now
that money is available, it is good
that work has been done to cor­rect
the confusing system.
As the result of requests from
various departments and schools,
the Faculty Senate began work on
its recommenda tions. "We heard
horror stories of unfairness,"
Stenger said.
The Faculty Senate recommen­dations
are aimed at making the
University's system of rewarding
deserving facu lty membe rs more
uniform and fair.
He said there is a wide range of
diversity in the merit system be­cause
there is a wide variety of
what constitutes satisfactory work
among different areas of study.
The Faculty Senate recommen­dations
suggest the increases
should be given if a faculty mem­ber
performs "satisfactory" work
in two of the three areas of ser­vice,
creative/research work or
teaching.
Stenger said this was included
so that faculty members who do
not publish, but teach and contrib­ute
to community service satisfac­torily,
will still be e ntitled to a
me ritorious pay increase.
"There have been situations
where people who didn't publish
didn't get anything.
"We shouldn't have situations
where work is so poor it is not des­erving
of a pay increase," he said .
According to Stenger, Univer­sity
policy allows the faculty of a
pa rticular department to change
the system and redefine meritori­ous
work. "This (the recommen­dation)
doesn't ask the Unive r sity
to do anything; there is no formula
for distribution. It asks the units to
think about the system," Stenger
said.
The Senate did not offer a d efi­nition
of satisfactory work, but al­lows
the individual units to define
what is worthy of merit.
In the Staff Senate recommen­dations
to Swain, senators called
for any money besides the incen­tive
fund to be paid across the
board to classified staff and par­tially
on the basis of merit to the
higher ranking professional and
administrative staff. In ' 87-88,
there would be a return to the cur­rent
system of giving raises each
year.
An increase in salaries has been
considered essential if Kentucky's
univer sities expect to keep and at­tract
exceptional pt·ofessors and
staff. After intense lobbying by the
state universities and the Ken­tucky
Advocates for Higher Edu­cation,
the General Assembly
voted to provide $15 million for
pay raises to faculty and staff at
the state supported universities.
ment has been its pricetag. Excel­lence
comes at a high price, many
critics charge, and improving al­most
every aspect of the Univer­sity
would require new funds -
an estimated $7-8 million.
But some of those funds have
been made available recently,
thanks to Gov. Martha Layne Col­lins
and her newly approved 1987-
88 budget. The budget includes
$24 million worth of construction
projects at U ofL and $3 million for
a salary incentive fund for faculty
and staff members.
The University is expected to
distribute the funds for faculty and
staff raises according to a merit
system. Specifics ofthe system are
being examined by the Faculty
Senate.
Hammond said that because of
the state money and the goals of
Strategic Planning, students may
soon see improvements in the
quality of the U of L faculty.
"Our highest priority in Strate­gic
Planning is salaries," Ham­mond
said. "The main impact stu­dents
will see from this is more sta­bility
in the current faculty - the
assumption is that we can keep
Kid's Best Friend
Katie·Ryan met McGruff last weekend at the Red Barn during
the unique child safety program sponsored by campus groups.
Inside
Spring is bustin' out all o•ver.
Physical Plant is in full blooom
and needs you to help cu/ti·vate
the good cheer. . . . . . . Pa1ge 4
Student, can you spare $19 mil­lion?
U of L administration took
advantage of an uninformed stu­dent
body and burdens students
with incredible activities center
costs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . P<tge 6
Col. Mustard in the librury with
the wrench. Public relal!ions
group hosts a campus who.dun.-
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Afterclass ....... . .. Page 10
The 1985-86 school year has been
an eventful one for the Univer­sity
of Louisville - the NCAA
championship, divestment,
Grawemeyer award and other
memorable happeninJ(s. Catch
The Cardinal on May 1 as we look
back at the year in news, sports,
pictures and people. Pick it up.
better faculty if we offer them a
good salary. And we will be able to
recruit better faculty in the future
because we'll have a better salary
base."
The salary increase also may
allow U of L to recruit faculty in
specialized areas that usually pay
more in the private sector. Ham­mond
said the University tradi­tionally
has problems luring some
specialists away from industry to
the academic setting.
Hammond said the salary in­creases,
as well as other pro-grams,
will be phased in over the
next biennium.
Other facets of Strategic Plan­ning
that will impact students in­clude
increasing student reten tion
and improving student services,
academic advising and coopera­tive
education opportunities
and establishing more courses
based on student need and de­mand.
Hammond said he has been
working on several services desig­ned
to increase the reten tion rate
of U of L students, such as a d e-
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Higher fines, new lots
and paving scheduled
By DAN BLAKE
Cardinal Managing Editor
The parking situation at the
University of Louisville is sched­uled
for a slight overhaul soon.
And according to University of
Louisville officials, some of the
changes will be beneficial to this
90 percent commuter campus.
Other changes - an increase in
ticket fines for parking meters -
may not be so welcome.
A parking committee has
suggested that U ofL increase the
number of parking spaces on the
three major compuses, raise one
parking fine and improve secu­rity.
Dr. Donald C . Swain, U of L
president, said he has "no reason
to objec:t to any of the proposals
made by the Parking Planning
and Policy Committee."
Among the Committee's recom­mendations
is a call to compensate
for lost parking once the new stu­dent
center's construction begins
on the green permit lot north of
the Lambda Chi Alpha house of
Belknap Campus' east side.
To make up for the loss of nearly
550 spaces there, the University
plans to purchase property be­tween
Floyd and Arthur streets
and Brandeis and Atwood streets;
extend the possible gravel Fourth
Street lot to the south and pave as
much as possible; and gravel the
lower part of the University­owned
property just east of
Frisch's restaurant.
Larry Owsley, vice president
for administration, said the new
.lots and the extension of the
·Fourth Street lot will more than
compensate for the spaces lost to
the new student center.
Swain said, "What the Commit­tee
is proposing will go a long way
toward replacing spaces in the vic­inity
of the new student center and
on Fourth Street."
In another· move, the Commit­tee
suggested raising fines for vio­lating
U o f L parking meters fwm
$2 to $5. Swain said, "Five dollars
is more likely to be a deterent in
the '80s."
Another of the Committee's rec­ommendations
is to install an
emergency call box system in .Uni­versity
parking lots and expand
the closed-circuit television sys­tem.
Currently three cameras over­see
University parking lots, with
monitors in the Department of
Public Safety.
Swain said he is r·eady to appro­priate
the money to install call
boxes and more cameras, de­pending
on recommendations
from Dan Keller , director of DPS.
Swain said a final decision wrll not
be made on the matter until the
operating budget for th coming
year is finalized .
The University rs working out
plans with the city of Louisville to
use land east of the Carmichael
Building at the Health Sciences
Center for park ing. The area
would allow about 150 spaces and
be ready by summer. If acquired,
the land would be available for at
least a year, according to the Com­mittee's
report.
At Shelby Campus, the Commit­tee
recommended building a
gravel lot behind the Founder's
Union Building.
Swain said the University
would begin paving lots that are
currently surfaced with gravel
and repave lots in disrepair as the
money becomes available .
The Committee advocated pav­ing
the south lots on Brook and
Floyd streets, the F ourth Street lot
and resurfacing the parking area
near the Reynolds Building.
"There is paving that needs to
be done. We'll probably do these
next year," said Swain.
Student building fee will finance majority of student center
By M.NORMAN J ACOBSON
Cardinal News Editor
Since the approval of the stu­dent
activities center for the Uni­versity
of Louisville, the extra $15
students pay each semester at reg.·
istratlon as beginning to take a tan­gible
shape.
The $15 student building fee will
fund a major part of construction
of a $20. 7 million U of L student ac­tivities
center approved by the
Kentucky General Assembly.
Lobbying for the new student
center began in 1983 with the in­ception
of the student building
fee. The administration recom­mended
the fee to the Student
Senate as a sign to the legislature
that students were committed to
supporting a new center.
When the initial proposal failed
in the 1984 General Assembly, the
Student Senate tried to rescind
the fee. The administration re­fused
to withdraw the fee, how­ever,
stating funds for the center
might be allotted at the 1986legisla­tive
session.
" It's hard for students to be
long-term oriented," said Doug
Kemper , outgoing president. of
the Student Government Asso<Cia­tion.
"There was a little outcry• for
rescinding the fee when it {the
center proposal) failed the ·first
time."
Money to build the student een­ter
will be generated by the salle of
revenue bonds, which will in turn
be paid off by the student building
fee.
According to Dr. Edward H.
Hammond, vice president for stu-dent
affairs, the $2.5 million in fees
accrued to date will be directed to­ward
construction costs while fees
collected in the future will go to­ward
bond indebtedness.
Hammond said students will
pay the building fee for an unde­termined
number of years- some
estimates predict 20 to 25 years­depending
on the state of the bond
market.
The Athletic Association has
contributed $1 million toward con­struction.
No other organization or Uni-versity
department is contributing
to defray construction costs. But
because parts of the building will
be used to house auxiliaries such
as food services and bookstores,
Hammond said the University is
exploring the possibility of using
revenue and income from these
units to pledge against bond inde­btedness.
"No decision has been made
budgetarily to take revenue," said
Hammond.
One of the m!ijor questions
about the building fee has been
justifying charging students an
extra $15 each semester for a
building they would not b abl to
use.
"We haven't had any com­plaints
because students paying
the building fee now have self-sac­rificing
attitudes," Kemper said.
"They say, 'We d on't mind paying
the fee because we feel like it is
something U of L needs."'
Spanning the railroad tracks on
the east side of B lknap Campus,
the tht·ee-story, S-shaped building
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